Swagman XTC4 Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Toyota RAV4- Video
Today on our 2013 Toyota RAV4 we're doing a test fit of the Swagman XTC 4 platform style 4 bike rack. Pat number is S64665. We have a bike on our rack. Let's show you a few features. See how our bike is held up We have our frame hooks here, it holds down there. Then we have 2 straps in our wheel cradles here. One for the front, one for the back. more
1/8/2016 8:29:02 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Toyota RAV4- Video
Today on our 2013 Toyota RAV4 we have our Swagmann XC 2 bike platform bike rack, part number S64650. This bike rack has 1 lock holding your bike in place. It's our frame hook. To take our bike off we just squeeze on the lever and lift up. Now, if you need to get in your hatch, we can move this by pulling 1 pin and laying it down. Then we can re-insert the pin to lock it in place. Now that we have that down, let's take a couple measurements. more
1/8/2016 8:12:13 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Toyota RAV4 s63380- Video
Today on our 2013 Toyota Rav4 we have our Swagman Trailhead 4 bike rack, part number S63380. Now we have 3 straps holding this in place, 2 on top, and we have our anti-sway strap on the side. These are adjustable though, so you can spin these however you need it to fit your bike. Go ahead and take the bike off here, pop these off out of the way, and I grab the bike while I take the anti-sway off, just so it doesn't wigggle too much on us. It's always good put our straps back in place so they don't get lost or damaged. All right. Now that we have our bike off, we'll get our measurements here. Looks to be right around 39 inches of length added to our vehicle. more
1/8/2016 8:11:56 AM
Pro Series Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Toyota RAV4- Video
Today on our 2013 Toyota RAV4 we have our Pro Series Q-slot Platform Style 2 and 4 Bike Rack, part number PS63138. Now, this does have the option of pulling our back rack out and making it just a 2 bike rack. To hold this in place, we have 2 straps, our hook and loop straps, and we have our frame hook. Go ahead and take our hook and loop straps off. I'll hold on to the bike while I loosen our nut here, and lift our hook up and out of the way. Now, it's always a good habit to put our straps back before we go anywhere just so we don't lose or damage them. Now, if we do need to get into our hatch, we have the option now of pulling our pin on the front and back, with the back mast down, with the front mast down, and we have plenty of room to open our hatch. more
1/8/2016 8:11:34 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Toyota RAV4- Video
Speaker 2: Today on our 2013 Toyota RAV4, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Vertex Swing Away 4-bike rack. Part number is TH9031XT. See that I have a bike on our rack. Let's show you a few features. This is a swing away bike, so we're going to show you that feature first. How we'll do that is, unloosen this knob to our mast 00:00:26, pull our T-pin here, pull a T-pin here, swing it around til you get to a certain point, then you want to swing it so it locks, then we can keep swinging around, then we want to put our T-Pin in like so. Now you see that you get in and out of your vehicle, if you need to get anything in or take anything out, so you have plenty of room, like so. I like to take a measurement over here just to let you know, when you're parking on the street how close you are. more
1/7/2016 8:58:57 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Toyota RAV4 th912xtr- Video
Today on our 2013 Toyota RAV 4 we're doing a test fit of the Thule Roadway 2-Bike Rack. The part number is TH912XTR. See that we have a bike on the rack. I'll show you a few features. How the bike is held down, we have 3 straps. They have 2 up top, a anti-sway strap at the side. more
1/7/2016 8:58:17 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Toyota RAV4 s64684- Video
Today on our 2013 Toyota RAV4 we have our Swagman Dispatch two bike platform rack, part number S64684. Now, we have two things holding this in place. We've got a strap on each wheel and we've got our frame hook up here. So first we'll start with our straps. Push in our lever and just pull the strap free. We do have our small tire spacer that is movable and removable. more
12/17/2015 5:02:20 PM
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Toyota RAV4- Video
Today on our 2013 Toyota Rav 4, we're doing a test fit of the Kuat Transfer Platform Style 3 Bike Rack. That part number is TS03G. See there we have our bike on our bike rack, show you a few features here. The first feature I would like to show you is the tilting feature with the bike on. What we have here is a .. You can either use your foot or your hand. more
11/3/2015 8:32:10 AM
Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Toyota RAV4- Video
Today, I've got a 2013 Toyota Rav-4. We're doing a test fit of the NO Tire Hold Platform-style Three bike rack, Part Number INH305-306. You see that we have a bike on our rack. I'll show you a few features here. Now, this is a tilting rack also. Right here, we pull down here, bring our bike down. It brings it enough to where it does clear. more
11/3/2015 8:27:48 AM
Kuat NV Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Toyota RAV4- Video
Today on our 2013 Toyota RAV4 we are doing a test fit of the Kuat NV 4 bike rack platform style, part number N105-107. See that we have a bike on our rack. Let's show you a few features here. One of the features I would like to show you first is the tilting feature. With the bike on come out here with this grey lever, always hold on to your bike rack, pull it and bring it down. Now this particular rack, where we're at, is actually going to touch the floor. more
11/3/2015 8:17:45 AM
Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Toyota RAV4- Video
Today, on our 2013 Toyota RAV4 we have our Yakima FullTilt 4 Bike Rack, part number Y02462. We have three straps holding in our bike. It's real simple, we squeeze on both sides, as you can see on this one, we squeeze on both sides and lift the straps completely out. We'll do the same for our anti-sway strap, while holding onto the bike. Now I'll move this out of the way a little bit and reinsert our straps so I don't lose or damage them. Now that we have the bike out of the way I'll get some measurements. We add right about 42" to the length of our vehicle. We have just under 9" of clearance down here at the bottom. more
11/3/2015 8:16:56 AM
Saris Thelma 3 Bike Rack Review - 2013 Toyota RAV4- Video
Today on our 2013 Toyota Rav 4, we will be test fitting the Saris Thelma platform style three bike rack for inch and 1/4 and two inch hitches, part number SA4239B. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of the hitch, line up the pinholes, thread in our anti-rattle bolt, tighten it with a wrench and then secure it with a clip. Now we'll go over a couple of clearance measurements. The ground clearance is about 11 inches. The closest point of the carrier to the vehicle is about 3 inches and overall we're adding about 10 and 1/2 inches to our Rav 4. We will now pull the pin and clip at the base, allowing the bike carrier to unfold into the loading position. With it in this position, we will have full access to our rear hatch door. Now let's go over some measurements. more
2/5/2014 4:50:51 AM
Kuat NV Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Toyota RAV4- Video
Today on our 2013 Toyota Rav4 we'll be test fitting the Kuat NV Aluminum Platform Style 2 Bike Rack for two inch hitches, part number N101. To begin we'll slide our shank into our receiver hitch lining up the pinholes, installing the pin, and securing it with the lock. Here at the rear we'll turn the hand knob to secure the bike rack to the vehicle and also engage our anti-rattle device. Now we'll go over some clearance measurements. At the rear of the rack here you'll have about eleven inches of ground clearance. The closest point of the rack to the vehicle is about four inches, and we're going to add about fourteen inches overall to the length of our Rav4. more
11/26/2013 8:14:20 PM
