Yakima HighRoad Roof Bike Rack Review - 2023 Ford F-150- Video

I'm Matt with etrailer, and today we're talking about the Yakima HighRoad rooftop bike rack on our 2023 Ford F-150. Now this is gonna be a great option for you if you're trying to go out on a bike ride and you wanna put your more light duty bikes on top of your roof, or in some cases, you can put this on a ladder rack or a bed rack if you have one of those. We just have a roof rack today, but it's gonna be the same either way, so let's check it out. With it on your roof, this is probably gonna be the highest it's gonna sit on top of our vehicle and it is gonna be really hard to reach. If you're going out with a friend and you have two of these on here, I'd recommend you both helping each other to get this off. Now if you don't have a friend, if you're riding by yourself, I'd recommend looking at some other options. more

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3/20/2024 10:37:44 AM

Rhino-Rack XTray Pro Cargo Basket and 2 Bike Carrier Review - 2018 Ford Escape- Video

Hey, everyone, it's Evangeline here at etrailer. And today, we have the Rhino-Rack XTray Pro Cargo Basket, and we're gonna take a look at how it fits our 2018 Ford Escape. If you're looking for a way to carry around some extra cargo on your Ford Escape, whether it's because you have a long road trip and you're running out of space inside your vehicle or maybe there's just some large bulky items that you'd prefer not dirtying up the interior of your car, that's where a basket like this comes in handy. It's just gonna be a large basket, so your items can get piled up on top of it, but you do have to be mindful that since it is open to the elements, you have to be considerate of those elements and making sure that everything is strapped down. So if that's something that you're interested in, let's take a look. This is gonna be a large basket and I do like how it fits our Ford Escape because it almost completely fills in that roof fitting in between our raised rails, but also not sticking too far out. more

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10/10/2023 12:22:25 PM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Racks Review - 2018 Ford F-150- Video

Hi everyone, Aidan here with etrailer. Today we're gonna be taking a look at the Yakima FrontLoader wheel mounted bike rack and seeing how it fits on our 2018 Ford F150. This is gonna be a roof-mounted bike rack but you can see we've got it over our bed today. Really all this needs is a set of crossbars to attach to whether that's a roof rack, ladder rack or an over the bed rack like we have today. It's gonna be a great way to mount your bike up. And personally I think this is gonna be the ideal way to use a bike rack on your F150 because depending on how you're mounting this up, this might be your only option. more

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7/13/2023 2:43:29 PM

Kuat Piston SR Roof 1 Bike Rack Review - 2022 Ford Maverick- Video

Hi everyone. Aiden here with etrailer. Today, we're gonna be taking a look at the Kuat Piston SR. This is their roof-mounted bike rack and we're gonna be checking it out on our 2022 Ford Maverick. You can use this with a roof rack or something like a ladder rack or an Overland bed rack. We're using it here today and if you we're to compare it to using it with a roof rack, it's not gonna be that much taller. more

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5/16/2023 10:33:12 AM

Kuat Piston SR Roof 1 Bike Rack Review - 2022 Ford Edge- Video

Hi, everyone, it's Evangeline here at etrailer, and today, we have the Kuat Piston SR Roof-Mounted Bike Rack. We're gonna take a look at how this bike rack fits our 2022 Ford Edge. So if you need to carry around your bikes, and maybe you don't have a hitch receiver yet or cannot get one, then the next best option is to get a roof-mounted bike rack. So if you already have a roof rack, you can put this onto your roof rack, it works with most rack systems, and then it has a unique dual wheel mounted design that makes it technically easier to carry around a bike on your roof. We're gonna talk about that, but we're also gonna focus on our Ford Edge here today. We'll talk about things like how high you have to reach to get to your bike, what types of bikes this can carry, and why you might consider this as an option. more

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5/16/2023 10:32:10 AM

Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2021 Ford F-250 Super Duty- Video

