Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2010 Nissan Altima- Video

Today on our 2010 Nissan Altima we'll be test fitting the Thule Domestique fork- mounted bike carrier, part number TH513. With the Thule aero blade roof racks assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our carrier directly on top of our load bars. We'll bring the bracket at the front around our load bar, feed the bolt through the holes and tighten with an Allen key. We'll move to the rear of the carrier where we'll fit the clamp around our rear bar, feed the Allen bolts through the holes and tighten with an Allen key. Once we have both clamps secured to our vehicle, we're ready to start loading our bike. We'll need to make sure that the wheel strap the the rear is undone and the skewer at the front is open. We'll grab our bike, place it into the wheel tray and drop our front forks down on to our skewer. more

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9/27/2013 8:23:45 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2010 Nissan Altima- Video

Today on our 2010 Nissan Altima well be test fitting RockyMounts Tierod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number rky1011. With a Thule Aeroblade roof rack system assembled onto our vehicle, well beginby placing our carrierdirectly ontop ofour load bars. Well bring the front rubber-coated steelstraps around the underside ofour load bar andfit them back into the head of the front part of our carrier. We'll thenuse an Allen toolto tighten the Allen bolt which will tighten our straps.Once that's complete we can reinstall ourcover. Now well move to the rear and we'll fit the rear clamp around our rear load bar. Well feedthe bolts through and tightenwith anAllen tool. We'll go ahead and make sure that our rear wheel strap is undoneand that theskewer at the front of our bike carrieris open. more

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9/27/2013 8:20:14 AM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2010 Nissan Altima- Video

Today on our 2010 Nissan Altima we'll be testing the fork style roof mounted bike rack from Swagman, part number S64710. With a twoly aero-blade roof rack system assembled onto our vehicle we'll begin our test fit by placed our bike carrier directly onto our load bars. Once we have it situated inline with our vehicle we'll go ahead and begin securing the front part of our carrier. We'll do this by taking the U bolts, fitting them underneath the load bar and up through our bracket. We'll then tighten it in place with the wing nuts. We'll do this for both sides of the front part of our bracket. more

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9/27/2013 8:14:55 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2010 Nissan Altima- Video

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9/27/2013 8:14:45 AM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Nissan Xterra- Video

Today, on our 2012 Nissan Xterra, we'll be test fitting the Yakima FrontLoader Wheel-Mounted Bike Rack, part number Y02103. With the Yakima Round Bar Roof Rack System assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our FrontLoader directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we'll want to be sure that our front clamps go around our front bar. Once we have that set, we can then use the handle at the front to secure our front clamp around the front bar. With that tight, we'll move to the rear and bring our rear clamp around our rear bar. We'll drop the T bolt through the appropriate slot and then use the hand knob to secure it. We'll go ahead and open up our wheel mount, and we'll undo the rear-tire strap. more

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9/18/2013 2:36:34 PM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2012 Nissan Xterra- Video

Today, on our 2012 Nissan Xterra, we'll be test fitting the Yakima Forklift roof mounted bike rack, part number Y02098. With the Yakima Round Bar roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the Forklift directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll want to remove our skewer, slide away our slotted bracket so we gain access to our T bolt. We'll bring our clamp around our front bar, fit our T bolt through the appropriate slot, and tighten it down with a T handle. Once we have that in place, we can slide the slotted bracket up around the T handle and reinstall our skewer. At the rear, we'll bring the rear bracket around the rear bar, drop our T bolt through the slot, and tighten it down using the T handle. We'll go ahead and undo the rear wheel strap and make sure our skewer at the front is loose. We'll grab our bike and place it onto our bike rack. more

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9/18/2013 2:35:58 PM

Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Nissan Xterra- Video

Today on our 2012 Nissan Xterra, well be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number TH599XTR. With the Thule crossroad roof rack system on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the big mouth directly on to our load bars. Here at the front platform, well bring our bracket around our rear bar. We can then fit our T-bolt through the T-slot and use the wing nut on top of our platform to secure it around our bar. We can then repeat that process for the other side of the front platform. Here at the rear, well drop our bolts around our rear bar. more

