Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be doing a test fit on the Kuat NV 2.0 platform style 2-bike rack, part number NV22G. Now, it's also available in a 4-bike rack, and that's part number NV22G-NA22G. If you already have the 2-bike rack, you can just pick up the addition with part number NA22G. I've already got it loaded up on a Grand Caravan just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it secures our bikes. It actually secures our bikes in 2 spots. We have this wheel strap going over our rear wheel pulling that down in place. more
6/24/2016 11:12:10 AM
Yakima HoldUp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be doing a test on the Yakima Holdup Platform style 2 bike rack. That's part number Y02443. I've already got it loaded up, just to give you a good idea what it looks like, and how it's going to secure our bikes. It actually secures our bikes in 2 spots without any frame contact. We have this large hook going over our front wheel, putting down pressure to our front wheel cradle here. In the back, we've got a ratchet strap going over our rear wheel, and we can get it nice and tight with that. If we'd like to, we can even run our cable locks for some added security. more
6/24/2016 11:11:59 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan S64650- Video
Today on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan we're doing a test fit of the Swagman XT2 platform-style 2-bike rack. That part number is S64650. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that, go over some features of the rack, and take a few measurements. How our bike is secured down, in the center we have a frame hook. This is the only thing that's going to hold our bike down into our wheel cradles. more
6/8/2016 8:26:06 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're doing a test fit of the Thule T2 Pro platform style two-bike rack. That part number is TH9034. The first thing we're going to do is show you one of the key features of this rack. We come to the back portion at the handle. We're going to squeeze that together. We can tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle. more
6/6/2016 9:56:06 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan TH912XTR- Video
Today on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan we're doing a test fit of the Thule Roadway hanging-style 2-bike rack. That part number is TH912XTR. Now we're first going to show you how we secure our bike down. We'll go over some features and take a few measurements. Starting off with how we secure our bike into place, we have two cradles with three straps altogether. We've got two on our frame and then one as our anti-sway in the back. more
6/6/2016 9:46:06 AM
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan TS03B- Video
Today on our 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be doing a test fit of the Kuat Transfer 3-Bike Platform Rack. Part number TS03G. It's also available in a 2-bike version. There's TS02G. One of the nice features about this bike rack is that it has no frame contact. Back here, in the rear wheel cradle, it's got a strap. On the front, it's got the wheel cradle. more
4/21/2016 2:26:06 PM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan we'll be doing a test fit of the Thule T2 Pro Platform Style 2 Bike Rack. That's part number TH9034. I've already got it loaded up on the Grand Caravan just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it's going to secure our bikes. It actually secures our bikes in 2 spots. We have this rear wheel strap going over our rear wheel, and then we have this large wheel hook going over the front wheel putting down pressure into the front wheel cradle here. All in all, no frame contact with this bike rack. more
4/21/2016 2:16:06 PM
Swagman XTC4 Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today we're going to be taking a look at the Swagman XTC4 4-bike platform style rack, part number S64665 on our 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan. On this bike rack, the bike is secured down in three positions. It's got the hook that comes down on the frame on the mast to tighten it into the wheel cradles. Then also once it's in the wheel cradles, it's got a strap for either wheel to help hold it down. We're going to go ahead and get the bike out of the way. Now, with the bike out of the way, let's go ahead and get a couple of measurements. more
4/21/2016 2:06:19 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be taking a look at the Swagman XC 2-bike platform style rack, part number S64650. The nice feature that this bike rack has is that there are no straps tying the wheels down. Instead you've got two wheel cradles at either end of the bike and then this hook on the center mast holding it down tight. Now, let's go ahead and get our bike out of the way and then we'll be able to look at some of the other features of this rack. Now, with the bike out of the way, let's go ahead and get a few measurements. Total distance that this will add to the rear of the vehicle is about 18 1/2 inches. more
4/21/2016 2:06:06 PM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan we're going to be doing a test fit of the Thule T2 Pro 4-Bike platform style bike rack, Part Number TH9034-9036. You can see I've already got the bike rack installed into the receiver hitch on our Dodge Grand Caravan. You'll notice it's a sizable rack, so you're going to cradle all four of your bikes heading down the road. It would be really good as a family rack, or for your group of riding buddies. It does keep our bike in place in three positions. Here at the rear we have a wheel cradle with a ratcheting strap keeping our tire in place. Here at the front we have a cradle holding on to our wheel down here. more
4/20/2016 11:46:06 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2007 Dodge Nitro- Video