Hey, everybody. Welcome to etrailer.com. I'm Bobby, and today we're taking a look at the Yakima HighRoad Roof-Mounted Bike Carrier here in the bed of our 2021 Ford F-250. So obviously this isn't gonna be our only way to actually mount up our carrier here. We do have it in the bed of our truck, and I highly suggest finding yourself a bed rack system to go ahead and actually utilize it here in the bed of your truck. And why I say that Well, obviously our cab is pretty tall and it's gonna take a pretty big effort to have to get on top of it over and over again, let alone getting your bike mounted up and then taking it down. more

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1/13/2022 4:18:19 PM

Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2009 Ford F-150- Video

Hey everybody, welcome to etrailer.com, I'm Bobby, and today we're taking a look at the Yakima HighRoad. This roof rack bike carrier is gonna be excellent to go ahead and give you a way of carrying your bike. So, today, we do have it on our RetraONE XR Hard Tonneau Cover with T-slot attachments. Now, you guys don't have to get that, it's an amazing little tonneau cover, does a great job of covering your bed, and as you guys can see, it gives you a way to get a host of different accessories on here, including your HighRoad. However, there's gonna be a lot of different ways you can go ahead and actually mount this, one great way can look at the Yakima BedRock System, that's gonna go ahead and allow you to clamp onto your side rails and give you this crossbar system to go ahead and mount it. Now, of course, you could go ahead and throw it on the roof of your vehicle as well, but you guys can see on the F-150 here today, definitely gonna be hard to actually get up onto. more

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10/12/2021 3:59:19 PM

Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2019 Ford Expedition- Video

Carla: Hey guys, Carla here with etrailer.com. Today, we're going to be test fitting our Thule UpRide bike rack on this 2019 Ford Expedition Max. So this bike rack is going to offer a solution for those of you who have a really nice bike, you don't want any frame contact. As you can see, this bike rack is held on by the tires. And, as well as, if you're already using your hitch for something else, like pulling a camper, or you've got a cargo carrier or something else over there, you want to free up your hitch, this is going to offer a solution to get your bike up there.If you've got a really nice bike, like carbon fiber bike, you maybe don't want to put it on the back because you're afraid someone's going to hit you. You want to leave it up. more

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8/13/2020 3:04:14 PM

Thule Sprint Roof Bike Racks Review - 2010 Ford Escape- Video

Today on our 2010 Ford Escape we'll be test fitting the Thule Sprint Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number Th528. With a factory roof rack system on our Escape, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's crossbars. We'll just position the rubber coated steel strap around the underside of the bar, and hook it into the connection point. We'll then use the speed link knobs to tighten down the straps around the bar. Moving to the back of the bike rack, I'll slide the bracket to where it's resting on the rear bar. Again, I'll bring the rubber coated steel straps around the underside of the bar, and tighten it down with the speed link knob. Once everything is all tightened down and secure, we're ready to load up our bike. more

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10/15/2014 11:44:27 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2010 Ford F-150- Video

Today on our 2010 Ford F150 we will 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 the Tierod Stretch directly on to our load bars. Here at the front we'll bring the rubber coated straps around the front bar and we'll remove the black plastic cover to gain access to our Allen bolt. We'll take an Allen key and tighten the Allen bolt which will tighten our strap around our front bar. Once we have that tight we can replace the black plastic cover and make sure our skewer at the front is loose for when we're ready to load our bike. Here at the rear we'll bring our clamp around our rear bar, drop the Allen bolt through and tighten down with the Allen key. With the front and rear secured we'll go ahead and undo the rear wheel strap. We'll grab our bike and place it onto our bike rack, drop in our front forks down onto our skewer. more

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7/23/2014 4:29:39 PM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford Taurus- Video

Today on our 2013 Ford Taurus, we are going to be test fitting the Yakima front loader, a wheel mount roof bike rack, part #Y02103. With our Yakima Q tower roof rack system already installed on our Taurus, we are going to begin our test fit by placing our back rack directly onto our cross bars. Here at the front, we'll bring the two portions of the clamp to the front side of our cross bar and the single portion of our clamp will go around the rear. We will then use the T-handle located in the front to tighten this down. With our front secure, we will now move to the rear. Here we're going to loosen the black T-nut, remove the T-bolt from the slot on the lower half of the clamp, bring our clamp around our bar, re-insert the T-bolt and tighten it down with the T-nut. With our rack secure, it is now time to load our bike. We'll first undo our wheel strap and move our front wheel cradle all the way to it's forward position. We'll now grab our bike, place it onto the rack, allow it to roll forward slowly, bringing up the smaller rear half of the front wheel cradle. more

