Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2010 Nissan Altima- Video

Today on our 2010 Nissan Ultima well be test fitting the Yakima Forklift roof mounted bike rack part #: Y02098. With the Yakima Roundbar roof rack system already on our Ultima well start by placing our Forklift on our roof rack. Well remove the skewer at the front of the forklift and loosen the T-bolt to bring the front clamp around our crossbar. Well then tighten the same T-bolt to secure the front part of the rack and once its secure well slide the cover back up to the clamp. Then, well reinsert our skewer and just loosely tighten it so that theres still room for our bike forks to fit. Now well move to the back of the rack and fit the second clamp around the rear bar. more

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9/27/2013 9:36:22 AM

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2010 Nissan Altima- Video

Today on our 2010 Nissan Altima we'll be test fitting the Thule Domestique fork- mounted bike carrier, part number TH513. With the Thule aero blade roof racks assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our carrier directly on top of our load bars. We'll bring the bracket at the front around our load bar, feed the bolt through the holes and tighten with an Allen key. We'll move to the rear of the carrier where we'll fit the clamp around our rear bar, feed the Allen bolts through the holes and tighten with an Allen key. Once we have both clamps secured to our vehicle, we're ready to start loading our bike. We'll need to make sure that the wheel strap the the rear is undone and the skewer at the front is open. We'll grab our bike, place it into the wheel tray and drop our front forks down on to our skewer. more

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9/27/2013 8:23:45 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2010 Nissan Altima- Video

Today on our 2010 Nissan Altima well be test fitting RockyMounts Tierod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number rky1011. With a Thule Aeroblade roof rack system assembled onto our vehicle, well beginby placing our carrierdirectly ontop ofour load bars. Well bring the front rubber-coated steelstraps around the underside ofour load bar andfit them back into the head of the front part of our carrier. We'll thenuse an Allen toolto tighten the Allen bolt which will tighten our straps.Once that's complete we can reinstall ourcover. Now well move to the rear and we'll fit the rear clamp around our rear load bar. Well feedthe bolts through and tightenwith anAllen tool. We'll go ahead and make sure that our rear wheel strap is undoneand that theskewer at the front of our bike carrieris open. more

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9/27/2013 8:20:14 AM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2010 Nissan Altima- Video

Today on our 2010 Nissan Altima we'll be testing the fork style roof mounted bike rack from Swagman, part number S64710. With a twoly aero-blade roof rack system assembled onto our vehicle we'll begin our test fit by placed our bike carrier directly onto our load bars. Once we have it situated inline with our vehicle we'll go ahead and begin securing the front part of our carrier. We'll do this by taking the U bolts, fitting them underneath the load bar and up through our bracket. We'll then tighten it in place with the wing nuts. We'll do this for both sides of the front part of our bracket. more

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9/27/2013 8:14:55 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2010 Nissan Altima- Video

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9/27/2013 8:14:45 AM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Altima- Video

Today on our 2013 Nissan Altima well be test fitting the Yakima Frontloader Wheel Mount roof-mounted bike rack, part number y02103. Well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack onto the vehicles crossbars. Well place the rear bracket around the underside of the rear crossbar and insert the t-bolts and turn the black wing nuts to tighten it down. Well then move to the front where we will turn the larger black t-handle tightly up against the crossbar. Now with everything all tightened down and secured, were ready to load up our bike. Well unfold the front part of the wheel mount and undo the tray strap. more

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7/16/2013 1:33:32 PM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Altima- Video

Today on our 2013 Nissan Altima, we'll be test fitting the Yakima ForkLift roof-mounted bike rack, part number Y02098. We'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack onto the vehicle's crossbars. We'll then need to loosen up the black wing nuts to bring both the front and rear bracket around the underside of the front and rear crossbar. Once both brackets are in place, we'll insert the silver T bolt into the bracket, and turn to bring the brackets up around tightly against the crossbars. Once both the front and rear bracket are all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. We'll remove the skewer at the front to slide in our plastic protective covering. more

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7/16/2013 1:32:37 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Altima- Video

Today on our 2013 Nissan Altima, we'll be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down roof-mounted bike rack, part number S64710. We'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack onto the vehicle's crossbars. We'll then take out our hardware and we're ready to fit it to the vehicle. We'll now take one of the longer silver brackets and feet it up on the bottom side of the front crossbar into the head of the carrier. We'll then take our black wing nut to thread onto the silver bracket. We'll now move to the rear, where this time we will slide the silver bracket down to the bottom of the crossbar. more

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7/16/2013 1:25:06 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Altima- Video

Today on our 2013 Nissan Altima well be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch roof mounted bike rack, part number RKY1011. Well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack onto our vehicles crossbars. Well start off by loosening up the Allen bolts at the rear to bring the rear bracket around the underside of the rear crossbar. We can then use the included Allen wrench to tighten it down. Well now move up to the front where we will remove the black plastic cover at the front and bring the rubber coated steel straps around the underside of our front crossbar. Well hook them back into the head of the carrier and use the included Allen wrench to turn the silver bolt to bring the straps up around tightly against the bar. more

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7/16/2013 1:22:15 PM

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