I like E3 Mount Trunk Racks Express 3-Bike Hollywood Rack
Very Pleased. I bought this bike rack because Hollywood Racks E3 Express 3-Bike Trunk Mount Rack got good reviews and I’m glad I did! It works great and I’m very pleased.
Great for the price. After spending all of my money on a new mountain bike, I had very little money left for all the accessories. Luckily this bike rack was inexpensive, and arrived in two days with Amazon Prime. I’ve used it almost every other day to go riding after work. I have probably put 500 miles on it with a bike attached, It is still snug without any retightening. It is great for one bike, I keep it on the middle hook. When I needed to attach my friend’s bike, it fit with very little effort. I just don’t see three bikes fitting on this rack.
The one major problem with this rack is that the rubber hooks the bike attaches to can slide. I don’t attach my bike tightly against my car to prevent the pedal from scratching. After driving, the mounts gradually move up the rack. Other than that it is a good rack for the price.
4 problems with it. So, let me start off by saying that the directions for installation are horrible! They don’t help in the least because there is no diagram showing what each part is and where it goes. The directions are all words! Words like nub and nylon webbing and others that they just assume you know. One black and white photograph that that looks like the one in the image you see when you look at this product here is all you get. And it won’t work for all cars. I have a 99 miata, and the side straps don’t hold well because of the shape of my trunk. Also, the bike moves around unless you strap it like crazy, which takes so long to do and undo that I might as well walk and forget the damn bike. I did finally get to the park, then struggle to get the bike off of the rack because it is a woman’s bike and there is barely enough room under my double slanted bars to slide it in and out of the rack. When I finally got my bike off and got my dog ready to run beside me, I realized, hey, there is nothing to prevent anyone from just slipping the six straps off of my car and stealing my bike rack! So the whole bike ride I’m wondering if I’ll still have it when I get back. Luckily it wasn’t stolen, but now I have to come up with a way to modify this product so that a) I have easier mounting and unmounting of bike,
b)I can quickly tie down the bike to keep it from swinging back and forth while I drive, and c) attach it to the trunk in a way that no one can steal it. It is way too much of a hassle if I have to put that thing in my trunk every time I get to the park. Come on, there’s got to be a better product design than that! And they need to re-type those instruction manuals and add diagrams!