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6/30/2014 1:02:33 PM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford Taurus- Video

Today on our 2013 Ford Taurus we'll be test-fitting the Yakima ForkLift, a fork mount, roof-mounted bike rack, part number Y02098. With the Yakima Q-Tower Roof Rack system already installed on the Taurus, we're going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. The front, we'll remove the skewer. It is reverse thread. Slide back the black plastic cover. Then we can loosen the T handle to separate the lower half of our clamp. more

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6/30/2014 1:02:22 PM

Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford Taurus- Video

Today on our 2013 Ford Taurus, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman upright roof bike rack, part number S64720. With our Yakima Q tower roof rack system already installed on the Taurus, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly on to our crossbars. Here at the front we'll bring two of the metal U-bolts around the underside of our bar, fit them through the head of the rack, and use two wingnuts to secure each one in place. With all four of our wingnuts in the front tight, we can now move to the rear. This time we're going to place the U-bolt down through the rack, around our bar, being sure that we have threads on both sides of our crossbar. We'll then bring the metal portion of the clamp up, place the U-bolt through it, and then we'll secure this in place using two of the wingnuts. With the rear secured it's now time to load our bike. more

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6/30/2014 12:59:20 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford Taurus- Video

Today on our 2013 Ford Taurus, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down, the fork mount roof bike rack, part number S64710. With our Yakima Q Towers roof rack system installed on our vehicle, we're going to begin the test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we'll bring one of the metal U-bolts around the underside of our bar, fit it through the head of the carrier, and secure it in place using 2 wing nuts. We'll repeat the same process on the other side of the front of the carrier here, and then secure down all 4 of our wing nuts. With our front secure, we'll move to the rear. Here at the rear, we're going to place one of the U-bolts down through the rack. We'll be sure that it comes down on both sides of our crossbar. more

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6/30/2014 12:59:08 PM

SportRack Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford Taurus- Video

Today on our 2013 Ford Taurus, we're going to be test fitting the SportRack Roof Mount Bike Rack part number SR4622. With our Yakima Q Towers Roof Rack system already installed on the Taurus, we're going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly on to our cross bars. At the front we'll bring one of the black rubber coated metal U-Bolts around the underside of our bar, fit it through the head of the carrier and hold it in place with two wing nuts. On the other side of the front we'll repeat that same process, then we can tighten all four wing nuts down to secure the front of our rack to our front bar. We'll now moved to the rear bar, where we're going to place two carriage bolts through the rack, being sure that they come out on both sides of our rear crossbar, we'll then place the black plastic portion of our clamp in between our rack and our load bar being sure that these carriage bolts go through it. Then we'll bring our metal portion of our clamp around the underside of our bar. We'll fit the two bolts through it and secure it and place using two wing nuts. With these two secure, it's now time to load our bike. more

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6/30/2014 12:58:53 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford Taurus- Video

Today on our 2013 Ford Taurus, we are going to be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch, a fork mount roof bike rack, part number RKY1011. With the Yakima Q Towers roof rack system already installed on our Taurus, we're going to begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our cross bars. Here at the front we'll bring the black rubber coated metal straps around the underside of our bar. We'll then remove the black plastic cover. We can take our straps, fit them into the appropriate slots. Then, use our Allen key to tighten our Allen bolt. more

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6/24/2014 12:20:26 PM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford Taurus- Video

