SportRack Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 GMC Yukon XL- Video
Today on our 2014 GMC Yukon XL we'll be test fitting this SportRack Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number Sr4622. With a factory roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's crossbars. Starting at the front here, we'll take the rubber-coated U-bolts, go around the underside of the front bar, up through the pre-drilled holes at the head of the bike rack. We'll then take the black wingnuts and thread that onto the U-bolts. Once this is done, we'll move to rear. This time we'll take the black spacer to go on the top of the rear crossbar and rest on the bottom of the bike rack. We'll take the black bolts to go down through the holes of the tray and through the spacer. We'll then take the rubber-coated black plate and insert the bolt into the hole of the plate and install our wingnut. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. more
6/13/2014 8:31:33 AM
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Xterra- Video
Today on our 2013 Nissan Xterra, we're going to be test fitting the Kuat Trio, a fork-mounted roof bike rack, part number Ru01. With our Tuley Rapid Crossroads Roof Rack System already installed on the Xterra, we're going to begin our test fit by placing the trio directly onto our load bars. At the front of the carrier, we'll bring one of the black, rubber-coated metal U-bolts around the underside of our load bar, fit it through the head of our carrier, and hold it in place using two of the cylinder nuts. On the other side of the front of the carrier, we'll do the same thing. Bring the U-bolt around the underside of the bar, put on the two cylinder nuts; then we can tighten all four of our cylinder nuts down, to secure the rack to the vehicle, here at the front. We'll now move to the rear, where we're going to loosen our clamp and remove one of our wing nuts completely. more
6/12/2014 2:30:53 PM
Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Cruze- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Cruze. We're going to be test fitting the Yakima Forklift roof mounted bike rack. Part number Y02098. With the Yakima Q Tower roof rack already assembled on our Cruze. We're going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we'll remove the skewer. Side back the black plastic cover. more
6/11/2014 2:56:19 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 GMC Yukon XL- Video
Today on our 2014 GMC Yukon XL, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1011. For the factory roof system on our Yukon, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's crossbars. Starting at the front, what we need to do is pop off the black plastic cover and bring the rubber-coated steel straps around the front side of the bar and hook them into the connection points. Then I'll move to the rear, use the included Allen wrench to remove one of the Allen bolts to position the bracket around the rear bar. After re-installing the Allen bolt and tightening everything down, I'll move back up to the front and use the included Allen wrench to tighten down the silver bolt, which will tighten down the rubber-coated straps around the front bar. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, we can replace the black plastic cover and we're ready to load our bike. We'll loosen up the skewer at the front and then we'll undo the Cambuck strap at the back. We'll place our bike up onto the bike rack, sliding the forks down onto the skewer. more
6/11/2014 10:19:19 AM
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 GMC Yukon XL- Video
Today on our 2014 GMC Yukon XL we'll be test fitting the Kuat Trio Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RU01. With a factory roof rack on our Yukon we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's cross bars. I'm going to start with the rear and remove one of the black wing nuts. We'll need to position the two bolts on both the front and back side of the rear bar. I'll swing the rubber coated seal bracket around the underside of the rear bar and insert the bolt through the hole and install the wing nut. Now, I'm going to leave the back bracket loose just in case I need to make any adjustments. I'll move up to the front, take the rubber coated U-bolts to go around the underside of the front bar, up through the pre-drilled holes in the head of the bike rack. I'll then take the cylinder nuts that thread down onto the U-bolts. more
6/11/2014 10:18:55 AM
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Cruze- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Cruze we're going to be test-fitting the Yakima Front Loader, a wheel mount bike rack, part number Y02103. With our Yakima Q Towers Roof Rack already assembled on our Cruze, we'll begin our test-fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our cross bars. On the front cross bar we'll want the two outside parts of the clamp and the front of the bar and the one center piece of the clamp behind it. We'll now use the black T handle to tighten both halves of our clamp around our front cross bar. With this tight, we'll move to the rear. Here at the rear we're going to loosen the black T handle and remove the T bolt form the lower half of the clamp. We'll then bring it around our rear cross bar, reinsert the T bolt into the appropriate slot and tighten it with our black T handle. more
6/10/2014 1:48:36 PM
Thule Sprint Fork Mount Bike Rack Review - 2014 Ford Explorer- Video
