Yakima ForkLift Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Jake: Hey, guys, Jake here with etrailer. Today we have a 2015 Subaru Outback. We're going to be doing a test fit of the Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack. This is going to haul your single bike to and from the trails whenever you might be going riding by yourself. It's going to have two different attachment points. You're going to have a nice strap here in the back on our platform holding your rear tire in place, and on the front, it's going to have this pin that's going to lock your forks into the front here. more

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5/23/2019 12:47:53 PM

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Speaker 1: Today on our 2016 Subaru Outback, we're gonna be testing the Inno Fork Lock III Roof Bike Rack. And that's gonna be part number INA391. As you can see we do have a bike installed, so let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.If we look at the bike, we're gonna see it's secured at two different points of contact. Not connecting with the frame at all. We're gonna see right here this wheel strap, it comes up and secures our rear wheel in place. This cradle right here is adjustable, back and forth along the bike rack to accommodate any length bike you might have.Up front, we're gonna have this clamping system that grips the front of our bike by its forks. more

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8/27/2018 8:37:10 AM

Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Subaru Outback wagon, we're going to be test fitting the Rhino Rack Mountain Trail Rooftop Rack Bike Rack part number RBC035. We already have a bike installed on our rack, so let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.How the bike is held into place, we're not going have any frame contact at all. Instead, we're going to have a front skewer mount here, which will grab your bike by its forks. Then, at the rear, we have this wheel strap, which is adjustable along the bike rack to accommodate bikes of different sizes. Back up to the skewer mount, there is a lock installed on it, so once you have this in place and secured, it can lock this, and now your bike is going to be secured to your bike rack. Also, on top, we do have this lock here, and once you lock that down your bike rack will be secured to your roof rack. more

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7/28/2017 6:37:31 AM

Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Speaker 1: Today we're with the 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon. We're going to be test-fitting the Yakima high speed bike rack, part number YZ2115. We already have a bike installed on the rack, so 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 a fork mount up at the front with this clamp that holds it in place, as well as a strap towards the rear that ratchets into place and keeps that where it need to be.With everything installed as it is, we're not going to have any issues of clearance between the bike rake and our hatch, as you can see here. And also, at the back we have an integrated cable lock with an option to get a lock core, if you want to secure your bike to the bike rack. And there's also a lock towards the front here at this point because as you turn this, that's what keeps this fork mount in place and you can secure that to the bike rack as well.How it attaches to the roof-rack system, we're going to have these rubber-coated steel straps that wrap around and clamp into place up on top, like so. more

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7/28/2017 6:27:10 AM

RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today on our 2017 Subaru Outback wagon we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts BrassKnuckles rooftop bike rack, part number RKY1202. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this bike attaches to the rack, we're going to have no frame contact at all. Instead we'll have this front wheel hook securing our front part of our bike. Then we'll have two wheel straps at the front and rear to hold those in place. more

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5/10/2017 9:17:56 AM

Rhino Rack Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today on our 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon we're going to be test fitting the Rhino Rack Hybrid Roof Top Bike Rack, part number RRRBC050. We already have a 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, we're going t have no frame contact at all. Instead we'll have this wheel hook up at the front, and the two wheel straps at the front and rear tire to hold those in place as well. These are adjustable to accommodate bikes of different sizes, and with everything installed we're not going to have an issue of clearance between our bike rack and the hatch as you can see here. This also has two locks to secure your bike to the rack. We have one here as well as at this point on our wheel hook, and that's for an integrated cable lock, which is sold separately. more

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5/10/2017 9:17:50 AM

Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon y02114- Video

Today on our 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon, we're going to be testing fitting the Yakima HighRoad Rooftop Bike Rack, part number Y02114. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this bike actually attaches to the rack, we're not going to have any frame contact at all. Instead, it's going to grip your bike by the front tire up here, as you can see. Then, at the back, we have this rear strap and this is adjustable along the length of the bike rack to accommodate bikes of different sizes. With everything installed, we're not going to have an issue of clearance between our rear hatch and the bike rack, as you can see here. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. more