Today on our 2013 Ford Taurus we're going to be test fitting the Kuat Trio, a Fork Mount Roof Bike Rack with part number RU01. With our Yakima Q Towers Roof Rack system already installed on the Taurus we're going to begin our test fit by placing the Trio directly onto our crossbars. At the front we'll bring the black rubber-coated metal U bolt around the underside of our bar, through the head of the carrier and we'll secure it in place using two cylinder nuts. We'll repeat this same process for the other side of the front. Then we can take our provided tool and tighten all four of our cylinder nuts down. We'll move to the rear where we're going to remove one of our wing nuts. We'll bring our clamp around our bar, being sure that one of our bolts is coming down on both sides. We'll reinsert the bolt through the lower half of our clamp, put on our wing nut and then we'll tighten down both wing nuts to secure it. more

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6/24/2014 12:19:57 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

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6/4/2014 2:39:51 PM

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

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5/30/2014 4:39:16 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Ford Taurus- Video

Today on our 2014 Ford Taurus we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down. This is a fork mount roof bike rack. Part #S64710. We've got the Rhino Rack Vortex Arrow Roof Rack System already installed on the Taurus. We're going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly up on to our crossbars. Here at the front, we'll take one of the U-bolts, bring it around the underside of our crossbar and fit it up through the head of our carrier. We'll then take two of the wing nuts and thread them on just to hold that in place. The other side in the front we've got a second U-bolt, we're going to do the same as we did on the other side. Bring it around the underside of our bar and we adjust them so we've got both of our U-bolts in the same spot. more

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4/22/2014 9:08:31 AM

Thule Sprint Fork Mount Bike Rack Review - 2014 Ford Taurus- Video

Today on our 2014 Ford Taurus, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Sprint. This is a fork-mount roof style bike rack, Part Number TH528. We've got the Rhino-Rack Vortex Aero Roof Rack System already installed here on the Taurus. So we're going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly up onto our load bars. We want to bring the black rubber-coated metal straps around the underside. To be sure that the top portion of our clamp is resting just right on top of those bars. We'll then bring the one at the rear here around the back, fit it into the foot of the carrier there. more

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4/18/2014 11:11:30 AM

Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Ford Taurus- Video

Today, on our 2014 Ford Taurus, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Upright. This is frame clamp style roof bike rack. Part # S64720. We've got the Rhino Rack Vortex Aero Roof Rack System already installed in the Taurus. We'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly up onto our cross bar. At the front of the rack, we've got 2 U bolts we're going to use to secure it. We're going to take the U bolt, bring it around the underside of our cross bar, and up to the head of the carrier. more

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4/18/2014 11:06:40 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Ford Taurus- Video

Today on our 2014 Ford Taurus, we're going to be test-fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch. This is a fork mount roof bike rack. It's part #RKY1011. We've got our Rhino Rack Vortex Aero roof rack system already installed on this Taurus. We'll begin our test fit, by placing the bike rack up on to our crossbars. Here at the front we're going to remove the black plastic cover, and remove the two rubber-coated metal straps from the head of the carrier. We'll then bring those around the underside of our crossbar, fit them back into the head of the carrier, and secure them by tightening down the Allen bolt right here in the front. With our front nice and secure, we can move to the rear. more

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4/18/2014 11:05:00 AM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Ford Taurus- Video

Today on our 2014 Ford Taurus, we're going to be testing the Kuat Trio. This is a fork-mount roof style bike rack part number RU01. We've got a Rhino-Rack Vortech Aero Roof Rack System. I already installed them to Taurus. We'll begin our test like placing our bike rack up onto the roof rack. We'll then going to take one of our black rubber-coated metal U-bolts. We'll bring it around the underside of the rack and fit it up to the head of the carrier. more

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4/16/2014 4:10:50 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Ford Escape- Video

Today on our 2012 Ford Escape, we'll be test fitting the rocky mounts tire rod roof mounted bike rack. Part number RKY1014. With our two way rapid crossroads racks are already placed, we'll grab our bike rack and place it on to the rack. Make sure when placing on the rack, make sure the two rubber T straps go around the front bar. With the rack in place, secure the T straps around the front of the head. Next you move to the rear of the rack, loosening up your bracket and sliding it into place around every bar. more

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2/28/2014 12:35:13 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Ford Escape- Video

