Carry all four bikes and tow a trailer with this tilting bike rack. Cushioning grips your bike frame as the top plate is tightened down. Install your hitch ball, lock the rack in the upright position, and you are ready to tow!
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Note: A bike frame adapter bar (sold separately) may be required to mount certain bikes or keep your bikes level on the rack. Most women's, children's, or alternative frame bicycles will require a bike adapter bar.
The simple design on this original four-bike rack offers riders basic carrier functionality. Its steel construction provides lasting toughness. Kraton vinyl cushioning helps protect frames and offers additional gripping power. The top plate accommodates several different frame sizes, and turning knobs secure bikes to the arm. The rack tilts forward to allow easy access to the vehicle's rear cargo area. The rack has a towing capacity of 3,500 lbs. gross trailer weight and 350 lbs. tongue weight. This rack fits 2" trailer hitches.
Each cradle contains grooved, kraton vinyl cushioning to offer additional gripping power and prevent bikes from sliding during transit.
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (179 Customer Reviews)
Carry all four bikes and tow a trailer with this tilting bike rack. Cushioning grips your bike frame as the top plate is tightened down. Install your hitch ball, lock the rack in the upright position, and you are ready to tow!Works well, easy to use. Ideally it would have a 2" receiver at the end rather than a place for a ball. Be sure to have chain extensions ready when you are towing something.
Eric K - 08/14/2015I missed two points when I ordered this bike rack ... 1 is that it is extremely
heavy to lift and 2 the obvious but I missed it that the rack does not drop
down ... like other racks I now own
I was focused on the screw down holder which looks to be fine ... even for
bikes I own that have different size cross bars
The rack does sway from left to right ... just like my other racks ... great
opportunity for Reese or someone to make a anti sway bar that would
anchor on the vehicle hitch and connect to the vertical bike rack bar ..
with a simple disconnect so the rack can be tilted
Great service as usual from the people at eTrailer
Bike rack arrived quickly and works well if no height adjustment is needed. The rack would be better if it had a hitch receptacle for height adjustment rather than the ball attaching directly to the rack.
Excellent grip coverage on all four bikes, used adapter for woman's bikes.
Unit did not have a lot of sway , can swing down for access to tailgate,
and can still accept a ball for towing
The product has exceeded my expectations. Very durabIe construction. I mount 3 bikes and then attach a Fleetwood Bayside Pop-Up Camper and the cargo pulls with ease.
Had an initial problem with the base of the rack, but etrailer contacted Swagman and had them send me out a replacement. Works great now. Good customer service, good product.
Great product, really sturdy, easy to set up and get bikes on and off quickly. Really like the versatility in having the towing capacity.
We haven't used it yet, but are planning a trip tp the Keys next month. I think it's going to work great.
The bike rack/hitch is strong and easy to use. It towed and held bikes for about 3500 miles no problem
Perfect for my needs, how ever the ball end of the stem should have a 2" receiver so a drop down bar can be attached to insure proper height for the ball.
Easy to assemble and use, holds bikes tight with almost no wiggle. Sway strap included is a bonus.
my second one I have no complaints
When I received the package, the wrong part was put in the box, I contacted etrailer and they contacted the manufacturer. The replacement part was delivered to my door within days, customer service was excellent!
As usual the product was shipped extremelly quickly from etrailer.com, and arrived in excellent condition. It was easy to assemble and fits perfectly.
Thank you!
Simple and easy to assemble...though directions would have eased assembly even more.
Great sturdy product.
Received package in shorter time than expected. Package was shipped with care, no damage. Would definitely buy from them again
Nice product. Easy to order. Quick delivery time. Great experience.
Review from a similar Original Bike Rack in RV and Camper Bike Racks
I needed a small bike rack for my 5th wheel. I came to etrailer as my trusted source for info and availability since we live full time on the road. Plus these are hard to find in brick and mortar stores since COVID. I ordered the rack on a Sunday and received a confirmation and tracking number before I went to bed!! The package even arrived a day early. The rack is more sturdy than I had expected and look forward to safe transport of my bike. I also like I now have the ability to mount and use it on the rear of my pickup if needed. This is a 5 star rack but gets only 4 stars due to my one issue. The only issue was a small amount of what looks like welding slag in the threaded attachment hole to the trailer. (see picture) Having no other option, I just forced/re-threaded the bolt during installation. Since I hope to not need to remove the rack, I am just hoping for the best in the future.
Tim Z - 05/16/2022Review from a similar Original Bike Rack in RV and Camper Bike Racks
Things I like:
1. Great build quality, heavy duty not worried that it will break on me.
2. Holds three bikes
Things I Don't like:
1. The screw knobs to lock the bikes in place, this takes forever when you have skinny top tube bikes
2. It's heavy
3. Does not have a way to swing down if you need to open the back of your car. I have to unpin it and slide it out of the hitch just a bit.
4. Does not store easily, it's such an awkward shape that's not easy to store when not in use.
If this is something that you're going to keep on your vehicle all the time, I would pick a different model.
Jenny N - 04/20/2022Review from a similar Original Bike Rack in RV and Camper Bike Racks
The Swagman Original is simple and sturdy. While certainly not the best rack on the market, it's one of the few 4 bike racks durable enough for the back of an RV and it's also one of the cheapest racks on the market. The metal is thick. After a year of at least 200 miles per month, I expect it to last a lot longer.
I've had no major issues with this rack. On one 200+ miles trip, we had it mounted on the front of the truck. It was a windy day. The bottoms of the bikes leaned back towards the truck and the whole rack would lift a bit when the wind hit right. It looked worse than it was. Adding a ~$20 U-bolt style anti-rattle do-hickey solved the lifting issue but the bikes still lean a bit on windy days.
Review from a similar Original Bike Rack in RV and Camper Bike Racks
Excellent product. After installing your heavy-duty 3-bike
carrier, we carried our bicycles over 4,000 miles and they
are still on the back of our 2018 Jayco 43’ 5th wheel trailer.
Thanks for your follow up to our purchase in 2019. Is good business action to follow up on the products you sell.
Happy Trails,
Bradley H - 06/21/2021Review from a similar Original Bike Rack in RV and Camper Bike Racks
Product is better and sturdier than I expected. I was shocked at how fast it shipped. It was extremely well packaged. I have not seen this type of care in shipping for a long time. I am very happy with the product especially at the price. It had several features I was looking for:
1. It is rigid to the hitch with no flopping.
2. The bikes can be securely locked to the carrier.
3. The unit can easily be locked to the hitch (with the additional locking bolt that I would recommend purchasing.
4. When not in use it can easily be stored FLAT in the storage area of my RV without taking up a lot of room.
I would highly recommend etrailer and this bike carrier. I will be doing additional business with etrailer in the future!
Chuck - 03/16/2019 Chuck - 03/16/2019
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