Today in our 2007 Dodge Nitro, we're doing a test fit of the Thule T2 Pro platform style 4 bike rack, that part number is TH9034-9036. We already have our bike secured down we're going to go over one of the key features of this rack. Because we're able to tilt this away with our bike on it we're going to come back here and squeeze our handle, there's a gray lever on the inside, we'll be able to squeeze that together and rotate your bike rack down and then we can gain full access into our back hatch area to get anything we may need in or out. We can close it up and then we'll straighten up our bike rack, now how our bike is secured down her in the back we have a ratchetting strap, we're going to start by releasing that. In the front we a wheel hook this is what really holds our bikes down into our rear cradles, it also either sits in front of our frame or in front of our brakes depending on how your bike is designed. You just push in our gray button and lose that up and push it out of the way, we'll be able to pull our bike off and set it off to the side. Now, one great thing about the rear cradles on this bike rack is that they do fit different size bike tires, they go all the way up from the road bike all the way to a fat tire bike with 5 inches wheels, just keep that in mind if your family has multiple size bike tires this will be a great option. We're just going to reconnect that strap there, and now we'll start off with a few measurements. First, it's going to be overall what we're adding to our vehicle, adding about 59 inches. Our ground clearance in the back here it's going to be right back here at the back of our handle at about 24 inches and our closest point is going to be in this gray shank area, it's going to sit about 7 inches away. more
4/20/2016 11:36:20 AM
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2007 Dodge Nitro- Video
Today in our 2007 Dodge Nitro, we're doing a test fit of the Quad Transport platform style 3 bike rack, that part number is TS03G. We already have our bike secured down, we're going to go over one of the key features of this platform style rack. The first thing we're going to do is move our two back rear hooks out of our way, we're going to reach out with our foot and push down on that lever, that's going to allow us to tilt this bike rack away from our vehicle and then we're going to gain access to our back hatch area to get anything we may need in or out. We can close it back and then to put our bike rack back into place we're simply going to lift until it secures back in position, after our bike is secured down we're going to wrap the strap here in the back and the wheel hook in the front that either sits in front of our brakes or in front of our frame, we'll just release that and push it off the to the side and then we can remove our bike. Then I like to put my hook back just so it doesn't gets damaged. Next thing we'll do is take a few measurements here first thing overall, what we're adding to our vehicle, it's going to be about 46 1/2 inches, our ground clearance here in the back it's going to be about 23 1/2 inches and our closest point is about 7 1/2 inches. We can actually put this in another position, we're going to move those hooks out of the way once again, hit that bottom, make sure you close up these hooks and we can lift this bike rack into the storage position or the fold up position this is going to be great for close quarter situations. We're only adding about 14 1/2 inches now, we have a ground clearance of about 15 inches and our closest point looks to be the bottom of this hook here at about 5 inches now. As for our hitch this works with both 1 1/4 and 2-inch hitches and comes with an anti-rattle bolt and clip to keep the shake in place out of the bike rack as you head down the road. That's going to be our completed look at the Quad Transport Platform style 3 bike rack, that part number is TS03G on our 2007 Dodge Nitro. Here on our test course, we'll start by going through the slalom, this is going to show us the side to side action, which simulates turning corners or evasive maneuvers. more
4/14/2016 11:18:43 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2007 Dodge Nitro TH9029XT- Video
Today on our 2007 Dodge Nitro, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Vertex Hanging Style 4 bike rack. That part number is TH9029XT. Now, we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that. We've got 2 cradles in place with 3 straps, 2 on our frame and 1 as our anti-sway strap. We'll start by pulling down and releasing those. more
4/14/2016 11:18:30 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2007 Dodge Nitro TH912XTR- Video
Today we're doing a 2007 Dodge Nitro. We're doing a test fit of the Thule Roadway hanging Style 2 bike rack. That part number is TH912XTR. Now we already have our bike secured down, so we're first going to show you how we do that. We have two cradles in place with three straps. We've got two on our frame and one as our anti-sway strap in the back. We're going to start by releasing those, and then we'll be able to pull our bike off and set it off to the side. With our bike out of the way we can start by taking a few measurements. First ones going to be overall what we're adding to our vehicle with our arms hanging out. We're going to add about 29 1/2 inches. Now we do have the option to rotate our arms down. more
4/14/2016 11:18:17 AM
Softride Element-Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2007 Dodge Nitro- Video
Today on our 2007 Dodge Nitro, we're doing a test fit on of the Softride Element Parallelogram Hanging Style 4 Bike Rack. That part number is SR26248. We already have our bike secured down. First we're going to go over one of the big features of this rack. Unlike most hanging style, we can actually tilt this away from our vehicle with our bike still attached. What we'll do, there's a black T-pin on this side. more
