Schwinn Bike Rack

A bike carrier, also ordinarily called a bike rack, is a device attached to a vehicle or bus for transporting bicycles. Bus mounted bike carriers are customarily attached to the front of the bus. They may flip up against the bus, out of the way, when not carrying any bikes.

Auto mounted bike carriers can be attached to the roof, rear trunk, or rear tow hitch, depending on the car. Bikes might be mounted in the carriers by clamping both wheels and providing some further vertical support, by clamping the rear wheel and the front dropouts ( requiring the removal of the front wheel, that might be mounted separately on blades ), or by clamping the top tube ( typically in the case of rear hitch mounted carriers ). There's a device available that connects from the stem to the seat post, to supply a top tube equivalent appropriate for mounting in these carriers for step-through frame bicycles that don't have a top tube. Carriers that clamp on the front dropouts could also supply a built in locking mechanism. Carriers have been developed particularly for the back of pickup wagons that attach either to the bed or its sides. Special long carriers have been developed to support long wheel base recumbents and tandems.