Softride Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2016 Chevrolet suburban we're going to do a test fit on the soft ride hydraulic assist tilting 4 bike rack. It comes equipped with a one and quarter or a two inch hit. See that we have a bike on the car, on our vehicle right now. We're going to show you a few features. First feature I want to show you is the hydraulic assist. Over here there's black knob and what we do is just pull and then we just push down. more
10/18/2015 11:11:42 AM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Suburban we are test fitting the sport rack ridge swing away style 4 bike rack, part number for that is SR2415. The first thing we are going to do is show you some features of the rack and also how we strap down our bike to the rack itself. Go over the swing away feature first. We are going to take out this T-pin here at the back. Going to undo this knob here. That is going to release this mast. more
10/14/2015 9:27:26 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Chevrolet Suburban s64684- Video
Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Suburban, we're test-fitting the Swagman dispatch platform-style two-bike rack. The part number for that is S64684, and it's designed to work with two-inch hitches. The first thing we'll do are show you some features of the rack and how we strap down our bike to the rack. Now, if we take a look at our bike first, we've got two straps holding in the tires in the back here. Those straps have cushions on them. That will help secure smaller bike tires, like we have here, and you can always flip that cushion over for bigger tires. Then we also have a frame hook holding our bike in. That's what's going to secure it down and make sure it's tight against your bike rack. The first thing we'll do is go ahead and undo our straps. more
10/14/2015 9:26:06 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Chevrolet Suburban th9031xt- Video
Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Suburban we are test fitting the Thule Vertex Swing. It's a swing away style, a hanging style bike rack and the part number for that is TH9031XT. As you can see we do already have our bike on our rack, we're going to show you some features of the rack. The swing away feature and then also how we secure the bike to the rack. The first thing we want to start, this is our swing away feature. We're just going to pull up on the T pin here and set it off to the side. more
10/8/2015 10:55:43 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Chevrolet Suburban th9029xt- Video
Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Suburban, we are testing the Thule vertex, part number T89029XT. This is going to be our Tilt-away feature, hanging style bike rack. And as you can see we do already have our bike on our rack. We are going to show you how we take off the bike and then also some features of the rack itself. The first thing we will take a look at are the arms up here. We have got two cradles holding on our bike with three straps. Two on the frame here. more
10/8/2015 10:55:26 AM
Kuat NV Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Suburban, we're doing a test fit on our Kuat NV Platform style, 4 bike rack. Part number N105-107. See that we have the bike rack already on our vehicle, I'm going to show you a few features. First feature we show, let me show you where to show you the, has the, the strap to the back. Hold out your back tire. Up front we have a wheel hook, makes sure it goes on the front tire. Now it has a few features on here. more
10/8/2015 10:54:16 AM
Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Suburban we are test fitting the Inno tire hold platform style 3 bike rack. The part number is INH305-306. This is a tilt away and a platform so we are going to show you features of the bike rack itself and also how we secure our bike to the rack. First thing I want to show you is the tilt away feature with the bike on the rack, we can tilt it away. I'm just going to grab our bike securely, pull down on this black lever down here at the bottom and that will tilt that bike rack away. Now unfortunately with our style bike we can not open our hatch all the way. more
10/8/2015 10:53:57 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Suburban S63380- Video
Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Suburban, we will be test fitting the Swagman Trailhead Tiling 4 Bike Rack. That's part number S63380. This can be used for either inch and a quarter or two inch hitches. We can go and start by loading our shank into our receiver till our pinholes line up. We'll take our anti-rattle bolt. Go ahead and start threading that through. I think we got it there. more
12/30/2014 5:36:10 PM
Swagman XTC4 Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Suburban we will be test fitting the Swagman XTC 4 platform-style 4-bike rack. That's part number S64665. We can go ahead and start by loading our shank into our receiver. Looking for our pinholes to line up. Looks about right. We'll take our anti-rattle bolt and go ahead and hand tighten that down. more
12/22/2014 10:50:07 PM
Hollywood Racks Traveler Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Suburban we will be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Traveler 5-bike rack. That's part number HR9200. We can go ahead and start by inserting our shank into our receiver. We're going to go ahead and line up our pinholes. We'll take our anti-rattle bolt and begin threading that through. Once we get that hand tightened to finish that off with our wrench. more
