Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on the 2012 Subaru Forester, we are doing a test fit of the Swagman XC Platform Style 2-bike rack. That part number is S64650. We already have our bike secured down. First, we are going to show you how we do that. Then we are going to go over features of the rack. At the top, we have a frame hook that is going to hold our bike down and in place in those little cradles at the bottom. To release that, we squeeze in here, push on that lever, and lift that hook up. We are then able to, pull our bike off of the rack and set it off to the side. With that out of the way, I like to lower the frame hooks so they aren't setting very high. more
3/10/2016 10:07:02 AM
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2012 Subaru Outback Wagon, we'll be doing a test for the Kuat Transfer Platform Style 3 Bike Rack. That's part number TS03G. So I've already got it loaded up on the Outback just to give you a good idea what it's going to look like. One of the greatest features about this bike rack is it's ability to tilt away so we can gain better access to our rear hatch. So we can come down here to our foot petal, where we can use our hand, press in, and lower it down. And as promised, we can get full access to our rear hatch to remove any cargo, gear, groceries, anything we might have with us on our trip. We'll close that back up. more
3/9/2016 11:36:06 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon th912xtr- Video
Today, on this 2015 Subaru Outback wagon, 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 on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look, and show off some of the features. First, how the bike is actually attached to the rack. You're going to have 3 points of contact with your bike's frame. We're going to have 2 straps up top here, and 1 strap off to the side, which is going to act as an anti-sway strap to keep it from going back and forth, possibly hitting either the bike rack, or the bike in front of it. Let's go ahead and take the bike off, and set it aside. more
3/1/2016 1:32:35 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon s64650- Video
Today, on this 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman XC2 Bike Rack, part number S64650. 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 the features. How this is actually attached to the rack, you're only going to have one point of contact with your bikes frame, and that's going to be the frame hook up at the top here. It's nice and padded, so your bike won't get scratched or damaged while you're loading it up. It also has two wheel cradles here, now if you want straps for that you can go on to etrailer.com to find some, or use your own bungee chords, whatever you feel necessary to secure your bike. more
3/1/2016 1:32:21 PM
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon ts03B- Video
Today on this 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon we're going to be test-fitting the Kuat Transfer 3 Bike Rack, part number TS03G. The first feature we like to show off is its unique ability to actually tilt away from the vehicle with all the bikes already installed. To do that, there's this latch up at the front here you're going to push down with your hand, or, while holding onto the bike rack, push down with your foot. Let it fall down. Now you have access to your rear hatch to get whatever it is you need with plenty of space on both sides. To put it back up in its original position, you simply take the bike rack again-never the bike-push up, until you hear it click with it going back into place. Now it's secure. more
3/1/2016 1:28:44 PM
Swagman XTC4 Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Outback, we'll be doing a test of the Swagman XTC4 platform style four bike rack. That's part number S-6-4-6-6-5. I've already got it loaded up on the back of the Subaru just to give you a good idea what it's going to look like. As you can see, it's a sizable rack; we're able to put three more bikes on here. We can fold down the center mast on the other two here when not in use. It secures our bikes in three spots. We have the hook going over the top tube here, putting down pressure into the two cradles, front and rear; and then we have our rubber straps going between the spokes, keeping our wheels in place. Let's go ahead and remove the bike. more
2/26/2016 11:26:56 AM
Kuat NV Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Outback, we'll be doing a test fit of the Kuat NV platform-style tilting 4 Bike Rack. That's part number N105-107. I've already got it loaded up on the back of the Subaru just to give you a good idea of what it's going to look like. It secures our bike in two spots. We have a wheel hook up front here that puts down pressure into the cradle keeping the wheel in place and then we have a rear wheel strap going between the spokes of the rear wheel and then tightening down through the buckle here. All in all, there's no frame contact which is really nice as well. One of the main features about this bike rack is it can be tilted away from our vehicle with all four bikes loaded up. We'll come down here to this gray lever ... more
2/26/2016 11:26:30 AM
Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon we're test fitting the Yakima FullTilt. This a hanging style tilting 4 bike rack. It's been designed so we can use it with inch and a 1/4 or with 2 inch hitches. The part number on it is Y02462. This rack has a really neat cradle system. Basically, the arms create the cradles for us. They're nice and soft, plenty of areas where you can see for that top tube to ride in. more