Today on our 2012 Ford Escape, we'll be test fitting the Rockymount Tierod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Rack. Part number RKY1011. With our Thule Rapid Crossroads Rock System already in place, we'll start by putting our bike rack onto the rack. You want to make sure that your 2 rubber T straps go around the front bar. Once around the front bar, you can put them into place. Next you'll move your rear bracket forward, loosen it up and make sure it mounts around the rear bar. Next you'll tighten up the front allenscrew to the front bar just to secure the rubber straps in place, then you'll tighten up your allenscrew at the rear bracket. Now that the rack is in place, make sure your front skewer is open and your rear strap is undone. Next, we'll grab out bike, place it on the rack making sure the forks are secure in the skewer first. You can then move to the rear and tighten down your rear strap. Now your bike's in place and you're good to go. And that will complete today's test fit of the Rockymount Tierod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Rack. Part number RKY1011 on our 2012 Ford Escape. more

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2/25/2014 11:50:08 AM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Ford Escape- Video

Today on our 2012 Ford Escape, well be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64710. With the Thule rapid crossroads rack system already in place, well grab our bike rack and place it on to our roof rack. Line up the head of the bike rack with the front bar. Youll then take a U-bolt, place it through the front of the head, and secure it with two wing nuts at the top. Be sure not to tighten them down all the way because you want it a little bit loose to tighten up the rear. Youll want to repeat this process with another U-bolt on the other side of the front head. more

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2/20/2014 4:58:49 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Ford Escape- Video

Today on our 2014 Ford Escape we'll be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rack, Part #S64710. With the Thule Rapid Reverse 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 take a u-bolt and bring it around on the underside of our front load bar. We'll fit the bolts up through the front platform and we'll secure it by tightening down two wing nuts. We're going to move to the other side of our front platform and repeat this process. Here at the rear we'll drop our u-bolt through the top of our bike rack making sure that we have a bolt on each side of our rear load bar. Then we'll install our black metal clamp making sure that the bolts go through our clamp. And we'll secure it by installing two wing nuts. 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 dropping 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. With our bike all loaded up, that'll complete today's test fit of the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rack, Part #S64710 on our 2014 Ford Escape. . more

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12/30/2013 2:16:33 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Ford Escape- Video

Today on our 2014 Ford Escape, well 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, well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly on to our load bars. Here at the front, well bring our straps around our bar and remove our black plastic cover. Well fit the straps back into the head of the carrier and use an allen key to tighten our allen bolt which will secure our straps around our front bar. Once we have those tight, we can then replace our black plastic cover. At the rear, well loosen up one of our allen bolts to bring our rear clamp around our rear bar.Well drop the allen bolt back through and then tighten both allen bolts with an allen key. more

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12/30/2013 2:16:30 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Ford Escape- Video

Today on our 2014 Ford Escape we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mounted Bike Rack , Part #RKY1014. 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 remove our black plastic cover and bring our straps around our front bar, fitting them back into the head of the carrier. We'll then use an Allen key to tighten our Allen bolt which will tighten our straps around our front bar. Once we have those secured, we can replace our black plastic cover. At the rear we'll loosen up one of our Allen bolts to bring our real clamp around or rear bar. We'll drop the Allen bolt back through and use an Allen key to tighten both bolts down. With the front and rear secure, we'll undo our 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 dropping 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 a wheel strap. With our bike all loaded up, that will complete today's test fit of the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mounted Bike Rack, Part #RKY1014 on our 2014 Ford Escape. . more

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12/30/2013 2:16:27 PM

Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Ford Explorer- Video

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10/24/2013 2:33:41 PM

Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2010 Ford F-150- Video

Today on our 2010 Ford F150 we'll be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth 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 our Big Mouth directly onto our load bars. Here at the front platform we'll bring our clamps around the front bar. We'll then take out T-bolt and fit it through the slot on the clamp. We can secure it by tightening down our wingnut. We can then repeat this process for the other side of the front platform. Here at the rear we'll bring our bolts around the rear bar, place our clamp through the bolts, and secure it by tightening down the wingnuts. more

