Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Kia Sorento- Video

Today on our 2014 Kia Sorento we will be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth, a roof mounted bike rack, part number TH599XTR. With the Thule Crossroads Roof Rack system on our vehicle well being our test fit by placing the Big Mouth directly onto our load bars. Here at the front well bring our clamps around our front bar, fit the T-bolt through the slot and tighten it with the wing nut on top. Here at the rear well undo one of the wing nuts to bring our bolts around our rear bar, take our bolts fit it back through our clamp and secure it by tightening both wing nuts down. With our rack secured to our vehicle well go ahead loosen our wheel straps and make sure our frame jaws are open. Well grab our bike; place it onto our Big Mouth. Well secure it first by fitting the frame jaws around the lower part of our bikes frame. Then move to each wheel and tighten with the wheel straps. With our bike loaded up we are ready to go.That will complete todays test fit of the Thule Big Mouth; part number TH599XTR, on our 2014 Kia Sorento. . more

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3/11/2014 8:56:19 AM

SportRack Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Kia Sorento- Video

Today on our 2014 Kia Sorento, we will be test fitting the SportRack Roof Mounted Fork Mounted Bike Rack, part number SR4622. With the Thule rapid crossroads roof rack system assembled on to our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack on to the vehicles load bars. Well bring the rubber coated black brackets around the underside of the front bar up to the predrilled holes of the front platform. Then well take our black wing nuts and thread that on to the black brackets, securing the front part of our bike rack to our front bar.Next, well move to the rear, well slide the black bolts to the predrilled holes in the bike rack, taking our black plastic piece, placing it between our bike rack and our load bar, well then run the bolts through the black rubber coated metal bracket, and secure it with the wing nuts. Once everything is tighten down and secure, were ready to load up our bike. Well make sure our securer is loose in the front. more

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3/11/2014 8:54:41 AM

Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Kia Sorento- Video

Today on our 2014 Kia Sorento, we will be test fitting the Swagman Upright Roof Bike Rack, part number S64720. With our Thule Rapid Crossroads Roof Rack System already installed on the vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll bring our U bolt around the underside of our load bars, putting it back up through the front platform. We'll secure it by tightening down two wing nuts. We can move to the other side and repeat this process here on the front platform. Here at the rear, we'll drop the U bolt through the top of the bike rack, being sure that it comes out on both sides of our load bar. We'll then install our plate, making sure that the bolts go through our plate, and secure it by tightening down the two wing nuts. With both the front and the rear secure, we'll go ahead and undo our wheel straps, and open up our frame jaw. We'll now grab our bike and place it onto our bike rack. more

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3/5/2014 12:16:51 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Kia Sorento- Video

Today on our 2014 Kia Sorrento, we will be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1014. With our Thule Rapid Crossroads Roof Rack System installed on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly on top of the load bars. We will bring our steel, rubber-coated straps around our front load bar, placing them back into the head of the rack. We will then move to the rear mounting point of our bike rack, where well use a clamp to go underneath the crossbar, and well secure it by tightening down both Allen-bolts. We will then move to the front of the bike rack and further secure our straps with the included Allen tool. With our bike rack secured to the vehicle, we will reinstall our head-cover, then well make sure the skewer is open, and ready for the front fork of our bike. We will also undo our rear wheel strap. We will now place our bike directly onto our rack, placing our front fork into our front skewer first. We will secure our front skewer, then move to the rear wheel and tighten it with the strap. With our bike secure, that will complete our test fit of the RockyMounts TieRod, part number RKY1014. more

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3/3/2014 5:53:06 PM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Kia Sorento- Video

Today on 2014 Kia Sorento, we will be test fitting the Kuat Trio roof-mounted bike rack, part number RU01. With our Thule Rapid Crossroad roof rack system already installed on our vehicle, we will begin our test fit by placing the Trio directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we'll take our U bolts, bring them around the underside of our front crossbar, fitting them back up through the front of our bike rack. With our U bolts through the front of our rack, we'll take our cylinder nuts and thread them down onto the bolt. We will repeat this process for the other U bolt. Then, we will take the included tool, tighten down each nut. With the front secure, we can move to the rear, loosen one of the wing nuts off the bolt, bring the metal bracket around the underside of our bar, re-thread our wing nut, and tighten down to secure. With the front and rear secure, we'll go ahead, loosen our skewer slightly, undo our rear wheel strap, and we can grab our bike. We'll place it directly onto the rack, dropping our front forks down onto the skewer. We will secure the bike first by tightening the front skewer, then move to the rear wheel and tighten it with the strap. With our bike secure, that will complete today's test fit of the Kuat Trio roof-mounted bike rack, part number RU01, on our 2014 Kia Sorento. more

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3/3/2014 1:50:48 PM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Kia Sorento- Video

Today on our 2014 Kia Sorento well be test fitting the Yakima Frontloader roof-mounted bike rack, part number y02103. Well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack onto the vehicles crossbars. Well position both the front and rear bracket around the front and rear crossbar. We can then turn the large black t-handle to bring the front bracket up against the front crossbar. Well then adjust the rear bracket, insert the silver t-bolt into the bracket, and turn the black t-handle to tighten it down. Now with everything all tightened down were ready to load up our bike. more

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7/24/2013 1:17:24 PM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Kia Sorento- Video

Today on our 2014 Kia Sorento well be test fitting the Yakima Forklift Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number y02098. Well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack onto the vehicles crossbars. Well then need to bring both the front and rear bracket around the underside of the front and rear crossbar. Well position the silver t-bolts to come up through the brackets, and then well reinsert the silver t-bolt into the bracket and turn the black wing nut to tighten them down. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, were ready to load up our bike. Well double check to make sure our skewer is loose at the front and well undo the tray strap at the rear. more

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7/24/2013 1:17:01 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Kia Sorento- Video

Today on our 2014 Kia Sorento, we'll be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down roof-mounted bike rack, part number S64710. We'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack onto the vehicle's crossbars. We'll take our silver brackets to go on the underside of the crossbar and up through the predrilled holes at the top part of the bike rack. We'll then thread on our black wing nuts and repeat the steps for the other side. Before fully tightening it down, we'll go to the rear, where we'll slide the silver bracket down through the holes of the bike rack and use the black plate to go on the underside of the rear crossbar. Now with all the brackets in position, we can now fully tighten down the black wing nuts. more

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7/24/2013 1:11:25 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Kia Sorento- Video

Today on our 2014 Kia Sorento well be test fitting the RockyMounts Tierod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number rky1011. Well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack on to the vehicles crossbars. Well then remove the black plastic cover at the front to bring the rubber-coated steel straps around the underside of the front crossbar. Well then move to the rear and loosen up the Allen bolts to bring the rear bracket around the underside of the rear crossbar. Well then use the included Allen wrench to tighten down the Allen bolts loosely for the rear bracket. Well then move to the front where we will use the included Allen key to tighten down the silver bolt to bring the straps up around the front bar. more

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7/24/2013 8:10:09 AM

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