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9/17/2013 2:03:20 PM

Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Frontier- Video

Today on our 2013 Nissan Frontier we'll be test fitting the Thule big-mouth roof-mounted bike rack, part number TH599XTR. With the Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack system already assembled onto our vehicle we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's load bars. We'll then bring the front two brackets on the underside of the front bar and hook in the T-bolts into the designated slots. We'll then move to the rear, remove one wingnut to make the rear bracket go on top of the bar. We'll then move back up to the front making sure our T-bolts are still in position and turn the black wingnuts to secure the front part of the bike rack to the front bar. With everything all tightened down and secured we're ready to load up our bike. We'll undo the front and rear wheel strap and we'll undo the black lever which controls the jaws. We'll place our bike up onto the bike rack maneuvering the frame clamp up or on the sprocket and on the bottom portion of the frame. We'll then clamp down the black lever to secure the jaws to the bike frame. We'll then secure the front and rear tire with straps. And now that our bike is all loaded up that will complete today's test fit for the Thule big-mouth roof-mounted bike rack, part number TH599XTR, on our 2013 Nissan Frontier. . more

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9/4/2013 11:57:59 AM

Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Frontier- Video

Today, on our 2013 Nissan Frontier, we'll be test-fitting the Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64720. With a Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test-fit by placing the bike rack up onto the bars. We'll then take the silver brackets to go on the underside of the front bar, and bring them up through the pre-drilled holes in the front of the bike rack. We'll then take the black wing nuts to thread onto the brackets to secure the front part of the bike rack to the front bar. We'll then move to the rear of the bike rack, where this time, we will slide the silver bracket down through the pre-drilled holes of the bike rack and bring the black plate on the underside of the rear bar, threading on the black wing nuts to secure the rear part of the bike rack to the rear bar. With everything all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. We'll undo the straps at the front and rear of the bike rack, and double check to make sure our jaws are loose. more

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9/4/2013 8:41:50 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Frontier- Video

Today on our 2013 Nissan Frontier, we'll be test fitting the Rocky Mounts TieRod Roof Mounted Bike Rack,part number RKY1014. With the Thule RapitureVerse00:00:10Roof Rack System assembledonto our vehicle, we'll being our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's load bars. We'llremove the black plastic cover at the front, to bring the rubber coated steel straps around the underside of the front bar. If necessary, we can use the included Allen wrench to loosen up the straps,to be able to fit it around the bar.With the front straps in place, we can then move to the rear, remove one of the Allen bolts from the rear bracket, toslide the rear bracket around the underside of the rear bar. We'll then re-install the Allen bolts, and using the Allen wrench, tighten the rear bracket. We'll then move back up to the front and again usethe included Allen wrench to tighten the silver bolts to bring the rubber coated steel straps up around tightly against the front bar. more

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9/4/2013 3:40:45 AM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Frontier- Video

Speaker: Today, on our 2013 Nissan Frontier, well be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down roof mounted bike rack, part number S64710 with a Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack system already assembled onto our vehicle. Well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicles load bars. Well pull out our hardware. Starting at the front of the bike rack, well bring the silver brackets up around the underside of the front bar and into the pre-drilled holes at the front of the bike rack. Well then take our black wing-nuts and thread them down onto the silver bracket, securing the front part of the bike rack to the front bar. Well then repeat this process for the other side. Now, moving to the rear, this time, well take the silver bracket, slide it down through the pre-drilled holes and the wheel tray, and then, take the black plate to go on the underside of the rear bar. Well then use the included wing-nuts to tighten it down. more

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9/3/2013 9:58:30 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Frontier- Video

Today, on our 2013 Nissan Frontier, we'll be test-fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1011. With a Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test-fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's bars. We'll remove the black plastic cover at the front to bring the rubber-coated steel straps around the underside of the front bar, and hook them into the connection points. We'll then move to the rear, and remove one of the Allen bolts from the rear bracket to go on the underside of the rear bar. We'll then use the included Allen key to tighten down the Allen bolts to secure the rear bracket to the rear bar. We'll then move back up to the front, and again use the included Allen key to tighten down the silver bolt to bring the straps up around tightly against the front bar. With everything all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. more

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9/3/2013 9:57:57 AM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2009 Nissan Murano- Video

Today on our 2009 Nissan Murano, we'll be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down roof-mounted bike carrier, part number S64710. With the factory roof rack system assembled onto our vehicle, we'll place our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. We'll begin at the front by taking the U bolts around the underside of the crossbar, and feeding them up through the platform of our bike rack. Once we have them through the platform, we can then install the wing nut to tighten them in place. We'll do this for both sides of the front platform. Here at the rear, we'll drop the U bolt through the top of the carrier, making sure it goes around our crossbar. more