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9/30/2013 11:08:19 AM

Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2010 Ford F-150- Video

Today on our 2010 Ford F-150, we'll be test fitting the Swagman Rooftop Bike Rack, Part Number S64720. With a Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the Swagman Bike Rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front platform, we'll bring our U-bolt around the underside of the load bar, feeding it back up through the holes in the platform, and securing it by tightening down two wing nuts. Once we have that tight, we can repeat that 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, down through the holes, making sure it goes around the rear load bar. We'll then install the black metal bracket and secure it by tightening down the wing nuts. With the front and rear secure, we'll go ahead and make sure that our frame jaws are open and that our front and rear wheel straps are undone. We'll grab our bike and place it onto our bike rack. more

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9/30/2013 11:08:16 AM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2010 Ford F-150- Video

Today on our 2010 Ford F150, we'll be testing 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 the Swagman 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 feeding them up through the platform and securing it by tightening down the wing nuts. We'll do this for both sides of the front platform. Withthe front secure, we'll move to the rear and drop our U bolt through the top of thebike rack through the holes. We want to make sure that the U bolt goes around the load bar and then we can place our clampthrough the bolts and then we can feed our bolts through the bracket securing it by tightening down the wing nuts. We'llgo ahead and undo the rear wheel strap and make sure the skewer at the front is loose. We'll grab our bike and place it onto our bike rack. more

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9/30/2013 11:08:13 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2010 Ford Escape- Video

Today on our 2010 Ford Escape, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts Tierod Stretch roof-mounted bike rack, part number RKY1011. We'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack onto the vehicle's crossbars. We'll remove the black plastic cover at the front to bring the rubber-coated steel straps around the underside of the front crossbar. We'll then hook them into the connection points. We'll then use the included Allen key to turn the silver bolt to bring the straps up around tightly against the bar. With this done, we'll replace the black plastic cover and move to the rear. more

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8/23/2013 4:58:27 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2010 Ford Escape- Video

Today on our 2010 Ford Escape, well be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64710. Well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack on to the vehicles crossbars. Well bring out our hardware and take the silver brackets around the underside of the front crossbar up to the predrilled holes of the front part of the bike rack and thread in our black wing nuts to secure the front part of the carrier to the front crossbar. Well then move to the rear with this time well take the silver bracket to slide down through the predrilled holes into the bike rack and bring the black plate on the underside of the rear crossbar and thread in our wing nuts to tighten down the rear part of the bike rack to the rear part of the crossbar.With everything all tighten down and secured, were ready to load up our bike. Well double check to make sure the securer is loose at the front and well undo the strap of the rear. Well place our bike on to the bike rack, slide in the forks down on to the securer. more

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8/23/2013 10:17:11 AM

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Ford Escape- Video

Today on our 2008 Ford Escape, will be test fitting the Thule Domestique fork mounted bike carrier part number TH513. With our Thule Arrow Blade roof rack system assembled onto our vehicle will begin our test fit by placing our Domestique directly onto our load bars. For easier installation I went ahead and removed the front skewer and loosened up the front and rear brackets will bring are from bracket around our front load bar fit the bulb through and tighten with an Allen key. Then we'll go to the rear making sure our carrier is in line and bring our rear bracket around our rear bar. We'll fit the bolt through our rear bracket and tighten the two Allen bolts with our Allen key. With our bike carrier tighten secured will go ahead and install our skewer at the front leaving it loose, move to the rear and undo our rear wheel strap. more

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7/24/2013 7:57:15 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Ford Escape- Video

Today on our 2008 Ford Escape, will be test fitting the Rockymounts Tierod Stretch roof mounted bike carrier part number RKY1011. With the Thule Aero blade roof rack system assembled onto our vehicle will begin our test fit by placing our carrier directly onto our load bars will bring the rubber coated seal straps around the front load bar fitting the back into the head of the carrier and use an Allen key to tighten the Allen bolt which will tighten our strap. We can then replace our black plastic cover and then move to the rear of the carrier. Will fit the bolt through the bracket and tighten each bolt using an Allen key. With that bracket tight, were now able to load up our bike. We just need to undo our rear wheel strap and make sure that the skewer at the front is loose. more