1/6/2016 2:07:01 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2016 Subaru Outback wagon, we've got the Swagman Trail Head out and we're doing a test fit on it, and see how it measures up on the back side of the vehicle. The Trail Head is a 4 bike hanging style rack. It's been designed for use with the inch and a quarter or 2 inch hit. Part number on it is S63380. The Trail Head uses 4 straps to hold our bike in place. Most of the time we just see 3. We're going to have 2 here for the top frame tube, 1 here for our top frame tube a little closer to the seat, and then 1 down on the seat post. more
1/6/2016 2:06:45 PM
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon TS03B- Video
Today on our 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon, we've got the Kuat Transfer out and we've got it tested here on the back of the Subaru. Now, this is a platform style 3-bike rack, folds away from the vehicle even with the bike loaded to give us access into the hatch there. It also tilts up against the rear of the vehicle for reducing the overall length that we've added. Part number on it is TS03G. Now, one of the things that you might notice is that in holding the bike on the rack there is no frame contact at all. We've a wheel hook that's right here on the front. We place that right in front of our front break caliber and then just push it down. more
12/18/2015 8:56:06 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon th9031xt- Video
Today on our 2016 Subaru Outback wagon, we've got the Thule Vertex swing out. We're going to take a look at it, kind of see how it fits the car. Now, this is a four bike swing away style rack. Part number on it is TH9031XT. Pardon me, TH9031XT. Now, the biggest feature about it of course is the way it swings away from the vehicle. What we'll do is come right down here to the backside. more
12/16/2015 10:46:17 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon th912xtr- Video
Today on our 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon we've got the Thule Roadway. We're doing a testing on it. This is a hanging style 2-bike rack. It's been designed for use with the 1.25 or with 2 inch hitches. Part number on it is TH912XTR. Now the Roadway does a really good job of keeping our bikes in place. more
12/16/2015 10:36:22 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon TH9029XT- Video
Today on our 2026 Subaru Outback Wagon we've gotten out the Thule Vertex and we're doing a testing on it to see how it stacks up against the rear of the vehicle here. Now the vertex is a really nice folding and tilting-style 4-bike rack. It's been designed so we can use it with the inch-and-a-quarter or with 2 inch hitches. Part number is TH9029XT. One of the things I like is going to be the incorporated cable lock here. Comes back, it's going to use one of our Thule one-key lock tumblers. more
12/16/2015 10:36:06 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon s64684- Video
Today on our 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon, we've got the Swagman Dispatch out. We're doing a test fit on it and see how it fits alongside the back of the Outback. Now, this is a 2-bike platform style rack. It is RV approved and it's designed to fit 2-inch hitches. Part number on it is S64684. Now, the Dispatch has a front wheel cradle, rear wheel cradle, and a frame hook right up here on top. The frame hook is a nice rubberized material. more
12/16/2015 10:26:21 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon s64650- Video
Today, in our 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon, we have the Swagman XTC2 out. We're doing a test fit just to see how it fits on the back of the vehicle here. This is a platform-style two-bike rack. It's been designed so we can use it with the inch and a quarter, or with two inches. The part number on it is S64-650. You can see, the XTC2 is going to use a front-wheel cradle, a rear-wheel cradle, and also a frame hook to keep our bike nice and secure. The thing I really like about the wheel cradles is they're so easy to use. more
12/16/2015 10:26:06 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Subaru Outback Wagon th912xtr- Video
Today on our 2012 Subaru Outback, we'll be doing a test fit of the Thule Roadway 2 Bike Rack. Part number is TH912XTR. I have a bike on our rack and we have a rack hooked to our vehicle. I would like to just show you a few features of it. How we have our bike connected to our bike rack itself, we have a total of three straps. We have two up top, and we have the one towards the side as our anti sway strap. more
12/11/2015 11:06:14 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon TH912XTR- Video
Today, on our 2014 Subaru Outback, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Roadway Hanging Style Platform Bike Rack. Part #TH912XTR. As you can see, we do already have everything loaded up on our vehicle. We're going to first show you how we strap down the bike. We've got two cradles holding the bike in place with three straps. Two on the frame here and then one as your anti-sway strap. That's going to keep that bike from swinging back and forth, and possibly damaging your vehicle. To release those, we just pull down and lift up. We save the anti-sway strap for last. We can just pull our bike straight off and set it off to the side. Now, it's a great habit to get into, to always replace your straps so you don't lose or damage any of them. That will just keep them in place whenever you're not the bike rack. All right. Now, let's take a few measurements. Overall to the vehicle, we're adding about 28 inches with our arms extended out. more
