Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V ETTHT2P-2- Video

Today on our 2015 Honda CRV, we're doing a test fit of the Thule T2 Pro platform style two-bike rack. That part number is TH9034. Now, we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to go over one of the main features of this rack. We can actually tilt think rack away from our vehicle with our bike rack fully loaded, we're going to come down here and pull our grey handle towards the back, drop that down and we'll check our hatch here to see if we have full clearance. As you can see, we're not going to make any contact with our bike rack at all or our bike rather and we are able to get anything in or out that we may need off that hatch. Close this up. more

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5/19/2016 11:17:06 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V TH912XTR- Video

Today on our 2015 Honda CRV we're doing a test fit of the Thule Roadway hanging-style 2-bike rack. That part number is TH912XTR. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that. It's got two cradles in place with three straps, two on our frame and one as our anti-sway in the back. We're just going to start by releasing those. more

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5/19/2016 11:16:56 AM

Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video

Today on our 2014 Honda CRV, we're doing a test fit on the Saris Bones hitch mount 2-bike rack. That part number is SA882. Now, we're first going to show you how we secure our bike down. We have two cradles with three straps, two on our frame and one as our anti-sway strap in the back. We're going to start by pushing down up top here and just feeding our strap through. With those undone, we can remove our bike and set it off to the side. more

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3/28/2016 10:28:18 AM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video

Today on our 2014 Honda CR-V we're doing a test fit of the Swagman Quad 2+2, 2 and 4 bike rack. This is a platform style. Part number S64692. Now, we already have our bike attached, we're first going to show you how we do that. At our front tire and our back tire we have ratcheting straps, those are just there to hold our tire in place. We also have bushings on them to protect them and prevent any scratches or abrasions from the straps. more

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3/28/2016 10:27:46 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video

Today on our 2014 Honda CRV we are doing a test fit of the Tuley T2 Pro Platform Style Bike Rack that part number is TH9034. Now the first thing that we are going to do go over some features. We will take a few measurements and show you how our bike gets secured down. So we are going to start back here and just pull the gray lever back towards the end of the handle. We're going to be able to tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle with our bike still attached. Once we tilt that away we're going to gain full access to our back hatch area to get anything in or out that we may need. more

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3/20/2016 9:46:06 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V TH912XTR- Video

Today on our 2104 Honda CRV, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Roadway hanging style 2 bike rack. That part number is TH912XTR. We already have our bikes secured down. First going to show you how we do that. We have 2 cradles in place with 3 straps. 2 on our frame here and then 1 as our anti sway strap in the back. We'll remove our bike and set it off to the side. more

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3/20/2016 9:38:47 AM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V S64682- Video

Today on our 2014 Honda CRV, we're doing a test fit of a Swagman G10 Platform Style 2-Bike Rack. That part number is S64682. We already have our bike secured down. We're just going to go over some features, take a few measurements and then show you how our bike is secured down. First thing I want to show you is our tilting feature because we can do this with our bike attached. We're going to lift up on our black lever here and rotate our rack away from our vehicle. more

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3/20/2016 9:38:22 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Honda Pilot th912xtr- Video

Today on this 2016 Honda Pilot, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Roadway 2 Bike Rack, part number TH912XTR. As you can see, we already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. Now first how it actually attaches to the rack, it's going to have three points of contact. We're going to have two straps up top here to the frame and one off to the side here. That's going to be an anti-sway strap to keep the bike from moving back and forth, possibly hitting the bike itself or the bikes in front of it. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. When you take the straps off, it's always a good habit to put them back into place because you don't want to lose them while you're driving. more

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3/3/2016 3:37:56 PM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Honda Pilot th9029xt- Video

Today on this 2016 Honda Pilot we're going to be testing the Thule Vertex Four Bike Rack, part number TH9029XT. As you can see, we already have a bike installed on our rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of those features. First off, the bike actually attaches to the rack with three points of contact to your bike's frame. We're going to have two straps up top here and one strap off to the side, which is going to act as an anti-sway strap keeping it from moving back and forth, possibly hitting the bike rack or the bikes in front of it. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. It's always a good habit when you remove the straps just to put them back into place. more