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5/10/2017 9:17:45 AM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today on this 2016 Suburu Outback Wagon we're going to be testing the Kuat Trio roof bike rack, part number TR02. 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. We're going to have two points of contact to hold this doing, we're going to have a fork mount up at the front here, and it's controlled by this lever. We're also going to have a wheel strap in the back. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. Go ahead and push this tab in on the back wheel strap first, then we'll come up to the front and loosen up our fork mount, like so. You can tighten it by turning it to the right and left on the other side and then pushing this back down in place. Let's go ahead and lift the bike up. Put that back in place. Now how this actually attaches to the factory roof rack here, in back, we going to have this bracket here with two turn knobs. more

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4/5/2016 9:27:20 AM

Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today on this 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Circuit XT Roof Bike Rack, part number TH526XT. 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 it's attached to the rack, we're going to have 2 points of contact. We're going to have a wheel strap in the back here, and up towards the front, it grips it by the forks. Just loosen up this lever like so, you can pull the bike out. There's also a point here where you can take out this and install a lock core for additional security. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. more

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4/5/2016 9:27:07 AM

Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today on this 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon, we'll be test fitting the Rhino-Rack MountainTrail Rooftop Bike Carrier, part number RBC035. 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. Now how this actually attaches to the roof rack, we have two points of contact with absolutely no frame contact at all. We have a fork mount up at the front here, which is controlled by this lever here, which is lockable, so that adds a little bit of security to it and we also have this wheel strap in the back. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. Then start with the wheel strap, just push in this tab and the strap comes right out. The front, loosen up a handle here and you turn it to the right to tighten and the left to loosen, to wrap around the forks. Lift their bike off. Now with the rear wheel strap, I'm going to go ahead and put that back in place just so it doesn't flap around while I'm driving. more

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4/5/2016 9:26:57 AM

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon ina392- Video

Today on this 2016 Subaru Outback wagon, we're going to be test fitting the Inno multi-fork lock roof bike rack, part number INA392. We already have a bike installed on the rack, let's go ahead and show off some of the features. How it attaches to the rack, we're going to have two points of contact. We're going to have a wheel strap in the back here. And then it's going to hold up on the forks at the front. Now for added security, this front portion does lock down. With this covering this, you cannot actually take the bike off as it is here. Let's go ahead and take the bike off, though, and show you how that's done. more

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4/5/2016 9:26:47 AM

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today, on our 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Inno Tire Hold rooftop mounted bike rack mounted to our factory cross-rails. This is what it's going to look like once you have it fully assemble and in place on your vehicle. This is going to be part number INA389. First off, let's go ahead and talk about how the bike is secured to the rack. You'll notice that it's only secured by the rubber on the tires instead of making contact with the frame of the bike. Let's go ahead and take the bike off, first thing to do. more

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10/8/2015 10:51:26 AM

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today on our 2014 Subaru Outback, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Inno Multi-fork roof rack mounted bike carrier. As you can see up here on the top of our vehicle, we already have the factory rails put in place. We're going to be putting part number INA392 up on top so you can see how it fits. All right. Once we get it set up here, we're going to do a few things. We're going to unlock the cover and shield. Flip up the front cover once we get it semi rotated up. more

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5/12/2015 4:59:09 PM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today on our 2014 Subaru Outback, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Kuat Trio. This is going to be your roof rack mounted bike rack. It's going to be part number TR02. If you look up on top of our Outback we do have our stock and factory roof rails already in place and we're going to be mounting this to it today. First step is going to be to slide in your screws and put on your thumb screws on the end of it or your bolt, slide in your bolts and put your thumb screws on the end of it with the ones already partially assembled, that way when you get it up here, all you got to do is slide it under. Next thing we're going to do is come up here on the front and looking at this you'd want to push it over just a little bit so you have clearance with your chrome tensioner and tightener here for the skewer. You have 2 U bolts, slide the U bolt underneath and into the holes. more

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4/22/2015 2:27:24 PM

Thule Sprint Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today on our 2014, Subaru Outback, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Thule Sprint. This will be our roof-rack mounted bike carrier, for your forks. If you look up here on the vehicle, you can see that we already have our factory roof-rack and rails in place. This will be part #TH528. Now, let's see how it fits on the vehicle. First thing you're going to do is slide that rubber strap underneath the front bar. The back one here, will adjust to wherever we need it, so let's get it there as well. more