4/14/2016 11:18:03 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2007 Dodge Nitro- Video
Today on our 2007 Dodge Nitro we are doing a test fit of the Swagman Dispatch 2 platform-style bike rack. That part number is S64684. We already have our bikes secured down. I'm first going to show you how we do that. At each tire we have ratchet straps that are going to hold them in place, and then we also bushings there that are just going to prevent any scratches or abrasions from our strap onto our tire. Start by releasing those. more
4/14/2016 11:17:53 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2007 Dodge Nitro S64650- Video
Today on our 2007 Dodge Nitro, we're doing a test fit of the Swagman XC-2 Platform Style Bike Rack. That part number is S64650. We already have our bike secured down, we're just going to show you how we do that. In the center here we have a frame hook which is really going to hold our bike down and into our wheel cradles. Now you may notice on this bike compared to some other platform style, we don't have any kind of straps on our wheel cradles, but I can tell you from experience and reading though customer reviews that you don't have to worry about your wheels coming loose or anything like that. The frame hook does very well at holding our bike into place. more
4/14/2016 11:17:39 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2007 Dodge Nitro S63380- Video
Today on our 2007 Dodge Nitro we're doing a test fit of the Swagman Trailhead Hanging Style 4-Bike Rack, that part number is S63380. We already have our bike secured down, we're first going to show you how we do that. We've got 2 cradles in place with 4 straps all together. We've got 3 on our frame and 1 is our anti-sway in the back. We're going to start by removing those, then we'll we'll be able to pull our bike off of our rack, and set it off to the side. Now we'll start off by taking a few measurements here. First is going to be overall, what we're adding to our vehicle, it's going to be about 38-1/2". more
4/14/2016 11:17:26 AM
Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2007 Dodge Nitro- Video
Today on our 2007 Dodge Nitro we're doing a test fit of the Curt Premium Hanging Style 4-Bike Rack. That part number is C18064. We already have our bike secured down, we're first going to show you how we do that. We have 2 cradles in place with 3 straps, 2 on our frame here, and 1 is our anti-sway strap. We're going to start by releasing those and then we can pull our bike off of our rack, and set it off to the side. With our bike out of the way we can take a few measurements. First we're going to do our overall, adding about 38" 00:00:54 to our vehicle. more
4/14/2016 11:06:32 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan th9029xt- Video
Today, on this 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be testing the Thule Vertex 4 bike rack. Part number TH9029XT. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. How the bike is actually attached to the rack, we are going to have 3 points of contact with the bike's frame. We're going to have 2 straps up at the top here. Then one off to the side here. more
4/12/2016 11:17:45 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan TH912XTR- Video
Today on our 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be doing a test fit of the Thule Roadway 2-Bike Rack. That's for inch-and-a-quarter or two-inch hitches. It has a tilting feature. Part number on it is TH912XTR. Got the Roadway already installed in our receiver tube, and we've already got the bike in place. As you can see, it's going to secure our bike with three points of contact. more
4/12/2016 11:17:27 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan we'll be doing a test of the Swagman XC-2 bike platform style rack. That's for inch and a quarter or two inch trailer hitches. Part number on it is S64650. As you can see we've already got the XC-2 installed on our caravan and secure in our receiver tUBE. The XC-2 secures our bike by it's top tube by putting pressure on the bike's frame and ultimately on the tires so they sit firmly in our two adjustable wheel cradles. I'm going to go ahead and remove the bike so that I can go over some measurements and show you how the bike rack interacts with your vehicle. To remove the bike there is just these latches right here that are going to allow our frame hooks to raise up. more
4/12/2016 11:17:09 AM
Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be doing a test fit of the Saris Bones Tilting 2 Bike Rack. That's part number SA882. I've already got it loaded up on the Grand Caravan just to give a good idea of what it's going to look like and how it's going to hold our bike. It secures our bike in three spots. We have two straps for our top tube and then one for our down tube. The one for our down tube's going to be our anti-sway strap and it's going to help reduce a lot of the movement and play in our bike from side-to-side as well as prevent bike-to-bike contact and bike-to-vehicle contact. Let's go ahead and take our bike off. more
3/28/2016 10:27:31 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be doing a test fit of the Swagman Quad 2+2 2 Bike and 4 Bike Platform Style Rack. That's part number S64692. I've already got it loaded up on the Dodge Grand Caravan just to give you a good idea what it's going to look like. It's going to secure our bike in three spots. We have this nice frame hook on the top, putting down pressure on our top tube and to our two front and rear cradles. Then we've got the straps, of course come in between our spokes and keeping our bike firmly in place. more
