NewsBike Hook review

When someone has spent more than 20 years carrying bikes on holidays using just about every type of bike rack imaginable, we pay attention when they try Bike-Hook.

5. Your Rear Doors Are Still Your Rear Doors This is one of the features that surprises people most. Because Bike-Hook moves with the rear door, you don't necessarily have to remove an entire bike rack just to get into the back of your van. There's no large hitch-mounted structure underneath the doors and no separate swing-away carrier to operate. For campervan owners who are constantly getting into the back of their vans, that simplicity can make a big difference during everyday travel.

Rear-Door Access Without Unloading the Bikes One of the greatest frustrations with many van bike racks is rear-door access. Depending on the system, you may need to remove the bicycles, tilt the rack, operate a swing-away mechanism, or unload everything before opening the rear doors. Jonathan’s photographs show one of Bike-Hook’s most useful advantages: the rear door can still be opened with the bicycles mounted.

A Simpler Approach Bike-Hook takes a very different approach to transporting bicycles. Instead of supporting the bike by its wheels, the bicycle is securely mounted by the front fork while hanging from the rear doors of the campervan. The result is a remarkably compact system that removes in seconds and stores easily when it's not needed. For many campervan owners, that simplicity is exactly what makes the system so appealing.