Today on our 2014 Ford Explorer we're going to be test fitting the Thule Sprint, a fork mount roof bike rack with part number TH528. With our Thule Rapid Crossroads Roof Rack System already installed on the Explorer, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. As we do this we'll want to bring our black rubber coated metal straps around the underside of our load bars. This will position our foot packs directly on top of them. Here at the front we're going to fit the strap into the foot of the carrier and tighten it using the black lever. With the front secure we'll move to the rear and we can repeat that same tightening process. With our rack secure we're ready to load up our bike. more
6/4/2014 2:39:51 PM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2015 Mazda CX-5- Video
Today on our 2015 Mazda CX5, we'll be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth roof-mounted bike rack, part number TH599XTR. With the Thule Traverse roof rack system installed on the roof of our CX5, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's load bars. Starting at the back, I'll need to remove one of the wing nuts so that I can position the bracket on the underside of the rear bar. I'll insert the bolt into the hole of the bracket, and reinstall the wingnut. I'll move to the front, position the two L brackets around the front and bottom side of the front bar. I'll insert the T bolt into the slots of the brackets, and then turn the black knobs to tighten them down. Once everything is all tightened and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. We'll need to undo the two cam bumper 00:00:44 straps at the front and back of the bike rack. We'll then pull back on the lever, which will open up the frame clamp. more
6/4/2014 12:48:34 PM
Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2015 Mazda CX-5- Video
Today on our 2015 Mazda CX5, well be test fitting the Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64720. With the Thule rapid traverse roof rack system on our roof, well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicles crossbars. Here at the front, well take the silver U-bolts to go around the underside of the front bar up to the predrilled holes of the head of the bike rack. Well then take the black wing nuts to thread down onto the silver U-bolts. Once thats done, well move to the rear, where this time when will take the silver U-bolts to go down through the predrilled holes of the bike rack, well take the black plate and insert one into the U-bolt into the hole of the black plate and install our wing nut. Well flip the bracket around the underside of the bar, insert the other end of the U-bolt into the other hole of the plate and then install the wing nut. Once thats done and everything is all tightened up, were ready to go. more
6/4/2014 12:48:15 PM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2015 Mazda CX-5- Video
Today on our 2014 Mazda CX-5 were going to be test fitting the Swagman fork down, a fork mount rook bike rack, part number S64710. With our Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack system already installed on the Mazda well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front were going to bring one of the silver U bolts around the underside of our load bar, fit it up through the head of the carrier and turn on two wing nuts to hold it in place. Well then take a second U bolt and repeat that same process. We can now tighten down all four of the wing nuts located here at the front to secure the front of the rack to our vehicle.With the front secure well move to the rear. This time the U bolts going to go down through the rack and well make sure that we have a threaded portion coming out on both sides of our bar. more
6/4/2014 12:47:46 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2015 Mazda CX-5- Video
Today on our 2015 Mazda CX5, we are going to be test fitting the Rocky Mounts tie rod stretch, a fork mount roof bike rack part number RKY1011. With our thule wrapping traverse roof rack system already installed in the Mazda, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front we want to bring the two black rubber coated metal straps around the underside of our crossbar. We can then remove the black plastic cover and fit this two straps into the head of our carrier. We'll then tighten the single Allen bolt at the front which will tighten up both straps. With our Allen bolt tight and the racks secure here at the front we'll replace the black cover then we'll move to the rear clamp. Here we are going to loosen both of our Allen bolts and remove one completely. We'll then bring the lower portion of the clamp around the underside of our bar, thread back in the Allen bolt and tighten both of them down. more
6/4/2014 12:46:44 PM
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2015 Mazda CX-5- Video
Today on our 2015 Mazda CX5, were going to be test fitting the Kuat Trio, a fork mount roof bike rack, part number RU01. With our Thule rapid traverse roof rack system already installed on the Mazda, well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, were going to bring one of the black rubber coated metal U-bolts around the underside of our crossbar. Fit it up through the head of the carrier and thread on two of the cylinder nuts. Well then repeat that same process for the second U-bolt here at the front. Then take our included Allen tool and tighten all four of those cylinder nuts down. more
6/4/2014 12:46:21 PM