12/22/2014 2:39:03 PM
Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Suburban, we will be testing Yakima full tilt full bike rack. That's part number Y02462. This can be used for two inch hitches, as well as inch and a quarter. We'll go ahead and start by inserting our shank through our receiver. Once that clicks into place where a pinhole would be, we would begin by tightening it down. What you want to do is you want to come back here to our anti-rattle knob. more
12/20/2014 11:44:53 AM
Softride Element Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Suburban, we'll be test fitting the Softride Element Parallelogram Tilting 4 Bike Rack. That's part number SR26248. This can be used for either 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. We can go ahead and start by putting our shank into our receiver until our pin holes line up. Once we have that lined up, we can go ahead and take our anti-rattle bolt. Once we have that hand tight, we can go ahead and finish that the rest of the way down with our wrench. more
12/20/2014 11:24:34 AM
Softride Dura Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on this 2015 Chevrolet Suburban, we'll be test fitting the Softride Dura Parallelogram Tilting 4 Bike Rack. That's part number SR26247. This is for 2" hitches only, so we can go and start by loading our shank into our receiver. We're looking for our pin holes to be lined up. Once that's lined up, we'll take our included pin and lock. We can go ahead and begin threading that through. more
12/20/2014 11:21:50 AM
Saris Freedom Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Suburban, we've be test fitting this Saris Freedom Platform Style 4 Bike Rack. That's part number SA4414B. We can go ahead and start by inserting our shank into our receiver. We're looking for our pin holes to be lined up. Once we get that lined up, we'll take our anti-rattle bolt. We can go ahead and begin threading that through. more
12/20/2014 11:19:10 AM
Saris Thelma Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Suburban we'll be test fitting the Saris Thelma Platform Style 3 Bike Rack. That's part number SA4239B. That's going to be used for either inch and a quarter or two inch hitches. We can go ahead and start by loading this into our shank of the receiver until our pinholes line up. Once we get that lined up we can go ahead and insert our anti-rattle bolt. Go ahead and hand tighten that down. more
12/20/2014 10:56:13 AM
Saris Freedom SuperClamp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Suburban, we will be test fitting the Saris Freedom Superclamp Platform Style Two Bike Rack. That's part number SA4025. This can be used for either inch and a quarter or two inch hitches. What we'll do is, we'll start by inserting our shank into our receiver until our pin holes line up. Once we get those lined up, we'll take our included anti-rattle bolt and lock and start feeding that through. Once we get that hand tight, we'll finish that the rest of the way down with our wrench. By tightening this, it's going to help reduce any play or wobble within the hitch and our bike rack, as you can see there. more
12/20/2014 10:39:38 AM
Hollywood Racks Traveler Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Suburban HR8500- Video
Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Suburban, we'll be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Traveler tilting 4-bike rack. That's part number HR8500. This can be used for either 1 1/4 or 2-inch hitches. We can go ahead and start by inserting our shank into our receiver. We're looking for our pinholes to be lined up. Once we get that lined up, we'll take our anti-rattle bolt. more
12/20/2014 10:29:07 AM
Saris Bike Porter Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Suburban we will be test fitting the Saris Biker Porter tilting 4-bike rack. That's part number SA404B. Now this can be used for either 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. We'll go ahead and start by inserting our shank into our receiver until our pinholes line up. Once we get those lined up we'll take our anti-rattle bolt, hand tightening that. Once we get that hand tight we'll go ahead and finish up the rest of the way down with our wrench. more
12/19/2014 6:40:20 PM
Yakima StickUp 2 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban, we are going to be test fitting the Yakima Stickup, a folding and tilting two bike rack for inch and a quarter and two inch hitches part number Y02420. To begin our test fit we'll slide the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of our hitch. Line up our pin holes. Thread in our anti rattle bolt and tighten it down with the wrench. We'll then secure it with the provided clip. In this position we'll have about twenty three inches worth of ground clearance. The closest one in the rack to the back of our vehicle is about six inches away and overall we've added about nine and a half inches to the length of our Suburban. Pulling the red knob will allow us to tilt our rack into platform position. more
6/4/2014 9:24:07 AM