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3/3/2016 3:37:43 PM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Honda Pilot s63380- Video

So in this 2016 Honda Pilot, we're going to be test-fitting the Swagman Trailhead 4-bike rack, part #S63380. As you can see, we already have a bike installed on the rack, so go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. Now, how this bike is actually attached to the rack . you're going to have 4 points of contact with your bike's frame. We're going to have 3 straps, up top here, and one off to the side here, which is going to serve as an anti-sway strap to keep the bike from going back and forth, hitting possibly the bike rack itself, or the bikes in front of it. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. When you remove the straps, it's always a good habit to put them back into place because you don't want them flapping around when you're driving, and more importantly, you don't want to lose them while you're driving. more

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3/3/2016 3:37:26 PM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Honda Odyssey- Video

Today in this 2013 Honda Odyssey, we're going to be testing the Thule Roadway 2 Bike Rack. Part number TH912XTR. As you can see we already have a bike installed on the rack, let's go ahead and take a closer look. Now, how the bike is actually attached to the rack, we're going to have 3 points of contact with the bike's frame: we're going to have two straps up top here, and one strap of. One strap of to the side which is going to access an anti-sway strap, to keep it from going back and forth, hitting the bike rack and possibly the bike in front of it. Let's go and take the bike off and set it aside. Now once you remove the straps it's always a good habit to actually put them back in place because you don't want them flapping around when you're driving, you don't want to loose them while you're driving. Now a fact, once you get into situations in which you're in close court, such as parking garages or parking in general, these arms do fold down but before I do that, I'm going to go ahead and give you some measurements. The first is going to be how much distance is added to the vehicle once the bike rack is installed, and we go ahead and measure from the bumper. So, from this point down, we have about 27 inches. For ground clearance, which is going to be this point right here, it's about 10 1/2 inches, and then the closest point is going to be this gray lever here, that's going to be about 3 inches. Now, as I said earlier, these do fold down, you just go to this gray lash here, lift up, let it fall, and once you hear that click, they're secured in place. Now, at this point the only measurement that changes is the over all distance, which is now, with the straps all the way... more

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2/29/2016 9:36:44 AM

Thule Doubletrack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V- Video

Today, on this 2015 Honda CR-V, we're going to take a look at the double track bicycle rack from Thule. We have our bicycle rack loaded up with our bicycle, we'll go ahead and take a look at our points of contact on it. Our main point of contact is going to be top tube of the bike here, its connected to it with a really thick pad on the hook that holds the bike down in place. Our next two points of contact will be at the bottom of the wheels. Let's look down here, see there is a ratchet strap that goes across the rim here, that has thick padding on top of it to grip different size wheels. These are removable if you need to. more

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2/29/2016 9:34:49 AM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Honda Odyssey- Video

Today, on this 2013 Honda Odessey we're going to be test fitting the Swagman XC2 Bike Rack, part number S64650. We already have a bike installed, let's go ahead and take a closer look. How the bike actually attaches to the rack, you're going to have wheel cradles at the bottom, but it'll actually be held into place only by one point of contact on your bikes frame. That is going to be the frame hook up here. Let's go ahead and take the bike off, and set it off to the side. To do that, the actual frame hooks, you push this button in here, and that will release it or lower it. Now, do that down here. more

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2/29/2016 9:32:37 AM

Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V- Video

Today on our 2015 Honda CRV, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Kuat Transfer Platform Style 3-bike rack. As you can see, we've already got our row bike up here so you can see and get a general idea of what it's going to look like once you have it fully assembled and your bike in place on the back of your vehicle. First thing we're going to do, let's go ahead and get a few measurements so you know your clearances and your tolerances as you're ready to get out on the road with your bike in place. Our closest distance will be our first measurement, from the back of the bumper to the front side of the rack, at about 6-1/8". Overall distance that we've added to our vehicle with it fully extended out in that platform position is going to be about 45-1/2" to the back side here. Ground clearance at the back looks like it's going to be about 21-1/4". Now granted you get 3 bikes on there and put a little bit more weight on there, that's going to vary a little bit, but those will give you general measurements when you're starting out. more

