Hollywood Racks Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon HR1450Z-85- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon we're gonna be doing a test fit on the Hollywood Racks Sport Rider SE2 two bike platform rack with the cargo carrier attached, which is part number HR1450Z-85.As you can see, we have a bike installed, so let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. Obviously the one that sticks out to you right away is that we have a cargo carrier attached to the end of our bike rack. This is very convenient for times where maybe you want to haul all your dirty gear after a long bike ride, and it's outside of your vehicle, or if you just have more gear to travel with than what you can fit in your vehicle.The bike rack has three different points where it's secured. We have a hook and loop strap on the back wheel and the front wheel, and then we have this padded frame hook putting down force on top of the bike frame, forcing it into the wheel trace. The padding is gonna help protect your bike frame for any type of scratches or abrasions. Now one really cool feature is that we can tilt this away from the vehicle to gain access to our trunk. more
12/3/2018 3:27:15 PM
Hollywood Racks Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon HR1450Z- Video
Speaker 1: We're rolling. Speaker 2: Today on our 2017 Subaru Outback wagon, we're going to be doing a test fit on the Hollywood Rack Sport Rider SE2 2 part platform rack. Part number HR1450Z.Now, with the rack installed, let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.To start, we can tilt this bike rack away to get access to our trunk. I'm going to come pull this safety pin right here. You might want to lift up, just a bit on the bike rack so you can pull that out. And then I'm going to pull on this pin, on the other side and tilt it away. more
11/21/2018 2:17:16 PM
Yakima RidgeBack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2018 Subaru Forester- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Subaru Forester, we're gonna be testing the Yakima Ridgeback two bike rack, and that's gonna be part number Y zero two four five seven. As you can see, we do have a bike installed, so let's take a closer look and show off some of these features.Now if we start here on the ends of our arms, we are gonna have two bottle openers that Yakima loves to put on their bike racks. If we look closer at these cradles, we're gonna see they are stationary, however they make up for having these nice rubber TPE padding. Now what that means is these notches right here are gonna act as shock absorbers for your bike frame while you're traveling.The bike's gonna be secured at three different points of contact. Were gonna have two zip strips securing the frame of our bike into these cradles. Then we're gonna have this anti-raddle cradle and, once we have a zip strip securing the frame into the cradle, that's gonna prevent too much raddling or swaying while we're driving, preventing our bike from making contact with the vehicle or with another bike we might have installed.I want to point out up here, if you look at your front wheel, we're gonna see it can kind of roam freely as it wills. more
9/14/2018 8:47:34 AM
RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2018 Subaru Forester- Video
Speaker 1: Today in our 2018 Subaru Forester, we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts Monorail two bike platform rack. That's part number RKY10004.As you can see, we do have a bike installed, so let's take a closer look at some of the features. Now like a lot of platform style racks, this one can tilt away from your vehicle to provide you with rear hatch access. We're gonna come to this blue T pin that's under the bike rack, we're going to pull it and then just let it tilt away. Once we do that, we can go ahead and open up our hatch. Once that opens up, as you can see you do have a good amount of room. more
9/14/2018 8:38:49 AM
Yakima Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2018 Subaru Forester- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Subaru Forester, we're going to be testing the Yakima Fourtimer four bike platform rack, that's going to be part number Y02469.As you can see, we do have a bike installed, so let's take a closer look at some of these features. Now, like a lot of platform style racks, this one can tilt away from your vehicle to provide you with rear hatch access. How we're going to do that is we're going to come and pull this gray pin right here. You might need to lift the bike rack up just a bit, and wiggle it out like so. From there, we're going to pull the red pin and then your bike rack can tilt away like so. As you can see, our hatch can open.It comes close to making contact with that handle bar, but it doesn't quite do it, so you're all good right there. more
9/14/2018 8:37:50 AM
Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2018 Subaru Forester- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Subaru Forester, we're going to be test fitting the Inno Aero Light 4 Bike Rack for inch and a quarter and two inch hitches, Part number INH640.As you can see, we do have a bike installed, so let's take a closer look and show off some of these features. Now starting first, we're gonna have this integrated cable lock system. It comes from the base of the bike rack and it inserts into that lock right there. When you want to remove the cable, you will get a set of keys with your bike rack, you would simply just slide up this tab right here, you have your insert for your key, you can unlock you cable, and unload your bikes.Our cradles right here are gonna be able to pivot left and right, like so, and also move up and down the bike rack to accommodate any size bike frame you might have or any spacing between the bikes you might want. That being said, our bike has three different points where it's secured to the bike rack. We have two of these straps on the top of our bike frame, securing it into the cradles. more
9/14/2018 8:37:25 AM
Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Inno Aero Light Four Bike Rack, part number INH640. We already have a bike installed on our rack. Let's go and take a closer look and show off some of the features.Starting at the end and working our way inward, at the very end of our first arm here, you can see we have this locking point along with a place for a key. This is what's going to hold the integrated cable lock so when all four bikes are installed, this wraps around all of them and attaches to this point here to offer some security for your four bikes as you travel. It does come with a set of two keys for this.Moving onto the cradles, we are going to have these padded ends here where the frame's going to rest in place. You can see that that's going to provide a nice point here to help protect your frame once you install it. more
8/16/2018 5:18:43 PM
Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek INH620- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XP Crosstrek, we're going to be test-fitting the Inno Aero Light 2 Bike Rack, part number INH620.We already have a bike installed on the rack, so we're going to take a closer look and show off some of the features. This of course can carry up to 2 bikes. The cradles can be moved back and forth, as needed, to assist you with loading and unloading, and there is a padding on the cradles to make sure that the frame of your bike doesn't get damaged once it's installed.It holds your bike at 3 points. We'll have 2 strips up at the top, as well as one off to the side, and that's going to serve as anti-sway cradle to keep your bike from moving too far back and forth and causing bike to bike contact.Now with these anti-sway cradles, they can be pushed up out of the way, and this is going to make loading and unloading much easier, but when you fold the arms down you're going to want these folded all the way out, and we'll get to that in a second.Also, moving forward here, we do have an integrated cable lock that'll wrap around both the frames of your bike and attach to this point here and lock into place. It comes with a set of 2 keys to do so.Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. To do that, there are tabs on both sides of the strip here, just push them in at the same time and these come right out. more
8/16/2018 5:18:27 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Quad 2 plus 2 two bike and four bike platform rack for two inch hitches. This is going to be part number S64692.We already have a bike installed on this rack, and while this is rated for both motor homes and vehicles this means you can take it on the vehicle you may be towing behind your RV as well as the back of your RV as well. Plus, it has another interesting feature about it is when you see it in the four bike version here by removing a screw up at the front here you can take this rear portion out and convert this to a two bike version if need be. How it holds the bike into place, we're going to have three points of contact. At both tires we're going to have these straps, and then up at the top here we're going to have this padded frame hook. When it's padded it's going to make sure that the frame of your bike doesn't get scratched or damaged once this is being installed. more
8/15/2018 8:17:45 AM
RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2018 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Subaru Outback Wagon, we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts MonoRail Solo 1 Bike Platform Rack for 1-1/4 and 2" Hitches, part number RKY10007.We already have a bike installed on our rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look here. This carries up to one bike, and like most platform-style racks, this does tilt away from the vehicle so we can gain better hatch access. You can see there's no issue of clearance between the bike and the hatch itself, and there's plenty of space between the bike rack and the bumper to get what you need.To put the bike rack back in its original position, just push up on the bike rack itself until you hear it click. It does come with an anti-theft cable here to wrap around the bike's frame, and it attaches to the bike rack itself here with the included lock, and this is keyed alike with the hitch lock, which we'll get to a little bit later. Let's go ahead and take that off. more
6/21/2018 8:07:37 AM
RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2018 Subaru Outback Wagon RKY10007-05- Video
