RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2006 Honda Pilot- Video
Today on our 2006 Honda Pilot, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch roof-mounted bike rack, part number RKY1011. With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof-Rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll bring our straps around our front bar and remove our black plastic cover. We'll take our Allen key and tighten our Allen bolt, which will secure our straps around our front bar. With the straps tight, we can replace our black plastic cover. Here at the rear, we'll loosen up one of the Allen bolts so we can bring our rear clamp around our rear bar. We'll use an Allen key to tighten down our Allen bolts to secure our rear clamp around our bar. We'll go ahead and undo the rear wheel strap and make sure our skewer at the front is loose. more
11/15/2013 11:43:10 AM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2006 Honda Pilot- Video
Today on our 2006 Honda Pilot, well be test fitting the Thule Bigmouth Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number TH599XTR. With the Thule Traverse roof rack system on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly on to our load bars. Well bring the brackets around our front bar and fit the T-bolt to the appropriate slots. Well use the wing nuts on top to secure it into position. At the rear, well undo our wing nut so we can bring our rear clamp around our rear bar. Well make sure that we have a bolt on each side of our rear load bar. more
11/15/2013 11:42:12 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2006 Honda Pilot- Video
Today on our 2006 Honda Pilot, well be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1014.With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars.Here at the front, well bring our straps around our front bar and then we can remove our black plastic cover, so we can fit the straps back into the head of the carrier. Well then use an Allen key to tighten the Allen bolt, which will tighten our straps around our bar. Once we have our straps tight, we can replace our black plastic cover. At the rear well take out one of the Allen bolts so we can bring our rear clamp around our rear bar, well drop our Allen bolt back through the appropriate slots and then we can use an Allen key to tighten our Allen bolts to secure our clamp around our bar.With the front and rear secured, well go ahead and undo the rear wheel strap and make sure our skewer at the front is loose. Well grab our bike and place it on to our bike rack, drop in our front forks down onto our skewer. Well secure the bike first by tightening our skewer and then move to the rear and tighten with the wheel strap. With the bike all loaded up were ready to go and that completes todays test fit for the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mounted Bike Rack, parts number RKY1014, on our 2006 Honda Pilot. more
11/14/2013 5:07:19 PM
Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda Fit- Video
Today on our 2012 Honda Fit we'll be test fitting the Swagman Upright Roof-Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64720. With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front we'll bring the U-bolt around the underside of our load bar, fitting it up back through our front platform. We'll secure it by tightening down 2 wing nuts. We'll repeat this process for the other side at the front platform. Here at the rear we'll take our U-bolt, drop it through the top of our bike rack, making sure that it goes around our rear load bar. more
11/14/2013 2:18:23 PM
SportRack Frame Mount Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda Fit- Video
Today on our 2012 Honda Fit, we'll be test fitting the Sportrack roof-mounted bike rack, part number SR4611. With the Thule Rapid Traverse roof-rack system on our vehicle we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front platform we'll bring our U-bolt from the underside of our load bar and fit it back up through our front platform. We'll secure it by tightening down the two wingnuts. We'll then repeat this process for the other side of our front platform. With the front of our bike rack secured we'll move to the rear and place our fitted bracket between our bike rack and our rear load bar. We'll drop our bolts through the top of the bike rack and we'll also fit them through the rubber-coated metal bracket that goes around the underside of our load bar. We'll secure it in place by tightening down two wingnuts. We'll undo each wheel strap and make sure our frame jaws are open. We'll grab our bike and place it onto our bike rack, securing it first with the frame jaw placing it around the lower part of our frame and closing the lever to finish the securing process. Then we'll move to each wheel and tighten with the wheel straps. With our bike all loaded up we're ready to go. That completes today's test fit of the Sportrack roof-mounted bike rack, part number SR4611 on our 2012 Honda Fit. more
11/14/2013 2:17:29 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda Fit- Video
11/14/2013 2:11:35 PM
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda Fit- Video