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1/18/2016 10:27:09 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2007 Honda Odyssey- Video

Today on our 2007 Honda Odyssey, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Vertex Four Bike Rack. That part number is TH9029XT. We have a bike on our rack. I'd like to show you a few features of it. First I'd like to show you how our bike is strapped down. We have two straps up top. A strap to our side is our anti-sway strap. more

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1/7/2016 8:58:01 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda Odyssey- Video

Today on our 2015 Honda Odyssey we're doing a test fit of the Thule Roadway Hanging Style Two Bike Rack. That part number is TH912XTR. We already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that. We have two cradles in place here and three straps. Two on our frame and then one is our anti sway strap in the back. more

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1/5/2016 5:38:36 PM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda Odyssey TH9031XT- Video

Today on my 2015 Honda Odyssey we're going to test it of the Thule Vertex Swing Right and Hanging Style 4 Bike Rack. That part number is TH9031XT. We already have our bike loaded up. The first thing we're going to show you is the swing right style. I'm coming around here to the other side. We've got a T-pin here that we're going to pull out and set off to the side and to undo our back knob here at the back. Then we'll lift up on this T-pin and rotate the bike rack out. more

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1/5/2016 5:38:03 PM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda Odyssey TH9029XT- Video

Today on our 2015 Honda Odyssey we're going to test it of the Thule Vertex Hanging Style 4 Bike Rack. That part number is TH9029XT. Now we already have our bike loaded up. We'll first show you how we secure that down. We have 2 cradles in place with 3 straps, 2 on our frame and then 1 as our anti-sway strap in the back there. To release those we're just going to pull down and lift up. more

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1/5/2016 5:37:39 PM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda Odyssey- Video

Today, in our 2015 Honda Odyssey, we're doing a test fit of the Swagman Trailhead Hanging-style four-bike rack. That part number is S63-380. Now, we already have our bike strapped down. We're first going to show you how we secure that. We have two cradles holding our bike into place with three straps on our frame and one as our anti- sway strap in the back. To release those, we're just going to pull down and lift up. more

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1/5/2016 5:37:12 PM

Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V inh350- Video

Today, on our 2015 Honda CRV, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Inno hitch mounted bike carrier. As you can see, this is going to be for two bikes to be fork mounted on the back end of your vehicle. This bike rack does come with a inch and a quarter and a two inch adapter. It has your inch and a quarter shank down here for your class 1 and 2 receivers, as well as that two inch adapter for your class 3 receivers, like we have here today. It's going to attach to our receiver using an anti-rattle bolt. First off, let's go ahead and start off by getting a few measurements. Our closest distance will be our first measurement, from the front side of the rack to the back side of the bumper. more

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11/2/2015 8:12:10 AM

Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V TS02B- Video

Today on our 2015 Honda CR-V we're test fitting the Kuat Transfer. This is a platform style 2-bike rack, it's been designed for use with 1-1/4" or 2" hitches, part number on it is TS02G. As you can see, the Transfer is a really nice platform style rack with aluminum construction. One of the things that really stood out to me was how lightweight it was, really easy to get up there in the car as opposed to some of your other platform style racks that can get really, really heavy. Right down here at the bottom you've got a grey lever. Flipping that in is going to allow us to tilt the rack away from our vehicle. even with our bikes loaded, gives us plenty of room to get this rear cargo hatch open and get stuff in or out of there that we're going to need. more

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9/21/2015 10:34:18 AM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V s63380- Video

