The curt tray style bike rack is made to be easier to use and keep your bikes more secure holding them at three points of contact.
Tray style 4 bike rack.
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Keep in mind that the 12 3 4 inch clearance measurement for swagman xtc4 4 bike rack for 2 hitches platform style item s64665 is for just the bike rack.
Hitch mounted tray style bike carrier racks are one of the most popular bike carriers because they are the easiest to load and unload bikes.
A small sliding strap secures the rear wheel and can be adjusted based on the wheelbase of the bike being carried.
Yakima doubledown is a hanging style 4 bike rack.
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The cradles of the tray style bike rack are all designed to be fully adjustable to accept a variety of bike types everything from adult road bikes to kids mountain bikes.
The handle bars and pedals of the nearest bike will still be closer to the back of the vehicle.
With this design the shape or size of the frame is inconsequential.
Mounting your bikes on the rack.
The bike rack tray design allows for easy loading and unloading and it keeps the bikes well protected during travel.
It features a hitch mounted design to easily attach to your vehicle s trailer hitch adjustable loop like cradles to hold the bike s wheels a ratcheting arm to lock over the crossbar and a tilt away feature to allow the entire rack to tilt away from the vehicle.
Hitch mounts require your vehicle to have a 1 1 4 or 2 inch hitch to mount the rack on the vehicle and they can hold up to six bikes at a time.
All the tray style hitch racks that we tested have a two bike capacity but many of them can be increased to three or four bikes by purchasing a rack extension.
The tray style arms can also be replaced with our fat tire cradles 18091 to accept bikes with tires up to 4 7 8 wide.
That said you might require a yakima tube top adapter if your bike doesn t have the traditional frame.