Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2006 Mercury Milan- Video

Today on our 2006 Mercury Milan, we are going to be test-fitting the Swagman Roof-Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64720. With a 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 our front mounting platform, we want to bring our U-bolt around the underside of our load bar, fitting it through the appropriate holes and installing two wing nuts. We can then repeat that process for this side. When three out of four of those install, we'll go ahead and make sure that each one is tightened down. We'll move to our rear, take our U-bolt and place it through the top of our bike rack, making sure that the bolts go around our rear load bar. more

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3/18/2014 5:09:19 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2006 Mercury Milan- Video

Today on our 2006 Mercury Milan, were going to 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, well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly on to our load bars. Here at the front, well need to bring our u-bolt around the underside of our front load bar, fitting the back up through our platform. Then we can install our two wing nuts to help secure it in place. Then we can repeat that process for the other side of the front platform. Then well make our way around to each u-bolt and tighten them down using the wing nuts.This bike rack has a one-bike capacity, and the weight capacity is 35 pounds. more

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3/12/2014 9:58:41 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2006 Mercury Milan- Video

Today on our 2006 Mercury Milan, we're going to be test fitting the Rocky Mounts Tie Rod Stretch roof mounted bike rack, part number RKY1011. With the Thule roof rack, 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 rubber coated steel straps around our front bar, and we can go ahead and remove the black plastic cover and fit those straps into the head of the carrier. Then we'll use an Allen key to tighten up the Allen bolt, which will secure our straps around our front bar. This bike rack is going to fit a variety of different styles of bikes, but it does require that your bike has a quick release front wheel skewer. With the front secure, we can go ahead and replace our black plastic cover and then we'll move to the rear. We'll go ahead and loosen up one of our Allen bolts, and bring our rear clamp around our rear bar, and then we can reinsert our Allen bolt. more

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3/12/2014 9:57:27 AM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2006 Mercury Milan- Video

Today, on our 2006 Mercury Milan, we're going to be test fitting the Kuat Trio Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RU01. With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System equipped on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front of our bike rack, we need to install our U bolts. These go around the underside of the front load bar up through the head of the carrier. Then we can secure it in place using the fasteners. We'll go ahead and just get those finger tight for now, and then we'll come back to them and use the included tool to finish the securing process here at the front part of our bike rack. more

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3/12/2014 9:55:55 AM

Thule Sprint Fork Mount Bike Rack Review - 2006 Mercury Milan- Video

Today on our 2006 Mercury Milan, we're going to test fitting the Thule Sprint Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number TH528. Now with the Thule rapid traverse roof rack system already installed on our vehicle. We begin our test fit by placing our roof rack directly on to our load bars. I want to make sure that both strap mounts here at the base of our bike rack line up with the amount of distance that we have between our load bars. The back one does adjust to accommodate different load bar spreads. Here at the front, we'll bring the strap around and then use the lever on the backside to tighten it around our front load bar. This bike rack does require that your bike has a 9 millimeter quick release front wheel skewer. more

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2/28/2014 10:52:11 AM

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Mercury Mariner- Video

Today on our 2008 Mercury Mariner we're going to test fit the Thule Domestique Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number th513. To install this product we'll lay the carrier on top of our crossbars and fit the front clamp around the front bar. We'll use the included Allen key to tighten down our clamp and once the front clamp is secured we can put our skewer back in place. We'll fit the rear clamp around the rear bar and again use the Allen key to tighten it down. With the front and rear of the bike rack secured to the vehicle we're now ready to load up our bike. We'll undo the wheel strap at the back of the wheel tray, pick the bike up and set the rear wheel into the tray and position the front fork into the skewer. more

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