3/28/2016 10:27:13 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be doing a test for the Thule T2 Pro Tilting Platform Style 2 bike rack. That's part number TH9034. I've already got it loaded up on the Grand Caravan just to give you a good idea what it is going to look like. It is a platform style rack as I said. It secures our bike in two spots. We have our rear wheel strap here and then we have our front wheel hook. All-in-all, the best part about it is that it has no frame contact, excuse me. One of the greatest features about this is its ability to tilt away so we can gain better access to our rear hatch. more
3/17/2016 2:36:06 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan S64682- Video
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be doing a test of the Swagman G10 platform style tilting 2 bike rack. That's part number S64682. So I've already got it loaded up on the Grand Caravan, just to give you a good idea of what it's going to look like. It secures our bike in three spots. We have a frame hook on top here that pushes pressure on our down tube into our two cradles, front and rear, and then the strap goes between our spokes, keeping our whole bike in place. But one of the greatest features of about this bike rig is the ability to tilt away, so we can gain access to our rear hatch. We come back here, pull up on our black tab, or lever, and as promised, we can get into our rear hatch. more
3/17/2016 2:26:24 PM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan ETTHT2C-2- Video
Today on our 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're doing a test fit of the Thule T2 Classic platform-style 2 bike rack. That part number is TH9044. Now, we already have our bike loaded up. We're first going to show you some features of the rack itself, go over how our bike is secured down, and then we'll go over some more features. First feature I want show you is the tilt-away feature, because we can't do this with our bike still on our rack. I'm going to start by removing this pin here, and then we're going to pull on this lever while holding our bike rack. more
2/8/2016 9:36:16 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan ETTHT2C-4- Video
Today on our 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're doing a test fit of the Thule T2 Classic Platform-Style 4 Bike Rack. That part number is TH9044-TH9046. Now, we've already got our bike on our rack here. We're first going to show you one of our features and then well go over how our bike is secured down and some more features. Now, we can actually tilt our bike rack with our bike on away from our vehicle. I'm going to get an extra set of hands. Its a good idea to do so especially if you have the four bikes on here. more
2/8/2016 9:36:06 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan S64650- Video
Today on our 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're doing a test fit of the Swagman XC2 platform style 2 bike rack. That part number is S64650. We already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that and then we'll go over some features of the rack itself. For our rack here, we have a frame hook that holds our bike in to our cradles. We don't have any straps on our cradles, but I can say with certainty that your bike is not going to come out of those wheel cradles. This is just going to hold it down in there. more
2/4/2016 3:16:06 PM
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan TS03B- Video
Today on our 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're doing a test fit of the Kuat transfer platform style 3 bike rack. That part number is TS03G. Now we already have our bike secured down. I'm first going to show you some features of the rack, go over how our back is secured down. Then we'll go over some more features. First thing I want to show you is our tilting feature which you can actually do this while your bike is on your bike rack. We're just going to rotate our two wheel hooks out of the way here. more
1/28/2016 1:46:06 PM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan TH912XTR- Video
Today on our 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're doing a test fit of the Tully 00:00:05 Roadway Hanging Style 2 Bike Rack. That part number is TH912XTR. Now we already have our bike secured down. First we're going to show you how we do that and then we'll go over some features of the rack itself. We have two cradles in place holding our bike down with three straps. Two on our frame there and then one is our anti sway strap in the back. To release those, we're just going to pull down and lift up. more
1/28/2016 1:28:41 PM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan TH9031XT- Video
Today on our 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan we're doing a test fit of the Thule Vortex Swing Hanging Style 4 bike rack, that part number is TH9031XT. Now we already have our bike in place. We're first going to go over some features of the rack. Show you how our bike is secured down and we'll go over some more features. The first thing I want to show you is our swing feature. We're going to start by removing our T pin here on the right side. more
1/28/2016 1:28:18 PM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan th9029xt- Video
Today on our 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Vertex Hanging-Style 4 Bike Rack. That part number is TH9029XT. Now, we've already got this installed with our bike on our rack. We're first going to show you how we secure that down, and then we'll go over some features of the rack itself. So holding our bike down, we have two cradles with three straps, two on our frame and then one is our anti-sway strap in the back. To release those, we're going to pull down and lift up and then we'll pull our bike straight off of our rack. Then with our bike out of the way, I always suggest that you replace your straps so you don't lose or damage any of them while you're heading down the road. Now we'll move onto some measurements here. So our first one is going to be our overall that we've added to the back of our vehicle with our arms hanging out. more
1/28/2016 1:28:03 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan S63380- Video
