Allen 103S Premium 3-Bike Trunk Mount Rack | 
| Brand: Allen Bike Racks
List Price: $164.99
Buy New: $79.19
You Save: $85.80 (52%)
New (5) from $79.19
Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 1971
Color: Black/Silver
Size: NA
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 28 x 18 x 5
Model: 103S
UPC: 076527124000
EAN: 0076527124000
ASIN: B000NOMKZ6
Release Date: March 1, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Fits most sedans, hatchbacks, minivans, and SUVs, including some vehicles with spoilers | | • | Quick set-up design pops into place right out of box; can be folded down using one hand | | • | 15-inch long carry arms easily accommodate up to three bicycles | | • | Comes fully assembled and can be set up and installed in minutes | | • | Lifetime warranty on workmanship and material |
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Product Description
Quick set up rack snaps into place right out of the box, and can be folded down with one hand. Patented tie-down system individually secures and protects bicycles. Features Allen's new dual-compound tie-down cradles. Fully assembled.
Amazon.com Product Description
The Allen 103S Premium trunk-mounted, 3-bike carrier snaps easily into place right out of the box and can be folded away with one hand. Featuring 15-inch long carry arms, it also offers added internal clearance to fit most sedans, hatchbacks, minivans, SUVs, and vehicles with rear-mounted deck spoilers. A patented dual compound tie-down cradle system individually secures and protects your bicycles. It comes fully assembled, and it's backed by a lifetime warranty on workmanship and material defects. About Allen Bike Racks
In 1967, after a few years of working on the aerospace technology for the Apollo missions, Dick Allen was out of a job. Government cutbacks led Allen, a Harvard-trained physicist, to transform his garage hobby into a new industry. A cycling enthusiast, inventor, and family man, Allen had a personal need for a bike-carrying device. On weekends, he would take his sons and wife to Cape Cod or the White Mountains of New Hampshire. What proved difficult time and again was the transport of his family's bicycles. Rather than fight through inconvenience with twine and a dinged car, Allen sought an answer for himself as well as a market in which he foresaw major growth possibilities. Always a pathfinder, Allen took to work in his Lincoln, Massachusetts garage in search of a more efficient way to transport bikes. Drafting designs during the day and constructing them throughout the night, he put together a model made of electrical conduit, metal strapping, and fire hose casings (for padding). At first, the Allens tested the prototype on weekend excursions. Finding the first trunk-mounted rack to be a success, Dick started Allen Bike Racks. Dealer acceptance came quickly, and by 1971 Allen Bike Racks were sold nationally through a number of major bicycle distributors. Today, the company owns over three dozen patents and offers a versatile product line of bike racks while Dick's son Alex now owns and operates the business. What started out as a small garage run operation now operates three warehouses nationally, two factories abroad, and has products sold in more than a dozen countries around the world.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
Great bike rack July 3, 2008
Roxie J. Turner
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This bike rack is easy to install and take off the car. It folds easily for storage in the trunk or wherever else when you don't need to use it. It is sturdy and has done a great job transporting our bikes.
First rate bike rack August 26, 2008
ABR (WI)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Have gone on trips in a small car (Mazda Protoge and Saturn wagon) loaded with three bikes: a normal men's bike, a large woman's bike and a kid's trailer bike. This rack is beautifully designed - super easy to set up and load, secure, very compact and a great price. A+ all the way!
 Easy and Efficient September 4, 2008
Debbie (Staten Island, NY)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This bike rack is extremely easy to use and requires no special tools to attach to the trunk of our car. And the clips holding the bikes helped to provide ease of mind on our first trip which was a 30-minute highway drive at highway speeds. On the way home, the bottom strap came away from the bumper (probably due to our not pulling the strap tight enough), but this had no bearing on the bikes. They remained sturdily attached. The rack folds up easily enough and can be stored in the trunk of the car. And the price can't be beat. Our local bike shop tried to sell us a rack that was obviously inferior, and twice the price. I would definitely recommend this rack.
excellent design September 12, 2008
Cliff Resnick (New York, NY United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This rack fit snug on my Mazda 3 hatchback and carried three adult bikes from NYC to Maine and back without a waver, even on poor quality highways. I had been considering a roof rack, but I'm very glad I found this instead.
Some standout qualities:
1. A sturdy, snug fit.
2. A very quick, simple, and logical setup/dissembly.
3. The excess strappage from the upper tensioning straps is generous and ideally positioned to thread through the wheels and tie, thus prohibiting front wheel knock.
4. When not in use it easily collapses to a profile that's nearly flat. It should easily fit in most closets.
5. It's very reasonably priced.
A caveat: at least on my car, only the lower rubber pads touched metal, as the upper mounted against the hatch window, so I had no concern for abrasions. However, the way this thing stuck I doubt it would be an issue on any car, provided you wash off any grit at least in the few places the rubber meets the body.
Slightly more money but a great product September 30, 2008
T. Bourke (Windsor, Ontario, Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great product even though it may cost a bit more than some other 3-bike racks. The bike mounting straps look like they were made to hold triangle framed bikes, but swivel to easily accomodate Y-frame bikes. I used this rack on my Winstar van with three bikes and a canoe on top and had no issues at all.
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