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban we're going to be test fitting the Yakima FrontLoader, a wheel mount roof bike rack with part number Y02103. With our factory roof rack already on the Suburban we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front we're going to want the two outside arms of the clamp in the front of the crossbar and the single middle arm of the clamp behind it. We'll then tighten the black t-handle located on the front. This will squeeze our front crossbars securing our rack. Here at the rear we're going to loosen the black t-handle. This will allow us to remove the t-bolt from the lower portion of our clamp. more
6/3/2014 10:58:31 AM
Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban were going to be test fitting the Yakima Forklift, a fork mount roof bike rack with part number Y02098. With our factory roof rack already on our Suburban well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our cross bars. Here at the front well remove the skewer, slide back the black cover and loosen our T handle. This will allow us to remove the T bolt from the slot in the lower portion of the clamp. Well then bring that lower portion of the clamp around the underside of our cross bar, put our T bolt back through the appropriate slot and tighten it down with the T handle. With the clamp secure well slide our black cover forward again, and then reinsert our skewer. more
6/3/2014 10:58:27 AM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Ford Explorer- Video
Today on our 2014 Ford Explorer we're going to be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth, a frame clamp roof Bike Rack with Part number TH599XTR with our Thule Roof Rack System already installed on the Explorer. We'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly on to our load bars. Here at the front we'll remove both of the T-bolts from the lower portion of our clamp, bring both clamps under the underside of our bar, then we'll reinsert the T-bolts and tighten both wing nuts to secure both clamps around our load bar. With the front secure we'll move to the rear. Here we will loosen both wing nuts and remove one completely. We'll then position the clamp so that one bolt will come down on both sides of our load bar, replace the metal flat portion, put the bolt back through the metal flat portion and secure it by tightening down both wing nuts. With our rack secure we're ready to load up our bike. We'll first want to undo our wheel straps and make sure that our center frame clamp is open. more
5/30/2014 4:39:16 PM
Thule Sprint Fork Mount Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Speaker: Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban we're going to be test fitting the Thule Sprint, a fork mount roof bike rack with part number TH528. With the factory roof rack already installed on our Suburban we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly on to our crossbars. At the front we're going to place the strap into the front foot of the carrier. We'll use the black lever on the rear of the foot to tighten our strap around our crossbar. With the front tight we'll move to the rear and we're going to repeat the same tightening process. With our rack secured at our vehicle we're ready to load up our bike. We'll first undo our rear wheel strap and make sure that our front skewer is open. We'll then grab our bike, place our bike on the bike rack. more
5/30/2014 4:34:18 PM
Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our Chevrolet Suburban, were going to be test fitting the Swagman upright roof bike rack, part number S64720. With a factory roof rack already on our Suburban, were going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our cross bars. Here at the front well bring one of the U-bolts around the underside of our cross bar and fit it up through the head of the carrier. Well then thread on two of the wing knots to help hold it in place. Well take a second U-bolt and well repeat that same process, bring it up to the head of our carrier and threading onto the wing nuts.We can then tighten all four of the wing nuts down. This will secure the front of our rack. more
5/29/2014 5:00:42 PM
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Malibu- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Malibu we're going to be test fitting the Yakima FrontLoader, a wheel-mount roof bike rack, with part number Y02103. With our Rhino-Rack 2500 series roof rack already on the Malibu, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto the cross bars. At the front we'll bring the clamp around the bar. We should have two tabs on the front side of our load bar and one tab on the rear. We'll then tighten the black T-handle to secure it to our rack. With our front secure we can move to the rear. Here we're going to loosen the black T-handle, remove the T-bolt from the slot in the lower portion of our clamp, bring our clamp around our bar, reinsert the T-bolt into the lower portion of our clamp, and tighten down the black T-handle until it's secure. With the rack secure to our vehicle it's now time to load our bike. We'll begin by undoing our rear wheel strap and extending our front wheel cradle all the way out. more
5/29/2014 4:06:24 PM
Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Malibu- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Malibu we're going to be test fitting the Yakima ForkLift, a fork mount roof bike rack with part number Y02098. With our Rhino Rack 2500 Series Roof Rack already installed on the Malibu, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front we're going to remove the skewer, slide back the black plastic cover, and loosen the t-handle located here. We'll then remove the t-bolt from the lower half of the clamp, bring the clamp around our load bar, reinsert the t-bolt, and tighten down the black t-handle until the front of the rack is secured to our bars. We'll then slide forward the black cover and replace our skewer. With our front secure we'll move to the rear and again we're going to loosen the black t-bolt, remove the t-bolt from the lower half of the clamp, bring the clamp around our bar, reinsert the t-bolt in the appropriate slot, and tighten it with the black t-handle. With our rack secured to our vehicle it's now time to load our bike. We'll first undo our rear wheel strap and make sure that our front skewer is loose and open. more