Speaker 1: Today we're on our 2018 Subaru Outback Wagon, we're gonna be test fitting the Rocky Mounts Monorail Solo 2 Bike Platform Rack for inch, and a quarter inch two inch hitches, part number RKY10007-05.We already have a bike installed on the rack, let's go and take a closer look here. And one of the more interesting things about this bike rack is you can split it up into a single bike rack by removing the two screws on either side here and pulling this back section out. Like with the other platform style racks, this can tilt away from the vehicle with both bikes attached to gain rear hatch access, although the handle is pretty far forward here, so if you had two bikes on here, it might be a little difficult to do this on your own. You may need an extra set of hands, but for today's purposes, you can just pull towards us and let the bike rack come down holding onto the bike rack.Now you can see, we have plenty of space in between the bike and the hatch itself and we have enough space in between the bike rack and the bumper to get what we need as well.To put it back in it's original position, you simply lift up on the bike rack itself until you hear that click. It does come with an anti-theft cable here that you wrap around the frame of your bike and it gets attached to a point just underneath the front platform here and there is a lock that comes with that and it is key to like with the hitch lock which we'll get to a little bit later.So, let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. We'll grab our key here for the lock, remove our cable. more
6/21/2018 8:07:25 AM
RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2018 Subaru Forester RKY10007-05- Video
Speaker 1: Today in our 2018 Subaru Forester, we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts MonoRail Solo two-bike rack, part number RKY10007-05.We already have a bike installed on our rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look here. This is a pretty unique two-bike rack. This can tilt away like most bike racks with both bikes still attached, and also, you can remove this back section here by removing the two bolts on either side. It does come with the tools to do this, and convert this to a one-bike rack as well.This can fit a wide variety of bikes, such as the Fat bike that you see here, and it comes with a strap extension to do so. This will also fit mountain bikes, road bikes, alternate frame bikes, and kids' bikes, and you don't have to worry about any bike adapter bars or the protection of your carbon frame bikes, because this grips it by the tire, therefore there's no frame contact at all.To tilt this away from the vehicle, there's a latch up at the front here. more
6/15/2018 11:28:08 AM
RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2018 Subaru Forester RKY10007- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Subaru Forester, we're gonna be test fitting the RockyMounts Monorail Solo one bike platform rack for inch and a quarter and two inch hitches, part number RKY10007.I've gone ahead and installed the bike, let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. This does fit a wide variety of bikes, particularly the path bike like you see here. It does come with a strap extension to attach everything in place. It's gonna grip your bike at two points. We're gonna have the rear strap as I showed here, and this does pivot back and forth to accommodate different size bikes. Then we're gonna have this wheel hook up at the front. more
6/15/2018 11:27:55 AM
RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're going to be test-fitting the RockyMounts MonoRail Solo 1-Bike Platform Rack for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches, part number RKY10007. We already have our bike installed on here, so let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.One of the best features about this bike rack is the fact that it can fit a wide variety of bikes, especially fat bikes like you see here, and it does come with the extra strap so you can attach it to the rear mounting point. Also, unlike most of the other single bike racks out there, this can tilt away from the vehicle with a bike attached to get rear hatch access. The others either just fold up or are stationary. So, you go out and come to the front here to this blue handle, pull out slightly, let it come down, and now we have full hatch access to get what we need and more than enough space in between the bike rack and the bumper itself to do so. To put it back in position, you push up on the bike rack, never the bike, until you hear that click.How the bike is held into place: We're going to have two points of contact. more
6/15/2018 11:27:27 AM
RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek RKY10007-05- Video
Speaker 1: Today with our 2014 Subaru XV CrossTrek, we're gonna be test fitting the RockyMounts Monorail Solo Two Bike Platform Rack for inch and a quarter and two inch hitches, part number: RKY10007-05. We already have a bike installed on our rack. Let's take a closer look here. One of the nicest features about this bike rack is the fact that it can fit a wide variety of bikes, mainly the fat bike that you see here, because it comes with an extra strap for the rear connection point here.This will also work with eBikes, as well as road bikes, mountain bikes, kids' bikes, and alternate frame bikes as well. One of the main features about this is that it can tilt away from the vehicle with the bike still attached to gain rear hatch access. To do that, there is a blue handle up at the front here. more
