2016 Ford Edge Hitch Bike Racks Installation And Review Videos

Thule Doubletrack Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2016 Ford Edge- Video

Today on our 2016 Ford Edge we're going to be taking a look at the Thule double track two bike platform rack, part number TH990XT. Now the way we have our bike mounted here is there's going to be three points of contact. We're going to have a frame hook right here and we're going to have a strap going over each wheel. Now the way we take these off, if we take the silver tab and we lift up and push in on the black button, feed our strap through, and we'll do the same thing on the back side. Now as we come to our frame hook here, if we push in on the gray button we can move our hook up and remove our bike. I always just like to put the straps back that way we don't have to worry about them getting damaged. Here on our frame hook it is going to make contact with the frame, but it does have a nice, soft foam coating so we don't have to worry about any scratches on our bike. more

3/13/2017 3:53:27 PM

Thule Apex 4 Swing Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2016 Ford Edge- Video

Today on our 2016 Ford Edge, we're going to be taking a look at the Thule Apex swing four bike rack, part number TH9027. Now one of the really nice features of this bike rack is that we can actually move our bike rack out of the way to gain access to our back hatch without having to remove the bike itself. If we come down here to think knob, it's going to be located directly behind the mast, we loosen this knob and we come up this lever here and we pull on this lever, we're going to actually swing our bike rack out of the way and we can gain full access to our back hatch to get anything in or out that we may need. Now to put our bike back into position, simply swing the bike rack back around, lift up on this lever and we can tighten down our knob again. Now if we take a closer look at how our bike is mounted to our bike rack, we're going to have three points of contact. We're going to have two straps on our cross bar here and we're going to have one on the vertical support acting as our anti sway cradle. Now to take the bike off, simply pull on the rubber straps releasing them and our bike can come right off. more

3/13/2017 3:53:14 PM

Thule Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2016 Ford Edge- Video

Today on our 2016 Ford Edge we're going to be taking a look at the the Thule Vertex 4-bike rack, part number TH9029XT. Now the way we're going to secure our bike to our bike rack, there's going to be three points of contact. We're going to have two straps coming over the top crossbar here. Then we're going to have a rubber strap and our anti-sway cradle here. Now to take the bike off, simply pull the straps off. Once all the straps are removed, we can pull our bike right off. Now where our bike is going to meet the bike rack, it's going to have these nice grooves so it's going to have a secure grip on it as well, as the rubber-coated straps so we're not going to have to worry about any scratches or abrasions on our frame. more

3/7/2017 1:02:31 PM

Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2016 Ford Edge- Video

Today on our 2016 Ford Edge we're going to be taking a look at the Thule Hitching Post Pro 4 Bike Rack, part number TH934XTR. Now, we already have our bike on our bike rack, and the way it's going to mount is we're going to have three points of contact. Two on the top crossbar here, and one on the vertical support that's going to act as the anti-sway cradle. Now, the way that we're going to take these off, simply just pull the straps off and our bike will come right off. Now, as you can see the grooves in our cradle are going to provide a nice secure grip for our bike, and the heavy duty straps have a rubber coating on them. So we're not going to have to worry about any scratches or abrasions on our bike frame. Now with the bike out of the way I'd like to give you a few measurements. more

3/7/2017 1:02:23 PM