Yakima - Big Horn 4 1-25 inch Hitch

Description

Even if you’re on a tight budget, your bikes will never go the way of General Custer when you get yourself a BigHorn. This affordable beauty is designed for families and occasional riders who want to keep the amount they spend proportionate to the number of times they’ll use their rack. It carries a wide range of bikes, and can be lowered out of the way by simply removing a pin from the mast.

Most affordable hitch-mounted bike racks

Switchblade anti-sway cradles prevent bike-to-bike contact

Dual-arm design fits most bikes and reduces the need for a tube adapter

Compatible with 1 1/4" hitch receivers

Optional DeadLock available to lock bikes to rack

and rack to car

 

 

Product Reviews

Customer Reviews

Customer Rating:  4 stars based on 5 reviews

Customer Rating: Well made and works well By ALPHA G33K from Sunny California, USA I abuse this rack and haul my bikes everywear and it holds up very well. My bikes are secure and I don't ever worry about them. Roof racks scare me as I know too many people that have destroyed their bikes on the garage door. This rack has a swivel to lower the rack and get to the hatch, but beware! When the rack is loaded-down with bikes, it is very heavy! You'll need a buddy to help raise the rack back into position. This earned it a four star instead of a five. I also had to purchase a Hollywood Racks Boomer Bar Womens or Dual Suspension Bike Rack Frame Adapter for my full-suspension mountain bike to fit on this rack. My road bike and wife's bike fit just fine though. Customer Rating: Solid bitch rack By P. Mok Easy to assemble. Feels solid and well made. Fits well into the tow hitch receiver. Customer Rating: Not ok as is for heavy use By E. Hansen from Morgantown, WV United States We ride bikes several times per week. I say we meaning my me and my kids. So I carry 2-3 bikes on this several times per week. There are problems with heavy use. First of all, the pin that lets the rack fold down is 3/8 inch. Mine actually bent from running on the highway with 2-3 bikes. I drilled it out and put a 1/2 pin. Also, I didn't trust the threaded hitch pin that comes with the rack, it is also 3/8 inch and all that force is on the threads. If they break, by by rack. So I drilled it out to 1/2, used a regular class 2 1/2 pin and a product called a hich vise. $35 for the hitch vise, but the system works much better and is more stable. Finally, the sytem holds the bikes with flexible plastic pieces which slide on 1 1/4" metal poles. They hold the bikes well, but they also slide on the poles resulting in bikes ending up touching and rubbing paint off each other. Since I have no idea how anyone could fit four bikes on this rack, I went with mounts for three. You can remove a screw on the end of each pole, take the end cap off and slide off or on the pieces that hold the bikes on. I took one set off and then cut 1 1/4 inch PVC pipe to keep the other three sets equal distance from each other. This is dirt cheap and works extremely well, the bikes stay put on the poles and don't touch each other. Lots of modifications for this rack but it works well now. I think I would buy a more expensive one in the future but there aren't many choices if you need 1 1/4 and all I have ia a class 2 hitch so I can't use a 2 inch hitch. Customer Rating: Very Good Bike Rack By Andrew White "whitea23" from East Lansing, MI USA This is a very nice bike rack for the money. I've been able to get my mother's bike on this rack without using an adapter bar. Sometimes it can be difficult to get some bikes on, but I haven't had a bike that I couldn't get it on it yet. It does exactly what I needed it to do and I do not think I would have been more satisfied with a more expensive rack. Customer Rating: Excellent four bike rack for 1.25" hitch By Evan Bontrager from Goshen, IN USA I am very pleased with Yakima for creating this rack. We downgraded cars which forced us to have a 1.25" hitch instead of an earlier 2" hitch. Our previous four bike rack was from Reese, which worked very well but was heavy and over built. Yakima BigHorn 4 is lighter yet very strong. It is the perfect size while supporting four bikes. The assembly instructions were clear. The parts and box were nicely thought out. The bike mounting and straps are as good as any I used. There was not a large selection of four bike hitch racks for 1.25" and I was please Yakima still supported this need. It appears this rack is identical between the 1.25" and 2" hitches with only one part change. Well thought out design. The only negative and the reason I didn't give it 5 stars relates to a plastic guide when lowering the rack. This plastic guide can pop off and needs to be pushed into placed when lifting the rack in the upright position. I don't anticipate lowering it often and with care it functions fine, but you do need to keep this in mind. Do note that for 1.25" hitches, you do get more side to side sway compared to a 2" hitch but it is acceptable and the Yakima design is plenty strong enough. 1-5 of 5

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