Swagman XTC4 Wheel Mount Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban, were going to be test fitting the Swagman XTC4, a platform-style 4-bike rack for 2 inch hitches, part number S64665. To begin our test fit, well slide the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of our hitch, line up our pin holes. Well then thread in our anti-rattle bolt from the right to the left. Before we tighten this bolt down with a wrench, well want to put the lock on. If we wait until its tight, the 7-way plug does cause a little bit of interference. With our lock on, well go ahead and tighten it down, and this will secure our rack to our vehicle. In this position, we have about 22-1/2 inches worth of ground clearance. more
6/4/2014 9:23:08 AM
Thule Vertex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Speaker: Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban, were going to be test fitting the Thule Vertex, a fully hand tilting 4 bike rack for 1-1/4 and 2 inch hitches, part number TH9029. To begin our test fit, well slide the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of our hitch, line up our pin holes, thread in our anti-rattle bolt and then tighten it down with a wrench. In this positive, we have about 22 inches worth of ground clearance. The closest point of the rack to the back of our vehicle is about 3-1/2 inches away and overall, weve added about 12 inches to the length of our suburban. Pulling the gray lever at the base of the mast will allow us to tilt it away from our vehicle. As you can see, this gives us full access into our hatch. With our mast back in its upright position, well now pull the gray handle located at the top. This will allow us to swing out our dual cradle arms. With the arms extended, weve added about 37 inches to the overall length of our suburban. more
6/3/2014 10:58:22 AM
Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban, were going to be test fitting the Thule Hitching Post Pro, a folding and tilting four bike rack for 1-1/4 and 2 inch hitches, part number TH934XTR. To begin our test fit, well slide the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of our hitch, line up our pin holes. Well then thread in our anti-rattle bolt and tighten it down with a wrench. In this position, we have about 22 inches worth of ground clearance. The closest point of the rack to the back of the vehicle is about 7-3/4s of an inch away. Overall weve added about 17-1/2 inches to the length of our car. more
5/30/2014 4:33:48 PM
Thule Helium Aero Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban we're going to best fitting the Thule Helium Aero, a tilting 2-bike rack for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches, part number TH9042. To begin our test fit we'll slide the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we do this we'll want to hold out on the attached pin and allow it to fall into our pin hole. We'll then turn the black knob to engage our anti-rattle device and further secure our rack to our vehicle. With our rack secure we'll get a couple of measurements. You'll have about 23-1/2" worth of ground clearance. The closest point of the rack to the back of our Suburban is the knob; it's about 2" away. more
5/30/2014 4:33:44 PM
Thule Doubletrack Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Doubletrack, a platform style tilting 2-bike rack for 1-1/4 and 2-inch hitches, part number TH990XT. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of our hitch, line up our pinholes, thread in our anti-rattle bolt, and then tighten it down with a wrench. We'll then secure it using the provided lock. In this position, we have about 21-3/4 of an inch worth of ground clearance. The closest point of the rack to the back of our vehicle is about 6-1/4 inches away and overall we've added about 11-1/2 inches to the length of our Suburban. Pulling the large grey lever at the base of the rack will allow us to tilt it away from our vehicle into platform position. In this position we have about 27-1/4 inches worth of ground clearance. more
5/30/2014 9:36:09 AM
Thule Apex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban, were going to be test fitting the Thule Apex, a tilting four bike rack for 1-1/4 and 2 inch hitches, part number TH9025. To begin our test fit, were going to slide the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we do this, we want to hold out on the attached pin. Once we have our pin holes lined up, well allow the attached pin to fall into place. We can then turn their black handle. This is going to engage our anti-rattle device and further secure our rack to our vehicle. more
5/29/2014 5:00:55 PM
Swagman Titan Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban, we are going to be testing the Swagman Titan. A tilting 4-bike rack for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches, part number S63410. To begin our test today, we will slide the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of our hitch, line up our pin holes, grab our anti-rattle bolt and tighten it down with our wrench. We will then secure it with the provided clip. In this position, we have about 25-1/2" worth of ground clearance. The closest point of the rack to the back of our vehicle is about 6" away and overall we've added about 20-1/4" to the length of our Suburban. Pulling the black lever located at the base of the mast will allow us to tilt it away from our vehicle and as you can see, this gives us full access into our hatch. With our mast back up in its upright position, we'll now pull the black lever located at the top of the mast. This will allow us to swing out our dual cradle arms. With our arms extended, we've added about 39" to the total length of our vehicle. We are not ready to load up our bike. We will begin by undoing our cradle straps. We will then grab our bike, place it into the cradles and secure it with the straps. Just like that, we have our bike loaded up and we are ready to head down the road. That will complete today's test fit of the Swagman Titan, part number S63410 on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban. more
