Can you open the trunk with the bike rack attached? If yes, can you open the trunk with bikes on the rack? Thanks!
243172
In my case, with minivan, the door can not be opened. Especially with bikes on.
243173
No. But I'd seriously rethink buying this. It pulled our whole trunk out of alignment.
1482219
Does not tilt down with bikes on. I love the rack but once bikes are on, you can't access trunk. This answer is the same as the other 3
1838535
No with the bike loaded it makes it very heavy to do so. Can do it with rack only no bikes.
1019142
There is no locking mechanism on the rack itself, but I just run a cable through all the bikes and through the loop on my trailer hitch. Keep in mind that if you lock/chain the bikes to the rack itself, you'd also want to make sure you have a locking trailer hitch/pin to prevent someone from simply pulling the pin and taking the entire rack with all your bikes attached to it (albeit, that would be heavy and awkward...but maybe I'm just a bit paranoid ;-) Great rack though. Good luck.
857498
You will NOT be able to open the trunk lid completely. It will go up to about a 50 degree angle. I have not found this to be a problem, as I can access anything in the trunk... even the spare tire.
2006088
If you have a hatchback, the rack straps to the door/bottom of the trunk. It would open, but I imagine it may be heavy to lift the trunk door up? If you have a car with a trunk, you can't open it with the rack on.
69476
The bolt-on rack just attaches to the spare tire & mount, so you should still be able to do everything that you could normally do without taking off the spare tire. The Hollywood racks that attach to the trunk will also allow you to open the trunk with the rack on, unless you have to attach the bottom straps to the bumper for some reason.
1308941
I have a Jeep Grand Cherokee and we can open the hack without taking the bikes off. We remove the pin to rack and lean it down. You need to hold onto the bikes and the rack does not lean down all the way.
1638179
The vertical bar does not fold down. The two horizontal bars where you put the tires will fold up. As far as opening the trunk, if the bikes weren't in the rack you could slip off the "hold down" brackets and that should allow the trunk to be opened and closed.
734855
with bikes on the rack, the hatch will not open. i have a tahoe and cannot open the back with bikes on the rack. if there are no bikes on it, you will be able to open the back of your car.
401223
I don't think you can access the vehicle with the bikes on the rack, but use the grey lever to lower the rack to its lowest level and access the vehicle's rear door.
1496108
It will be very uncomfotable to load the bikes. Technicali i dont see a problem if you have space on your rack but very unconvenient and i strongly dont reccomand
1560630
I was able to mount mine and my daughter's without a problem. I love this bike rack. Best thing we have bought in a long time.
1821981
Hello Sabina, This is a good question. I am trying to picture the fit on my trunk. You know, I think the rack will fit over your spoiler, as long as it's not the big crazy spoiler. Sabina, go to Youtube and type, "Review: bike rack-Allen Sports Trunk Mount 2-bikes." There is a guy giving instructions on how to attach rack to trunk. His car has a spoiler or something that look like a spoiler. Hope this help!LeighLeigh
2107551
The wheel hoops can fold up and stand vertically when bikes are not loaded. When extended, the entire rack can be tilted back to allow entrance to a trunk/hatchback/whatever...even with the bikes loaded. It does not fold up flush with the trunk/hatchback/etc. under any circumstance. It is without a doubt the best designed and most useable bike rack I have seen...no exceptions.
5555
You have to purchase a lock separately. It has a place for a lock that connects to the red screw handle to keep it from turning - but not just any lock. It is a specific accessory you have to purchase. But, you can also use a standard bike lock to lock your bike to the rack. As far as locking the rack to your car, this rack does not support that at all. You'd have to come up with your own solution.
1530050
What kind of vehicle? If it's a Suzuki, we can get the rack on plus both bikes. It took a little trial and error to figure out how it was going to work but it's easy getting them on and off now. If you are talking about the Suzuki with the hard case - I couldn't say. We just have a cover over ours.