12/3/2015 5:06:06 PM
Thule Doubletrack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we have our Thule Doubletrack Platform Style Bike Rack, part number TH990XT. See here that we have one strip on each wheel and we have those in-between the spokes. We'll undo those, we'll pull up on our silver lever here, we'll squeeze our release and pull the strap out of the way. Now because we have these smaller tires on here, we do have our spacer to be able to hold that in place. Come back here, same way on our back wheel. If you do have bigger wheels for mountain bikes, you can always pull this out of the way. more
11/13/2015 11:06:14 AM
Softride Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're doing a test fit of the Softride Hydraulic Assist Dura tilting 4-bike rack, part number SR26321. This bike rack is designed to work with 1-1/4" and 2" hitches. The main feature I want to show you first is the hydraulic assist. Now if we come to the back here there's a black handle. We're just going to pull out that pin. That will allow us to push our bike and our bike rack away from the vehicle. more
11/10/2015 8:27:49 AM
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we're doing a test fit of the Kuat Transfer 3 Platform Style 3 Bike Rack, part number TS03G. Now the first feature of the rack I want to show you is the tilt-away feature. We come up here, lift that last wheel hook out of the way. We can use our foot to push down that lever and tilt our bike rack away. Now with this rack, we do make contact with the ground here, so you just want to be aware of that whenever you're setting your bike rack down- That you might end up having some scratches on those end caps there. With that tilted out of the way, we have full access to our back hatch here to get anything in or out that we may need. You can step between your rack and your vehicle. more
11/10/2015 8:26:50 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Day on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we have our Tuly 00:00:04 Roadway Two Bike Rack, part number TH912XTR. We've got three straps holding this in. We've got our anti-sway and our two straps up top. We'll take the two ones off up top and get those out of the way and take this one off last. It's always a good habit to go ahead and put these straps back so they don't get damaged or lost. Let's take some measurements. This adds about 30 inches to the back of our vehicle. We've got a ground clearance of about 10 1/2 inches to the bottom right here and our closest point to the vehicle is about 2 1/2 inches so we're not going to have any problem with our rack hitting our vehicle. more
11/10/2015 8:21:06 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek we've got the Swagman XC2 out. We're going to test fit it and see how it fits on the back of the vehicle here. Now this is a 2-bike platform-style rack. It's been designed so you can use it with 1-1/4" or with 2" hitches. Part number on it is S64650. Now this is going to use three points of contact to hold our bike in place, our three areas. We've got our front wheel cradle and our rear wheel cradle. more
11/3/2015 8:20:26 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2014 Subaru Outback, we're test fitting the Swagman Dispatch. This is a platform-style two bike rack, it's been designed for use in two inch hitches, and it is approved for RV use.part number is S64684. This is a very safe, stable, very quiet rack. You'll see in the reviews a lot of people talk about just how nice and sturdy it is, and they really like the rack. It has a couple of ways to hold our bike .. We've got a front strap, rear strap, cradles on each of those, and also our center frame hook. more
8/13/2015 9:26:27 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're test fitting the Thule Vertex Swing. This is a hanging-style 4-bike rack designed to swing away from your vehicle even when you have your bikes loaded up. Part number on it is TH9031XT. Now one of the new things about the 9031XT is going to be an integrated cable lock. Fits right down in the mast. It's going to come back over our bikes and secures into the back of the arm here using one of the Thule One Key style tumblers. more
8/4/2015 3:41:28 AM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we've got the Sportrack ridge swing that we're going to test fit for you. This is a swing-away 4 bike rack. It's been designed for use in two-inch hitches. Part number is SR2415. Now, first things first, the swing-away feature is very easy to operate. We've got the black lever here, sorry, not a black lever but a black T-handle bolt. You're going to un-thread that. And lift up on our black T-handle and let that come open just slightly. We'll then we lift the T-handle pin under the first fold there and move it to our second, then begin to swing it on out. more