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8/6/2013 3:55:23 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2009 Nissan Murano- Video

Today on our 2009 Nissan Murano, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts Tierod Stretch roof-mounted bike carrier, part number RKY1011. With the factory roof rack system assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the Tierod Stretch directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we'll bring the rubber-coated straps around our front crossbar, fitting them back into the head of the carrier. We can then remove the black plastic cover and use an Allen key to tighten the Allen bolt, to tighten our straps around our crossbars. Once we have those straps tight, we can then reinstall the black plastic cover. Here at the rear, we'll loosen up the bolt so that we can fit our rear clamp around our rear bar. more

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8/6/2013 3:54:33 PM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Altima- Video

Today on our 2013 Nissan Altima well be test fitting the Yakima Frontloader Wheel Mount roof-mounted bike rack, part number y02103. Well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack onto the vehicles crossbars. Well place the rear bracket around the underside of the rear crossbar and insert the t-bolts and turn the black wing nuts to tighten it down. Well then move to the front where we will turn the larger black t-handle tightly up against the crossbar. Now with everything all tightened down and secured, were ready to load up our bike. Well unfold the front part of the wheel mount and undo the tray strap. more

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7/16/2013 1:33:32 PM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Altima- Video

Today on our 2013 Nissan Altima, we'll be test fitting the Yakima ForkLift roof-mounted bike rack, part number Y02098. We'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack onto the vehicle's crossbars. We'll then need to loosen up the black wing nuts to bring both the front and rear bracket around the underside of the front and rear crossbar. Once both brackets are in place, we'll insert the silver T bolt into the bracket, and turn to bring the brackets up around tightly against the crossbars. Once both the front and rear bracket are all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. We'll remove the skewer at the front to slide in our plastic protective covering. more

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7/16/2013 1:32:37 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Altima- Video

Today on our 2013 Nissan Altima, we'll be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down roof-mounted bike rack, part number S64710. We'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack onto the vehicle's crossbars. We'll then take out our hardware and we're ready to fit it to the vehicle. We'll now take one of the longer silver brackets and feet it up on the bottom side of the front crossbar into the head of the carrier. We'll then take our black wing nut to thread onto the silver bracket. We'll now move to the rear, where this time we will slide the silver bracket down to the bottom of the crossbar. more

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7/16/2013 1:25:06 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Altima- Video

Today on our 2013 Nissan Altima well be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch roof mounted bike rack, part number RKY1011. Well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack onto our vehicles crossbars. Well start off by loosening up the Allen bolts at the rear to bring the rear bracket around the underside of the rear crossbar. We can then use the included Allen wrench to tighten it down. Well now move up to the front where we will remove the black plastic cover at the front and bring the rubber coated steel straps around the underside of our front crossbar. Well hook them back into the head of the carrier and use the included Allen wrench to turn the silver bolt to bring the straps up around tightly against the bar. more

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7/16/2013 1:22:15 PM

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Nissan Rogue- Video

Today on our 2012 Nissan Rogue well be test fitting the Thule Domestique Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number th513. Well begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicles load bars. Well then use the included Allen key to loosen up the Allen bolts at the rear bracket as well as the front bracket. Note you will need to remove the skewer at the front of the carrier in order to expose the two Allen bolts at the front. After both brackets have been brought up underneath the front and rear load bar, well then again use the included Allen key to tighten down the Allen bolts to bring the brackets up against the load bars. Once everything is all secured and tightened down, were ready to load up our bike. more

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7/1/2013 3:34:33 PM

Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Nissan Rogue- Video

Today on our 2012 Nissan Rogue, we'll be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth roof-mounted bike carrier, part number TH599XTR. We'll begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicle's load bars. We'll first set the rear load bar, loosen up one of the wing nuts to bring the black plate around the underside of the rear load bar. We'll then thread on the black wing nuts, making sure that they are threaded on loosely. We'll move to the front, where we will place the carrier on top of the front load bar, swinging the two brackets around the underside of the load bar. We'll then loosen up the T bolts to fit into the slots of the brackets. more

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7/1/2013 3:30:30 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Nissan Rogue- Video

