Allen Deluxe 5-Bike Hitch Mount Rack (2-Inch Receiver) customer reviews:
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Great for hauling the family's bikes  
I don't write many reviews but I was happy enough with this product to spend time giving my feedback.
The Good
* This rack easily accommodated 2 large adult bikes with *big* baby carriers, along with 2 smaller kids bikes (4 total). Because these are large and bulky I doubt we could get another full sized bike installed, but it easily handled our situation.
* I *love* the tilt feature which allows us to open the minivan hatch back without unloading everything on the rack. This is a must-have feature that is worth its weight in gold.
* It's well constructed so it should last many years. The steel is powder-coated so hopefully rust will not be an issue.
* Very easy to install
* It's not very expensive!
The Bad
* I doubt you can fit 5 unless they are all thin racing-style road bikes. But again, it fits 4 "family" bikes without a problem.
The Ugly
* The accessory strap buckle broke after one firm yank. This strap is not an integral part of the design so I simply used my own ratched-style strap in it's place. Not a big deal, but it's something to look out for.
Recommended
I have a family of 5, and am lucky to get them all interested in a family bike ride but once a month. I don't need the top of the line, but I want decent quality. This bike rack fits the bill, perfectly. Very easy to mount onto the vehicle and to mount the bicycles onto the rack. All bikes stayed plenty stable. I recommend the cross-bar adapters as they certainly help mounting bikes without a level cross bar. Don't bother with the locking bolt, if a theif has his sites set on your bikes, s/he is going to get them.
Great Rack!
We just bought the rack for a trip up into the Colorado mountains. It performed admirably, holding two adult mountain bikes, a kid's bike, and a single-wheel "tag along" with no special modifications. Haven't loaded it up with five bikes yet, but we did not have any noticeable wobble with the load we did have. I particularly like the fold-down feature, which allows us to open the lift-back of our minivan without removing the rack.
Great rack, Great price, No sway.
This rack is great. Used it for a trip the day I received it. Only took 3 bikes with me but the rack never moved. It installs in no time and when loaded has no sway at all. It swings down nicely so I could lift the rear gate on the Envoy while the bikes were on the rack. Great product, no need to spend more money for the other two "name brands".
No Complaints
A great 5 bike Hitch. I was a little nervous purchasing at first because of one reviewer saying the hitch sat too low on their car. Previousely we've been carrying our bicycles in a hitch mounted tray on our Honda Odyssey. Love my Odyssey but the only complaint on the car is it does sit too low, and the tray goes straight out from my hitch about 3' and it was allways bottoming out. I wanted to avoid this. The Allen rack only protrudes about 8" or so and is 8" above the ground. I had the rack since May and still have it on the car and it never bottomed out yet. Now the rack itself is very strong I have had 5 bicycles on it many times, 2 adults, two children 16"s and a childs with training wheels. It takes a little bit to get used to placing them on the rack, other than the mens bike none of them fit perfectly on the two support arms. But because it has two support arms it allows you to position them on the bicyles in different locations. For instance the smaller bicycles and the womens bike I actually put one arm behind the seats and on the fork to the rear tires. It holds all the bikes just fine. It is sturdy, little or no sway when traveling, the Hitch attaches with a bolt instead of a pin. Leave the bolt alone, don't make any modifications the bolt works just fine and hold the whole unit steady. Yeah if you wanted to remove it after each use it could be a bit of a pain. But we've left ours on since May, it flips down easily and back in place. We even ran it through carwashes with no problem. I plan on removing it in Winter and putting it back in the Spring. For the cost of the rack I'm not paranoid either that someone is going to steel it. I actually have no complaints only compliments on this rack, the cost makes it even that much better. If I paid more for another rack I don't know what would make it any better, the rack is great.
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