5/29/2014 5:00:36 PM
Swagman Jackknife Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban, we are going to be test fitting the Swagman Jackknife, a tilting two bike rack for inch and a quarter and two inch hitches part number S63450. To begin our test fit we'll slide the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of our hitch, line up our pin holes, thread in our anti rattle bolt and tighten it down with the wrench. We can then secure it using the provided lock. In this position we'll have about twenty two inches worth of ground clearance. The closest point of the rack to the back of our vehicle is about ten and a quarter inches away and overall we've added about twenty one and a half inches to the length of our Suburban. Pulling the silver pin and clip located at the base of the mast will allow us to tilt it away from our vehicle. As you can see this allows us to fully open our hatch. With our mast back in its upright position we'll now pull the large black lever located at the very top of the rack. This is going to allow us to swing out our cradle arms. more
5/29/2014 4:59:54 PM
SportRack Super EZ Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today in our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban we're going to be test fitting the Sport Rack Super EZ. A platform style two-bike rack 4 inch 1/4 and 2 inch hitches, part number SR2901LR. To begin our test fit we'll slide the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of our hitch, line up our pin holes, thread in our anti-rattle bolt and tighten it down with a wrench. We'll then secure it using the provided lock. In this position we'll have about 25 inches worth of ground clearance, the closest point of the rack to the back of our vehicle is about 8 inches away. And overall we've added about 26 inches to length of the Suburban. Pulling the two black pins located on the outside here at the rear of the rack will allow us to tilt our wheel cradles down into position. We'll reinsert the pins to hold them in place. more
5/29/2014 4:59:43 PM
SportRack 3 Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban we're going to be test fitting the SportRack Tilting 3 Bike Rack for 1-1/4 and 2 inch hitches, part number SR2403. To begin our test fit we'll slide the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of our hitch, line up our pin holes, thread in our anti-rattle bolt and tighten it down with a wrench. We can then secure it with the provided clip. In this position we'll have about 22-1/2 inches worth of ground clearance. The closest point of the rack to the back of our vehicle is about 5 inches away, and overall we've added about 14 inches to the length of our Suburban. Pulling the black pin and clip at the base of the mast will allow us to tilt it away from our vehicle. As you can see this gives us full access to our cargo area. With our mast back in its upright position we'll now pull the black pin and clip at the top of the mast. more
5/28/2014 12:54:11 PM
Softride Hang2 Tilting Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban we're going to be test fitting the Softride Hang2, a tilting 2-bike rack for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches, part number SR27041. To begin our test fit we'll slide the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of our hitch, line up our pin holes, thread in our anti-rattle bolt, and tighten it down with a wrench. In this position we have about 22-1/2" worth of ground clearance. The closest point of the rack to the back of our vehicle is about 4-3/4" away. Overall, we've added about 22-1/2" to the length of the Suburban. Pulling the two silver pin and clips at the top of the rack will allow us to tilt our handlebar cradle up into position. more
5/28/2014 12:53:30 PM
Softride Element Hitch Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban we're going to be test fitting the Softride Element Parallelogram, a tilting 4-Bike rack for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches, part number SR26248. To begin our test fit we'll slide the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of our hitch, line up our pin holes, thread in our anti-rattle bolt, and then we'll tighten it down with a wrench. In this position we have about 22-1/2" worth of ground clearance. The closest point of the rack to the back of our vehicle is about 5" away. Overall we've added about 13-1/2" to the length of our Suburban. We're now ready to swing our cradle arms into position. To do this we'll pull the silver pins at the top of the mast, rotate them into position, and reinsert the pins to hold them in place. more
5/28/2014 12:52:54 PM