Today on our 2012 Honda Fit we'll be test fitting the Kuat Trio roof-mounted bike rack, part number RU01. With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the Trio directly onto our load bars. Here at the front we'll bring our U bolt around the underside of our front load bar and fit it back up through our carrier. Then we'll secure it by installing two cylinder nuts. We'll do this for the other side of the bike rack as well. Then we can take the included tool and tighten down all four cylinder nuts until we have the front of our bike rack secured to the front bar. Here at the rear we'll install our two bolts, sliding them up until we have one on each side of our rearload bar. more
11/14/2013 2:00:20 PM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Mazda 5- Video
Today on our 2012 Mazda 5, we'll be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number TH599XTR. With the Thule Square Bar Roof Rack System on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the Thule Big Mouth Bike Rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll bring our clamps around our front bar fitting the T bolts through the appropriate slots and tightening them down by using the wing nuts on top. Once we have both sides tightened at the front, we can thenmove to the rear. Here at the rear, we'll bring the clamp around the rear bar, making sure that we have a bolt sitting on each side of our rear bar. We'll take the black metal plate, fit the bolts through it and secure it by tightening down the 2 wing nuts. Now we can go ahead and undo the 2 wheel straps and make sure our frame draws are open. more
11/14/2013 11:15:20 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2011, Honda CRV, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number RKY1011. To begin our test fit, we simply place the carrier onto the vehicle's crossbars and in no specific order, bring the rubber-coated steel straps through the underside of the front crossbar and bring the back, black bracket around the underside of the rear crossbar. We'll then use the Allen bolts to tighten on the rear bracket as well as hooking the rubber-coated steel straps in the head of the carrier and tightening it down with the Allen key. Once both brackets are tightened down, our RockyMounts TieRod is secured to our Honda CRV. Now, we're ready to load up our bike. We'll loosen up the skewer and undo the rear tray strap. more
11/7/2013 4:19:04 PM
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2006 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2006 Subaru Outback Wagon, well be test fitting the Yakima FrontLoader Wheel Mounted Bike Rack, part number Y02103. With the factory roof rack system on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, well fit the clamp around our front bar and then use the T-handle at the front to secure it around the bar. At the rear, well bring our clamp around our rear bar, drop the T-bolt through the appropriate slot and secure it by tightening the T-handle on top.With the front and rear of our bike rack secured, well go ahead and undo the rear wheel strap and open up our wheel mount at the front. Well grab our bike and place it onto our bike rack securing it first with the wheel mount by tightening the red hand knob to secure the mounts around our wheel. Well then move to the rear and tighten with the wheel strap. more
11/6/2013 9:23:38 AM
Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2006 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2006 Subaru Outback wagon, we'll be test fitting the Yakima forklift roof mounted bike rack, part number Y02098. With a factory roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our Yakima forklift directly onto our cross bars. Here at the front we'll remove the T handle to bring our front clamp around our front bar. We'll place the T bolt through the appropriate slot, and tine it in place using the T handle on top. Now we need to remove our skewer. Once we have that removed, we can move the slotted bracket around our T handle and reinstall our skewer, making sure it goes through our bracket. We'll go ahead and leave our skewer loose for when we're ready to load our bike. Here at the rear we'll bring our rear clamp around our rear bar, place the T bolt through the appropriate slight, and tighten it using the handle on top. Now we'll undo the rear wheel strap, grab our bike, and place it onto our bike rack. We'll drop the front forks down onto our skewer, and we'll secure the bike first by tightening our skewer. more
11/6/2013 9:23:32 AM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Mazda 5- Video
Today on our 2012 Mazda5 we'll be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64710. With the Thule Arrow Blade Podium Roof Rack System on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front platform, we'll bring our U-bolt around the underside of our load bar, fitting it back up through our front platform. We'll secure it by installing two wing nuts. We'll do this process for the other side as well. Here at the rear, we'll drop our U-bolt from the top of the bike rack, making sure the bolts go around each side of our rear load bar, and then we'll install our black, metal bracket. more
11/6/2013 9:21:28 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Mazda 5- Video
Today on our 2012 Mazda5, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts Tie Rod Stretch Ridge Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1011. Please keep in mind that due to the length of this bike rack, that it may interfere with your rear antenna. With the Thule Arrow Blade Podium Roof Rack System on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll bring our straps around our front bar and remove our black plastic cover. We'll fit the straps into the head of the carrier and use an Allen key to tighten the Allen bolt, which will tighten our straps around our front bar. Then we can replace our black plastic cover. more