Today on our 2016 Dodge Grand caravan we're doing a test fit of the Swagman Trailhead Hanging Style 4-Bike Rack, that part number is S63380. Now, we already have our bike loaded up but first we're going to show you how you secure that in place and then we'll go over some of the features of the rack itself. So we have 2 cradles in place with 4 straps altogether, 3 on our frame here and then 1 is our anti-sway strap in the back. To release those, we're just going to pull down and lift up and we can pull our bike off of our rack and set it off to the side. One thing I always suggest that you do whenever you remove your bike or bikes, is to replace your straps so you don't lose or damage any of them, just a good habit to get into. You also don't want then flying around and distracting you while you're driving as well. Now take a few measurements here. Our first one's going to be our overall that we've added to the back of our vehicle with our arms hanging out. more
1/28/2016 1:27:46 PM
Saris Thelma Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're doing a test fit of Sara Selma Platform Style Free Bike Rack. That part number is SA4239B. Now we already have our bike in position on our rack. We're first going to show you how we secure our bike down and then we'll go over some features of the rack. At the front and at the back we have a ratcheting strap on each tire. That's there to secure our tire in place and keep it in our wheel cradle. First one we will remove is our back one here. more
1/28/2016 1:27:30 PM
Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today, on our 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're doing a test fit of the Inno Tire Hold Platform Style 3 Bike Rack. That part number is INH305-306. Now we already have our bike secured down. First, going to go over some features, then we'll go over how our bike is secured down, and we'll go over some more features after that. First, what I want to show you is our tilting feature, because we actually can tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle with our bike on it. We're going to start down here. We've got a lever. more
1/28/2016 1:27:10 PM
Hollywood Racks Road-Runner Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan we're doing a test fit of the Hollywood Racks Roadrunner hanging style 4-bike rack. That part number is HR400. We already have our bike secured down. I'm first going to show you how we do that and then we'll go over some features of the rack itself. The first thing we want to go over is our brace here. This is going to be more of an anti-sway purpose. The rack itself comes with 4 different straps that you can use that will go through the brace and around your tires so you can use that for each of your bikes. more
1/28/2016 1:26:06 PM
Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're doing a test fit of the Yakima Full-Tilt Hanging-Style 4 Bike Rack. That part number is Y02462. Now, we already have our bike in place. We're first going to show you how we secure that down and then we'll go over some features of the rack itself. So we have two cradles holding our bike with three zip strips in place, two on our top here and one is our anti-sway in the back there. To remove those, we're going to pinch the two grey pieces on either side and lift straight up. We'll set those off to the side. Make sure to keep track of those, 'cause we will put them back once we remove our bike. more
1/27/2016 11:47:18 AM
Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan we're doing a test fit of the Curt Premium Hanging-Style 4 bike rack. That part number is C18064. Now we already have our bike secured down, first going to show you how we do that then we'll go over some features of the rack itself. Here we have 2 cradles in place and 3 straps, 2 on our frame and 1 as our anti-sway strap in the back there. We'll pull down and lift up to release our straps. We'll be able to remove our bike. With our bike off to the side I always suggest that you replace your straps so you don't lose or damage any of them. Now we'll take a few measurements here. more
1/27/2016 11:46:06 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Dart- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Dart, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Roadway hanging-style 2 bike rack. That part number is TH912XTR. Now we already have our bike loaded up, but first we're going to show you how we secure that down and then we'll go over some of the features of the rack itself. We have 2 cradles in place holding our bike with 3 straps, 2 on our frame and then 1 as our anti-sway strap here in the back. To release those we're just going to pull down and lift up, then we'll be able to pull our bike off of our rack and set it off to the side. With our bike out of the way, I would suggest that you replace your straps so you don't lose or damage any of them. With our straps back in place we'll take a few measurements here. Our first one's going to be our overall length added to the vehicle with our arms hanging out, which is going to be about 25 and a half inches. more
1/21/2016 3:53:26 PM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Dart TH9029XT- Video
Today in our 2015 Dodge Dart we're doing a test fit of the Thule Vertex hanging style 4 bike rack. That part number is TH9029XT. We already have our bike loaded up but first we'll show you how we secure that in place and then we'll go over some features of the rack. We have two cradles holding our bike into place with three straps, two on our frame and then one as our anti-sway strap. We'll start by pulling down and lifting up, and then we can pull our bike off of our rack. With our bike off to the side, I always suggest you replace your straps so you don't lose or damage any of them. We'll take a few measurements. Our first one is going to be our overall added to the back of the vehicle with our arms hanging out, about 35 and 1/2 inches. more
