Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Cruze- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Cruze. We're going to be test fitting the Yakima Forklift roof mounted bike rack. Part number Y02098. With the Yakima Q Tower roof rack already assembled on our Cruze. We're going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we'll remove the skewer. Side back the black plastic cover. more

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6/11/2014 2:56:19 PM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Cruze- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Cruze we're going to be test-fitting the Yakima Front Loader, a wheel mount bike rack, part number Y02103. With our Yakima Q Towers Roof Rack already assembled on our Cruze, we'll begin our test-fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our cross bars. On the front cross bar we'll want the two outside parts of the clamp and the front of the bar and the one center piece of the clamp behind it. We'll now use the black T handle to tighten both halves of our clamp around our front cross bar. With this tight, we'll move to the rear. Here at the rear we're going to loosen the black T handle and remove the T bolt form the lower half of the clamp. We'll then bring it around our rear cross bar, reinsert the T bolt into the appropriate slot and tighten it with our black T handle. more

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6/10/2014 1:48:36 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Cruze- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Cruze, were going to be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64710. With the Yakima Q Towers Roof Rack System already on our Cruze, were going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front were going to take one of the U-bolts, bring it around our crossbar, and up through the head of the rack. Well then use the two wing nuts to secure this in place. You can now move to the other side of the head of the rack and do the same thing with another U-bolt and 2 wing nuts. Now with all 4 of these secure, we can move to the rear. Here were going to take one of the U-bolts and put it down through the rack, being sure that one of the arms comes out on each side of our crossbar. Well then put on the black metal plate, secure this in place using 2 wing nuts. Once we have these secure, were ready to load up our bike. more

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5/27/2014 10:38:46 AM

SportRack Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Cruze- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Cruze, we're going to be test fitting the Sportrack Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number SR4622. With the Yakima Q Towers Roof Rack System already installed on our Cruze, we're going to begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our load bars. At the front of the rack, we'll bring the two black rubber coated metal U bolts around the underside of our bar and through the head of the carrier. At the top, we'll then secure it using two wing nuts. We'll repeat the same process for the other side of the head of the carrier. With all four of our wing nuts secure in the front, we can move to the rear. The first step will be placing the black plastic part of our clamp in between our roof rack and our crossbar. more

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5/27/2014 10:33:18 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Cruze- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Cruze we are going to be test fitting the Rockymounts Tie Rod Stretch, a roof mounted bike rack part number RKY1011. With our Yakama Q Towers roof rack system already assembled on our Cruze, we are going to begin the test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our load bars. We'll bring the black rubber coated metal straps around the underside of our front bar, remove the black cover, and fit these straps into the head of our carrier. We'll then take an Allen tool and tighten the Allen bolt located on the front of the carrier to secure this around our cross bars. With the front secure, we'll replace the black plastic cover then we can move to the rear. Here at the rear we are going to remove one of the bolts in the clamp, bring the clamp around our cross bar, reinsert the bolt, and tighten down both bolts to secure it. With our bike rack nice and secure it's now time to load our bike. We want to undo the rear wheel strap and make sure our skewer is open. We'll then grab our bike, place it on to our bike rack and guide our front forks down on to the front skewer. more

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5/27/2014 10:19:03 AM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Cruze- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Cruze we're going to best fitting the Kuat Trio, a roof mounted bike rack, part number RU01. With our Yakima Q Towers Roof Rack System installed on our vehicle, we're going to begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our crossbars. At the front we'll take one of the black rubber coated metal u-bolts, place it around our load bar, and up through the head of the carrier. We can then thread on two cylinder nuts to hold it in place. We'll now take the second u-bolt and place it on the other side of the head of the carrier, thread on the two cylinder nuts here, and then we can take the provided tool and tighten them down. With all four cylinder nuts in the front tight, we'll move to the rear. Here we're going to completely remove one of the wing nuts, move the bolt so we have one on each side of our crossbar, bring the bolt back through the clamp, thread on our wing nut, and tighten them down. more

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5/27/2014 5:06:09 AM

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