Pro Series Q-Slot Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban, we are going to be test fitting the Pro Series Q Slot platform style tilting two bike rack for inch and a quarter and two inch hitches part number PS63134. To being our test we'll slide the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of our hitch, line up our pin holes, slide through our pin and secure it with the clip. In this position we have about twenty four and a half inches worth of ground clearance. The closest point of the rack to the back of our vehicle is about nine inches away and overall we've added about twenty five inches to the length of our Suburban. Pulling the two silver pins located on the outside here at the rear of the rack, it will allow us to tilt our wheel cradles down into position. We'll reinsert the pins to hold them in place. We'll now pull the silver pin located at the base of the center mast. This will allow us to tilt it away from our vehicle and as you can see this gives us full access into our cargo area. With our mast back in its upright position, I'd get a quick ground clearance measurement here and it looks like we'll have about twenty six and a quarter inches worth of clearance here at the rear of the rack. more
5/28/2014 12:50:51 PM
Saris Freedom Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today with our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban, we're going to be test fitting the Saris Freedom, a platform style four-bike rack for two-inch hitches, Part #SA4414B. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of our hitch, line up our pin holes, thread on our anti-rattle bolt from the left to the right, and tighten it down with a wrench. We'll then secure it with the provided clip. In this position, we have about 22-1/2" worth of ground clearance. The closest point of the rack to the back of our vehicle is about 4-1/2" away, and overall we've added about 17-3/4" to the length of the car. Holding the gray handle at the top of the rack, it will allow us to tilt it away from the vehicle into the platform position. In this position, we have about 29-1/2" worth of ground clearance here at the rear of the rack. The closest point of the rack to the back of our Suburban is now about 10-1/2" away, and overall we've added about 39" to the length of the vehicle. As you can see in this position, we do have access to open our rear hatch. We're now ready to load up our bike. more
5/28/2014 7:51:47 AM
Softride Dura Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban were going to be test fitting the Softride Dura Parallelogram, a tilting four bike rack for inch and a quarter and two inch hitches, part number SR26247.To begin our test fit well slide the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of our hitch, thread in our anti-rattle bolt. Well then tighten it down with a wrench and secure it with the provided lock. In this position we have about 22 inches worth of ground clearance. The closest point of the rack to the back of our vehicle is about seven inches away, and overall weve added about 38 inches to the length of our Suburban. A nice feature of the Dura Parallelogram is the removable cradle arms. To remove them well simply push over on the two black tabs located on the back of the rack and slide them out of the rear. more
5/27/2014 10:30:56 AM
Saris Thelma 3 Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban were going to be test fitting the Saris Thelma, a platform style three bike rack for inch and a quarter and two inch hitches, part number SA4239B. To begin our test fit well slide the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of our hitch. Well line up our pin holes, thread in our anti-rattle bolt from the left to the right side, tighten it down with a wrench, and then we can secure it with the provided clip. In this position well have about 23 inches worth of ground clearance. The closest point of the rack to the back of our vehicle is about five and three quarters of an inch away, and overall weve added about 11 inches to the length of the Suburban.Pulling the gold pin at the round hub at the base of the rack will allow us to tilt it into its platform position. Well reinsert the pin to secure it in place. more
5/27/2014 10:30:15 AM
Saris Axis 3 Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban, we're going to be test fitting the Saris Axis, a tilting three bike rack for 1-1/4 inch and 2 inch hitches, part number SA843B. To begin our test fit, we're going to slide the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of our hitch, line up our pinholes, thread in our anti-rattle bolt from the left to the right side of the rack. We'll then tighten it down with the wrench and secure it with a provided lock. In this position, we have about 22-1/2 inches worth of ground clearance. The closest point of the rack to the back of our vehicle is about 6-3/4 of an inch away, and overall we've added about 15 inches to the length of our Suburban. Pulling the yellow T-handle at the base of the mast will allow us to tilt it away from our vehicle. As you can see, this does give us full access into the hatch. With our mast back in its upright position, it's now time to extend our dual cradle arms. more
5/27/2014 10:25:24 AM
Rhino-Rack 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban, were going to be test fitting the Rhino Rack Folding and Tilting Four Bike Rack for 2 inch hitches, part number RBC038. To begin our test fit, well slide the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of our hitch, line up our pin holes, thread in our anti-rattle bolt and tighten it down with a wrench. We can then secure it using the provided lock. In this position, we have about 22-3/4s of an inch worth of ground clearance. The closest point of the rack to the back of our vehicle is about 6-1/2 inches away. Overall weve added about 14 inches to the length of our Suburban. more