5/29/2014 4:06:16 PM
Thule Sprint Fork Mount Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Malibu- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Malibu we're going to be test fitting the Thule Sprint, a fork mount roof bike rack with part number TH528. With our Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack system already installed on the Malibu, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front we'll bring the black rubber coated metal strap around the underside of our load bar and fit it back into the head of the carrier. We can then turn the small black lever to tighten it in place. We found that initially it's better to have it straight to get the slack out and then turn it at a 90 degree angle to get some good torque on it. With the front secure we'll now move to the rear. Again, we'll bring the black rubber coated metal strap around the underside of our load bar, fit it back into the foot of the carrier, and then use the black lever to tighten it down. With our rack secured to our vehicle, it's now time to load our bike. We'll begin by undoing our rear wheel strap and loosening our front skewer by turning the knob on the front. more
5/29/2014 4:05:56 PM
Thule Sprint Fork Mount Bike Rack Review - 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe- Video
Today on our 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe we're going to be test fitting the Thule Sprint. This is a fork mount roof bike rack, part number TH528. To begin our test fit we'll place our bike rack right up onto our Rhino Rack bars. This is the Vortex Aero setup that we installed earlier. We're going to place the top portion of our clamp right on top of our load bar and bring the black rubber coated metal strap around the underside. We'll do that for both the front and the rear. more
5/29/2014 2:47:03 PM
Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Malibu- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Malibu, were going to be test fitting the Swagman Upright Roof Bike Rack, part number S64720. With our Thule Rapid Reverse Roof Rack system already installed on the Malibu, well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, well bring one of the U-bolts around the underside of our load bar, fit it through the head of the carrier, and hold it in place with two wing nut. Well take a second U-bolt, bring it around the underside of our load bar, fit it through the other side of the head of the carrier, and secure it in place with two wing nuts. Well then tighten down all four wing nuts to secure the rack to our front load bar. Here at the rear, well place our U-bolt down through the rack, being sure that it comes out on both sides of our load bar. Well then place the black rubber coated metal plate onto the U-bolt and hold it in place with two wing nuts. Well then tighten these down to secure the rear of our rack. With our rack secure, its now time to load up our bike. Well first undo our wheel straps and make sure that our frame clamp is open. more
5/29/2014 2:44:43 PM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Malibu- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Malibu, we're going to be test fitting the swagman fork mount, a fork mount roof bike rack with part number S64710. With our Tully Rapid Traverse Roof Rack system already installed on our Malibu we're going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll bring one of the U-bolts around the underside of our load bar, fit it through the head of our carrier, and hold it in place using two of the wingnuts. We're going to take a second U-bolt, again fit it around the underside of our load bar through the head of our carrier, and secure it as well using the two wingnuts. We'll now tighten all four of our wingnuts down to secure the head of our carrier to our rack. We'll now move to the rear. Here we're going to place the U-bolt through the rack, being sure that it comes out on both sides of our load bar. We'll then place on the black metal plate and hold it in place using two wingnuts. more
5/29/2014 2:41:26 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Malibu- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Malibu, we are going to be test fitting the Rockymounts Tie Rod Stretch, a fork mount rook bike rack with part number RKY10111 with our Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack system already installed on our Malibu. We are going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front we are going to remove our black plastic cover and fit the straps into the head of the carrier in the appropriate slots. We'll then take an Allen key, tighten the Allen bolt to secure the front of our rack. With the front secure, we'll replace the black plastic cover and then we can move to the rear. Here at the rear we are going to remove one of the Allen bolts completely, bring our clamp around our load bar, reinsert the Allen bolt and tighten both Allen bolts down with an Allen key. With our rack secure, it's now time to load our bike. We'll begin this by undoing our rear wheel strap and making sure that our front skewer is open and loose. We'll now grab our bike, place it on to our bike rack, we'll guide our front forks onto our front skewer, we'll secure it here first then we can move to the rear wheel and secure it with the strap. Just like that our bike is loaded up and we are ready to hit the road and that will complete today's test fit of the Rockymounts Tie Road Stretch part number RKY1011 on our 2014 Chevrolet Malibu. more