8/4/2015 3:41:06 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek TH9029XT- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're test fitting the Thule Vertex. This is the fold-away, tilting 4-bike rack. It's been designed for with 1 1/4 or with 2 inch hitches. Part number on it is TH9029XT. There is a neat integrated cable lock here coming right out of the mast, hooks into the back of one of dual cradle arms. Uses the Thule one-key lock system so you can switch that out if you want to for a tumbler you already have or you can start to match that. We've got three cradles that are going to hold our bike in position on this rack. more
8/4/2015 3:37:21 AM
Saris Freedom Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek SA4414B- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're doing a test fit on the Saris Freedom. This is a platform-style 4-bike rack. It's been designed for use in 2" hitches. Part number on it is SA4414B. Really neat thing about the Freedom to start off with is that if we pull the clip and pin located right down here at the bottom and then push the gray handle here on the back, that rack is going to tilt right out and away from our vehicle even if we had the four bikes loaded. It goes down further than a lot of the ones that we have and it allows really good access. more
8/4/2015 3:37:03 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek S64684- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're test fitting the Swagman Dispatch. This is an RV-approved platform-style 2-bike rack. It's been designed for use in 2" hitches. Part number on it is S64684. Now the Dispatch does a great job of holding our bike in place. It's really very, very solid and also a very quiet rack to have behind your vehicle. more
8/4/2015 3:36:45 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester th9031xt- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we are test fitting the Thule Vertex Swing, this is a swing-a-way four by crate designed to fold down when not in use part number on it is TH9031XT. First question everybody wants answered is how does the swing-a-way work, it's really easy process. See handle bolt right here, we are going to loosen it up, allow that to tilt down, then we can lift up our black pin here. We will start to rotate this out and away from the vehicle, we can take the time now to pivot this joint till our pin goes back down into our new pin location here. Then we will remove the black pin here on the side, that's going to prevent our bike from going to far when we initially open it up. We can lift that out and set it aside. Continue to swing our rack on out, as you can see we have good clearance there between the rear tire and the side of the vehicle, and then to keep it there we can reinsert our pin that's going to keep it from swinging back toward us. more
8/3/2015 4:22:06 PM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester TH9029XT- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're doing a test fit on the Thule Vertex. This is a folding, tilting 4-bike rack. It's been designed for use with either the 1-1/4" or with 2" hitches. Part number on it is TH9029XT. Now the Thule has a nice cable lock that's incorporated right into the mast. Comes back, connects into the end of our cradle arm. more
8/3/2015 4:21:26 PM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're test fitting the SportRack RidgeSwing. This is a swing-away-style 4-bike rack. They've designed it for use with 2" hitches. Part number on it is SR24145. Now the swing-away feature, that's the biggest feature of course, the one everybody likes. Got our t-handle bolt here; we're going to remove that. more
8/3/2015 4:21:06 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we're test fitting the Swagman Dispatch. This an RBF proved platform style two-bike rack. It's been designed for use in two inch hitches. The part number on it is S64684. As you can see the dispatch has a front wheel cradle, rear wheel cradle, both of those are going to have cradle straps, and also a framed look that's going to hold our bike into position. Does a really good job, it's one of the sturdier fits I've felt on a bike rack. Part of that has to do with the real nice long wheel cradles, they give us plenty of support all the way around the tire, and then we've got a cam-buckle strap, we can just press in the black lever, pull that out, you can see it's a nice long strap, so lots of different wheel sizes are going to fit in there. We've even got a bushing here, this is going to ride on top of most tires, but if your tire is very large we can take that out, or if you've got a really narrow road bike tire that'll take up the space to make sure you get a great fit. more
8/3/2015 4:18:07 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester S63380- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're test fitting the Swagman Trailhead. This is a folding and tilting four bike style rack. It's been designed for use with the inch and a quarter or with two inch hitches. Part number on it is S63380. Now the Swagman uses four straps and two cradles to hold our bikes in place. We've got three for the top two and one on the rear to act as our anti-sway cradle. more
8/3/2015 4:16:48 PM
Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon we're going to be doing a test fit of the Yakima Full Tilt Hanging Style 4-Bike Rack, part number Y02462. If you look up here, you'll see we already have our bike in place, and that's so you can see what it would look like once you have the cradle arms extended and everything in place as well as your bike. Let's start off by getting a few measurements. Our closest distance will be first, and that's going to be from this spot here to the back side of the bumper, at about 4 1/2 inches. Our overall distance that we've added to the vehicle, to the rear of the cradle arms here from the bumper, is going to be about 36 inches, and our ground clearance, from the bottom side of the tensioner and fin here, at about 10 1/2 inches. Now let's move up top and talk about the straps. You're going to have your zip strips that are going to be securing the frame of your bike in place. You'll have two on top which are going to act as your frame straps and then you're going to have the one on the side where your down-tube is for your seat post. more
6/12/2015 11:13:23 AM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon, we're going to be doing a test fit of the SportRack Ridge Swing Hanging Style 4-Bike Rack, part number SR2415. As you can see, we already have our cradle arms extended, with the bike in place, so you can see what it would look like once you have everything in place and installed with your own bike on it. First things we're going to do is get a few measurements. That first measurement is going to be from our closest distance first, which in this case is going to be from the front of the T-handle and tensioner here to the back side of the bumper. It's going to be just over 2 inches. About 2 1/16 inches. more
6/12/2015 11:10:10 AM
Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon C18064- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon we're going to be doing a test fit of the Curt Premium 4 hanging style for a bike rack part number C18064. As you can see we've already got our bike up here and in place so you can see what it would look like once you have yours all the way fully extended and with a bike on it. It does come with that nice design where it's going to offer the most stability for two large bikes and two small bikes if you have children's bikes as well, or it's going to be good for all four of the same bikes. But it's just going to come with that shorter cradle arms up top to do so. Now that we got that, let's go ahead and move down and we're going to talk about a few measurements first. Our first measurement is going to be down here on the front side where our shortest distance is. That's going to be from the front of the T-handle bracket to the back side of the bumper. more
6/12/2015 11:09:47 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon TH9031XT- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Outback, we're going to be taking a look at the Thule Vertex swing. This is a swing away style folding four bike rack, been designed for use in two inch hitches. The part number on it is TH9031XT. The big draw to this rack and what people really like about it is the swing away feature. Let's go over that very quickly. If you look down here on the front side of the rack, we've got a large black T handle. more
5/18/2015 8:21:08 AM
Saris Freedom SuperClamp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2012 Subaru Outback we're going to be doing a test fit of the Saris Freedom Super Clamp. This is going to be your platform style tube bike rack. It comes with an inch and 1/4 shank for you class 1 and 2 hitches as well as a 2 inch adapter for your class 3 hitches. It's going to be part number SA4025. I'm going to go ahead and show you how it fits and looks on our Outback we have here today. Insert your shank into your receiver and line up your pin holes. Once you have your pin holes lined up, insert your anti-rattle bolt which will look like this. more
4/17/2015 9:42:25 AM
Thule Vertex Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2010 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2010 Subaru Forester, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Vertex. This folding and tilting four bike rack is designed for use in both inch and a quarter and 2 inch hitches, part number is TH9029. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the rack into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we slide it in, we want to line up our threaded hole with the hitch pin hole. With these lined up, we'll take our anti-rattle bolt and thread that in, and we'll tighten it down with our wrench. In this position, the rack is going to offer us just over 12 inches worth of ground clearance. At it's closest point to the rear of the vehicle, the rack's going to be about 3 1/4 inches away. more
11/4/2014 4:48:09 PM
Thule Helium Aero Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2010 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2010 Subaru Forester we're going to be test fitting the Thule Helium Aero. This is a folding and tilting 2-bike rack. It's designed for use in both 1-1/4" and 2" hitches. Its part number is TH9042. Now to begin our test fit we're going to slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we do this we'll hold out on the attached pin, line up the pinholes, and allow that pin to fall in. more
11/4/2014 4:47:13 PM
Swagman Titan Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2013 Subaru Outback we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Titan. This is a folding and tilting 4-bike rack. It's designed for use in both the 1-1/4" and 2" hitch. Its part number is S63410. To begin our test fit we'll slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. We'll want to line up the hole in the shank with our hitch pinhole. We'll then thread in our anti-rattle bolt. more
