SpareHand Universal Bike Frame Adapter Review

I have one of those bike racks where the bike hangs off the back of the car, and I didn't want to have all the weight hanging on the suspension of my new MTB - This has worked perfectly! Super easy to put on and take off, but also gives me the confidence that my bike is held sturdy when I'm driving. Great buy!

I put this on my wife's smaller frame ladies bike, and it does the trick! The ends are easy to open and close, and the construction is such that it does not scratch her bike. I have an open jeep, so when we park to bike ride, I needed to secure it. I drilled through near one end, and bolted a small cable to it, so I can lock it under the jeep seat while riding. It would have been nice to have some sort of way to lock it without doing it myself, but I think most people have a vehicle they can…

I had a Yakima adapter for several years, for my wife's bike. It is solid, but the end clips are very hard to open. It is better than nothing, but far from satisfactory. I got the Stoneman adapter for a new bike of mine that needed one. It is so much better that I bought a second one to replace the old Yakima, even though it still works. I'll give the Yakima to someone who needs something that is better than nothing. It will be years before I know if it is as sturdy as the Yakima, but it looks…

Purchased this to go with a bike rack I purchased at Dick's Sporting Goods. That same store wanted 3 1/2 times the money for basically the same adaptor.Mtn Bike-With most mountain bikes having sloped top tubes, I recommend this set up to anyone who wants their bike to stay very secure on any bike rack on the back of your car/suv.Road Bike- Protect your frame from getting scratched and use this adaptor. Many bike racks can scratch your top tube and seat tube.An added bonus here is the fact that…

I have a step thru bike - AKA a girl's bike - so sometimes mounting on a bike rack can be a little tricky. This solves the problem. And I like that it is coated so as to not scratch the bike.

After checking all the bike frame adaptors, we went ahead and purchased this one. It's works perfectly. We used it with a Hollywood Expedition Rack for 2 bikes. We have a Felt women's beach cruiser and the adaptor fit without problem between the seat post and handlebars. If there was any issue with the adaptor it would have been that on one side we had to put not the plain bar but the actual pin connector part into the bike rack holder. This never became an issue, we just made sure the pin part

My wife and I have a Toyota Prius and took up bicycle riding after my retiring. Hollywood provided a perfect fitting bike rack but to my dismay I couldn't figure out how to get my wife's "girl" bike securely on the rack. She checked different web sites and we found that adding a bar to the bike making it look like a "boy's" bike would allow it to be mounted on the rack securely. This rack is so simple to attach and remove once we're to our driven destination. Because the bikes fit so closely to

Fits both my son's bike (24" youth bike) and my wife's bike (16" women's frame). Seems fairly sturdy, but I'm not a huge fan of the design in that the 'extendability' of the adapter is not lockable and can freely lengthen/contract when you're storing it or using it. Likely there is no real concern, but it makes me a little uneasy.

I bought two of these Sparehand adapters to ensure stability when we hang our hybrid bikes up on our new bike storage rack. As you can see, they do the job!Pros:very easy to operate (click and pull)secure when lockedwork perfectly for our needsCons:noneDefinitely recommend.

I initially bought this product after searching endlessly for a review by an owner of the same bike I had recently bought (2010 Specialized Enduro), but with no luck. There were multiple reviews by owners of bikes with unusual geometry, so I thought I was looking at the right product.Unfortunately, no. If you have a high-dollar mountain bike, you probably have a large headset with limited or no space between it and your stem, like mine. I had to use the larger of the two ends of the adapter…

After two times trying to transport my new step through style bike without an adapter, I knew I had to get some sort of adapter. Due to local road conditions most of my riding is at parks - and I need to get the bike there somehow. 20+ minutes fighting to attach the bike to the car was not going to work.I picked this adapter due to the great reviews on Ebay. All the reviews are correct. This item is easy to use (only takes a few seconds to attach), sturdy, and does the job well. I can now just…

The elastic inside the bar snapped the first time the bar was extended - with VERY little force applied. I disassembled the bar and removed the elastic to find it was very badly frayed where it broke. Obviously it was like this when it left the vendor. I repaired it using a small bungee cord and everything seems to be OK. I have not requested a refund or replacement as it now works fine. However, the vendor should look into possible QC issues. I'm posting this here because there is no option in

Works great, but tends to ride too high, causing the bike to ride too low on the bike rack. That doesn't mean the bar is defective, there's just nothing to keep the front end of it from sliding all the way up to the handelbars. I cure the problem by wrapping a bungee cord around the bar and the bike frame underneath it, effectively holding the bar in its (proper) lower position. Not a big deal at all.

It was hard to get my womens style bike onto our car bike trailer until my husband found this. It goes on easily, is very sturdy and make the bike much easier to put on and take off the carrier rack.

This bar works as designed and seems to be well built. No issues while carrying a mountain bike off-road on the back of a Jeep.

I have a Diamondback WOMENS bike which was an unholy pain to load and unload for bike rides. When I was looking to possibly buy a new bike rack, I came up on these adapter bars. I looked at a great many on Ebay and felt this would be the best bang for my buck. I have used it several time with no issues. This one is very easy to put on and take off and makes it infinitely easier to load and unload my bike from the rack. A must-have for traveling with "non-standard" bikes.

It is simple to install and held the bike steady in the bike rack. The bike we used it on was a women's didn't have a cross bar, so used it to secure the bike.

Not the most elegant of designs but worked as advertised and mentioned in other reviews. It is sturdy and looks built to last a long time. Not sure why the poor reviewers mentioned the bike fell off the bike rack in transit, because this should not happen if strapped on as recommended by the supplier. Would have given it 5-stars if not for the design, but not the fault of the manufacture, just how my bike is designed.

The product worked as advertised and it fit my child's bike fine.Only complaint is that it could have come with better instructions.Installation is a bit tricky first time. But once you get used to it, it works as intended.

Works great for when we need to transport bikes on rack. Need this for bike rack to hold step through bike in place. Easy to use and works as well as the $50 one we had to buy for the other bike .