Collapsible bicycle rack having adjustable front wheel holders

A bicycle rack to carry at least first and second bicycles, each of said bicycles having front and rear wheels, said bicycle rack comprising:

• a receiver bar adapted to he attached to the hitch at the rear of a motor vehicle;
• a main support bar standing upwardly from said receiver bar;
• an upper front wheel support coupled to and extending from said main support bar, said upper front wheel support having first and second front wheel support bars that are spaced from one another;
• at least first and second front wheel holders attached to the first front wheel support bar of the upper front wheel support and adapted to support the front wheels of the first and second bicycles at a first location around the circumference thereof;
• at least third and fourth front wheel holders attached to the second front wheel support bar of the upper front wheel support and adapted to support the front wheels of the first and second bicycles at a different location around the circumference thereof;
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• a lower rear wheel support coupled to and extending from said main, support bar below said upper front wheel support, said lower rear wheel support having at least first and second rear wheel holders adapted to receive and support the rear wheels of the first and second bicycles,
• wherein said upper front wheel support and said lower rear wheel support extending from said upstanding main support bar are rotatable simultaneously so as to lie adjacent one another along said main support bar.

A bicycle rack to carry at least first and second bicycles, each of said bicycles having front and rear wheels, said bicycle rack comprising:

• a receiver bar adapted to be attached to the hitch at the rear of a motor vehicle;
• a main support bar standing upwardly from said receiver bar;
• an upper front wheel support coupled to and extending from said main support bar, said upper front wheel support having first and second front wheel support bars that are spaced from one another;
• at least first and second front wheel holders extending between the first and second front wheel support bars of said upper front wheel support, each of said first and second front wheel holders including a first tire basket attached to the first front wheel support bar to receive the front wheel of one of the first and second bicycles at a first position therearound and a second tire basket attached to the second front wheel support bar to receive said front wheel at a different location, the first and second tire baskets of each of said first and second front wheel holders lying in spaced oppositely facing alignment with one another, such that the position of at least one of said first and second tire baskets is adjustable relative to the other one of said tire baskets;
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• a lower rear wheel support coupled to and extending from said main support bar below said upper front wheel support, said lower rear wheel support having first and second rear wheel holders adapted to receive and support the rear wheels of the first and second bicycles.