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.
This bike rack uses a set of 4 independent cradles to hold your bikes onto.
Similar to other racks of this kind the doubledown holds the bike by the frame.
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.
With this design the shape or size of the frame is inconsequential.
The curt tray style makes an excellent car bike rack or other vehicle bike rack featuring key operated ratcheting arms for maximum bike security.
A small sliding strap secures the rear wheel and can be adjusted based on the wheelbase of the bike being carried.
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.
Mounting your bikes on the rack.
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.
Yakima doubledown is a hanging style 4 bike rack.
The handle bars and pedals of the nearest bike will still be closer to the back of the vehicle.
That said you might require a yakima tube top adapter if your bike doesn t have the traditional frame.
The bike rack tray design allows for easy loading and unloading and it keeps the bikes well protected during travel.
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.
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.
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