Bolt-on A-frame bike rack engineered specifically for travel trailers. Carries up to 4 bicycles -- including wide-tire mountain bikes -- with zero drilling, zero welding, and a clean factory-style fit on your trailer tongue.
Travel trailer owners have always faced the same dilemma: bring the bikes or have room in the tow vehicle. The Arvika 7004AFFB3 solves it by using the one structure that's already there and doing nothing -- your A-frame trailer tongue. The rack clamps directly to the A-frame tubing, distributes weight forward of the axle where your trailer handles it best, and gets out of the way of your hitch and electrical connections.
The kit fits tire widths from 2.25 inches up to 3.25 inches, covering everything from road bikes and hybrids to cross-country mountain bikes and fat-ish trail bikes. Four individual cradles hold each bike upright and secure, so there's no bike-on-bike contact and no scratched frames on a long haul.
Full-family haul -- all four bikes on a single rack without a hitch receiver or roof load.
Clamp-on mounting to A-frame tubing. Installs and removes without permanent modification to your trailer.
Tire cradles adjust from 2.25" to 3.25" width -- road, hybrid, mountain, and light fat-tire bikes.
Engineered capacity for real-world loads. Four bikes averaging 50 lb each max out the rating evenly.
The 7004AFFB3 uses heavy-duty steel clamp brackets that grip the square or round tubing of your travel trailer's A-frame tongue. No holes are drilled into the frame, and no welding is required. The clamp hardware is included in the kit. Once installed, the rack sits low and forward, keeping the center of gravity ahead of the axle and within the design limits of typical travel trailer tongue weight ratings.
Because the rack mounts to the A-frame rather than a hitch receiver, it does not consume your 2-inch hitch ball mount, and your trailer's electrical umbilical and breakaway cable remain fully accessible. The rack folds or tilts when not in use on most installations, clearing the area for hookup and unhooking.
Unlike universal hitch-mount racks that hang behind your tow vehicle, the 7004AFFB3 mounts ahead of the trailer axle on the A-frame tongue. This keeps bikes within the trailer's legal width envelope on most rigs and eliminates the visibility and clearance issues of rear-overhang carrier designs. It also means you don't lose a hitch position for a separate bike rack.
Each bike position uses an adjustable tire cradle that supports the bike by the front and rear tires rather than clamping to the frame or fork. This design is particularly friendly to carbon frames, full-suspension bikes, and bikes with non-standard tube shapes. Cradles adjust to the tire width in the 2.25" to 3.25" range and include rubber contact surfaces to prevent tire sidewall damage during transport.
Bikes are secured to the cradles with the included straps. The system does not require removing wheels and does not rely on a fork mount, so bikes load and unload quickly at camp.
Not sure if your bikes fall in the 2.25"--3.25" range? Check the sidewall of your tire -- the width is printed there (e.g., 29x2.4, 700x35c converted ~1.38", 27.5x2.8). Road bikes typically run 23--35mm (~0.9"--1.4") and may require the cradle at minimum width. Mountain bikes in the 2.25"--3.0" range are the sweet spot for this rack. Standard fat bikes (4.0"+ tires) exceed the cradle range and are not compatible.
The Arvika 7004AFFB3 is manufactured in Canada to Arvika's trailer accessory standards. The main rack structure is steel with a powder-coat finish for corrosion resistance. Hardware is zinc-plated. The rack is designed for the vibration and road shock environment of highway towing, with welded joints at primary stress points and bolt-together assembly at adjustable sections.
Adding a loaded 4-bike rack to your A-frame adds weight forward of the axle, which increases tongue weight on your hitch ball. Always check your travel trailer's maximum tongue weight rating and your tow vehicle's maximum tongue weight capacity before loading the rack. A fully loaded rack at 200 lb will increase tongue weight by approximately 180--200 lb depending on mounting position. Most travel trailers are rated for 10--15% of GVWR as tongue weight -- confirm your numbers before driving.