11/6/2013 9:21:02 AM
Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chrysler 200- Video
Today, on our 2013 Chrysler 200, well be test fitting the Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64720. With the Rhino Roof Rack system on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly unto our crossbars. Here at the front platform, well bring our U bolts around the underside of our crossbar, fitting their back up to the platform, and securing it by tightening down two wing knots. Well move to the other side of our platform, and repeat this process.Here at the rear, well take our U Bolt and drop it to the top of our bike rack, making sure the bolts fit through it, and then securing it by tightening down two wing knots. Well undo both wheel straps, and make sure our frame jaws are open. Well grab our bike, and place it unto our bike rack securing it first with the frame jaws, placing it on the lower frame of our bike, and securing it by tightening the hand knob. more
11/5/2013 10:00:22 AM
SportRack Frame Mount Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2006 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2006 Subaru Outback wagon well be test fitting the Sportrack roof mounted bike rack, part number SR4611. With the factory roof rack system on our vehicle well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front well bring our U bolts around the underside of our crossbar, fitting them back up through the front of our platform. Then we can use two wing nuts for each U bolt to secure it around our front bar. Once we have the front secure here at the rear well take our support bracket that fits in between our crossbar and our bike rack. Well drop our bolts through the top of our bike rack, making sure it goes through the bike rack and the support bracket. more
11/5/2013 10:00:22 AM
Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2006 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2006 Subaru Outback wagon, we'll be test fitting the Swagman upright roof-mounted bike rack. Part number S64720. With the factory roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our cross bars. Here at the front, we'll bring our U-bolt around the underside of our cross bar putting it back up through the front platform. We will secure it by tightening down two wing nuts. We can move to the other side and repeat this process here at the front platform. Here at the rear, we'll drop our U-bolt through the top of the bike rack making sure that each bolt goes around our rear cross bar. We'll then install our plate making sure that the bolts go through our plate and secure it by tightening down two wing nuts. With the front and rear secure, we'll go ahead and undo our wheel straps and open up our frame jaw. more
11/5/2013 10:00:22 AM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chrysler 200- Video
Today on our 2013 Chrysler 200, well be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64710. With the rhino-rack roof rack system on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly on to our crossbars. Here at the front platform, well bring our u-bolts around the underside of our front crossbar, putting the backup to our front platform. Well then secure them in place by tightening down two wing nuts. Well move to the other side of the front platform and repeat this process. Here at the rear, well take our u-bolt and drop it to the top of our bike rack making sure that each ended u-bolt goes around our rear crossbar. Well take our black metal plate, make sure our bolts fit through the holes and secure it in place by tightening down two wing nuts. more
11/5/2013 10:00:22 AM
SportRack Frame Mount Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chrysler 200- Video
Today on our 2013 Chrysler 200, we'll be test fitting the SportRack Roof Mounted Bike Rack part number SR4611. With the Rhino Rack Roof Rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly on to our crossbars. Here at the front, we'll bring our u-bolts around the underside of our front crossbar, fitting them back up through our front platform, and securing it by tightening down two wing knots. We'll do this for both sides of our front platform. At the rear, we'll install our fitted bracket in between the crossbar and our bike rack. We'll drop our bolts through the bike rack and our bracket, making sure that we have one on each side of our rear crossbar. We can then bring a rubber coated metal bracket around the underside of our crossbar, making sure our bolts go through each hole, then we can secure it by tightening down two wing knots. more
11/5/2013 10:00:22 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2006 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2006 Subaru Outback wagon well be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod stretch roof mounted bike rack, part number RKY1011. With the factory roof rack system on our vehicle well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front well remove the black plastic cover and bring our straps around our front bar, fitting them back into the head of the carrier. Well then use an Allen key to tighten our Allen bolt which will secure the straps around our front bar. Once we have those tight we can then replace the black plastic cover. Here at the rear well remove one of the Allen bolts to bring our rear clamp around our rear bar. more