5/27/2014 10:10:58 AM
Prorack 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban, we're going to be test fitting the Prorack Tilting 4-Bike Rack for inch and a quarter and two inch hitches, part number PR8062404. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the bike rack into the receive tube of our hitch, line up our pin holes, thread in our anti-rattle bolt and tighten it down with a wrench. We'll then secure it using the provided clip. In this position, we have about twenty-one and three-quarters of an inch worth of ground clearance. The closest point of the rack to the back of our vehicle is about six inches away. Overall, we've added about thirty-one inches to the length of the Suburban. Pulling the silver pin and clip at the base of the mast will allow us to tilt it away from our vehicle. more
5/21/2014 9:15:25 AM
Hollywood Racks Traveler Tow n Go Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban we're going to be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Traveler Tow N' Go Hitch Mounted 3-Bike Rack, part number HR135. For today's test fit we'll be using the Hidden Hitch Ball Mount with an extra long shank, part number 80232 - and it is sold separately. We'll begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the ball mount into the opening of the hitch. We'll then line up our pinholes, slide in our pin, and secure it with the clip. For our test fit today we're using a simple pin and clip. As you can see, this does allow for movement or shake in our bike rack. more
5/20/2014 11:13:26 AM
Hollywood Racks Traveler 5 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban, we're going to be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Traveler. A tilting 5-bike rack for 2-inch hitches, part number HR9200. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of our hitch, line up our pin holes, thread in our anti-rattle bolt, and tighten it down with a wrench. We'll then secure it using the provided clip. In this position, we have about 22-1/2 inches worth of ground clearance. The closest point of the rack to the back of our vehicle is about 9-1/2 inches away, and overall, we've added about 15-1/4 inches to the length of our Suburban. Pulling the black pin and clip at the base of the mast allows us to tilt it away from our vehicle. As you can see, this gives us full access to our rear hatch. With our mast back in its upright position, we'll now extend our dual cradle arms. To do this, we're going to loosen the black knob located on each side of the rack, move the arms outward, rotate them up into position, and then tighten down that black knob to secure them in place. more
5/20/2014 11:12:47 AM
Hollywood Racks Traveler Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban, were going to be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Traveler, a tilting four bike rack for 1-1/4 and 2 inch hitches, part number HR8500. To begin our test fit, well slide the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of our hitch, line up our pin holes, thread in our anti-rattle bolt and tighten it down with a wrench. Well then secure it using the provided clip. In this position, we have about 22-1/2 inches worth of ground clearance. The closest point of the rack to the back of our vehicle is about 4 inches away. Overall weve added about 9-1/2 inches to the length of the Suburban. more
5/14/2014 11:48:16 AM
Yakima StickUp 2 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevy Suburban, we'll be test fitting the Yakima Stickup hitch-mounted platform-style 2-bike rack, part number Y02420. We'll begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the bike rack into the opening of the hitch. After lining up the pin holes, we'll thread in our anti-rattle bolt, and tighten it down with a wrench. With the bike rack secured, we'll go over a few clearance measurements to see how the 2 fit together. We have about 24" of ground clearance. The closest part of the bike rack to the closest part of the vehicle is about 5-1/2" away, and we've added about 13" to the overall length of our Suburban. more
4/25/2014 11:25:49 AM
Rhino-Rack 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on 2013 Chevy Suburban we'll be test fitting the Rhino Rack hitch mounted 4 bike rack. Part number RBC038. We'll begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the bike rack into the opening of the hitch. After lining up the pin holes, we'll thread our anti-rattle bolt into the pin holes. Tighten it down with a wrench. Then secure it with the lock. more
4/25/2014 11:19:10 AM
Pro Series Q-Slot 2 and 4 Bike Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Speaker: Today on our 2013 Chevy Suburban, well be test fitting the Pro Series Q-Slot Platform Style 2 and 4 Bike Rack for 2 inch hitches, part number PS63138. For todays test fit, well be using the 2 bike configuration. Well begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the bike rack into the opening of the hitch. After lining up the pin holes, well thread the anti-rattle bolt through the pin holes and then tighten it down using a wrench. With the bike rack secured, well go over a few clearance measurements to see how the 2 fit together.We have about 21 inches of ground clearance. The closest part of the bike rack to the closest part of the vehicle is about 6 inches away and weve added about 26 inches to the overall length of our suburban. To access the cargo area, we can remove the 3 silver pins at the base of the bike rack and tilt down the wheel cradles, as well as the mast. more
