LifeLine Rear 3 Cycle Car Rack Reviews
Review score: 8.6/10 – Updated November, 2024
Latest Price: £44.99 (RRP: £44.99)
Take a look now to discover what makes LifeLine Rear 3 Cycle Car Rack worthy of a review score of 8.6 out of 10.
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LifeLine Rear 3 Cycle Car Rack features
LifeLine Rear 3 Cycle Car Rack
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Feature 1
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Mount up to 3 bikes to the rear of a car Other Bike Racks found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 2
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Fits most sedan, hatchback and SUV type cars Other Bike Racks found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 3
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Accommodates the vast majority of conventional bike frames and sizes Other Bike Racks found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 4
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Tool-free fitting Other Bike Racks found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 5
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6 strap harness Other Bike Racks found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 6
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Padded rails Other Bike Racks found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 7
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Padded top tube mounts with security straps Other Bike Racks found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 8
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Locks Bike to Carrier: No Other Bike Racks found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 9
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Weight Limit: 45kg Other Bike Racks found with this feature: 1 |
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Price
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£44.99 |
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Number of Reviews
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14 |
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Review Score
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4.1 / 5 Average score in category: 4.2/5 |
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Quality
Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Bike Racks. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of LifeLine Rear 3 Cycle Car Rack.
The first thing is material. Looking at what LifeLine Rear 3 Cycle Car Rack is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.
Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Bike Racks. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.
There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Bike Racks. Brands like LifeLine are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.
Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Bike Racks category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.
Comparing Prices
Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Bike Racks.
It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.
Price of LifeLine Rear 3 Cycle Car Rack
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of LifeLine Rear 3 Cycle Car Rack.
We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find LifeLine Rear 3 Cycle Car Rack was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £44.99 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.1 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Bike Racks
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Bike Racks.
We found 142 in the Bike Racks category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £112.10, making it below average at £44.99.
It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Bike Racks. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £1549.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £3.99.
With 142 products available we worked out that 78 cost more than LifeLine Rear 3 Cycle Car Rack and 63 were cheaper.
Cost of LifeLine products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 311 products from LifeLine, of which 6 were in the Bike Racks category.
For now though we’re looking at LifeLine branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £21.32 making this product above average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest LifeLine product we found was £1.25 and the highest price we could find from them was £559.99.
Of the 311 from LifeLine, 32 were more expensive than LifeLine Rear 3 Cycle Car Rack and 275 were cheaper.
How much are LifeLine Bike Racks?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at LifeLine products that are listed in the Bike Racks category.
The average price of the 6 products that match this search was £30.66, with the cheapest coming in at £3.99 and highest price was £59.99. With the average being £30.66, LifeLine Rear 3 Cycle Car Rack comes in above average.
2 products that meet this search were more expensive than LifeLine Rear 3 Cycle Car Rack and 3 were cheaper.
LifeLine Rear 3 Cycle Car Rack Reviews
Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.
There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.
1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.
2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.
Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the LifeLine Rear 3 Cycle Car Rack reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for LifeLine Rear 3 Cycle Car Rack, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.8 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Bike Racks category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.2 out of 5.
Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy LifeLine Rear 3 Cycle Car Rack or another similar product, like Clug Hybrid Bike Holder reviews or Topeak Flashstand RX Bike Stand reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Bike Racks.
Brand
As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Bike Racks. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with LifeLine, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of LifeLine Rear 3 Cycle Car Rack
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for LifeLine Rear 3 Cycle Car Rack reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of LifeLine Rear 3 Cycle Car Rack. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.6/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 25010791745
- Product ID 2: 621700UK
- Brand: LifeLine
- Model number: LLR3CCR
- RRP: £44.99
- EAN: 1234560021055
- Description: LifeLine Rear 3 Cycle Car RackLifeLine’s Rear 3 Cycle Car Rack offers secure, convenient mounting for up three bikes and is designed to fit the vast majority of saloon, hatchback and SUV type cars. Simple to fit, it’s perfect for cycling events, races and holidays.Quick InstallationThe LifeLine Bike rack allows you to mount up to three bikes to your car without modification, tools or difficult assembly. Simply fold the unfold the frame, place the hooks onto the edges of your boot lid/hatch and tighten the straps securely. Will it fit my car? The boot lid/hatch must have robust metal edges on the top, on the base, and on both sides for the flat metal hooks of the rack to be attached. The hooks should not be mounted on plastic or glass edges. The angle of the rack can be adjusted to suit the shape of your car.Will it fit my bikes?This rack has three wide jaws along each arm, these can be pivoted to match the angle of the tubing of the bike frame. Adult and youth size bikes with a conventional front and rear triangle frame design will fit. Bike frames without a defined top tube will not fit without an optional bar accessory that fits between the stem and seatpost. Please note, the rack is not designed to fit small childs bikes, tandem bikes, tricyles, recumbents or other unconventional bike types.Features:Mount up to 3 bikes to the rear of a carFits most sedan, hatchback and SUV type carsAccommodates the vast majority of conventional bike frames and sizesTool-free fitting6 strap harnessPadded railsPadded top tube mounts with security strapsLocks Bike to Carrier: NoWeight Limit: 45kgBuy¬†LifeLine Accessories¬†from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Accessories > Bike Racks
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