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4/22/2015 2:26:59 PM

Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today on our 2014 Subaru Outback we're going to be doing a test fit of the Rhino Rack Mountain Trail roof rack mounted bike rack. This is going to be Part Number RBC035 and we're going to be mounting it up here onto our factory roof rails that we already have in place. Let's show you how it's done. The first thing you're going to do is make sure that the cover is unlocked and remove it. Once you have the cover removed, make sure the tensioner is loose and you'll be able to get those straps out. Once you have the rubber straps out of the way, we'll sit it up on top of the vehicle and slide those straps underneath while the rack sits on top of the rail. Once you have the rubber on top of the rail and the straps around, we're going to put these in the grooves here. The straps will sit right there like so. more

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4/22/2015 2:26:28 PM

Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today on our 2013 Subaru Outback, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Circuit Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number TH526. We'll begin our test fit by placing the rack on top of our vehicle. With the rack in place, I'm going to go ahead and grab a stool. That way I can see a little better. We'll begin installing this to the roof rack system. We'll go ahead and take open our skewer here. We'll remove this. more

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10/20/2014 11:51:11 AM

SportRack Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today on our 2013 Subaru Outback, we're going to be test fitting the Sportrack Roof Mounted Bike Rack with part number SR4622. Bike rack's made to fit onto the roof rack of your vehicle and offers a fork clamp style connection point here at the front. To begin our test fit, we'll bring one of our black, rubber coated, metal U-bolts around the underside of cross bar and thread two wing nuts onto it. We just going to get these hand tight for now. We'll go through our final tightening process once we have them both in place. Bring our second one up through now, thread the wing nut done onto it and one more here at the rear. We'll get it positioned where we want it, we'll have this skewer centered just about over the top of our crossbar and then we'll tighten both of our wing nuts down on each of the U-bolts. All right with the front secure, let's move to the rear. more

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7/14/2014 5:14:42 PM

Thule Sprint Fork Mount Bike Rack Review - 2011 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today on our 2011 Subaru Outback were going to be test fitting the Thule Sprint. This is a fork mount style roof bike rack, part number TH528. With the factory roof rack already installed on our Subaru well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack right up onto our crossbars. As we do this were going to want to guide the black rubber coated metal straps around the underside of our crossbars. With those going around the underside were going to bring the front one around, were going to place it into the small indentions that are located here underneath the front head of the carrier. Then well tighten it down with the black lever located here behind our foot pack. For your initial tightening process you want that lever pointed straight out so it acts like a screw. more

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6/26/2014 6:19:56 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today on our 2011 Subaru Outback Wagon we'll be test fitting the Rockymounts Tierod Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1014. With the factory roof rack on our vehicle we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack onto the vehicles crossbars. We'll bring the rubber-coated steel straps around the underside of the front bar and move to the rear of the bike rack. We'll loosen up one of the Allen bolts to bring the rear bracket around the underside of the rear bar and using an Allen wrench tighten down the two bolts to secure the rear part of the bike rack to the rear bar. We'll now move back up to the front and remove the black plastic cover, taking the straps and hooking them into the connection points. We will then again use the included Allen wrench and turn the silver bolt to tighten down the straps up against the bar. With everything all tightened down and secured we're ready to load up our bike. We'll replace the black plastic cover and double check to make sure our skewer is loose. We'll undo the tray strap at the rear and place our bike up onto the bike rack. We'll slide the forks down onto the skewer, adjust the skewer and clamp it down and secure the back tire with the rear strap. With our bike all loaded up that will complete today's test fit for the Rockymounts Tierod Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY10104 on our 2011 Subaru Outback. more

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9/9/2013 5:59:11 AM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Subaru Outback- Video

Today on our 2008 Subaru Outback, well be test fitting the Yakima Front Loader Wheel Mount Bike Carrier, part number Y02103. With our Subaru already equipped with the factory crossbars and our bike rack already pre-assembled, were ready to go ahead and fit it to the vehicle. Well simply set the bike rack on top of the crossbars. Well clamp the front head into place using the wing nut on the front of the bike rack. Well also make sure that the rear clamp is in place and secure it down to the rear crossbar. With the front clamp tightened around the front crossbar and the rear clamp tightened around the rear crossbar, our bike rack is now secured to the vehicle and were ready to load our bike. more

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1/30/2012 3:13:08 PM

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