Okay, so I wanted a Thule or Yakima carrier, but as I'm only a casual biker and a college student, I really couldn't justify the expense. After a lot of research on different carriers, I opted to get this one. I use this carrier to take 3 (and sometimes 4) bikes from Maryland up to Connecticut and back. The rack is surprisingly sturdy and doesn't budge. I also bought a 10ft cable to wrap my bikes and help prevent sway or theft.After reading some other reviewers' comments, I fully understand what some of those cons are with this rack. I have a 2-inch receiver with 5/8" holes for my pins. This rack has 3/8" holes. If you use your own locking pins (as I do to prevent theft of the rack), you're required to use a 3/8" pin in a 5/8" hole which means that whatever's attached to that hitch is going to rock because of that gap. The pin that comes with this hitch does not have a locking mechanism. Instead it's a 3/8" screw/pin with an upper part that's 5/8". When you attach the pin and tighten it to your 2-inch receiver using a wrench, you're pressing that 5/8" segment firmly against that 3/8" hole in the rack preventing it from moving a millimeter. The downside is that as it does not have a locking mechanism, it's entirely possible that any individual with a couple wrenches can come along and steal your entire bike rack. In addition, connecting and disconnecting your rack with a couple of wrenches is inconvenient in the extreme.So my solution was to use a 3/8" locking pin. Without any modification, the rack will shake and be completely unstable. However, I purchased a 5/8" washer (a pack of 3 cost me 68 cents at Home Depot) and inserted in the tiny gap between my receiver and the insertion rod of the carrier (not along the sides, but at the top where there was more space). I used a small hammer to gently lodge it in there, just allowing a tiny sliver of the washer hole to be visible. I immediately tested it out and the rock was minimal, and certainly dramatically less pronounced. I placed three bikes on my carrier and drove a couple hours into West Virginia at a variety of speeds and could not see a single shake or tremor. This carrier was rock solid. Then to remove the carrier and the washer, I just used a regular key or handy flat head screw driver and inserted the business end into that tiny sliver of space visible on the washer and gently tugged. It came out without any fuss. It can be the slightest bit inconvenient if I'm nitpicking, but for the price, I'm more than happy with my decision and what little effort at modification is required of me.If you have the tools, you could drill a 5/8" hole through the 3/8" hole on the rack, and then just use a 5/8" locking pin. But if you don't know how to do that, or can't be bothered, my above suggestion is a really quick and cheap fix.Regarding the horizontal support beams of the bike, they seem to be perfectly strong enough to handle the task. I've only carried adult hybrid bikes (17-19"), but I've had no problem doing so. I am very happy with my purchase, and even though I really love the look and functionality of a Thule, I just can't afford that right now. Thule's are much better designed with swing arms that allow you to easily shift your bikes down, or out and around to the side of the vehicle allowing you access to the rear gate of your vehicle. But if you don't want to spend that kind of money, this is a solid no frills rack that gives great performance and feels surprisingly durable, given its low price tag. I would strongly recommend this to a casual or occasional cycler. For a road warrior, or someone who needs more convenience and bells and whistles, don't be cheap. Remember that you get what you pay for! Cheers!

I bought this rack to replace a Thule Ridgeline. We had the Thule for three years, and sometimes we had to do crazy things to get the kids' bikes on, but you expect that to some extent with any rack. After three years, the nut on the Thule that you had to screw and unscrew to get into your cargo space would no longer line up correctly, which was pretty annoying. The last straw was when we bought a new bike for my daughter this year, and she is now large enough for an adult size frame -- we got it home to discover that there is basically no way to get it on the Thule rack because we could not maneuver it down the bars over the bulky cradles -- I mention this in case someone is looking at this rack who has the same problem with a Thule.This rack was easy to assemble (did it myself in 15 minutes while nominally supervising 3 children) and attach to the car. It is light enough that the process of aligning it into the hitch and attaching it was much simpler than with heavier racks. The no-wobble bolt really doesn't wobble! Most importantly the cradles rotate a full 360, and are not wider than the bars of the rack. The combination of these two features means that we have not yet found a bike that we can't fit on the rack, and between ourselves and friends' outings we've had three different combinations of four bikes on the rack at the same time without a problem. We recently took a camping trip to Maine (6 hours away) -- we loaded on 1 adult-size frame, 1 large child frame, one small child's frame, and one *really* small child's frame (the bike of an average-sized 4 year old, don't know the exact frame size -- we attached at the bottom crossbar and the seat post). Aside from having to remove all the training wheels, we were able to fit all these bikes on the rack in a reasonable, not-kludgy, secure fashion, and they stayed there for the duration of the trip up and the trip back without needing to be re-seated, re-tied, or adjusted at any point.I can definitely see where the pin-mechanism for access to the cargo space might get annoying (it might have caused me to give 4.5 stars if that were an option), and we'll try Mark P's suggestion about loosening the nut as ours seems to have gotten a little more finicky over time. However, it's no more annoying than the mechanism on our Thule rack was, or that I see on several other brands of racks -- although there might be a truly good option for this mechanism, I think this one is par for the course.

Holds 3 bikes well, difficult to get 4 full sized bike on.

Súper bien construido, materiales de muy alta calidad. Excelente relación calidad-precio. ¡Muy satisfecho con la compra!

Sturdy and easy to assemble and use bike carrier. Excellent value for money. Suitable for large size SUV's such as Infiniti QX80, Chevrolet Tahoe and similar. Fitted perfectly.

Great bike mount strong build very sturdy and mounts are very well constructed. Very easy to use lpad bikes on and off. The tilt feature is very usfuel when needing to acess trunk.

This is an amazing product.. I had the 4 bikes rack and used it 10 times so far without any issues.. very easy to mount on the car in less than 30 seconds!!! Also mounting the biks and tightening/removing them is very convenient.. It made my life easy 😌