Brand Schwinn Model 170 Details Lowest Price ($38.95)

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Schwinn 2-Bike Trunk Mount Rack
Schwinn 2 Bike Trunk Mount Rack – Features
2 Bike: Pre-assembled, individual bike hold downs, fits regular trunks to square back SUVs & Minivans
Two-bike trunk rack with narrow frame configuration to fit wide variety of bikes
Fits regular trunks to square back SUV’s and minivans
Coated S gutter hooks fit a wider range of vehicle trunk hinge lines
Bike hold-downs that separate and firmly hold bikes

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Schwinn 2 Bike Trunk Mount Rack – Reviews

This rack by Schwinn is low cost and simple. It is also a potential disaster with deadly flaws!

The rack is easy to fit to a “compatible listed” saloon like mine, even if the printed instructions can be a bit confusing.

The rack’s workings are based on having two sets of rubber feet resting on the top and rear of the outside of the car’s trunk lid. The carrier is then held in place by two sets of 2 tensioning straps which clip over the top and bottom of the trunk lid. The bike(s) are then held in place in a cradle by two plastic “bangles” which are punched with holes which “pop” over four buttons on the other side of the strap.

Easy and simple! And so it seems. A bit of huffing and puffing to make sure the straps are really tight (and tying knots to keep them secure after running the straps through the buckles three times), and a bit of concern about the reliability of the plastic “bangles” and it is time to fit on a bike (in our case we tried only one first thank goodness).

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1st time mom

I purchased this bike rack a few days before a cross-country trip from Wisconsin to Washington State; after reading the reviews here, I was worried that I might have made A Terrible Mistake, but had little other choice than to use it.

It took some time for us to figure out how to assemble the bike rack; the back window of my Pathfinder wouldn’t close entirely with the straps tightened, so we closed the window when it was loose, then tightened it while it was closed. Worked like a charm. Because I was going to be stopping overnight quite a few times, I tied my bike chain around the bike and also around the bars of the rack. Just to be on the safe side, I also used a bungee cord to further secure the bicycle onto the rack. We followed the directions for securing the bike to the rack perfectly, fastening and knotting the straps exactly as instructed. The rack itself was very stable, and moved only a little under the pressure of my weight.

I did–as the instructions stated–stop every
Chuck

This rack is a little disappointment for me. It easy to setup but it really designed for toys bikes that has no weight. With adult full size bikes, it has no way to hold when car is driving on regular car speed. First of all, they should have six straps that can hold the rack steady and this rack only has 4. Second, straps are easy to get loose. Third, the brakets that hold the bicycle are no way to tight up. They use 4 plastic botton and 4 holes on the plastic strap to connect in order to hold the bicycles, which is too week and very easy to just open the connection when the car moves fast.

To make use of this rack, you have to use some other assistant. I bought a basket of bangee cords and use them tight up bike with rack.

Paul C. Weeks

I purchased this rack to carry two bikes and all it took was one patch of bad road and it bent my trunk so bad that I can’t latch my trunk anymore.

DJ


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