– Allen Sports USA Ultra Compact 1-Bike Carrier for Automobile

Arrived yesterday amd tried today, super fast to install veey secure, took maybe 4 mins the first time, which will get quicker now setup for our car. Fits great with the meatl anchors , and can still open the boot easily when bike is off to get the dog in and out. Check it fits your car model. We had the M1 for 1 bike, and needed to adjust the fitting for one getting to the boot opener so offset like 3cm, and the bike rests move to allow for a female version bike frame easily using 1 on am angle and one for the vertical under the seat. Great cant fault, especially as we got one that had been returned looked like they couldn't figure out how to attached to boot sill as it was all tied up! Any way was a bargain £10 less! Amazing portable product.

Sorry about the long review but I took some time picking a rack out for us and I read plenty of reviews and I really wanted to add some of my thoughts. I bought the Allen bike rack for our 2 childrens bikes to go on our Peugeot 2008. Although it wasn’t listed as fitting our car for what it cost it was worth a punt. It arrived the next day as it was prime delivery. It comes in a small but weighty box. The rack is super simple to get ready. I would say assembly as it’s fully assembled in the box and just has to be erected if you like. It has 5 nylon straps with metal hooks on the ends which 2 hook over the top of the boot, 2 to the sides and 1 under the bottom of the boot lid. The whole operation took about 10 mins maximum. So the bikes we were using were 2 fairly small child’s bikes and they posed some trouble. This was because 1 was just too small, we got it on to a certain extent but not as I would of preferred. The second slightly bigger bike was a jiggle (again because of its size) but it went on. Apart from that and not wanting to strap the rack tighter to the boot in case of damage the rack served it’s purpose. We had a 15min drive to a promenade for a little ride and besides a nerve racking first drive, the drive back was less nail biting as I tightened the rack to the boot a little. After getting back the bikes come off super easy and the rack comes with a small bag to keep it in after unlatching and folding up. So all in all the rack flat out works, it isn’t exactly the sturdiest on the market but it is certainly one of the cheapest, the build quality is more than enough for what we need, 2 small child’s bikes. Personally I wouldn’t start hanging heavy or large expensive bikes off it for the obvious reasons and I wouldn’t want to drive for a couple of hundred miles with it in the boot. It is fairly forgiving in the fit on cars and I imagine it will fit most hatchbacks etc. Anyways hopefully this lengthy review is of some help to anyone who is in the market for a cheap bike rack.

This fitted onto my Mercedes C class coupe. I worried that it seemed a bit loose when the only straps hooked over the boot lid (trunk) but tightened when the large mountain bike was put on it. I would not drive fast over humps or rough ground with it, but that’s probably common sense. I used extra cable ties to secure the bike, but that is only because I was afraid of the straps coming loose. This works well for me and it has extra straps for fitting to SUV’s. It also folds up small and comes with a storage bag , and takes up very little space in the car. It is also easy to install and takeoff and fold up, it can be done in a few minutes.

Work perfect on my road bike, very good secure, easy to install, good quality and good price

It's a very decent product, strong, simple to use, stable, wraps up small. But for my car it's illegal - covers number plate on a skoda which is illegal. Can't place it higher to avoid number plate.

Looking for a temporary bike carrier not to be used that often I came across this on by Allen Sports, I have a hatchback car and it needed to be light, folds up small enough when not in use and easy to fit...this Allen Compact Carrier is my choice. I need to carry one MTB, so I open up the main supports place the two top straps over the hatchback lid, then you can adjust the length you need the bike to sit, when it's right then raise the bike to it's two support receptors secure them then I find it is best the to tighten the straps up to the roof first then the lower one that grabs the under neath of the boot, if that is a plastic or carbon fiber bumper make it fit the lower strap into the boot and pull it until it grips on the inside. I tried both methods and they both worked carrying a standard MTB there was no movement whilst being carried, it comes at a good price and does the job properly.

We purchased this to house our two mountain bikes to take on holiday and when driving out before a new cycle ride and route. In principle the design is good and it should work well, but in reality the weight of two bikes causes the unit to move on the rear of the vehicle. Over-tightening the 5 straps holding it in position feels as though there is a risk of damaging your vehicle especially if the "foot" of the unit is pressing on rear glass. In fairness we haven't had any accidents so far but I did have to stop on the M25 once when I spotted the unit had moved significantly through when looking through the rear window. This does do a job and does work, but I can't help feeling that the design could be improved to reduce risk of movement during transit

This is a very good solution for carrying bikes with a smaller vehicle. There are some issues fitting both mine and my wife's mtb's to it though because the frames are on the thicker end and don't fit flush into the cradles. After strapping them down though we haven't had much issue. It's a tight fit with two bikes on though and does take some jiggling around.

Buon prodotto Semplice ed efficace per due bici.

Stabil und sehr kleines Packmass. Habe die Metall Teile noch mit Kunststoff verkleidet um den Lack zu schützen

Very strong good conditions easy to understand and to fix

Es de buena calidad y fue entregado a tiempo. Lo recomiendo (usado en un Peugeot 106)

Build quality is good, but the feet are a very hard, rough plastic. There's no way these won't damage your car's paint.