11/5/2013 10:00:22 AM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Rogue- Video
Today on our 2013 Nissan Rogue, we'll be test fitting the SwagMan Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64710. With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front platform, we'll bring our U-bolts around the underside of our load bar, fit it back up through the platform and secure it by tightening down two wing nuts. We'll do this for both sides here at the front of our bike rack. At the rear, we'll take our U-bolt and drop it through the top of our bike rack, making sure it goes around our rear load bar. We'll then install our black metal plate, making sure our bolts come through the holes, securing it by tightening down two wing nuts. With the front and rear secure, we'll go ahead and undo our rear wheel strap and make sure our skewer at the front is loose. more
11/5/2013 10:00:22 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2006 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2006 Subaru Outback wagon we'll be test fitting the Rocky Mount's tie rod roof mounted bike rack, part number RKY1014. With the factory roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly on to our cross bars. Here at the front we'll remove the black plastic cover and bring our straps around our front bar, fitting them back into the head of the carrier. We can then use an alan key to tighten our alan bolt which will tighten our straps around our bar. Once we have those tight, we can then replace our black plastic cover. We'll move to the rear and loosen up our alan bolts to bring our rear clamp around our rear bar. more
11/5/2013 10:00:22 AM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chrysler 200- Video
Today on our 2013 Chrysler 200, we'll be testing the Thule Bigmouth Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number th599xtr.With the Rhino Rack roof racksystem on our vehicle, we'll begin our test kit by placing the Thule test kit directly onto our load bars. Here atthe front, we'll bring our brackets around our front bar, drop the T-bolt throughthe appropriate spot, and you use the wing nut on top to tighten it down. We'll do this for both sides of the front platform. At the rear, we'llloosen up on the wing nuts so we can bring our bracketaround our rear bar. Once we have a bolt on each side of our rear bar, we can fit our bolt back through our plate and secure it by tightening down on thetwo wing nuts. With the front and rear secured, we can undo both wheel straps and open our frame jaws. We'll grab our bike and place it on our bike rack, securing it first with our frame jaws. more
11/5/2013 10:00:22 AM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2006 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2006 Subaru Outback wagon well be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down roof mounted bike rack, part number S64710. With the factory roof rack system on our vehicle well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front platform well bring our U bolt around the front bar, fitting it back up through our platform. Then well take two wing nuts and secure one on each side of the U bolt. Once we have that installed we can move to the other side and repeat this process. Here at the rear well drop our U bolt through the top of our bike rack, making sure that bolts go around our rear bar. more
11/5/2013 10:00:22 AM
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2006 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2006 Subaru Outback Wagon, we'll be testing in the Kuat Trio roof mounted bike rack part number RU01. With the factory roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test by placing the Trio directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we'll bring our U bolt around the underside of our crossbar and fit it back up to the carrier's platform. Then we'll take our cylinder nuts and fit them onto the end of the bolt. We'll get this snug and then we'll repeat this process for the other side. Now we'll take the included tool and tighten each cylinder nut until the front of our bike rack is secured. more
11/5/2013 10:00:22 AM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Rogue- Video
Today on our 2130 Nissan Rogue, we will be demonstrating Thule Bigmouth Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part #TH599XTR, with the Thule Traverse Roof Rack System on our vehicle. We will begin our demonstrationplacing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll place the T-bolt through the appropriate slot on the front clamp, and use thewingnuton top to tighten it down. We'll do this for both sides. At the rear, we'll undue one of our wing nuts so we can bring our clamp around our rear bar. We will reinsert the bolt through the metal plate, secure it by tightening down the two wing nuts. more
10/29/2013 12:08:56 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Rogue- Video
Today on our 2013 Nissan Rogue, we'll be test fitting the Rockymounts Tierod Stretch roof-mounted bike rack, part number RKY1011. With the Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. We'll need to remove the black plastic cover here at the front and bring our straps around our front bar. We'll fit them back into the head of the carrier, and then use an Allan key to tighten the Allan bolt, which will tighten our straps around our front bar. With those tight, we can replace our black plastic cover. We'll move to the rear and take out one of the Allan bolts so we can bring our clamp around our rear bar. We'll fit the bolt back through the top, making sure it goes through the bracket, and secure it by tightening it with an Allan key. more