Today on our 2015 Honda CRV, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Swagman Trailhead Hanging Style 4-Bike Rack, part number S63380. As you can see, our rack does have 1 1/4 inch shank, as well as a 2 inch adapter, so it is compatible with your class 1, 2, and 3 receivers. The one thing you're going to need to keep in mind though is, if you do plan on using it with your class 1 receiver, that you're only going to be able to carry up to 2 bikes. You're going to need to know the weight of those bikes and your hitches weight specifications. You're class 2 and 3 receiver will both be okay with carrying all 4. Let's go ahead and get a few measurements to start it off. Our closest distance is going to be from the front side here to the back side of the bumper at about 7 inches. more

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8/17/2015 4:36:59 PM

Softride Element Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V- Video

Today on our 2015 Honda CRV we're going to be doing a test fit of the softride alumina parallelogram. This is going to be your hanging style Ford bike rack, part number SR26248. This rack is going to come with a 2 inch shank for your 2 inch receivers only and it's also going to attach using an anti-rattle bolt to help reduce the sway, rattle, and wobble. Let's go ahead and start off by getting a few measurements. Our closest distance will be our first measurement on the front side of the rack to the back side of the bumper at about 1-1/4 inches. Now do keep in mind this is on the furthest end setting and there is actually two bolt settings that you can place this one on so the other one will sit out further in case you have a mountain bike or something with longer handlebars. Our overall distance is going to be about 26-1/2 inches and our ground clearance is going to be about 12 and 3/8 inches. Now the nice thing about the soft ride element parallelogram, it is a hanging rack that allows you to tilt it with all your bikes on. more

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8/17/2015 4:36:41 PM

Kuat NV Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V- Video

Today on our 2015 Honda CRV we're going to be doing a test fit of the Kuat NV Platform Style 4-Bike Rack. Part #N105-107. As you can see, we've already got our bike up on our platform, so you can see what it's going to look like once you have it fully assembled and in place on the vehicle. This bike rack does come with a 2-inch shank for your 2-inch receivers only. It's only going to attach using a pin with a lock assembly to help prevent against any kind of theft or tampering. It's going to have that nice tensioner frame for anti-rattle and anti-wobble on the back. We'll go over that in a moment. First off, let's start off by getting a few measurements. more

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8/17/2015 3:21:06 PM

Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V- Video

Today on our 2015 Honda CR-V we're going to be doing a test fit of the Curt Premium 4 hanging style 4 bike rack. Part number C18064. As you can see we've already got our bike up here on our cradle arm so you can see what it's going to look like, and how it's going to fit once you have it fully assembled and on the back of your vehicle. This bike rack is going to come with a two inch shank for your two inch receivers connecting to our receiver using an anti-rattle bolt. That anti-rattle bolt is going to help to reduce a lot of the sway, rattle, and wobble that you would normally have in an ordinary bike rack. As you can see it should be nice and sturdy. All right, from there let's go ahead and start off by getting a few measurements. more

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8/17/2015 9:49:02 AM

Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video

Today on our 2014 Honda CRV we're test fitting the Inno Tire Hold. This is a platform-style 3-bike rack. It's been designed for use with 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. The part number on it is INH305-306. The Tire Hold has a lot of great features about it, one of them being its ability to tilt away from the vehicle even with the bike loaded. Lever right down here, we'll pull on that, allow that to tilt on away. more

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7/17/2015 10:46:06 AM

Yakima HoldUp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video

Today on our 2014 Honda CRV, we're test fitting the Yakima Holdup. This is a platform-style, two-bike rack, designed to fold away from the vehicle and also fold up to the vehicle. The part number on it, Y02443. This has been designed for use in 2-inch hitches, and it uses a series of cradles and a front wheel hook. Holds the bike in place with no frame contact. Not even room contact, except for a small cam-buckle strap here near the rear. more

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7/17/2015 10:41:38 AM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V s64684- Video