1/21/2016 3:53:05 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Dart- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Dart we're doing a test fit of the Swagman XC 2 Platform Style 2 Bike Rack. That part number is S64650. Now we already have our bike loaded up. We'll first show you how we secure that down, and then we'll go over some features of the rack itself. Here we have a frame hook which is going to secure our bike down into those cradles. We don't have any straps like you would usually see for those wheels, although I can say with certainty that your bike is going to be completely secure with our frame hook here. To release our bike we're going to lift up on our frame hooks, we'll pinch this piece in here, and just lift straight up. more
1/21/2016 3:52:46 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Dart S63380- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Dart we're doing a test fit of the Swagman Trailhead hanging style 4 bike rack. That part number is S63380. Now, we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we secure it down, and then go over some features of the rack itself. We have 2 cradles in place with 4 straps, 3 on our frame and then 1 as our anti-sway strap here in the back. To release those we're just going to pull down and lift up. Then we're able to just pull our bike straight off the rack. more
1/21/2016 3:52:22 PM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan th912xtr- Video
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be testing fitting the Thule Roadway 2 Bike Rack, part number TH912XTR. As you can see, we already have the bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look at it and show off some of the features. Now how the bike is attached to the rack, you're going to have three points of contact to your bike's frame. You're going to have two straps up here and one strap off to the side here, which acts as an anti-sway to keep it from going back and forth, possibly hitting the bike rack or the bike in front of it. Let's go ahead and remove the straps and take the bike off. more
1/18/2016 8:51:37 AM
Swagman XTC4 Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman XTC4 bike rack, part number S64665. As you can see, we already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this bike attaches to the rack We're going to have 3 points of contact. We're going to have one on top on the frame with the frame hook here. It's nice and padded. more
1/18/2016 8:51:18 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan s64650- Video
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman XC-2 bike rack, part number S64650. As you can see, we already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. How the bike actually attaches to the rack, there's only one point in contact with your bike, and that's going to be the frame hook here, holding it down in position. Let's go ahead and remove that. To do that, you have this button here. You just push in while holding onto the bike, so it doesn't fall into the vehicle, and lift up. more
1/18/2016 8:51:06 AM
Softride Element-Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today in our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be test fitting the Softride Element Parallelogram Tilting 4 Bike Rack. Part number SR26248. As you can see we already have a bike attached to the rack, and first off I would like to show one of the most important features of this rack. This can actually tilt away from the rear of the vehicle to get to your cargo area with the bike still attached, which is pretty significant for a hanging style bike rack. To do that, you take the handle here, you pull out, just let it tilt away, and then you can gain access to your cargo area. In this case it works out just find. more
1/18/2016 8:49:05 AM
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan ts03B- Video
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan we're going to be test fitting the Kuat Transfer 3 Bike Rack, part number TS03G. As you can see, we already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's look at some of the features. Now the most interesting feature about this bike rack is the fact that it can tilt away from the vehicle so you can get to your cargo area with the bikes still installed. Now to do that, going to have to lift these out of the way, you go to this lever here, you can push down with your foot. Gently let it down like so and you can gain access to your cargo area. However, unfortunately with the Dodge Grand Caravan model, you are going to run into a little bit of static with the bike rack, or with the bike, excuse me. more
1/18/2016 8:48:07 AM
Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Fulltilt 4 bike rack. Part number Y02462. We already have a bike installed on our rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of those features. How the bike is attached to the rack, you're going to have 3 points of contact to the bike's frame. We're going to have the 2 zip strips up here, then the one off to this post here. This is going to act as an anti-sway strap, which is going to keep it from coming back and forth, possibly hitting the bike rack or the bikes in front of it. Let's go ahead and remove those. more
1/18/2016 8:47:35 AM
Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Charger- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Charger, we're doing a test fit of the Curt Premium Hanging Style 4 Bike Rack. That part number is C18064. We already have our bike secured down. First, going to show you how we do that then we'll go over some of the features of the rack itself. We have 2 cradles holding our bike in place. Then we have 3 straps, 2 up at the top on the frame then 1 as our anti-sway strap in the back here. more
1/13/2016 10:56:06 AM
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