Bike Carrier Hitch - Transporting Bikes Without Any Hitch

The arrival of the bike carrier hitch spread a wave of relief among sports and outdoor enthusiasts.With it, there is no more cramming of the valuable space inside your vehicle, no low-height clearing troubles and no mounting problems. With a bike carrier hitch carrying your bicycles outside (at the back) of the vehicle makes the job alot easier.

The bike carrier hitch is a trailer hitch bike rack that easily fits into the trailer hitch receiver opening or at the hitch ball mount opening. The rack is set either vertically or horizontally at the rear of the vehicle. In the vertical model, a few feet long vertical metal pole holds the bike up. The wheel pointing up is then inserted between and fastened to the two horizontal bars at the top of the vertical pole. The horizontal bicycle trailer hitch rack (in which both the wheels are securely placed between the two openings on either sides of the rack) holds the bicycle in an upright position. Both the vertical and horizontal trailer hitch racks provide enough ground clearance which keeps your bikes clear from the road.

Depending on whether a vehicle has a rear mounted spare tire or not, these trailer hitch racks can hold up to four or five bikes. If you are looking for some extra carrying capacity, you may hook up a cargo carrier to your vehicle with the help of a trailer draw- bar adapter. Other advanced features of the recent generation of bike carrier hitches include folding/tilting and swinging qualities. These characteristic features of a bike carrier hitch create more space at the back of the vehicle and allow the rear door to open easily.