Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Taurus- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Ford Taurus, we're gonna be test-fitting the Thule pro log XT rooftop bike rack, part number TH516XT. We already have a bike installed on our rack; let's take a closer look. I would actually attach this to the bike rack. We're not gonna have any frame contact at all. Instead, we're gonna have this wheel strap at the rear, and this is adjustable along the length of the bike rack to accommodate for bikes of different sizes. Then at the front here, we'll have a skewer mount, which will grip your bike by the forks. more
12/7/2017 1:37:14 PM
Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Taurus- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Ford Taurus, we're going to be test fitting the INNO Fork Lock III roof mounted bike rack, part number INA391. We have our bike installed already. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.How the bike is attached to the rack, we're not going to have any frame contact at all. Instead, we're going to have two points of contact, which is going to be the rear strap here, and this is adjustable the length of the bike rack to accommodate for bikes of different sizes. Then up at the front here, we're going to have the skewer mount that's going to grip your bike by the forks.This top portion is lockable, so once this is locked down, you can't remove your bike, therefore your bike is secured to the rack, and you can't remove your bike rack from the roof rack, so it's secure that way as well. With everything as installed as it is, we're not going to have an issue of clearance between the bike rack and the trunk. more
11/21/2017 8:08:42 AM
Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Taurus INXA391- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Ford Taurus, we're going to be test fitting the Inno fork lock roof mounted bike rack, part number INXA391. We already have it installed on a rack. Let's take a closer look and then show off some of the features. How the bike attaches to the rack . we're not going to have any frame contact at all. Instead, we're going to have a rear wheel strap, which is adjustable to the length of the bike rack to accommodate for bikes of different sizes.And then, up at the front here, we'll have this skewer mount, which will grip your bike by the forks. more
11/21/2017 8:08:37 AM
Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Taurus INA387- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Ford Taurus we're going to be test fitting the Inno Slim Fork Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number INA387. We already have our bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look.How it actually attaches to the bike rack, we're not going to have any frame contact at all. Instead, we're going to have this wheel clamp at the rear. We have this knob here to tighten it up and you hear that click. That's to make sure that you don't over tighten it.Up at the front, we have this skewer mount that grips your bike by its forks, so you will have to remove the front tire. more
11/21/2017 8:08:30 AM
Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Taurus- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Ford Taurus, we're gonna be test fitting the Yakima High Speed Rooftop Bike Rack, part number Y02115. We already have our bike installed on our rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How the bike is attached to the rack, we're not gonna have any frame contact at all. Instead, we're gonna have a rear wheel strapped here, to keep it in place, which is adjustable along the bike rack to accommodate bikes of different sizes.And then, up at the front, we'll have this skewer mount gripping our bike by the forks. This skewer can be removed and replaced, so you can use this with through axles as well. more
11/21/2017 8:08:21 AM
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Taurus TH535- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Ford Taurus, we're going to be test fitting the Thule ThruRide Rooftop Bike Rack, part number TH535. We already have a bike installed on the rack, so let's take a closer look here. How it attaches to the rack, we're not going to have any frame contact at all. Instead, it's going to grip it by this wheel mount at the rear here, which is adjustable on the length of the bike rack to accommodate for different size bikes.Then, up at the front here, at this moment we have a nine millimeter skewer mount that grips your bike by the forks. You can remove this and replace this so it can be used with through axles as well. At the top portion here, there is a lock that's in place, or a lock core that you can use, as well as this point here. more
11/21/2017 8:08:14 AM
RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Taurus- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Ford Taurus, we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts SwitchHitter rooftop bike rack, part number RKY1270. We already have our bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this attaches to the bike rack will have two points of contact with no frame contact at all. Instead, we'll have this strap at the rear, which you can adjust back and forth on the rack itself to accommodate for bikes of different sizes. And then, up at the front, we have this skewer mount, which will grip your bike by the fork mounts. more
11/21/2017 8:08:06 AM
RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Taurus RKY1320- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Ford Taurus, we're gonna be test fitting the RockyMounts JetLine Roof Bike Rack, part number RKY1320. We have our bike installed already. How this actually attaches to the bike rack, we'll have two points of contact with no frame contact at all. Instead, we'll have this rear wheel strap, which is adjustable along the length of the bike rack to accommodate for bikes of different sizes. Then up towards the front here, we'll have this skewer mount, which will grip your bike by its forks.This does have a knock out at the end of it if you wanted to replace it with a lock core so you can secure your bike to the bike rack. The same is for the top portion here to secure your bike rack to the roof rack, but we'll get to that later. more
11/21/2017 8:07:59 AM
Rhino Rack Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Taurus- Video