5/29/2014 2:38:14 PM
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Malibu- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Malibu were going to be test fitting the Kuat Trio, a fork mount roof bike rack with part number RU01. With our Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack system already installed on the Malibu well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front well bring the black rubber coated metal U bolts around the underside of our load bar, put it through the head of the carrier and hold it in place with the two cylinder nuts. Well take the second black rubber coated U bolt, and again bring it around the underside of our load bar, through the head of our carrier and place two cylinder nuts on it. We can then take our provided Allen tool and tighten how all four of these cylinder nuts down, firmly securing our rack to our front load bar. At the rear were going to completely remove one of the wing nuts, slide our clamp into position to where we have one of the bolts coming down on both sides of our load bar, bring the metal plate up, fit the bolt through it and replace our wing nut. more
5/29/2014 2:36:25 PM
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda Santa Fe Sport, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Front Loader. This is a wheel, front wheel clamp style roof mounted bike rack, it's part number is Y02103. We've got our Rhino Rack Vortek Aero roof rack system already installed on the Santa Fe, so we'll begin our test fit by placing our rack right up onto our cross bars. We're going to loosen the front clamp, I need to loosen the front clamp a little bit more than that. We're then going to slide those right around our front cross bar here, slide it backward so that the small U shaped indention is fitting right on the leading edge of our bar. We'll then tighten the black T handle here on the front, that's going to squeeze our clamp closed and that will secure the front of our rack to our vehicle. With our front nice and secure, let's move to the rear. more
5/29/2014 11:27:59 AM
Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda Santa Fe, we're going to be test-fitting the Yakima Forklift. This is a fork-mount roof bike rack, part number is Y02098. We've got our Rhino Rack Vortex Aero roof rack system already installed on the Santa Fe. We'll begin our test-fit by placing our bike rack right onto our crossbars. Here at the front we're going to remove the skewer. It is a reverse-thread skewer so keep that in mind. With that removed, we're going to slide back the black cover. more
5/29/2014 11:27:34 AM
Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe- Video
Today on our 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport, we're going to be test-fitting the Swagman Upright. This is frame-clamp style roof bike rack. Part number is S64720. We've got the Rhino Rack Vortech Arrow roof rack system installed on our Santa Fe. We're going to begin our test-fit by placing the bike rack directly up on to our load bars. At the front we're going to take a metal U-bolt. We'll bring around the underside of the bars and fit it up through the head of the carrier and then take two of our wing nuts. more
5/29/2014 11:26:38 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe- Video
Today on our 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch. This is a fork mount roof bike rack. Part number on it is RKY1011. We've got the Rhino Rack Vortex Aero Roof Rack System already installed on the Santa Fe. We'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack right up onto the bars. We'll pull down on the two black rubber coated metal straps and bring them around the underside of the front bar here. We'll then lift up on the black cover, set it back here on our rack. more
5/29/2014 11:26:14 AM
Rhino-Rack Mountain Trail Bike Rack Review - 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda Santa Fe Sport, we're going to be test fitting the Rhino Rack Mountain Trail. This is a four-mount roof bike rack, Part Number RBC035. We've got our Rhino Rack Vortec Arrow Roof Rack system already installed on the Santa Fe. We're going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack right up onto the load bars. We'll lift up here at the rear. It will allow us to remove the black cover. more
5/29/2014 11:24:20 AM
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe- Video
Today on our 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe, we're going to be test fitting the Kuat Trio. This is a fork mount, roof style bike rack. Part number is TR02. We've already got the Rhino Rack Vortex Zero roof rack system installed on the Santa Fe, so, we're going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack right up on to our load bars. Here at the front, we've got two u-bolts. We'll take the first one, fit it up through the head of our carrier. Of course, we want it to go around the underside of our load bar. more
5/29/2014 11:00:04 AM