Today on our 2014 Honda CR-V we're test fitting the Swagman Dispatch. This is a platform style 2 bike rack. It's rated for use with RV's and it's designed for use in 2" hitches, part number on it is S64684. Dispatch is going to use front and rear wheel cradles and a frame hook to hold our bikes in place. These are nice, sturdy, metal wheel cradles on each side. Each one of them are going to have a cam buckle strap. Just push in the lever and pull the strap on out and that's going to release it for you. more

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7/17/2015 10:41:25 AM

SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video

Today on our 2014 Honda CRV we're test fitting the SportRack Ridge Swing. This is a swing-away-style 4-bike rack. Been designed for use in 2" hitches. The part number on it is SR2415. Now first and foremost, the swing-away feature. Let's take a look at that. more

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7/17/2015 10:41:06 AM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Honda CR-V- Video

Today we're going to be taking a look at the Swagman Original. This is a tilt away style four bike rack. It's been designed with the 2" ball mount included. Part number is S64675. Now as far as the rack capacity up here full four bikes. We've got a cradle indent location in the top here. more

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7/16/2015 5:52:08 PM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V TH9031XT- Video

Today on our 2015 Honda CRV we're taking a look at the thule vertex swing. This is a swing away style for bike racks. It's been designed for use in two inch hitches, the part number on it is TH9031. Cool thing about the rack to start we're going to have a built in cable lock right up here in the mast. We can bring that in, plugs in right here in the back there's a small slot, then it's locked using a thule one key tumbler. When not in use we remove it and tuck it back down there in the mast until we need it later. Now probably the biggest thing you really want to see here is going to be the swing away option and how it works. more

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7/16/2015 5:42:11 PM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V TH9029XT- Video

Today on our 2015 Honda CRV, we're taking a look at the Thule Vertex. This is a folding and tilting Ford bike rack. They designed it so we can use it with both the 1 1/4 inch and with the 2 inch hitches. Part number on it is TH9029XT. One thing that I really like about the rack, we've got a built-in cable, goes back here and it locks with the Thule one-key style tumbler. Now if you've already got a bunch of Thule accessories, you can get a tumbler and key just like those, if you don't you can start your set with that one. Now when done, we just pull that out, shove it right down in the mast, and then we can get a look at how our bike's held into place here. We've got three cradle straps, two for the top frame tube and then also one for the anti-sway. more

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7/16/2015 5:41:26 PM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V s64684- Video

Today on our 2015 Honda CRV we're test fitting the Swagman dispatch. As you can see, it's a platform-style 2-bike rack. It's been designed for use in 2" hitches. The part number on it is S64684. Now the Dispatch is a fixed rack. It holds our bikes in place using one front wheel strap and cradle, a rear wheel strap and cradle, and also a frame hook. more

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7/13/2015 1:21:07 PM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2008 Honda Odyssey th9029xt- Video

Today on our 2008 Honda Odyssey, we will be doing a test fit of the Thule Vertex. This is going to be your hanging style, 4 Bike rack. Part number TH9029XT. As you can see, we've already got our bike in place so you can see what it's going to look like once you have it fully assembled, and on the back of your vehicle. Note that this rack does come with an 1 " shank, as well as a 2" adapter. If you plan on using it with your Class 1 receivers, just keep in mind that you will only be able to carry up to 2 bikes. more

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7/13/2015 1:16:06 PM

SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2008 Honda Odyssey sr2403- Video

Today on our 2008 Honda Odyssey, we're going to be doing a test fit of the sport rack hanging style three bike rack, part number SR2403. As you can see, we've already got our bike up here, so you can see what it's going to look like once you have it fully assembled and on the back of your vehicle. Now note that this bike rack does come with a inch and a quarter shake as well as a two inch adapter, that way you can use it with your class one, two, and three receivers. Just keep in mind that if you're going to use it with your class one receiver, that you will only be able to carry up to two bytes and that is per your receiver's weight specifications. So let's go ahead and start by getting a few measurements. Our closest distance will be our first measurement. This will be from the back side of the receiver to that front plate there at about one and five-eighths inches. more

