I had been looking for a 4 bike trailer mounted hitch for several weeks. I looked at lots of reviews and just happened to be in Pep Boys one day where this was on sale for $99. Wow, $99 for a 4 bike hitch when Thule and Yakima ones are going for hundreds more? What's not to like? Well, there's a reason it's $99 and not $200+. Mounting it is fine, getting bikes on is great however the real problems occur when you try to lower the bike hitch so you can open your rear door with your bikes on it.......It's very heavy and it takes two people to lift if down and back up. This is not the infuriating part though. While one of you is straining and holding up the four bikes with the rack the other person has to bend and twist their body around the bikes to fit this tiny linch pin into a hole. The fun part is it does not fit well and no matter how many ways we tried it did not go in all the way. After much frustration we took all of the bikes off the mount and still could not get the darn pin in without banging it through forcefully. The slightest movement up or down knocked it out of alignment.....to make a long story short we returned it to Pep Boys and bought the Thule bike rack mount which also has a linch pin but also fits much better and rubber guides to help you line up the parts. So now 4 bikes go on on off no problemo.Get more detail about Allen Deluxe 4-Bike Hitch Mount Rack (2-Inch Receiver).
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