Today on our 2012 Nissan Rogue we'll be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number s64710. We'll begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicle's load bars. Starting at the head of the carrier we'll bring the silver brackets up on the underside of the front load bar and into the holes of the top part of the carrier.We'll then thread on our black wing nuts to secure the brackets up against the load bar. We'll then repeat these steps for the other side of the front part of the carrier. We'll then move to the rear where we'll this time we'll slide the bracket on top through the carrier down on top of the load bar. Well then use the black metal plate to go up onto the underside of the rear load bar and use the black wing nuts to thread onto the bracket to secure the rear part of the carrier to the rear load bar.Now with everything all tightened down and secured we're ready to load up our bike. more

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6/28/2013 3:22:13 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Nissan Rogue- Video

Today on our 2012 Nissan Rogue, well be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch roof mounted bike carrier, part number RKY1011. Well begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicles load bars. At the rear well loosen up the Allen bolts to bring the rear bracket around the underside of the rear load bar. We will then move up to the front where we will remove the black plastic cover at the front. Well then bring the rubber coated steel straps around the underside of the front load bar and hook them back into the top. With this done, well move back to the rear, where we will use the Allen key to tighten down the Allen bolts to secure the rear bracket to the rear load bar. more

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6/28/2013 3:20:39 PM

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Xterra- Video

Today on our 2013 Nissan Xterra, we'll be test fitting the Thule Domestique fork-mounted bike carrier, part number TH513. Now to begin our test fit, we'll go ahead and place the carrier on top of our crossbars. We'll then make sure that the head of the bike rack is directly over the front crossbar. We'll take the clamp, put it underneath the crossbar, where we'll use the included Allen bolts and wrench to secure it in place. With our head secured, we'll go ahead and move to the rear mounting location where we'll use the Allen bolt and the Allen wrench to secure it to our rear crossbar. Now with the bike rack secured to our Xterra, we're ready to load our bike. more

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6/24/2013 4:22:45 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Xterra- Video

Today on our 2013 Nissan XTerra well be test fitting the fork-style roof-mounted bike rack from Swagman part #s64710. With our roof-rack system already installed onto our vehicle, well place our bike carrier directly onto our crossbars. To secure the front part of our carrier well feed the U-bolts underneath our crossbar and up through the holes in the platform. Well secure the front part of our carrier by installing wing nuts on each U-bolt and tightening them down. Well move to the rear. Well feed the U-bolt through the top of the carrier making sure that it goes around the crossbar. Well install the wing nuts and tighten them down securing the rear part of our bike carrier. Now we need to make sure that the skewer is open and that the rear wheel strap is undone. Well grab our bike; place it onto the carrier dropping the front forks down onto the skewer. more

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6/24/2013 4:15:55 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Xterra- Video

Today on our 2013 Nissan Xterra we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number rky1011. Now to begin our test fit we'll place the bike rack on top of our crossbars. We'll make sure that the head of the bike rack is over the front crossbar where we'll bring the rubber-coated steel straps underneath the crossbar and secure it back to the head of the bike rack.With that done we'll take the large Allen wrench that comes with the TieRod Stretch and tighten down the bolt here in the center. This will bring the rubber-coated steel straps tight securing the head of the bike rack to the front crossbar. We'll move back to the rear crossbar where we'll make sure that the rear mounting point is slid through the rear crossbar and tighten it down using the smaller Allen wrench that also comes with the TieRod.Now that we have all our bolts tight our bike rack is secured and we're ready to load our bike. We'll make sure that the front fork skewer is undone as well as the rear wheel strap out of the way. more

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6/21/2013 3:29:35 PM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Murano- Video

Today on our 2013 Nissan Murano well be test fitting the Yakima Frontloader Wheel Mount Bike Carrier, part number y02013. To begin our test fit well go ahead and place the carrier on top of our crossbars. Well go ahead and make sure that the front and rear clamps of our carrier go around our front and rear crossbars. Now we can use the hand knob at the very front of the carrier to tighten down our front clamp. Then we can move to the rear of the carrier where we can use the hand knob on the top of the carrier to secure our rear clamp. Now before we load our bike we need to make sure that our wheel strap in the rear is undone and that our wheel tray is open in the front. more

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6/20/2013 3:02:15 PM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Murano- Video

