Abstract: A carrier attachment for a motor vehicle adapted to transport sporting goods such as bicycles or skis on the rear portion of a vehicle, including a frame that supports a plurality of projecting parallel arms. A pair of the arms is positioned in a first plane above the ground, and a third arm is located between the two arms in a plane parallel to and below the first plane. Preferably each of the arms is provided with an encircling layer of cushioning material having surface indentations to receive an article to be transported, and the cushioning layer on at least one of the arms of the upper pair of arms has a flat planar surface portion, and the cushioning layer on the lower arm has a flat plane surface alignable with the first mentioned planar surface so that a flat elongated article such as a ski can be transported in contact with both of the flat planar surface portions. The attachment can be mounted in a trailer hitch receiver tube by means of a bar of rectangular crosssection.