Allen Sports Deluxe 2-Bike Spare Tire Rack , Black

Purchased this on 8-13-18. Very Nice, solidly built two bike rack holds up to 70lbs. The description is not clear; however; This bike rack (Model 302DN) is only made for the 1994-2018 Jeep Wranglers (JK), (not the 2018 JL as clearly stated), 2002-2009 Jeep Liberty's and 1997-2006 Honda CRV's which is on the back of the retail packaging. The Rack is very well built and easy assembly (using only a 7/16 driver, socket or wrench). It is highly recommend that you take your time inserting the set-up pins. They will scratch the powder coat badly (as seen in one of my pics) AND they can pinch your fingers. I recommend hold the rack against your chest firmly to insert. I did the other side this way and not scratch. It's a great rack for the price!! Very well built and will works well. I will probably use some bungy cords and a lashing strap just to be safe, which I have done before in the past. Overkill is better than dropping your expensive bikes at 60mph. I hope this review is helpful for future buyers.

This rack was simple to put together and install. It fit right over the spare tire and latched under the door easily. The bikes mounted easily, it took me a try it two to get them on right. I was nervous about it on the 200 mile drive, constantly looking. I just knew the bikes were gonna fly off. They didn't, and I didn't hardly looked at them on the way home. They were safe and sound. And it's a reasonable price to boot. I would recommend this.

works on my RAV however had to take off the hard spare tire case and go to a fabric one. easy to attach and both bikes fit. we just havent worked out the locks yet as we can lock both bikes to the rack, but not enough left to put thru the spare tire which if the cover is on it you cannot do so need to figure that out AS i think if someone really wanted the bikes they can pull the rack off the tire and take it and the bikes with them SOOO we have not been able to leave them out of our sight. i am 5'5" and not able to lift my 30lb bike up onto the rack w/out working up a sweat :(

Works great on my Jeeps. Don’t have to use special attachments or tools. Just hang bars over top of spare tire & secure strap hooks to anything on the bottom of vehicle, I usually use the openings on the tow ball & then just tighten the straps. Doesn’t go anywhere. Bikes just sit on the special hooks that close & lock. I’ve never had to use one before & didn’t want to put a lot of money in it so this was perfect. I do have to take it off to open the rear door of my Jeep but I just put it on last & take it off first. The other option I have done is hook the straps to the underside of the spare tire holder. It works just as well & you can open the door with the bikes still on it. Also, it’s lightweight & u can lift right off & lay in back till u need it again.

Very easy to set up and secure. I am not sure about the other reviews that have so much trouble securing it.. Make sure the straps are tight and be sure you check them before you pull away.. I have a 33” spare tire and it’s extremely secure.. I would recommend and extra strap to secure the Bike for a back up ..

Nearly cried trying to put it together but it works VERY well.

I purchased this bike rack on Amazon on Feb. 2nd and used the bike rack to take two bikes on a trip to Florida that extended from Feb. 6th - Mar. 8th. On my return home, the bike rack slipped off my spare tire on two separate occasions. The first time, it bent the tire rim of one of my bikes as it touched the ground and damaged the tire...luckily, I was driving through a small town at 25MPH at the time and avoided further damage. I used ratchet straps to provide additional security and support to this rack around the tire for the remainder of the trip and had a major issue 6 hours later going down the highway. The rack slipped again (the metal bars that support the bike rack in the upright position located on both sides) popped out of the holes causing the bikes to drop to the ground again and before I could pull to side of the road, the tires of both bikes were completely flat from dragging on the road along with additional structural damage to the bikes that probably can't be repaired (TBD - waiting on results from bike shop). The bikes are hybrid bikes and fortunately only cost me $350 each and weren't expensive road bikes that I also own. Furthermore, the highway (shoulder) was narrow and we were in a high risk situation trying to remove bike rack and store damaged bikes in vehicle with car pulled over on the shoulder. Fortunately, there were no accidents during this time but this created a lot of stress during this situation for both my wife and me. I was going to return this bike rack to Amazon for obvious reasons, however Amazon doesn't allow returns past 30 days for this item even though my roundtrip was more than 30 days while using this bike rack. I tried to plead my case with Allen to return this rack but they requested a lengthy process that involved reinstalling this poorly designed bike rack and bikes that are already at the shop. FYI - I have never written a bad review before until now. Buyer Beware!!

This looked to be exactly what I needed but a couple issues. Upon assembly the instructions say don't mount on an RV spare tire. I doesn't say this anywhere on the Amazon page and it doesn't say why you cannot mount on an RV spare tire.. There really is no difference between an RV spare and car/SUV spare so I proceed with caution. 2nd issue is my bike is a little heavier on the rear than the front and the rack wants to slip to the right side and possible come off the spare tire. I will have to secure further with rope to keep the bike from slipping to the left or right. Not ideal but seems like it should work.