6/15/2018 11:27:12 AM
Lets Go Aero Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video
Speaker 1: Today, on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be testing the Elliptical Aero BikeWing, T4 4-bike rack for two-inch hitches, part number B01458. We already have a bike installed on our rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look here.This is designed for up to four bikes, has a carry capacity of 160 pounds, so that, roughly, is going to be about 40 pounds per bike, give or take. This can hold road bikes like you see here, but it can also fit alternate frame bikes, kids bikes, mountain bikes, and fat bikes, and with an adapter, excuse me, that is sold separately.Now, the big advantage to this is how it grips the bike itself. It's going to have these two points of contact here, or really, four points of contact, with these straps, and once those are attached, they're going to stay in place. But the big advantage is, no bike adapter bar is going to be necessary with this installation process, as you would get with a lot of other platform-style racks on the market.Also, we do have this padding here, that is adjustable up and down, the arms here, to help protect the frame of your bike to make sure no scratches or abrasions get to it. more
6/9/2018 2:27:10 PM
Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're going to be test fitting the Saris Glide EX 4 Bike Rack, for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches, part number SA774. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go take a closer look here. This is a pretty unique bike rack, when it comes to the hanging style. Now, if you want to gain rear hatch access with all four bikes attached, normally you would have to buy a model that you can swing out away from the vehicle to do that, because most of the hanging style, you'd have to take the bikes off, fold it down and then you can tilt it out of the way.With this, this actually glides out of way with all four bikes attached. To get that rear hatch access, to do that we'll come to this trigger here, at the backside, push out, and then we have that access that we need. more
6/1/2018 8:27:11 AM
Yakima Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're going to be test fitting the Yakima HoldUp Evo 4-bike platform rack for 2" hitches, part number Y02479-2. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.This bike is already fat bike capable, able to carry bikes with a tire width up to 5". It also can carry ebikes, road bikes, mountain bikes, and most alternate frame bikes as well. It can tilt away from the vehicle with all four bikes attached. To do that we have this lever here at the front, which is a lot different than the previous model which had the pins that you would have to pull out on one side and one to pull out on this side as well. more
4/17/2018 3:37:11 PM
Yakima Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek y02479- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV CrossTrek we're going to be test fitting the Yakima HoldUp EVO two bike platform rack for 2 inch hitches, part number Y02479. We already have a bike installed on the rack, let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. This can carry a wide variety of bikes. It's already capable to carry a fat bike, like you see here, so you don't have to get any aftermarket parts, like you would with other bike racks. It can also carry e-bikes up to 50 pounds, and has a 50 pound capacity per bike for this bike rack. Like most platform style bike racks, this can tilt away from the vehicle to gain full hatch access. more
4/12/2018 1:07:11 PM
Swagman XTC 2 Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video
Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're going to be test fitting the Swagman XTC2. This is a folding platform style two-bike rack. They designed it so we can use either the inch and a quarter or a 2-inch hitch with it. Part number is S64670. To begin our test fit we're going to slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. Slide it in far enough to line our fretted hole up with our hitch pin hole. We'll take out anti-rattle bolt, we'll thread that through. more
4/12/2018 12:33:29 PM
Yakima Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Subaru Outback wagon we're doing a test fit of the Yakima TwoTimer platform-style 2-bike rack, part number Y02468. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you one of the key features. We're going to come around here to the back and we're going to pull out on our lever. When we pull out on our lever, we can actually tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle. We can do this with our bikes fully loaded. more
4/5/2018 4:47:12 PM
