what stops a thief from unbolting the bar from the hitch and walking away with the bikes still locked into the crosspiece?
1181864
What stops a thief from unbolting your hitch from your vehicle? If thief wants your item bad enough thief will take it. Nothing is perfect so always beware.
1181865
There are holes in the top plates to put pad locks on it. But truly it would only stop a lazy thief. best coarse of action is to not leave bikes on it over night or for extended periods of time.
1181866
there are holes drilled that will fit a lock. the hitch isn't very stable though, the first trip carrying my bike, the yellow plastic slid out and dumped my brand new bike on the road. i recommend getting something different
44300
It did not come with a hitch lock... but I think I was able to run the cable lock thru the bikes on the rack and then thru some part of the hitch. Wasn't the best solution, but better than nothing.
1844418
Not sure what you would do that unless somebody try to snatch it in your presence. Usually this is use while you are momentary away just like leaving a bike. If you don't leave your bike, no point of locking it. I bought three of these and they're pretty secure. Of course with heavy duty cutter can cut anything including a chain. It makes it harder for anyone to steal the one that has a secure lock. Choose the one exactly shown in the picture but compare prices.
1867475
Unfortunately there are no security locks on this rack to prevent your bikes from being stolen. Only fasteners to hold them in place.
333564
What Joshua said and they would need to be rather large wrenches. With that they would end up with a Safari Rack with a shape either needing to be cut with a torch or cut their roof to attach. Really the idea of theft is the least of my concerns with this. A locking pin-not a bad idea but not a necessity IMHO.
649967
If a bicycle thief wants to steal your bicycle, they will steal it. This, and just about every other lock, is to discourage casual thiefs from grabbing your bike.
147553
No. Don't plan on leaving your bike with this rack. I don't know of a way to lock it.
419827
Not sure what you want to "do" but once you arrive, you simply detach, tuck the bar to the clip on your bike. It is almost like you didn't have it.
818147
I don't think that it is theft-protected. It is very easy to remove from the trunk of the car, if desired, with out opening the trunk at all. I tried and succeeded. If you are worried about the area you live in---I'd take it home for the night, or just remove it and put it into the trunk. This bike rack is easy to install/remove.
1473553
There is no way to lock the cross bars without altering the hardware. If you are concerned about being stolen, take them off when you do not need them to lessen the chances of being stolen, or get cross bars that lock with a key, by Yakima or Thule, but they are more expensive.
2176983
To secure the lockbox if you leaving it and yes it can be attached to something this way the lockbox can't be removed
1242515
You can buy a separate hitch pin that locks that has a key to prevent someone from stealing it. I believe from Yakima. My wife's rack came with the locking hitch pin, but my son's rack did not.
1336569
There isn't a locking mechanism with the rack. It's easy to use the usual bike cable lock looped through a bracket at the hitch, when leaving unattended. That's a secure fix for me.
1298062
Someone else commented that it takes alot to remove this and I agree. Anyone trying to take this will be spending a bit of time trying to remove it. As suggested, tamper proof nuts would seem like a good way to go. A long shank padlock would probably fit over the crossbars and rack and lock it on too.
1952108
The rack has a system that locks it to the trailer hitch, however there are no locks that lock the bike to the rack.
2017451
I checked with the manufacturer and this is what they wrote back: "There is no security locking feature that comes with the trailer. I think you could unhook the trailer and fasten the trailer frame to the bike frame with a bike surety chain. In this case the trailer would be sitting next to the bike, not behind it "
1952107
No, there is no built in system to lock bikes to the rack itself. The rack has a clever system for locking itself into the hitch so it cannot be stolen.