10/7/2014 4:58:56 PM
Hollywood Racks Traveler Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're going to be doing a test fit on the Hollywood Tracks Traveler 5-bike rack. Now this has been designed for use in 2" hitches. Also designed to tilt away from your vehicle. The part number on it is HR9200. Now to begin the test fit we need to slide the shank of the Traveler right into the receiver tube of our hitch. We'll line up our threaded hole with our hitch pinhole. more
10/6/2014 11:43:29 AM
Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're going to do a test fit of the Thule Hitching Post Pro. This is a folding and tilting 4-bike rack. It's been designed for use with 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. Part number is TH934XTR. Now to begin our test fit we need to slide the shank of the rack into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we do we want our threaded pinhole here to line up with or hitch pinhole. We'll then slide in our anti-rattle bolt and begin threading it in. more
9/25/2014 12:41:02 PM
Thule Helium Aero Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video
Today on our 2014 Subaru Crosstrek XV we're going to be test fitting the Thule Helium Aero. This is a folding and tilting 2-bike rack. It's been designed for use in 1-1/4" or 2" inches. The part number is TH9042. This is also available in a 3 bike. Its part number TH9043. To begin our test fit were going to slide the shank of the rack into the receiver tube of our hitch as we hold out on the black pin located here on the right side. more
9/25/2014 12:34:05 PM
Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2008 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2008 Subaru Outback wagon we're going to do a test fit of the Thule Hitching Post Pro. This is a tilting and folding 4-bike rack. They've designed it so we can use it 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. The part number on it is TH934XTR. To begin our test we'll slide the shank of our rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. Need to slide it in far enough to line up our threaded hole with our hitch pinhole. With those in line we'll take our provided anti-rattle bolt; we're going to slide that in and then go ahead and start threading it. more
9/24/2014 5:36:56 PM
Thule Helium Aero Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2009 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2009 Subaru Forester . Here on our test course, we'll start by going to this lane, this is going to show us the side-to-side action. This simulates turning corner or evasively maneuver. Once we get to the alternating speed bumps, we see the twisting action. This will simulate hitting a curve or a pot hole or driving over uneven pavement. Once we get to the full speed bumps, we'll see the up and down action, this will be just like driving in and out of a parking lot, parking garage or driveway. more
9/24/2014 5:31:08 PM
Saris Freedom Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2014 Subaru Outback, we're going to be test fitting the Saris Freedom. This is a folding and tilting 4 bike rack. It's been designed for use in 2" hitches and it's a platform style. Its part number is SA4414B. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. We want to slide it in far enough so that our threaded hole lines up with our hitch pin hole. more
9/22/2014 1:07:12 PM
Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2010 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2010 Subaru Forrester, we're going to be testing the Thule Hitching Post Pro. This is a folding and tilting 4-bike rack. It's designed for use in both 1-1/4" and 2" hitches. It's part number is TH934XTR. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we do this, we're going to line the threaded hole up with our hitch pin hole. We'll then take our anti-rattle bolt and thread that in. more
9/22/2014 1:55:22 AM
Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2008 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2008 Subaru Outback we're going to do a test fit on the Yakima Full Tilt. This is a folding and tilting 4 bike rack. They designed it for use with 1 1/4 or 2 inch hitches. The part number on it is Y02462. They also make this in a 5 bike configuration if you prefer it that way. That part number is Y02463. To begin our test fit we slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we do this we want to slide it in far enough so that our small silver pin appears in our hitch pin hole. more
9/16/2014 2:37:23 PM
Swagman Titan Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2008 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2008 Subaru Outback Wagon were going to do a test fit on the Swagman Titan. This is a folding and tilting 4 bike rack. They've designed it for use with 1-1/4 and or 2 hitches, part number on it is S63410. To begin our test fit on the Titan were going to slide the shank of the rack into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we do, well line up our threaded hole with our hitch pinhole. With those in line were going to take our provided anti-rattle bolt, begin to thread that in. With it just hand tight you can see that there's some movement and some play in our kit, so were going to use our socket and tighten it down. more
9/16/2014 2:34:35 PM
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