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 enlarge | Brand: Allen Bike Racks
Category: Sports
List Price: $149.99
Buy New: $60.00
You Save: $89.99 (60%)
New (5) from $60.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 704
Color: Black/Silver
Size: NA
Shipping Weight (lbs): 10.5
Dimensions (in): 23 x 16 x 4
Model: 102S
UPC: 076527123003
EAN: 0076527123003
ASIN: B000NOMKYM
Release Date: March 1, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 It's a very good product backed by first rate customer service! August 8, 2008
This is a good product and well worth the money. Easy and relatively fast to mount; and it's a solid and safe carrier. Mine arrived with two straps that were not properly thermal cut so it takes time and some struggle to thread them through the narrow passages of plastic buckle - the straps hold the rack in place by hooking through car's car-carrier hooks (slots) underneath the rear bumper.
Metal parts are steel and feel solid - naturally they are heavier than aluminum tubing, sponge bumpers, however they are inserted into the tubing - they are there to prevent paint damage to your car's paint- badly cracked but so far holding- but eventually they will fail. This design is simple, functional, and it works. Yet Allen's Quality Control should be on the look out NOT to ship the product with minor yet annoying defects.
(8-18-08) Since I wrote this review, I had to contact Allen and request them to replace the defective parts with which my rack arrived. The customer service was lightening fast, no questions asked, in two days I received satisfactory solution to my problem.
I rate the customer service of Allen Top Notch, A-1, Superior.
 Is it secure on a CRV? July 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Although the web site and box say this rack is compatible with the new Honda CRV, it is questionable. The top hooks will not lay flat and are hard to get into a secure position. The only place to put the bottom hooks is under the plastic skin on the bottom of the rear door, and the instructions say they should be hooked onto sheet metal. We have driven about 4 hours with the rack on the CRV, and the bottom straps tend to come loose due to vibrations, making me feel a little insecure about the security of our bikes on this rack. It is nice and compact and folds up flat, and it is inexpensive, but I would look for a different rack for a CRV.
 Used on Mini Cooper July 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I needed a bike carrier for my Mini Cooper and quickly found that most of the options were going to cost me hundreds of dollars to add on the car. This carrier is one of the few alternatives for the Mini and it works GREAT!! The carrier stays solid on the car and there is no sway to it at all. I have only carried one bike but I would feel comfortable putting a second one on with no trouble. Just a note if you have a Mini Cooper convertable this carrier will not be compatible.
Great June 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
By no means an avid bike rider, but I needed something affordable to carry 2 Trek Hyrbrid bicycles on my Honda Civic. After reading several reviews about other brands, and speaking with my local bicycle shop there were far too many negative reviews for the lower end models of trunk racks. Anyways, with the help of many positive reviews posted on Amazon I purchased this Allen product. I am not well versed in the bike rack market, but I must say I am very satisfied. Here are the positives; lightweight, easy to put on and take off, sturdy (transported for many miles on the backroads of Mendocino County, CA), affordable. Negatives; the instructions are confusing (fortunately, you can figure it out without them.
Good solid rack, easy to collapse. June 19, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Allen 102S is a good solid rack. The 2-strap tie down to the bumper makes in very stable, and the entire arrangement is easy to collapse for campact storage. I researched other 2-bike racks and selected this one based on numerous positive reviews. I haven't been disappointed.
Not the cheapest rack, but certainly one of the best.
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