10/29/2013 9:34:27 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Rogue- Video
Today on our 2013 Nissan Rogue, we'll be test fitting the Rockymounts Tierod roof mounted bike rack, part number RKY1014. With the Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll being our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll remove the black plastic cover so we can bring our straps around our front bar. We'll then use an Allen key to tighten the Allen bolt which will tighten our straps around our front load bar. Once we have those tight we can replace the black plastic cover and move to the rear. We'll loosen up an Allen bolt so we can bring our rear clamp around our rear bar. more
10/29/2013 9:34:27 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2014 Chrysler Town and Country, we'll be test fitting the Rockymounts Tierod Stretch roof mounted bike rack, part number RKY1011. With the factory roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin by placing the Tierod Stretch directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll bring our rubbed coated straps around our front load bar and then remove our black plastic cover. We'll fit the straps into the head of the carrier and use an allen key to tighten down our allen bolt, which will tighten our straps around our front bar. With those tight, we can go ahead and replace our black plastic cover. Here at the rear, we'll loosen up one the the allen bolts so that we can bring our clamp around our rear bar. We'll fit the bolt back through the clamp and tighten both bolts using an allen key. With the front and rear secure, we can go ahead and undo the rear wheel strap and make sure our skewer at the front is loose. We'll grab our bike and place it onto our bike rack. more
10/28/2013 12:39:35 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2014 Chrysler Town and Country, we'll be test fitting the Rockymounts Tierod roof mounted bike rack, part number RKY1014. With the factory roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our tierod directly on to our crossbars. Here at the front, we'll bring the rubber coated straps around our front bar and then remove the black plastic cover. We'll fit the straps into the head of the carrier and then use an Allen key to tighten down the Allen bolt which will tighten our straps around our front bar. With that tight we can go ahead and reinstall our black plastic cover. Here at the rear we'll loosen up the Allen bolts so we can bring our rear clamps around our rear bar. more
10/28/2013 12:39:35 PM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2014 Chrysler Town and Country we'll be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down roof-mounted bike rack, part number S64710. With the factory roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front we'll bring our U-bolts around the underside of our front crossbar, feeding them up through our front platform. We'll secure it by tightening down 2 wing nuts for the U-bolt. Once we have that tight, we can repeat this process for the other side of the front platform. Here at the rear we'll drop our U-bolt through the top of the bike rack, making sure that the bolts go around the rear crossbar. more
10/28/2013 12:39:35 PM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Toyota Sienna- Video
Today on our 2013 Toyota Sienna we'll be test fitting a Thule Big Mouth Roof Mounted Bike Rack part number TH599XTR. With the Thule Crossroad Roof Rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicles load bars. Starting at the front of the bike rack, we'll position the front brackets around the underside of the front bar and make sure that the T-bolts insert into the slots of the front brackets. We'll then use the black wingnuts to tighten them down. We'll the move to the rear and remove one of the black wingnuts. We'll position the black plate around the underside of the rear bar and reinstall our wingnut. Once everything is all tightened down and secured we're ready to load up our bike. more
10/25/2013 1:02:54 PM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Ford Explorer- Video
10/24/2013 2:33:41 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, well be test fitting the Rocky Mounts tie rod roof-mounted bike rack, part number RKY1014. With the factory roof rack on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing our pitchfork directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, well go ahead and remove our black plastic cover, bring our straps around our front bar, and fit them back into the head of our carrier. Well then use an Allen key to tighten our Allen bolt which will tighten our straps around our bar. Once we have that tight, we can replace our black plastic cover.Here at the rear, well loosen up our Allen bolts to bring our rear clamp around our rear bar. Well feed the Allen bolt back through and tighten in place using an Allen key. more
10/21/2013 9:14:16 AM