4/25/2014 11:11:39 AM
Thule Vertex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Speaker: Today on our 2013 Chevy Suburban we'll be test fitting the Thule Vertex Hitch Mounted Four Bike Rack, Part Number TH9029. We'll begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the bike rack into the opening of the hitch. After lining up the pinholes we'll thread in our anti-rattle bolt and tighten it down using a wrench. With the bike rack secured we'll go over a few clearance measurements to see how the two fit together. We have about 23" of ground clearance. Closest part of the bike rack to the closest part of the vehicle is about 4" away and we've added about 13" to the overall length of our suburban. When I lift up on the gray lever at the top of the mast it'll swing the cradle arms out. With the cradle arms out we've added about 36" to the overall length of our Suburban. more
4/22/2014 9:47:09 AM
Thule Helium Aero Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevy Suburban, we'll be test-fitting the Thule Helium Aero Hitch Mounted 2 bike rack, Part number TH9042. We'll begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the bike rack into the opening of the hitch. We'll allow the integrated hitch pin to fall into place and we'll then turn the black knob to engage the anti-ride-out device. With the bike rack secured, we'll go over a few clearance measurements and see how the two fit together. We have about 25 inches of ground clearance. The closest part of the bike rack to the closest part of the vehicle is about 2 inches away. We've added about 19 inches to the overall length of our Suburban. We can now lift up on the gray lever at the top of the mast and swing out our dual arms. With the cradle arms out, we've added about 29 inches to the overall length of our Suburban. To access the cargo area, we can lift up on the lever at the base of the bike rack and tilt the mast down. more
4/22/2014 9:44:34 AM
Thule Apex 4 Swing Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today, on our 2013 Chevy Suburban, we'll be test fitting the Thule Apex Swing Hitch Mounted 4-Bike Rack, part number TH9027. We'll begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the carrier into the opening of the hitch. We'll allow the integrated hitch pin to fall into place, and we'll turn the black knob to engage the anti-rattle device. With the bike rack secured, we'll go over a few clearance measurements to see how the two fit together. We have about 21-1/2 inches of ground clearance. The closest part of the bike rack to the closest part of the vehicle is about 1-1/2 inches away, and we have added about 13 inches to the overall length of our Suburban. We'll now lift up on the gray lever at the top of the mast and swing the cradle arms out. more
4/22/2014 9:43:26 AM
Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today, on our 2013 Chevrolet Suburban, we'll be test fitting the Thule Hitching Post Pro, part # TH934XTR. We'll begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the bike rack into the opening of the hitch. After lining up the pinholes, we'll thread in our anti-rattle bolt, and tighten it down using a wrench. With the bike rack secured, we'll over a few clearance measurements to see how the 2 fit together. We have about 21 inches of ground clearance. Closest part of the bike rack to the closest part of the vehicle is about 8 inches away, and we've added 17 inches to the overall length of our Suburban. We can now pull the gold pin at the top of the mast and swing the cradle arms out. With the cradle arms our, we've added about 38 inches to the overall length of our Suburban. To access the cargo area, we can remove the gold pin at the base the bike rack, and tilt the mast down. more
4/18/2014 1:36:05 PM
Thule Doubletrack Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Suburban, well be test fitting the Thule Doubletrack Platform Style 2-Bike Rack, part number TH990XT. Well begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the bike rack into the opening of the hitch. After lining up our pin holes, well thread in our anti-rattle bolt, and tighten it down with a wrench. With the bike rack secured, well go over a few clearance of measurements to see how the two fit together. We have about 21 inches of ground clearance. The closest part of the bike rack to the closest part of the vehicle is about 6 inches away. more
4/18/2014 1:35:25 PM
Thule Apex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevy Suburban, well be test fitting the Thule Apex Hitch Mounted Four Bike Rack, part number TH9025. Well begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the bike rack into the opening of the hitch. Well allow the integrated hitch pin to fall into place, and then well turn the black knob to engage the anti-rattle device. With the bike rack secured, well go over a few clearance of measurements to see how the two fit together. We have about 23 inches of ground clearance. The closest part of the bike rack to the closest part of the vehicle is about 1-1/2 inches away. more
4/18/2014 1:34:48 PM
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