Hollywood Racks HR400 Road Runner 4-Bike Hitch Mount Rack (2-Inch Receiver))

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Price: $260.96    

Product Feature

• Carries up to 4 bikes and fits 2" hitches
• Patented no-wobble hitch system eliminates slack between receiver hitch and racks
• Includes keyed alike locking hitch pin and 8' security cable

Product Description

Road Runner hitch racks features solid construction with anti-sway bike cradles

Hollywood Racks HR400 Road Runner 4-Bike Hitch Mount Rack (2-Inch Receiver)) Review

Purchased June 2010. Researched Thule, Yakima, etc. The HR400 is a great rack for the money. Strong, quality product - made in the USA. Similar in capacity with other brands. I liked the anti-sway strap feature in the receiver bracket. Directions are spare but very little actual initial assembly so this is not so much a problem. You can check-out the assembly instructions on-line.

Includes the hitch lock AND the 96-inch cable lock both keyed to the same key with 4 keys; these products can add up to +$60 if not included. Easy to assemble. Easy to mount.

Equal to other double arm racks in terms of loading. First time with your own bikes takes some time to figure out. Partly for visibility on my brake light and partly to load easier I removed all seats and a two pedals. After first time, 15 minutes to load. Tilt feature is well-designed. Ran to Maine with 4 adult mountain bikes. For 4 bikes, for recreational, vacation biking, it is all you need.

TIP #1: Lower anti-sway arm and straps are a bit of a pain the first time but recommended - just make sure you load the second bike BEFORE you place these straps on the first bike (and so forth to the last bike) so that the wheel/pedal loacations on the first bike are good before you secure the wheels on the first bike.

TIP #2: When I was finished loading the bikes I went for a ride and noticed a sway. The sway was coming from the fact that the fully-loaded rack post bears backward and down on the 2-inch receiver bracket creating a small gap between the bracket post and the front of the upper sleeve. When you drive and bounce a little, the weight can come up and forward and the post moves a bit forward and then back in the reciever bracket causing the sway. That did not seem right since the product seemed very strong and well-designed but I figured I could stick a wedge of some kind behind the bracket post to steady it. When I went into my garage, I noticed a small black thumb screw on the floor. Nothing in the instructions. I looked around the rack and found a screw hole in the front of the upper sleeve. The thumb screw goes in there and holds the post away from the front of the sleeve and against the rear of the sleeve. Sway was gone. Great but three problems: first, the thumb screw loosens while driving and sway returns; second, while the thumb screw has not fallen out (yet), it is not secured; third, while it does loosen enough to permit the sway to return, it does not loosen enough to allow you to put the tilt pin back in in the upright position once you remove the tilt pin for drop down and rear door access. So you need to lossen it a bit further -- slide in the tilt pin and then re-tighten the thumb screw.

Tip # 3: If you are plannig to carry women's bikes or kids bikes -- check gap between racks so that you have sufficient frame clearance to load. But that applies to any double arm rack.

Tip # 4: Most racks that fold down allow this feature via a bolt and nut pivot that secures the a lower receiver bracket to the rest of the rack. So by removing this bolt, someone, in theory, could lift up and carry off all (1 to 4) of your bikes (and the loaded rack). Sigh. For security, I used one of my bike cable locks (most of us have them anyway so not added purchase) between the receiver bracket reinforcement angle and the welded u-bolt on the front of the rack post. Sure someone can still cut the cables but we are looking to avoid the easy opportunities.

Tip # 5: The 96-inch cable lock is long enough for all the wheels on 4 bikes but not enough for all the wheels AND frames. The cable secures to the rack thru a u-bracket welded to the front of the rack post. I used the 96-inch cable for the wheels and another of my own cable locks to secure the frames thru this u-bolt to the rack. Again -- just avoiding the easy opportunities.

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