Rhino Rack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2011 Subaru Forester- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2011 Subaru Forester, we're going to be test fitting the Rhino Rack 2 Bike Rack for two inch hitches, part number RRRBC045. We already have our bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look here.This does come with this strap included, and this is the stabilization strap for where you have even two bikes, you wrap it around the frames of the bikes into a tow point on the vehicle itself, and tighten it up, and that's going to help keep everything together while you're driving, and keep it from moving too far back and forth.Like most hanging style bike racks, the cradles here are adjustable back and forth, or side to side, and we have them pointed inward like you see here, and that's going to help out with loading and unloading our bike to the inside. At the ends of our arms, we do have reflective material, and that's going to help for better visibility at night, and how it actually grips the bike, it'll have three points of contact. It will have two straps on our top tube, and one off to the side, which is going to serve as an anti-sway cradle to keep the bike from moving too far back and forth. Now, as you see with the stabilization strap here, it's not going anywhere.Let's go ahead and remove the strap, and then we'll remove our bike. more
4/2/2018 7:07:12 AM
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2018 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Subaru Outback wagon we're taking a look at the Kuat NV 2.0. This is a two bike platform style rack, this has been designed for use in two inch by two inch hitches. The part number on it NV22G. Now there are several options available in colors and sizes for the NV, this is the gunmetal gray and orange, we also have it in the metallic black, two bike like what we have here or four bike. For those of you with the inch and a quarter hitches we have it available in the gunmetal gray and orange and metallic black limited to the two bike version only.Now the biggest benefit we get out of the envy here is gonna be the access that we can gain into the rear of the vehicle. Some platform style racks don't have quite this much tilt feature which a lot of times run into interference as we're opening our door but you can see we've got plenty of clearance here with the Subaru, allows us to get anything in or out of the back that we might want. more
2/19/2018 6:47:54 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2018 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Subaru Outback Wagon, we're taking a look at the Thule T2 Pro XTB. This is a platform-style two bike rack. It's been designed for use in 2 inch hitches. The part number on it is TH9034XT. Now, this rack's going to give you an excellent solution for just about any type of bike. It's been designed to work with road bikes, mountain bikes, even fat bikes.It's also a tilting-style rack. more
2/19/2018 6:47:43 AM
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2018 Subaru Outback Wagon TS02G- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Subaru Outback wagon we're test fitting the Kuat Transfer. Now this is a 2-bike platform-style rack designed to tilt away from your vehicle with or without bikes loaded. Part number on it is TS02G. These are also available in three-bike configurations, and if you prefer the color black, available in two bike or three bike black as well. Now the big benefit you get here going to be the tilt-away feature is really nice. Tilts the back out at a good angle from the rear of the vehicle. more
2/19/2018 6:47:31 AM
Hollywood Racks Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Hollywood Racks sport rider SE2 platform two bike rack with cargo carrier for fat bikes, part number HR1450-85-FB. We already have our bike installed on the rack as you can see here. And we do have our cargo carrier already installed as well. Like many platform style racks, this can tilt away from the vehicle with everything still attached to gain rear hatch access. That includes the cargo carrier fully loaded. To do that, you come up to the front here, you see this pin, this snap pin here. more
1/11/2018 4:17:12 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek S64686- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Semi 2.0 2-bike platform rack for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches, part number S64686. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. Like with most platform racks, this can tilt away from the vehicle with the bikes still attached to gain rear hatch access. To do that you come up to the front to this latch, lift up, let it tilt towards you, and you have full hatch access to get whatever you need. There is plenty of space on both sides to get what you need.To put it back into position, just simply lift up on the bike rack, never the bike, until you hear that click. more
12/22/2017 3:17:10 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek S64683- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're doing a test fit of the Swagman Chinook Platform Style Two Bike Rack. That part number is S64683. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to come around back here behind our bike, and we're going to lift up on our spring loaded lever, and we're able to tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle with our bikes fully loaded. In this position, we are going to gain that full access into our Crosstrek, and we have plenty of room to stand in between our bike rack and our vehicle to get out larger or smaller items. more
9/18/2017 8:57:08 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek S64682- Video
