Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Hey everyone. Today we have a 2018 Subaru Outback, and we're going to do a test for the 2E Apex XT four bike hanging style rack. Notice the hitch mounted bike rack, so it mounts to the hitch receiver on your Outback. It allows you to carry up to four bikes to and from the trails. This bike rack is going to have an onboard cable lock. It comes from the base right here, comes all the way over and locks into that slot. more

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3/29/2019 5:07:32 PM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Subaru Outback Wagon Th9042PRO- Video

Hey everyone. Today we have a 2019 Subaru Outback, and we're going to do a test with the Thule Helium Pro two-bike hanging style rack. Now this is a hitch-mounted bike rack, so it's going to mount to the hitch receiver on your Outback. It's going to allow you to carry up to two bikes to and from the trails.It's got a pretty awesome design to it. It comes in at just under 20 pounds so it's going to be very lightweight and easy to handle so you're not going to have to strain your back at all when putting it in your hitch receiver or taking it out. A lot of times those platform racks can get up 30, 40 pounds and just can be a hassle. more

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3/29/2019 5:07:05 PM

Hollywood Racks Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Subaru Outback Wagon HR1400Z- Video

Today on our 2019 Subaru Outback Wagon, we're going to be doing a test fit on the Hollywood Racks Sport Rider SE4 platform style four-bike rack. That's part number HR1400Z. I've already got it loaded up just to give you a good idea of what it looks like on your Subaru and how it's going to hold our bikes.I did say it's a four-bike rack, but this can also be converted down to a two-bike rack, and you can also take off the two-bike extension and put on a cargo carrier. This bike rack has a ton of options. As I said, it can be converted down to that two-bike rack. If we're not carrying all of these bikes, we can take off that extra weight, we're going to have more clearance off the back, and just carry our two bikes, or our two bikes and some cargo. more

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1/30/2019 9:37:10 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Subaru Outback Wagon th9034xt- Video

Today on our 2019 Subaru Outback wagon, we're going to be doing a test fit on the Tooly T2 pro XTB platform style two bike rack. That's part number TH9034XT. I've already got it loaded up just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it looks on our Subaru Outback. It holds our bikes by their front tire, so we have zero frame contact. This is a nice feature when we're carrying those carbon fiber bikes or bikes we don't want any abrasions or scratches done to that top tube. You can see here how it's going to push down on that tire right in front of our brakes or our fork, whatever comes first, into that large front cradle. more

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1/23/2019 6:57:31 PM

Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Subaru Outback Wagon NV22B- Video

Today, in our 2019 Subaru Outback, we're going to be doing a test fit on the Kuat NV 2.0 2-Bike Platform Rack which is part number NV-22B.This is a very high quality bike rack that's going to do a great job of securing your bikes with no frame contact and getting you from point A to point B wherever you need to go.The first feature I want to point out right away, which a lot of platform style racks have, is that it can tilt away from the vehicle so you can gain access to your trunk.There's a handle right here, we're going to pull down on and it just tilts away. Now we can just slide in here and open up our trunk. Doesn't even come close to making contact with our bike and we've got plenty of space to get in here and get whatever gear, cargo or even groceries that we might have in there.Now, to tilt it back up, you've just got to reverse the process. We're just going to grab a hold of the bike rack down in here, just tilt it up until it locks into place.Another cool feature is that we have a cable lock integrated in the back wheel platform right here. You will just wrap around either the wheel or the frame of the bike and it locks into itself like this. Just locks into itself, you get a key that's key to like for both of the cable locks and it's a great security feature so that no one can remove your bike without that key.Now, the bike itself is held in at two different points of contact. more

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1/14/2019 8:47:11 AM

Hollywood Racks Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Subaru Outback Wagon HR200Z- Video

Today our 2019 Subaru Outback Wagon. We're going to be doing a test within the Hollywood racks trail rider platform style two bike rack, that's part number HR200Z. Now this bike rack, I've already got it loaded up on our Subaru just to give you a good idea what it looks like on a bike loaded up to it so you can see how it's going to hold our bikes.Now, it holds two bikes with the top tube here, the rubber coated frame hook puts down pressure on that top tube into the cradles, not the bad way to carry two bikes. You can see I'm giving it a little bit of a shake here and there's not a whole lot of movement. So again it's going to be a safe way to transport our two bikes.Now this bike rack doesn't have all the bells and whistles but that's okay because it's extremely easy to use. Now it also doesn't tilt away like most platform style bike racks, instead it has a unique way for loading and unloading your bikes, but we'll get to that in a second. more

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1/10/2019 8:37:31 AM

Hollywood Racks Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Subaru Outback Wagon HR1450Z- Video

Today on our 2019 Subaru Outback Wagon we're going to be doing a test on the Hollywood Rack Sport Rider SE2 Platform Style Two Bike Rack. That's part number HR1450Z.So I've already got it loaded up with a bike as well just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it's gonna hold our two bikes.Now right away one of the nice things about this bike rack is that you can attach two awesome accessories to it at the end. You have the option to attach a cargo carrier, or a two bike extension so you can carry two more bikes. You can find those right here at etrailer.com. You can also pick them all up as a kit. So definitely check that out.Now like most platform style bike racks that are premium you can tilt it away, so we can gain access to that rear hatch. more

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1/10/2019 8:37:12 AM

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