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today, on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be testing fitting the Kuat-Trio roof mounted bike rack, part number RU01. With the factory roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the Trio directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front we'll take our U-bolts, bring them round the underside of our front crossbar fitting them back up through the front of our bike rack. We'll take our nuts and tighten them on the ends of the bolts. Now we'll repeat this process for the other U-bolt at the front of our bike rack. We'll take the included tool to tighten down each nut on our two U-bolts. With the front and rear secure, we can go ahead and undo the rear wheel strap and make sure our skewer at the front is loose. We'll grab our bike and place it onto the Trio, dropping our front forks down onto the skewer. We'll secure the bike first by tightening the skewer and then move to the rear and tighten with the wheel strap. With the bike all loaded up, we're ready to go. That completes today's test fit of the Kuat-Trio roof mounted bike rack, part number RU01 on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan. . more
10/21/2013 9:13:38 AM
Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, well be test fitting the Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number Y02098. With the factory roof rack system on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing our ForkLift directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we need to go ahead and remove our skewer. Well loosen up the T-handle to bring our front clamp around our front bar. Well drop the T-bolt through the appropriate slot and then use the T-handle to tighten it in place. Well place the slotted bracket around our T-handle and reinstall our skewer. more
10/18/2013 9:14:31 AM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan we'll be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64710. With a factory roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin by placing the Fork Down directly onto our load bars. Here at the front platform we'll bring our U-bolts around the underside of our front load bar fitting the back up through the carrier. We'll secure it by tightening down two wing nuts. We'll do this for both sides of the front platform. Here at the rear, we'll drop our U-bolt through the top of our bike rack, making sure that the bolts go around each side of our rear load bar. more
10/16/2013 12:57:22 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today, on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be test-fitting the Rocky Mountain Tierod Stretch roof mounted bike rack, part number RKY1011. With the factory roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the tierod stretchdirectly on to our crossbars. We'll remove the black plastic cover, and bring our straps around the front bar, fitting them back into the head of the carrier. We'll then use an allen key to tighten the allen bolt which will tighten our straps around our front bar. We can reinstall our skewer, and move to the rear. We'll loosen up our allen bolts to bring our rear clamp around our rear bar. We'll reinsert the leading allen bolt, and secure it by tightening down with an allen key. With the front and rear secure, we can go ahead and undo the rear wheel strap, and make sure our skewerat the front is loose. We'll grab our bike, and place it on our bike rack, dropping our front forks down on our skewer. We'll secure the bike first by tightening our skewer, and then move to the rear and tighten with the wheel strap. With our bike all loaded up, we're ready to go. That concludes today's test fit of the Rocky Mountain Tierod Stretch roof mounted bike rack, part number RKY1011 on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan. . more
10/16/2013 12:56:54 PM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2005 Honda Odyssey- Video
Today on our 2005 Honda Odyssey we'll be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth Roof Mounted Bike Rack part number TH599XTR. With the Thule Crossroad Roof Rack System on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our Big Mouth directly onto our load bars. Here at the front we'll bring our clamps around the front bar, place the T-bolts through the appropriate slots, and secure them by tightening down the wingnuts on top. We'll do this for both sides of the front platform. Here at the rear we'll undo one of the wingnuts so we can bring our bolts around our rear bar. We'll fit our bolt through the clamp and then secure it by tightening down both wingnuts. With the front and rear secure we'll go ahead and undo each wheel strap. more
10/14/2013 4:32:17 PM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2002 Toyota Camry- Video
Today, on our 2002 Toyota Camry, we'll be test fitting the Thule Bigmouth roof mounted bike rack, part number TH599XTR. With the Thule Traverse roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the Bigmouth directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll bring our clamp around the front bar, fit the T bolt through the slot, and tighten with the wing nut on top. We can repeat that process for the other side. Here at the rear, we'll undo one of the wing nuts to bring our bolts around our rear bar. We'll take our bolt and fit it through our clamp and secure it by tightening both wing nuts. With the front and rear secured, we can go ahead and undo the rear wheel strap, make sure our frame jaws are open, and loosen up the front wheel strap. We'll grab our bike and place it onto the Bigmouth. We'll secure it first by fitting the frame jaws around the lower part of our bike's frame. more
10/14/2013 4:31:03 PM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2002 Toyota Camry- Video