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7/24/2013 7:56:52 AM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Ford Escape- Video

Today on our 2008 Ford Escape, we'll be test fitting the Yakima FrontLoader wheel-mounted bike carrier, part number Y02103. With the Yakima round bar roof rack system assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our FrontLoader directly onto our crossbars. We'll fit the front clamp around our front bar. We'll then use the T hand knob at the front of our carrier to tighten our clamp around our front crossbar. Once we have that tight, we can move to the rear, bring our rear bracket around our rear bar. We'll drop out T bolt through the appropriate slot on our clamp, and use the T handle on top of our carrier to tighten it down. more

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7/23/2013 3:58:09 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Ford Escape- Video

Today on our 2008 Ford Escape, well be test fitting the Fork Style Roof Mounted Bike Rack from Swagman, part number S64710. With the Thule Aeroblade Roof Rack System assembled onto our vehicle well begin our test fit by placing our carrier directly onto our load bars. Well two of the larger U-bolts and place them up through our bracket, making sure that each U-bolt goes around the underside of our load bar. With the bolt in through the bracket, well secure it by tightening down some wing nuts. Well do this for both sides of our bracket.Then well move to the rear and drop our U-bolt in from the top of the carrier, making sure it goes around our rear load bar and then well take our black bracket, fit it through the U-bolt and up against the underside of our rear load bar. Well tighten our U-bolts securing our bracket in place.With everything tight, were now ready to load our bike. more

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7/23/2013 1:32:38 PM

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2010 Ford Flex- Video

Today on our 2010 Ford Flex, we'll be test fitting the Thule Domestique roof-mounted bike carrier, part number TH513. We'll begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicle's crossbars. We'll loosen up the Allen bolts on the rear bracket, as well as the Allen bolts at the head of the carrier, to bring both brackets around the underside of the front and rear crossbar. Once we've positioned the brackets over the crossbars, we'll use the Allen key to tighten down the Allen bolts to secure our Thule Domestique to our Ford Flex. Once everything's tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. We'll undo the tray strap at the rear of the carrier and double check to make sure the skewer's loose as well. more

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7/23/2013 11:44:14 AM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2010 Ford Flex- Video

Today on our 2010 Ford Flex, we'll be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down roof-mounted bike carrier, part number S64710. We'll begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicle's load bars. We'll start at the head of the carrier and slide the silver brackets around the underside of the front load bar. We'll then use the black wing nuts to thread onto the bracket, securing the head of the carrier to the front load bar. We'll then move to the rear load bar. This time, we'll slide the silver bracket through the top of the carrier, down against the edges of the rear load bar. more

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7/23/2013 11:40:15 AM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2008 Ford Escape- Video

Today on our 2008 Ford Escape well be test fitting the Yakima Forklift Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number y02098. With a Yakima Round Bar Roof Rack System assembled onto our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Well remove our skewer at the front. Then well bring our front clamp around our front bar. Well drop our t-bolt through the slot on the clamp and then we can use the t-knob at the top to tighten it down. Well then slide the slotted bracket in place around our t-bolt and reinstall our skewer. more

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7/23/2013 10:24:00 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2010 Ford Flex- Video

Today on our 2010 Ford Flex well be test fitting the RockyMounts Tierod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number rky1011. Well begin our test fit by placing the carrier on to the vehicles crossbars. Well then remove the black plastic cover at the head of the carrier to bring the rubber-coated steel straps around the underside of the front crossbar. Well then loosen up the Allen bolts at the rear of the carrier to bring the rear bracket around the underside of the rear load bar. Well then tighten down the silver bolt at the head of the carrier tightening the straps to the front load bar. Well then tighten down the Allen bolts at the rear of the carrier for the rear bracket to secure the rear of the carrier to the rear load bar. more

