Allen Sports Deluxe 2-Bike Rack vs Swagman XC2

Love the design. This is my second rack. Original straps weakened with age, so I needed to replace original. Unfortunately, straps on new model don’t seem to be as robust and appear to be thinner

The second issue is that the stirrups or bottom support don't have clamps and bend easily, meaning you want to put enough pressure on the bike you are transporting to create a secure and firm hold on the support, yet the supports are flimsy and bend. I find this to be a rather glaring design flaw and I would be embarrassed if this were my product as this is the reason why I can no longer use this rack and have to spend my hard earned money on another. So let me re-iterate. This is a nice, sturdy and functional rack but there is really no way to tell if your bikes are secure and if you tighten the bikes down too much, you'll break the rack

It fits on my Hyundai Sonata 4-door, but I had to attach the bottom strap under the car instead of the bottom of the trunk. Easy to install, hasn't shifted position in a week's worth of city driving, and holds a Trek Marlin 6 without issue (I had to buy a crossbar adapter, but that was easy enough).

So one of the things that I really like about this bike rack is that it has these very simple to use hooks which mount the or secure the bikes onto th...