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This heavy-duty, 2-bike rack is perfect for the serious cyclist and occasional riders. It's safe for carbon frames and has a foot pedal that lets you use both hands to tilt for trunk access and fold for storage.
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The Transfer V2 has ratcheting hooks that grab your bikes firmly by the front wheel - not the frame. It's perfect for carrying carbon bikes or bikes with a custom paint job. To load a bike, simply place your front wheel in the cradle, rotate the arm up and over the wheel, and press down firmly on the ratcheting hook.
In its upright position the front cradles sit at the optimal position for holding normal-size bikes. However, you can adjust the cradles so that smaller bikes sit more toward the center of the rack or to prevent bikes from bumping into each other. To adjust the pitch, use the included Allen key to flip the bolt locator tabs upside down.
The rear wheel cradles accommodate a wide variety of bike wheelbases. They pivot front to back, adjusting automatically to each bike's wheelbase - no need for sliding and tightening. Secure the wheels in place with the built-in ratcheting strap. Strap extenders (sold separately) let you carry fat bikes.
Most platform-style racks force you to reach out and over the rack to load your bikes or walk around to the back of the rack to access the bike closest to your vehicle. The U-shaped frame allows you to walk inside the rack and get close to your bikes to lift them. Also, it won't block your backup camera when it's folded up.
The spring-loaded foot lever is easily accessible even with your bikes loaded. No more crawling through your bikes or squeezing between the rack and the vehicle to hit the tilt release lever.
The foot lever lets you tilt the rack down with bikes loaded for cargo area access. It leaves both hands free so that you can lower the rack in a controlled manner. When the rack is unloaded you can fold it up for storage.
The rack is easy to install. Just slide the shank into your hitch and use the included 8-mm Allen wrench to tighten the flatlock cam. An anti-rattle wedge is deployed inside the shank to help take play out of the hitch connection.
The Allen wrench has an indentation, so it can only be used with the Transfer. This helps keep the rack secure on your vehicle. You'll need to store it in a safe place because you'll need it when you want to remove the rack. You can also use a locking hitch pin (sold separately) for extra rack security.
The Transfer also includes a cable lock that secures your bikes to the rack. The 1/4" thick, braided steel cable threads through your bike's frames, and locks back into the rack.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (134 Customer Reviews)
This heavy-duty, 2-bike rack is perfect for the serious cyclist and occasional riders. It's safe for carbon frames and has a foot pedal that lets you use both hands to tilt for trunk access and fold for storage.We love this bike rack. We bought a couple ebikes and needed something we could use behind our travel trailer when camping and the truck when we just want to drive to some trails. When we were looki g, many can't be used behind travel trailers. We absolutely love the way its built - its sturdy, high quality, pretty easy to put together - good instructions. Love the tilting feature - use one foot - very easy. Love that it comes with the cable lock for the bikes, It is very adjustable for a wide range of bikes. We have step throughs. We did buy a hitch lock for extra security. We would recommend this rack to anyone.
Love this bike rack. Easy to use and very secure.
Etrailer made ordering easy. My bike rack came in within a few days of ordering and assembly was a breeze. Kuat packages things up very nicely and includes good quality hardware and tools for assembly.
This product is very well made. Installation out of the box is easy. Install in to the trailer hitch goes in smoothly and is very secure, a tool is provided to firm up the rack so there is no movement and remains solid during transport. Bike mounting is so easy and secure the bike never moves in transportation. Best product on the market.
Unlike other trips with my old rack, when we reached our destination, I was pleasantly surprised that bikes were in the exact same position as when we started! Love the simplicity of loading and unloading
Tim - 07/02/2022This bike rack has been perfect for my needs. It is easy to attach to any car and is very sturdy once attached. The rack doesn't weight much which makes it easy to handle. Attaching bikes takes 2 seconds. Bikes barely move when traveling. I would highly recommend this rack.
I just built and installed my rack yesterday and I absolutely love it. I drove with it on today (no bikes), amazed that there was no rattle. Tomorrow I do plan to carry a bike to see how that feels. The quality of the product exceeded my expectations! Great value for the price and if this is Kuats Entry Level model, it is worth every penny!
Extremely fast shipping! I've only had it for a few weeks but so far everything is as advertised! I'm extremely satisfied with my experience as a whole with etrailer and would not hesitate to order from again.
Bike rack arrived from the carrier in a damaged box so we did spray paint the area that has scratches, but no structural damage was done. It fits my RAV4 perfectly. Also, I am short and being able to tilt toward me and put my bike on makes it so much easier when I am out riding solo. It's easy to secure even though it feels like it wobbles.. the bike isn't going anywhere. We really like the pedal that allows you to tile the rack and be able to get in the back of the car.
The product is great in the beginning. But over time, the spring at the lower end shank is not working and I am having to manually pull and push the gear into the socket when I lower or higher the rack. This is a pain for now but not sure if it will turn into a safety issue.
Jenny N - 10/26/2022This bike rack is great. Two things: it folds up to a pretty slim profile and it’s well made. That said I had trouble getting the first front wheel holder to go on. The inside and outside holes in the frame were not aligned so you couldn’t get the bolt to pass through so I ended up enlarging the outside hole enough to allow the bolt to go through straight and the rest was painless! Another nice point are the tools: they’re actually good enough to keep! This is my second Kuat bike rack and they really handle bikes well. The tilt works great, too. Overall, it’s great pick!
Super stable so far and the U bracket means my backup camera is still very functional. '22 CX-5
I'm giving it an excellent rating even though I haven't used it yet. I've already got it put together and it seems extremely sturdy, and has a lot of nice features.
James - 01/02/2023Best bike rack for the price. Great for carbon frame bikes.
Love this bike rack! Well made, easy to put together and very easy to use. Perfect for my electric step through bike. Highly recommend!
This bike rack keeps our 2 bikes safe and secure even at highway speeds. Totally recommend this product. Easy to assemble and install. Great that it folds up and folds down. Simple to old bikes on and off. Great quality for the price.
Marcus in customer care helped me immensely late in the night even though it crossed 10:30 pm to get me a bike rack I wanted. Super helpful and true to his word
The quality of the engineering of every single part of the bike rack was perfect. Every part fit together perfectly. No wiggling or forcing things together.I’m 78 years old. It took me about 30 minutes to put it together. Easy to use and to load the bikes.
I needed a rack that would let me open my jeep tailgate while the rack is on my jeep (TJ) and this one does that easily but the bonus is that it folds up when im done hauling my mtn bike it and doesn't have any issues with my 33inch spare wheel, clears fine without being too far extended in the fold up mode.
I have the 2-bike rack, with the 1-bike rack add........so 3 bikes total. Overall very satisfied. Adding the extra single rack did make things a little more cumbersome (reach to load and reach to lower) and added a bit of weight. But still manageable. With just the 2.....no problem at all.
The Kurt Transfer V2 Bike Rack allows me to travel confidently with my e-bike. The rack provides a secure ride for the bike and easily handles the weight of the bike(s) and fatter tires.
Superb packaging....excellent instructions.....already road tripped with A+ performance.......thanks to all.
Ray - 06/25/2022I've just installed my Kuat Transfer V2 and the fact I can easily access the back of my Dodge Caravan with the goal post design, which I think very clever is awesome. The cam lever when tightened with the special allen wrench makes for a very solid fit into the receiver hitch of my van. It looks and feels solid and is easy to use.
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The review videos showed me everything i needed to know. The rack is exactly what i wanted and was shipped to me in less than a week. Great service!
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