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7/18/2013 5:58:09 PM

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Ford Edge- Video

Today on our 2011 Ford Edge we'll be test fitting the Thule Domestique Fork Mounted Bike Carrier, part number th513. With a roof rack system already assembled onto our vehicle we'll go ahead and place our carrier directly onto our load bars. We'll take the front clamp and place it around our front load bar feeding the bolts through the top and tightening our bolts with an Allen key.Once we have our front clamp secured we can then move to the rear. We'll fit our clamp around the rear load bar making sure our bolts are in the proper place and then tighten with an Allen key. We'll go back to the front and install our skewer. We'll go ahead and make sure we leave it open for easier loading of our bike.We'll move to the rear and undo the rear wheel strap. more

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6/28/2013 3:49:10 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Ford Edge- Video

Today on our 2011 Ford Edge we'll be test fitting the Fork-Style Roof Mounted Bike Carrier from Swagman, part number s64710. With a roof rack system assembled onto our vehicle we'll begin by placing our carrier directly on top of our load bars. We'll begin at the front. We'll take our U-bolts bring them up through our bracket from underneath our front load bar.We'll secure our U-bolts by tightening down the wing nuts from the top of our carrier. Once we have both the clamps at the front tight we can then move to the rear of the carrier where we'll feed the U-bolt through the top of our carrier around our load bar. We'll bring our clamp up underneath our rear load bar making sure that our U-bolts go through the clamp and tighten with the wing nuts.This secures our carrier to our roof rack system. more

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6/28/2013 3:43:47 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Ford Edge- Video

Today on our 2011 Ford Edge, well be test fitting the Rocky Mounts TieRod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Carrier part number RKY1011. With a roof rack system already assembled on to our vehicle, well go ahead and place our carrier directly on top of the load bars. Well remove the front cover to gain access to the Allen bolt where we can tighten down the straps by using an Allen Key. Once we have the front part of our carrier secured we can go ahead and replace our black plastic cover and then move to the rear. Well fit our bracket around our rear load bar, feed the bolt through, make sure our bolts are in place and tighten down with an Allen key. With our bike rack secured to our roof rack system we can then prepare to load our bike. more

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6/28/2013 3:42:55 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Ford Fusion- Video

Today on our 2012 Ford Fusion 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 begin our test fit by placing our Tierod directly onto our load bars. Well remove the black plastic cover and then bring the rubber-coated straps around our front load bar. Well fit them back into the head and then use an Allen key to tighten down the Allen bolt. We can then replace the black plastic cover. Now Ill move to the rear and bring the bracket around our rear load bar. more

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6/27/2013 10:51:55 AM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford Edge- Video

On our 2013 Ford Edge, were going to be test fitting the Yakima Frontloader Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number Y02103. Our Ford Edge is already equipped with the Yakima roof rack system, so were going to go ahead and mount the frontloader directly to the crossbars. Well take the carrier and set it up onto of our crossbars, well fit the head of our bike carrier around the front crossbar and use the hand knob to tighten down the clamp and then well take the clamp on the rear and slide it over our rear crossbar using the T-bolt and included wing nut to tighten it down. With that done our bike rack is now secure to our roof rack and were ready to load up our bike. We want to make sure that the front wheel loop is up and open and that our rear wheel strap is open as well. Well then pick up the bike and sit it in the carrier. more

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6/7/2013 11:41:34 AM

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford Edge- Video

Today on our 2013 Ford Edge we'll be test fitting the Thule Domestique Fork Mounted Bike Carrier, part number th513. To begin our test fit we'll let the head of the bike rack directly over the front load bar. We can then use the clamps to go underneath the front load bar and bolt it down using the Allen bolts and wrench provided with the bike rack.After tightening down the head of the bike rack we'll move to the back. We'll bring the clamp around the rear load bar and secure it again and using the Allen bolts included with the bike rack. Now we can go ahead and re-insert our skewer into the head of the bike rack. With our skewer installed we'll undo the rear wheel strap and get ready to load our bike.We'll place the front fork of the bike directly into the skewer and tighten it down. more

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6/7/2013 10:48:22 AM

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