Today on our 2002 Toyota Camry well be test fitting the SwagmanFork Down Roof-Mounted Bike Rack, part number s64710. With a Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack system on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the Swagmanbike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front platform we'll bring our u-bolts around the underside of our load bar fitting them back up through our platform and securing it by tightening the wing nut. Well do this process for both sides of our front platform. Here at the rear we'll dropour u-bolt through the top of our bike rack making sure thatthe bolts go around our rear load bar. We'll fit our bolts through the black clamp and secure it by tightening the two wing nuts. more
10/14/2013 4:29:51 PM
SportRack Frame Mount Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2002 Toyota Camry- Video
Today, on our 2002 Toyota Camry, we'll be test fitting the Sportrack Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number SR4611. With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the Sportrack bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front platform, we'll bring our U-boltsaround the underside of our front load bar, send them back up through the platform, and secure it by tightening down some wing nuts. We'll repeat this process for the other side of our front platform. We also need to place in our fitting that goes in-between the bike rack and our rear load bar. We'll fit the bolts through and install our bracket on the underside, and tighten using the wing nuts. more
10/14/2013 4:28:44 PM
Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2002 Toyota Camry- Video
Today on our 2002 Toyota Camry we will be test fitting the Swagman Rooftop bike rack, part number S64720. With a Thule rapid traverse roof rack system on our vehicle, we begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front platform we'll bring the U-bolt around the underside of our load bar, fit the bolts back up through the platform and secure it by tightening down the wing nuts. We can then repeat this process for the other side of our front platform. At the rear we'll drop our U-bolt through the top of the bike rack, making sure that bolts go around the rear bar. We'll fit the bolts through the black metal bracket and secure it by tightening down the two wing nuts. We'll go ahead loosen up our wheel straps and make sure the frame jaws are open. We'll grab our bike and place it onto our bike rack and we'll secure it first by placing the frame jaws around the lower part of the frame of our bike. more
10/14/2013 9:44:45 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2002 Toyota Camry- Video
Today on our 2002 Toyota Camry, well be test fitting the Rocky Mounts Tie Rod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1011.With a Thule Rapid Traverse Refract System on our vehicle well begin our test fit by placing the tie rod stretch directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, well remove the black plastic cover and bring our straps around our front bar and fit them back into the head of the carrier. We can then use an allen key to tighten the allen bolt, which will tighten our straps around our front bar. Once we have those tight, we can replace our black plastic cover.Here at the rear, loosen up the allen bolts to bring our rear clamp around our rear bar. Then we can secure it by tightening those allen bolts back up with an allen key. Well undo the rear wheel strap and make sure our skewer at the front is loose. more
10/14/2013 9:42:14 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2002 Toyota Camry- Video
Speaker: Today on our 2002 Toyota Camry we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mountain Bike Rack Part No. RKY-1014 With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System on our vehicle we'll begin our test fit by placing the TieRod directly on to our load bars. Here's the front, we'll bring the straps around the front bar and then remove our black plastic cover. We'll fit the straps into the head of the carrier and then use an Allan key to tighten an Allan bolt which will secure our straps around our front bar. Once we have that tight we can re-place our black plastic cover. We'll go ahead and make sure the secure is loose for when we're ready to load our bike. Here at the rear we'll loosen up the Allan bolts to bring our rear clamp around our rear bar. more
10/14/2013 9:42:12 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2005 Honda Odyssey- Video
Today on our 2005 Honda Odyssey, we'll be test fitting the rocky mountains tie rod stretch, roof mounted bike rack, part number RKY1011. With the dually rapid crossroad roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the stretch directly onto our load bars. Here at the front we'll bring our straps around our front bar, and remove the black plastic cover. We'll place our straps into the head of our carrier, and use an Allen key to tighten the Allen bow, which will tighten the straps around our bar. We can then replace the black plastic cover. Here at the read, we'll loosen up the bolts on our clamp, to bring around our rear bar. more
10/12/2013 10:27:29 AM
Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2003 Honda Pilot- Video