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe RU01- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda Santa Fe Sport, we're going to be test fitting the Kuat Trio. This is a fork mount roof bike rack, part number RU01. We already have the Rhino Rack Vortek Aero roof rack system installed onto our Santa Fe, so we're going to begin our test fit by placing the Trio right up onto our cross bars. At the front, we're going to bring one of our black rubber coated U bolts around the underside of the crossbar, fit up into the head of our carrier and secure it with two cylinder nuts. As you can see, one side is threaded, the other side's head has a hex angle shape to it. We're going to want to put the threaded portion down, so we can get to the hex head side with our Allen tool. We'll thread two of these on here, we're just going to put them on loosely for now just to hold our U bolt in place. more
5/29/2014 10:59:35 AM
Rhino-Rack Mountain Trail Bike Rack Review - 2011 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2011 Subaru Outback Wagon, were going to be test fitting the Rhino-Rack Mountain Trail. This is a fork clamp style roof bike rack. Its part number is RBC2035. With the factory roof rack already on our Subaru, were going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly up onto our crossbars. As we do this, we want to be sure that the two black rubber coated metal straps come around the underside of our crossbar. We can then remove the black plastic cover. more
5/28/2014 4:05:20 PM
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Jeep Compass- Video
Today on our 2014 Jeep Compass we'll be test fitting the Yakima FrontLoader Wheel-Mounted Bike Rack, part number Y02103. With the Yakima round-bar roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our FrontLoader directly onto our cross bars. We'll bring the front clamp around the front bar, use a T-handle at the front to secure the clamp around the front bar. We'll bring the rear clamp around the rear bar, drop the T-bolt through the appropriate slot, and use the T-handle on the T-bolt to secure the rear clamp around the rear bar. Now with our bike rack secure, we can go ahead and undo the rear wheel strap and open up the wheel holder at the front. We'll grab our bike and place it onto the bike rack, pushing it forward to rend 00:00:56 the rear part of the wheel mount around the back of our front tire. Then we can use the red hand knob to secure the front wheel in the holder. At the rear we'll bring the rear strap around the rear wheel and tighten it down. more
5/28/2014 3:34:11 PM
Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Jeep Compass- Video
Today on our 2014 Jeep Compass we're going to be test fitting the Yakima ForkLIft Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number Y02098. With the Yakima RoundBar Roof Rack System assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the Yakima ForkLift directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front we'll bring the clamp around the front bar. We'll take our t-bolt, fit it through the appropriate slot, and tighten it down. We'll take the slotted bracket, place it around the t-bolt, and then install our skewer. We'll go ahead and leave that open for when we're ready to load our bike. Here at the rear we'll bring our rear clamp around the rear bar, drop our t-bolt through, and tighten it down. more
5/28/2014 3:33:39 PM
Thule Sprint Fork Mount Bike Rack Review - 2014 Jeep Compass- Video
Today on our 2014 Jeep Compass, we'll be test-fitting the Thule Sprint Roof-Mounted Bike Rack, part number TH528. With the Thule Rapid Podium Roof Rack system installed on the roof of our Compass, we'll begin our test-fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's load bars. At the front here, I'm going to make sure the strap is around the underside of the front bar. Then I'll move to the rear and do the same. With the strap around the bar, I'll bring it back up and hook it into the connection point. Then I'll turn the Speed-Link handle at the back, which will tighten down the rubber-coated steel strap around the bar. more
5/28/2014 3:31:24 PM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Jeep Compass- Video
Today on our 2014 Jeep Compass we'll be testing the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64710. With the Thule Rapid Podium Roof Rack System assembled onto the roof of our Jeep, we'll begin our test fit by placing the rack directly onto our load bars. Starting at the front here we'll take the silver u-bolts to go around the underside of the front bar, up through the pre-drilled holes at the head of the carrier. We'll then take out our black wing nuts that thread down onto the bolt. Once this is done for both sets, we'll move to the rear and this time take the remaining silver u-bolts that go down through the pre-drilled holes of the bike rack. We'll then take the pre-drilled hole of the end on one of the plate and have one end of the silver u-bolt go through the hole. We'll then thread on our wing nut and swing the plate around the underside of the rear bar, inserting the other end of the u-bolt into the other hole of the plate. more
5/28/2014 3:28:13 PM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Jeep Compass- Video
Today on our 2014 Jeep Compass we'll be test fitting the Thule BigMouth Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number TH599XTR. With a Thule Podium Roof Rack System assembled onto our roof, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's load bars. Starting at the front we'll need to position the l-brackets around the front and underside of the front load bar. Once these brackets are in place we'll move to the rear and remove one of the wing nuts. We'll need to position the plate around the underside of the rear bar. We'll insert the bolt though the pre-drilled hole of the plate and then reinstall our wing nut. more
5/28/2014 2:44:03 PM
Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Jeep Compass- Video
Today on our 2014 Jeep Compass we'll be test fitting the Swagman UpRight Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64720. With the Thule Rapid Podium Roof Rack System assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's load bars. Starting at the front here we'll take the silver u-bolts to go around the underside of the front bar up through the pre-drilled holes at the head of the bike rack. We'll then thread our wing nuts down onto the u-bolts to secure the front part of the bike rack to the front crossbar. Then moving to the rear, this time we'll take the silver u-bolts to go down through the pre-drilled holes of the bike rack, and then using the black plate, we'll insert the silver u-bolt into the hole of the plate and install our wing nut. We'll swing the plate around and insert the other end of the u-bolt into the other hole of the plate and install our wing nut. Once all the wing nuts are all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. We'll need to undo the cam buckle straps at the front and rear of the bike rack and double check to make sure the jaws are loose as well by loosening up the black knob. more
5/28/2014 2:43:25 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Jeep Compass- Video
Today on our 2014 Jeep Compass, we'd be test-fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof-mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1011. With the Thule Rapid Podium's roof rack system installed on to the roof of our Jeep, we'll begin our test-fit by placing the bike rack up on to the vehicle's load bars. We'll start at the front and remove the back plastic cover and bring the rubber-coated steel straps around the under side of the bar. We'll bring them up around and hook them back into the connection points. We'll then move to the rear and remove one of the Allen bolts from the bracket to position the top and bottom bracket are on the top and bottom side of the rear crossbar. After reinstalling the Allen bolt, we'll tighten it down using the Allen wrench, move back up to the front and tighten down the silver bolt at the head of carrier. Once everything is tight, we'll go ahead and replace our black plastic cover and loosen up our skewer. Finally, we'll undo the cam buckle strap at the back and place our bike up to the bike rack. more
5/28/2014 2:41:53 PM
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Jeep Compass- Video
Speaker: Today on our 2014 Jeep Compass we'll be test fitting the Kuat Trio Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RU01. With the Thule Rapid Podium Roof Rack System assembled on to the roof of our Jeep we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicles crossbars. I'm going to start at the back and remove one of the black wingnuts and position the two bolts on both the front and back side of the rear bar. I'll insert the bolt through the hole of the plate and then reinstall the wingnut. I'm going to keep it loose though, just in case we're going to make any adjustments. I move to the front and bring the rubber-coated u-bolts around the underside of the front bar up to the pre-drilled holes to the front part of the bike rack. Then I'll take the cylinder nuts to thread down through the pre-drilled holes of the bike rack on to the u-bolts. Then I'll use the included tensioning tool to tighten on the bolts. more
5/28/2014 2:40:10 PM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down, a fork mount roof bike rack with part number S64710. With our factory roof rack already on the Suburban, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our cross bars. Here at the front, we'll bring one of the U-bolts around the underside of our crossbar, fit it through the head of the carrier and hold it in place by threading on two wing nuts. We'll take a second U-bolt and again, we'll bring it around the underside of our crossbar, fit it through the head of our carrier and place two wing nuts on it as well. We'll then tighten down all four of the wing nuts and that will have the front of our carrier secured to our crossbar. We'll now move to the rear. Here we're going to place the U-bolt down through the rack, being sure that the threaded portion of it comes out on both sides of our crossbar. We'll then place on the black metal plate and hold this in place with two wing nuts. We'll then tighten down both of our wing nuts to secure the rear of our rack and just like that, we're ready to load up our bike. We'll first undo our rear wheel strap. more
5/28/2014 12:56:04 PM
SportRack Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban we're going to be test fitting the sport rack roof mounted bike rack, part number SR4622. With our factory roof rack already on the Suburban, we're going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we'll bring one of our black rubber coated metal U-bolts around the underside of our crossbar, fit it through the head of our carrier, and thread on two wingnuts to hold them in place. We'll then take our second black rubber coated metal U-bolt and repeat that same process. With all four of our wingnuts started, we'll go ahead and tighten them down. This is going to secure the front of the rack to our vehicle. With our front secure, we'll move to the rear. Here we're going to take the black plastic portion of our clamp. more
5/28/2014 12:54:47 PM
Rhino-Rack Mountain Trail Bike Rack Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video
Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, were going to be test fitting the Rhino Rack Mountain Trail. This is a fork mount roof bike rack, part number RBC035. Now to begin our test fit, were going to place our bike rack right up onto our Thule crossroads roof rack system that weve got installed. Bring that clamp back just a little bit to give us some clearance. Now were going to remove the long black cover thats here on the top. Then well bring the two black rubber coated metal straps around the underside of our load bar and fit them right here into the head of the carrier. more
5/27/2014 2:04:20 PM
Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video
Today, in our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstek, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Upright roof mounted bike rack. This is a frame clamp style. Its part number is S64720. We've got the Thule rapid crossroads roof rack system already installed on the Subaru.We'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack right up on to our load bars. Here at the front, we're going to bring one of our U bolts around the underside of our load bar and then back up through the head of our carrier. We'll take two of the wing nuts and thread those on. more
5/27/2014 12:52:11 PM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Cruze- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Cruze, were going to be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64710. With the Yakima Q Towers Roof Rack System already on our Cruze, were going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front were going to take one of the U-bolts, bring it around our crossbar, and up through the head of the rack. Well then use the two wing nuts to secure this in place. You can now move to the other side of the head of the rack and do the same thing with another U-bolt and 2 wing nuts. Now with all 4 of these secure, we can move to the rear. Here were going to take one of the U-bolts and put it down through the rack, being sure that one of the arms comes out on each side of our crossbar. Well then put on the black metal plate, secure this in place using 2 wing nuts. Once we have these secure, were ready to load up our bike. more
5/27/2014 10:38:46 AM
SportRack Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Cruze- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Cruze, we're going to be test fitting the Sportrack Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number SR4622. With the Yakima Q Towers Roof Rack System already installed on our Cruze, we're going to begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our load bars. At the front of the rack, we'll bring the two black rubber coated metal U bolts around the underside of our bar and through the head of the carrier. At the top, we'll then secure it using two wing nuts. We'll repeat the same process for the other side of the head of the carrier. With all four of our wing nuts secure in the front, we can move to the rear. The first step will be placing the black plastic part of our clamp in between our roof rack and our crossbar. more
5/27/2014 10:33:18 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban were going to be test fitting the RockyMounts Tierod Stretch, a fork mount rook bike rack with part number RKY1011. With our factory roof rack already on the Suburban well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front were going to bring the two black rubber coated metal straps around the underside of our crossbar. Well then remove the black cover, fit these straps into the head of our carrier and then tighten down the Allen bolt located on the front with an Allen key. With both straps in front tight well replace our cover and our front is secure. We can then move to the rear. more
5/27/2014 10:19:45 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Cruze- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Cruze we are going to be test fitting the Rockymounts Tie Rod Stretch, a roof mounted bike rack part number RKY1011. With our Yakama Q Towers roof rack system already assembled on our Cruze, we are going to begin the test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our load bars. We'll bring the black rubber coated metal straps around the underside of our front bar, remove the black cover, and fit these straps into the head of our carrier. We'll then take an Allen tool and tighten the Allen bolt located on the front of the carrier to secure this around our cross bars. With the front secure, we'll replace the black plastic cover then we can move to the rear. Here at the rear we are going to remove one of the bolts in the clamp, bring the clamp around our cross bar, reinsert the bolt, and tighten down both bolts to secure it. With our bike rack nice and secure it's now time to load our bike. We want to undo the rear wheel strap and make sure our skewer is open. We'll then grab our bike, place it on to our bike rack and guide our front forks down on to the front skewer. more
5/27/2014 10:19:03 AM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Toyota Sienna- Video
Today on our 2014 Toyota Sienna were going to be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth. This is a frame clamp style roof bike rack, part number TH599XTR. Weve got our Thule Crossroads roof rack system already installed on our Sienna, so we begin our test fit by placing our bike rack up onto our load bars. These are the clamps. This metal bracket portions going to come around the underside of our load bar, so well need to separate the T bolts from those clamps to allow it to do that. With our T bolts separated well now move our rack backwards, allowing those clamps to come around the underside of our bars. more
5/20/2014 11:20:21 AM