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7/13/2015 1:11:06 PM

Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2008 Honda Odyssey- Video

Today on our 2008 Honda Odyssey, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Curt Premium 4. It's going to be your hanging style 4-bike rack, part #C18064. As you can see, we've already got a bike up here on our cradle arm, so you can see what it's going to look like once you have it fully assembled on the back of your vehicle. This rack is going to come with a 2-inch shank to attach to your 2-inch receiver. We'll connect using a 3/4-inch anti-rattle bolt to help reduce the sway, rattle, and wobble while you're driving down the road. Let's go ahead and start of by getting a few measurements. Our closest distance will be from the t-handle on the front side to the back side of the bumper. more

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7/8/2015 7:46:06 AM

Saris Freedom SuperClamp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Honda CR-V- Video

Today on our 2013 Honda CRV, we're doing a test fit of the Saris Freedom SuperClamp. It's a platform style 2-bike rack. It's been designed for use with 1-1/4-inch or 2-inch hitches. Part number on it is SA4025. Cool thing about the Freedom SuperClamp is the way it holds the bike on the rack. We've got a front wheel hook, a rear wheel hook, a rear wheel cradle with strap, and then a front wheel cradle, so essentially, no contact with the bike frame at all. more

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7/7/2015 1:46:50 PM

Softride Element Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Honda CR-V- Video

Today on our 2013 Honda CRV we're going to be doing a test fit on the Soft Ride Element Parallelogram. This is a tilt-away folding 4-bike rack with removable arms. Part number is SR26248. Now we can use this with 2" hitches or with 1-1/4" hitches. Really nice adaptable rack. Cool thing I really like about it: there's a t-handle. more

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7/7/2015 10:32:58 AM

Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Honda CR-V- Video

Today on our 2013 Honda CRV, we're taking a look at the Yakima FullTilt. We're going to do a test fit and let you know the kind of room and things like that that we've got to work with here with the system. Pn on it is Y02462. This is a folding and tilting 4-bike rack. It'll work great whether you're using 1-1/4" or a 2" hitch. Overall, it's a nice, sturdy, heavy-duty kind of rack. more

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7/7/2015 10:31:51 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Honda CR-V- Video

Today on our 2013 Honda CRV, we're taking a look and doing a test fit, on the Thule Vertex Swing. This is a swing away, four bike rack. It's been designed for use in two inch hitches. Part number on it is TH9031XT. Now, great thing about the vertex swing, it's ability .. Even with a full load of bikes ... more

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7/6/2015 5:52:34 PM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Honda CR-V TH9029XT- Video

Today on 2013 Honda CR-V, we're doing a test fit on the Thule Vertex. This is a folding and tilting four-bike hanging-style rack. The part number on it is TH9029XT. Now this has been designed so you can use it with the inch and a quarter or with two-inch hitches, so it's nice and adaptable. We've got a feature that's been added. It's going to be a cable lock right up here at the top of the rack. more

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7/6/2015 5:52:17 PM

Saris Bike Porter Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Honda CR-V- Video

Today on our 2013 Honda CRV, we're test fitting the Saris Bike Porter. It's a folding and tilting, four bike rack. It's been designed for use with inch and a quarter, or with two inch hitches. Part number on it is SA404B. Now the bike porter uses two cradles in each location. They can be, kind of changed and configured however you want them. Here we're using it as a top frame cradle. more

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7/6/2015 5:51:40 PM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Honda CR-V S64684- Video

Today on our 2013 Honda CRV we're taking a look at the Swagman Dispatch. This is a platform-style 2 bike rack. It's been designed for use in 2" hitches. The part number on it is S64684. The rack's going to hold the bike in three positions. We've got one here on the front wheel, one here on the rear wheel, and then the top frame two hook. To unload the bike you press in on the cam buckle there. more

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7/6/2015 5:51:25 PM

Hollywood Racks Traveler Tow n Go Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Honda CR-V- Video