Today on our 2003 Honda Pilot we'll be test fitting the Yakima Forklift Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number Y02098. With a factory roof rack on our vehicle we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's load bars. Starting here at the front, we'll go ahead and remove the skewer. We'll then loosen up the wingnut and bring the front bracket around the underside of the front bar. We'll position the silver T-bolt into the slot at the bottom portion of the bracket and tighten down our black wingnut. Moving the rear we can then adjust the black wingnut as well to position the rear bracket around the rear bar. Again we'll position the silver T-bolt into the slot and tighten down the black wingnut to secure the rear part of the bike rack to the rear bar. With everything all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. Back up at the front we'll slide the black cover over the black wingnut and reinstall our skewer, making sure it stays loose so our forks can slide down onto it. Now moving the rear, we'll go ahead and undo the strap. We'll place our bike up onto the bike rack, sliding the forks down onto the skewer. We can adjust the sewer and clamp it down, securing the back tire with the rear strap. With our bike all loaded up, that'll complete today's test fit for the Yakima Forklift Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number Y02098, on our 2003 Honda Pilot. more
10/10/2013 12:41:18 PM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2003 Honda Pilot- Video
Today, on our 2003 Honda Pilot, we'll be test fitting a Swagman Fork Down roof-mounted bike rack, part number S64710. With the factory roof rack on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's crossbars. We'll then pull out our hardware and take the silver U bolts to go on the underside of the front bar up through the pre-drilled holes at the front part of the bike rack. We'll then thread on our wing nuts and tighten them down, securing the front part of the bike rack to the front bar. Moving to the rear, this time we'll take the silver U bolt to go on top of the bike rack through the pre-drilled holes, taking the black plate to go on the underside of the rear bar. We'll thread on our black wing nuts and tighten it down to secure the rear bike rack to the rear bar. Now that everything is all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. more
10/10/2013 10:14:58 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2003 Honda Pilot- Video
Today on our 2003 Honda Pilot, well be test fitting the Rocky Mounts Tie Rod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1011. With a factory roof rack on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicles cross bars. We can then remove the black plastic cover at the front to bring the rubber coated, steel straps around the underside of the front bar. We can then hook them into the connection points. Well now move to the rear and use the allen wrench to remove one of the allen bolts to position the rear bracket around the rear bar. Well then reinstall the allen bolt and tighten it down. Well now move back up to the front and use the included allen key to tighten down the silver bolt to bring the rubber coated, steel straps up around tightly against the front bar. With everything all tightened down and secure, were ready to load up our bike. Well replace the black, plastic cover at the front and double check to make sure our skewer is loose. Well undo the strap at the rear, and place our bike up onto the bike rack. more
10/10/2013 10:14:53 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2003 Honda Pilot- Video
Today, on our 2003 Honda Pilot, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1014. With the factory roof rack on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's cross bars. We'll remove the black plastic cover at the front to bring the rubber-coated steel straps fromtheunderside of the front bar. We can then hook them back into the connection points. With this done, we can move to the rear, remove one of the Allen bolts to position the rear bracket around the underside of the rear bar. We'll reinstall our Allen bolt, and tighten it down with the Allen wrench. We'll now move up to the front, and use the included Allen wrench to turn the silver bolt to tighten down the steel straps up against the front bar. more
10/10/2013 10:14:48 AM
Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee- Video
Today on our 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee, we'll be test fitting the Yakima ForkLift roof-mounted bike rack, part number Y02098. With the factory roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin by placing our ForkLift directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll bring our clamp around our front bar, we'll go ahead and remove our skewer, and then, we'll tighten down our T handle to secure the front part. We'll then slide thebracket up around the T handleand reinstall our skewer. Here at the rear, we'll bring our rear clamp around our rear bar, drop the T bolt through the appropriate slot, and tighten it by twisting the T handle on top. With the front and rear secure, we'll go ahead and undo the rear wheel strap and make sure that our skewer at the front is loose. We'll grab our bike and place it onto our bike rack, drop in our front forks down onto our skewer. We'll secure the bike first by tightening our skewer and then move to the rear and tighten with the wheel strap. That completes today's test fit for the Yakima ForkLift roof-mounted bike rack, part number Y02098, on our 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee. . more
10/10/2013 9:25:51 AM