Speaker 1: Today in our 2017 Ford Taurus, we're going to be test fitting the Rhino Rack Hybrid roof top bike rack, part number RRRBC050. What sets this apart from most roof bike racks is the fact that you don't have to take the front wheel off, and there's not a fork mount. Instead, we have this wheel hook up at the front to hold everything in place, and then we have two wheel straps on either side.It also comes with locks for an integrated cable lock that is included, so you can secure your bike to the bike rack, and there's also a lock up top here, which you can lock the bike rack to the roof rack as well, but we'll get to that in a minute. With the bike rack installed as it is, we're not going to have an issue of clearance between the trunk and bike rack. As you can see here there's plenty of space.The straps here are adjustable back and forth to accommodate bikes of different sizes. Let's go ahead and take the bike off. more
11/21/2017 8:07:49 AM
Rhino Rack Road-Warrior Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Taurus- Video
Speaker 1: Today, on our 2017 Ford Taurus, we're gonna be test fitting the Rhino-Rack Road Warrior Rooftop Bike Rack, part number RBC036.We have our bike installed already and, as you can see, it doesn't grip it at all by the frame. But instead, has a strap here at the rear, which can be adjusted the length of the bike rack to accommodate for bikes of different sizes. And then, up at the front we have this skewer mount, which grips your bike by the fork mounts. The skewer mount is lockable. So once this is in place, you can lock it down. And the bike is gonna be secured to the rack. more
11/21/2017 8:07:42 AM
Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Taurus- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Taurus, we're gonna be test fitting the Rhino-RacK MountainTrail Rooftop Bike Rack, part number RBC035. We have our bike installed, and as you can see how it installs, there's gonna be no frame contact at all. Instead, we're gonna have this rear wheel strap at the back here, and this is adjustable along the length of the bike rack to accommodate bikes of different sizes.Then we have this fork mount up at the front, or steer mount up at the front, excuse me that grips by your bike's forks. This is lockable at the end here, so once this is attached, you can lock this done to secure your bike to the bike rack. It also locks up at the top here to secure to your roof rack as well, but we'll get to that in a minute or two.As it stands right now with everything installed, we're not gonna have an issue of clearance between the trunk and the bike rack as you can see here. Of course, plenty of space between the two. more
11/21/2017 8:07:35 AM
RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Taurus RKY1202- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Ford Taurus, we're going to be test fitting the Rocky Mounts Brass Knuckles Rooftop bike rack, part number RKY1202.We already have our bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How the bike is actually attached to the rack, we're going to have three points of contact. With no frame contact at all. We're going to have the two straps to either side, which are adjustable to accommodate bikes of different sizes, and then we'll have this wheel hook up at the front with these brass knuckle-like handles here to pull it down into place.Now, this is pretty unique as opposed to most other rooftop bike racks, as they usually grip the bike by your fork mats and you have to remove your front tire. With everything installed as it is, there's going to be more than enough space between a bike rack and the trunk so you're not going to have any issues of clearance.Let's go ahead and take the bike off real quick. more
11/21/2017 8:07:26 AM
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Taurus TH526XT- Video
Speaker 1: Today on your 2017 Ford Taurus, we're gonna be test fitting the Thule Circuit XT Rooftop bike rack, part number TH526XT.We have our bike installed on our rack, let's take a closer look here. How your bike is going to be gripped to the bike rack, we're not gonna have any frame contact at all. Instead, we're gonna have a rear wheel mount here, which is adjustable to accommodate for bikes of different sizes, and a wheel strap that'll hold the wheel in place.Up at the front, we have this skewer mount, which is gonna hold your bike by the fork mounts here, so you'll have to remove your front tire. At the end here, there is actually a locking mechanism that you can take this plastic piece out, and replace with the Thule lock core, which is sold separately. Once you lock this down, not only are you going to lock the bike to the bike rack, but the bike rack is going to be secured to your roof rack as well, and we'll get to that later.With everything installed, the issue of clearance is gonna be non-existent between the trunk and the bike rack. As you can see, there's plenty of space in between. more
11/21/2017 8:07:19 AM
Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Taurus Y02114- Video
Speaker 1: Today in our 2017 Ford Taurus we're going to be test-fitting the Yakima Highroad Rooftop Bike Rack, part number Y02114. We already have our bike installed on the rack and one of the biggest differences between this and most other bike racks is the fact that it grips it by your front tire, so you don't have to actually remove it like you would with most others. It grips your bike at three points. We're goin to have this rear wheel strap here. Which is adjustable, the length of the bike rack to accommodate for bikes of different sizes. Now I have these two points with our wheel mount. more
11/21/2017 8:07:11 AM
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Ford Taurus- Video
Alright, today on this 2012 Ford Taurus, were going to do a test fit of the Yakima FrontLoader Bike Carrier, part number Y02103. Now, the vehicle has already been equipped with the Yakima Roof Rack System so all we got to do is go ahead and put our bicycle carrier on the roof rack. Well take a bike rack and well set it down on the front crossbar and then adjust the rear clamp for the second crossbar. Well go ahead and leave our rear clamp loosely installed and well go ahead and tighten up the clamp going towards the front first. Now, we can go ahead and move on to the rear clamp, tighten it down, and well double check to make sure the rack is sitting square with the car and thats all it takes to install the bike rack. At this point, we can go ahead and load up the bike. more
3/1/2012 1:10:58 PM
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