Today on 2013 Honda CRV, we're test fitting the Hollywood Rack's Traveler tow and go. This is a three bike rack, designed to fit right over a standard two inch ball mount. Part number on it is HR135. Here we've got it in the hidden hitch super long ball mount, this is part number 80232 but can easily fit around any two inch by two inch diameter ball mount with enough length to it. With our CRV, the bottom of our ball mount, this is a straight shank, no drop, no rise. It's going to be about twelve and a quarter inches and it's going to be about twelve and an eighth to the bottom of the tow and go. more

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7/6/2015 5:46:06 PM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda Fit- Video

Today on our 2015 Honda Fit, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Thule Vertex. This would be your hanging style 4 bike. This will be part number TH9029XT. As you can see, we've already got a bike on here, installed so you can see what it looks like once you have it on the vehicle. First thing we're going to do is come down to the bottom and get a few measurements, starting with our closest distance first, which in this case is going to be from the flange here to the backside of the bumper, at about 3-7/8 inches. Our overall distance with the cradle arms extended like they are, is going to be from the bumper to the rear at around 36 inches, with a rear ground clearance of about 8-3/4 inches. Now we're going to talk about the straps on top. The straps holding the top part of your bike are going to be your frame straps. more

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5/20/2015 12:02:02 PM

Kuat NV Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video

Today on our 2014 Honda CRV we're doing a test fit on the Kuat NV. This is a platform-style 4-bike rack, been designed for use in 2" hitches. The part number on it in the black and chrome is N105-107. This is also available in a gun metal gray and orange; that part number is N101-103. Now the NV's a nice bike rack, a few different reasons there. The first that a lot of people like is going to be the rear wheel strap and the front wheel hook are the only two points of contact really that we're going to have with the bike other than our front wheel cradle down low there. more

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5/5/2015 5:41:41 PM

Review - 2012 Honda Odyssey- Video

Today on our 2012 Honda Odyssey, we're going to be doing a test fit on the INNO Aero Light. This is a folding and tilting lightweight four bike rack. It's been designed for use an inch and a quarter or two inch hitches. The part number on is INH301. Now it's going to use three connection points to hold the bike in place, two for the frame here on the top, and one here in the rear. That's our Anti-Sway Cradle, that keeps our bike from going up, making contact with the rack or coming back and making contact with the other bikes. more

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4/29/2015 4:52:14 PM

Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Honda Odyssey- Video

Today on our 2012 Honda Odyssey we're going to be taking a look at and doing a test fit on the CURT premium folding and tilting 4-bike rack. They've designed this for use in 2" hitches and it has a 4-bike capacity as we've said. The part number on it is C18064. Now there's a 3-strap system that's going to hold the bike in place. We've got two straps here on the top and also on the backside here an anti-sway cradle. That helps to prevent the bike to rack or bike to bike contact as we travel down the road. A really big highlight of the rack are going to be the narrowing arms as they come here to the rear. more

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4/29/2015 4:51:27 PM

Kuat NV Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Honda Odyssey- Video

Today on our 2012 Honda Odyssey, we're going to do a test fit on the Kuat NV. This is a platform style 4 bike rack. They've designed it for use with 2 inch hitches. The part number on its is N105-107 in the black and chrome. Also available in the gun metal gray and orange, that part number is N101-103. As you can see we've got a nice sturdy constructed rack here. more

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4/29/2015 4:26:07 PM

SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Honda CR-V- Video

Today on our 2013 Honda CRV we're going to be doing a test fit of the Sport Rack hanging-style 3-bike rack. It's going to come with an 1-1/4" shank with a 2" adapter, as you can see the 1-1/4" there. It's going to be part number SR2403. We're going to go ahead and fit it onto our 2" shank that we have here today. Insert your shank and then line up your pinholes. Also note that this receiver has two sets of pinhole locations so you can either go further in or closer. more

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4/6/2015 5:15:48 PM

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