The object of the invention is to provide an anti-sway stabilizer (20)
that is pivotally connected to a support arm (26) of a vehicle bike transportation
rack, making available a convenient attachment of a bicycle top tube to the support
arm for prevention of a bicycle held on the rack from swaying to and fro when subjected
to over the road vehicle movement. The anti-sway stabilizer consists of a rubber
bike separator cradle (22) that includes a bore (24) therethrougth
that slides over the vehicle bike rack support arm and has a thru-hole (28)
parallel with the bore. A pivoting stabilizer member (32) in the form of
a yoke (36) is rotatably attached to the bike separator cradle with a screw
(40) and nut (42). An attachment strap (48) secures a bicycle
top tube to the bike separator cradle and a second attaching strap (48)
secures a bicycle seat tube or down tube to the stabilizer member. The anti-sway
stabilizer is held in place on the support arm by the combination of the separator
cradle being resilient and the rigid stabilizer member contiguously engaging the
support arm which precludes any lateral movement along the arm when a force is
exerted in a horizontal direction biasing the anti-sway stabilizer.