Speaker 1: Today in our 2014 Subaru Crosstrek we're doing a test fit of this Swagman G10 Platform Style Two-Bike Rack. That part number is S64682. Now we already have our bike secured down. I'm first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. If we come around here behind both of our bikes we're going to have our black handle. If we lift up slightly on our bike rack and pull up on that spring load lever.We're going to be able to tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle with our bikes fully loaded. more
9/15/2017 4:17:11 PM
Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon we're doing a test fit of the Saris Freedom EX Platform Style 2 Bike Rack. That part number is SA4412F. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to go over one of the key features of this rack.The main feature is going to be our tilting feature. We've got two levers. We're going to come to our lower lever here, it's going to be the black one at the bottom. more
9/5/2017 9:17:42 AM
Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Curt 4x platform rack for 2-inch hitches, part number C18087. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.One of the features of this bike rack is the fact that it can tilt away from the vehicle with all four bikes still attached. To do that, we'll come up to the front here. Going to see these two pins, smaller and larger. We'll remove the smaller pin first. more
9/5/2017 9:17:09 AM
Yakima HoldUp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Forester- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2016 Subaru Forester we're doing a test fit of the Yakima HoldUp platform-style 2-bike rack. That part number is Y02443. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to come here to the back and pull out on our pin and tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle. What's great about this is in this position we are gain full access into our back hatch area. more
8/29/2017 8:47:15 AM
RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon we're doing a test fit of the Rockymounts BackStage Platform Style Two Bike Rack. That part number is RKY10002. Now, we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to go over a couple of the main features of this rack.A great thing about this rack is that we can actually tilt this away from our vehicle when our bikes are fully loaded. We're going to come here to the back to our blue handle. This is going to allow us to tilt that away. more
8/23/2017 8:57:14 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Speaker 1: Today, on our 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon, we're doing a test-fit of the Thule Double Track Pro Platform-Style 2-Bike Rack, that part number is: TH9054.Now, we already have our bike secured down, we're first going to show you how we secure our bike into place. At our rear tire back here, we're going to have a cam-buckle strap. We'll just push on the cam on the opposite side and pull our strap through. At our front tire, we'll have the same thing. Once again, just pushing on our cam buckle and pulling our strap through. Now, as for the center, we're going to have a frame clamp. more
8/23/2017 8:57:05 AM
RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek RKY1140-3- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test-fitting the RockyMounts Split Rail three-bike rack, part number RKY1140-3. This is a platform-style rack and we already have a bike installed on the rack, so let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.One of the more prominent features of this bike rack is the fact that it can tilt away from the vehicle with all three bikes still attached to gain rear hatch access. To do that, we'll come underneath right here, pull towards us, let it come down, and now we have access to our rear hatch to get what we need. There's enough space on either side to come in and do so. To put it back in its original position we'll simply lift up until you hear that click.A bike that's held in place will have two points of contact with no frame contact at all. Instead, we'll have a rear wheel strap here, which is adjustable to accommodate bikes of different sizes, and up front here, we have this wheel hook. more
8/21/2017 10:47:52 AM
RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek RKY1140-4- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts SplitRail Four-Bike Platform Rack for 2" Hitches, part number RKY1140-4. We already have a bike installed on the rack, so let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.One of the main features of this bike rack is the fact that it can tilt away from the vehicle with all four bikes still attached. In some cases you may need to ask for assistance as the handle is pretty far up here, and that can be kind of a hindrance at times. Plus, with all four bikes, it's going to be pretty heavy, so once you pull this, you want to make sure that someone is there to catch it so it doesn't come crashing down on you.We'll pull out like so, let it come down, and now we have full access to our rear hatch, and we do have space on both sides to get what we need. To lift it back into position, it's very simple. You just take it, bring it back up till you hear that click, and now it's back into its normal position.How it holds the bike in place, we're not going to have any frame contact at all. more
8/21/2017 10:47:07 AM
RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek RKY10004- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts MonoRail Two-Bike Platform Rack for 2" Hitches, part number RKY10004. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.More prominent feature about this bike rack is the fact that it can tilt away from the vehicle with both bikes still attached to gain rear hatch access. To lower it down, we have this switch up at the front, which is pretty nice because a lot of bike racks that do tilt away, the switch is going to be up towards the front here, which can be kind of difficult to get to when you're trying to have it with two bikes on there come down.So, we'll come to this blue handle here. Simply pull out holding onto the bike rack while we do this. We'll let it come forward, and now we have full hatch access, and we have enough space in between the bike rack and the vehicle to get what we need. more
8/20/2017 8:57:04 AM
RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek RKY10004-10005- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're doing a test of the RockyMounts MonoRail platform-style 3-bike rack. That part number is RKY10004-10005. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to go over one of the key features, which is the our tilting feature. We're going to come here in between our second and third bike and we'll have our lever. We're going to pull out on that lever and then we can tilt our bike rack down away from our vehicle with our bikes fully loaded. more
8/20/2017 8:37:29 AM
RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek RKY10002- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're going to be test-fitting the RockyMounts Backstage two bike platform rack for two inch hitches, and this is a swinging model, meaning that this will actually completely swing away with both bikes attached to it so you can gain rear hatch access, and that is pretty unique for a platform style bike rack. Normally, you would be seeing this on hanging styles.To swing it out, you start here at this blue handle at the base. Turn it to the left to loosen until it's all the way loosened up. Then you come to this blue handle on the inside, the circular blue handle. Pull up, which will release it from the edge here. Then we'll get to about a 90 degree point such as this area here. more
8/17/2017 9:57:18 AM
Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek SA4026F- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're gonna test fitting the Saris Freedom SuperClamp EX 4-Bike platform rack for 2 inch hitches, part number SA4026F. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. The first feature about this is the fact that it can tilt away with all bikes still attached. To do that, we'll first come to base here and remove this pin like so. Then come up to the front. more
8/15/2017 7:47:16 AM
Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek SA4025F- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Saris SuperClamp EX Two-Bike Platform Rack for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches, part umber SA4025FWe already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look, and we're going to show off some of the features. What's really nice about this bike rack is the fact that it can tilt away with the vehicle with both bikes still attached. To do that, we'll come up to the front to this lever here where it says "Pull." We'll pull it out, let it come towards us, and now we have full hatch access and plenty of space on either side to get what we need.Put it back in position. We'll grab by the bike rack and push holding onto our bike as we do so until you hear a little bit of a click. It does come with integrated cable locks on either side, and you have to push down these tabs to release them. more
8/15/2017 7:47:06 AM
Thule Hitching-Post-Pro Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru Forester- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru Forester we're doing a test fit of the Thule Hitching Post Pro hanging style 4-bike rack. That part number is TH934XTR.Now, we already have our bike secured down, I'm first going to show you how we secure it in place. So we have three straps altogether, we've got two over the top portion of our frame, and we have one underneath as our anti-sway strap. We're going to start by pulling down and lifting up to release those, then we'll be able to pull our bike off and we can set it off to the side.With our bike out of the way we're gonna take a few measurements. First is going to be overall what we're adding to our vehicle with our arms hanging out. It's gonna be about 36 1/2". more
8/10/2017 9:57:04 AM
Malone Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video
Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're going to be test fitting the Malone 2-bike platform rack for 2" hitches, part number MPG2112. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. One of the more prominent features about this rack is the fact that it can tilt away from the vehicle with both bikes still attached to gain rear hatch access. To do that, we come to the base and you'll see the snap pin here. We'll remove that. To do that you may have to lift up a little bit on the rack. more
7/20/2017 2:57:18 PM
Malone Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek MPG2112-2115- Video
Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're going to be test fitting the Malone Pilot 4-bike rack, part number MPG2112-2115. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. Now the most prominent feature about this bike rack is the fact that it can tilt away from the vehicle with all four bikes still attached to gain rear hatch access. To do that, come up to the front here where we have this pin, loosen that up, lift up a little bit on the bike rack itself, and then you notice that it actually doesn't come down. That's because there's a catch up at the front to make sure that doesn't happen so it doesn't come down too fast on you once you release the pin. Instead, you just pull out like so, and now it tilts down. more
7/19/2017 7:47:40 AM
Malone Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek MPG2130- Video
Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Malone RunWay 3 Bike Rack for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches, part number: MPG2130. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How the bike is held into place, we're gonna have three points of contact. We're gonna have two straps up at the top tube here, and then one off to the side, which is gonna serve as and anti-sway cradle to keep the bike from moving too far back and forth, and preventing bike-to-bike contact. It also comes with a stabilization strap for when all three bikes are installed, and wraps around all of them as well as the mast, to keep them together in that instance. more
7/18/2017 7:57:09 AM
Malone Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2016 Subaru Outback wagon, we're going to be test fitting the Malone Pilot two-bike platform rack for 2-inch hitches, part number MPG2112. We already have a bike on our rack, so let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. One of the more prominent features about this bike rack, is the fact that it can tilt away from the vehicle with both bikes still attached, so we can gain rear hatch access. To do that, we'll come to this pin at the base, pop the pin loose. And you'll notice, that even with the pin loose, that's not going to come down. And that's because it's kind of a built in safety feature with this catch in the front, to make sure that's not going to fall down on you while you're trying to take this out. What you do, is you take a hold of the rack, pull out, let it tilt down. more
7/5/2017 1:37:19 PM
Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek C18085-FB- Video
Today on our 2014 Subaru XV CrossTrek we're going to be test fitting the Curt platform two bike rack for fat bikes. This works both with inch and a quarter and two inch hitches, part number C18085-FB. We already have a bike installed on our rack, so let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. One of the most prominent features about this bike rack is the fact that it can carry two fat bikes on the ends of it, but this will also work with road bikes, mountain bikes and alternate frame bikes as well. It also can be tilted away from the vehicle with both bikes still attached. Do to that we'll come to the base here, and there's two pins. We have a smaller and a larger. more
7/5/2017 1:07:59 PM
Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek C18085- Video
Today, on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Curt Two-Bike Platform Rack for inch-and-a-quarter and two-inch hitches, part number: C18085. We all ready have a bike installed on the rack let's take a close look and showoff some of the features. How the bike is held in place, we're going to have this one frame hook, up at the top, which is lockable. It's padded to make sure the frame of your bike doesn't get any scratches or abrasions on it once it's being installed. One of the biggest features about this bike rack is the fact that it can tilt away from the vehicle with both bikes still attached to gain rear hatch access. To do that, we'll come to the base here and you'll see two pins, a larger and a smaller. We'll first remove the larger pin, like so. Now it's resting on the smaller one, so we'll just push off slightly, remove the smaller pin, and holding it by the bike rack, we'll let it tilt away from the vehicle, like so. more
7/5/2017 1:07:47 PM
Malone Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon MPG2124- Video
Today on our 2016 Subaru Outback wagon we're going to be test fitting the Malone Hanger 4 bike rack for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches, part number MPG2124. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How the bike is attached to the rack, we're going to have two points of contact. We're going to have a strap up at the top here and off to the side here. That's going to serve as an anti-sway cradle to keep the bike from moving too far back and forth and causing bike to bike contact. The cradles are movable side to side and front to back. This is to accommodate loading of bikes. more
7/5/2017 7:47:25 AM
Malone Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek MPG2124- Video
Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're doing a test fit of the Malone Hanger 4 bike rack. That part number is MPG2124. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we secure it in place. We have two straps at the top holding onto our frame. We're just going to pull up on the tab here and pull our strap through. more
6/27/2017 9:17:08 AM
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