Today on our 2013 Nissan Murano well be test fitting the Yakima Forklift roof mounted bike carrier, part number Y02098. To begin our test fit well go ahead and set our carrier on top of our crossbars. Once we have it situated the way we like we can then go ahead and tighten down our front clamp by using the wing knob. Once we have our front clamp secured, we can then go ahead and slide our skewer holder back into place and reinstall our skewer. Once we have that tight we can then go ahead and move to the rear. Well make sure that our clamp is around our rear crossbar then well go ahead and tighten it down using the included wing hand knob. more

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6/20/2013 3:01:30 PM

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Murano- Video

Today on our 2013 Nissan Murano well be test fitting the Thule Domestique Fork Mount Bike Carrier, part number th513. Now I went ahead and already removed the skewer so that I could access the Allen bolts to loosen our clamp. To begin our test fit well go ahead and place the carrier on top of our crossbars so we want to make sure that that front clamp goes around the front crossbar. Once we have the clamps in place, we can then go ahead and use an Allen key to tighten down the Allen bolts in the front. When we have that clamp secure, we can then go ahead and move to the rear and tighten that one down as well. Now we can go ahead and reinstall our skewer leaving it open for when we get ready to load our bike. more

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6/20/2013 2:54:47 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Murano- Video

Today on our 2013 Nissan Murano, we'll be test fitting the fork-style roof-mounted bike carrier from Swagman, part number S64710. To begin our test fit, we'll go ahead and lay the carrier on top of our crossbars. Now we'll go ahead and take the U bolts and place two of them up front. We want to make sure that we bring these up from the bottom. Then we can use the wing nuts to tighten them down. Now we can move to the rear of the carrier, where we'll install the U bolt from the top, run in through the clamp on the bottom, and then tighten with the wing nuts. more

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6/20/2013 2:53:09 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Murano- Video

Today on our 2013 Nissan Murano well be test fitting the RockyMounts Tie Rod roof mounted bike carrier part #: RKY1014. To begin our test fit well place the carrier on top of our crossbars. We want to make sure that the rubber coated steel straps at the front go around our front crossbar and that the bracket in the rear goes around our rear crossbar. Once we have those in place we can then go ahead and tighten at the front by using an Allen key to tighten down the bolt. Then we can move to the rear to use an Allen key to tighten down our rear clamp. Once we have that tight we can then go ahead and move back to the front and reinstall our cover over our skewer. more

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6/19/2013 4:53:17 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Nissan Murano- Video

Today on our 2013 Nissan Murano well be test fitting the RockyMounts Tie Rod Stretch roof mounted bike carrier part #: RKY1011. To begin our test fit well go ahead and place the carrier on top of our crossbars. Then we can go ahead and remove the plate thats covering the front part of our carrier. Well take the rubber coated steel straps, put them underneath the front crossbar and then lock them back into position. Then we can move to the rear where well take out the Allen bolt, swing our clamp around the rear crossbar and put it back into place. Then we can move back up to the front where well take an Allen key and tighten down those straps. more

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6/19/2013 4:52:36 PM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2008 Nissan Sentra- Video

Today on our 2008 Nissan Sentra we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Forklift Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number y02098. To install our carrier, we'll begin by placing it on top of our crossbars. We'll open up the clamp at the head of the bike rack and fit it around our front crossbar and then we'll tighten it down with the T-bolt and wing nut. After its tightened down we can go ahead and slide the cover back into place and we can reinstall our skewer. At the back we'll need to slide the clamp over our rear crossbar and again we'll tighten it down with a T-bolt and wing nut. Now we're ready to load our bike. more

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4/24/2013 10:09:45 AM

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Nissan Sentra- Video

Today on our 2008 Nissan Sentra we're going to be test fitting the Thule Domestique Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number th513. To begin our test fit, we'll sit the head of the bike carrier on top of our front crossbar. We'll fit the clamp around and tighten it down with the included Allen wrench. At the rear of the bike rack we'll position the clamp over the rear crossbar and again use the included Allen key to tighten it down. With our bike rack secured to the roof rack we can go ahead and replace our skewer. We'll make sure that the wheel strap is open and then we'll be ready to mount our bike. more

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4/24/2013 10:08:32 AM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Nissan Sentra- Video

Today on our 2008 Nissan Sentra we're going to be test rating the Swagman Fork-Style Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number s64710. We'll place the bike rack up on top of our crossbars. At the front, we'll fit the two U-bolts around the cross bars and use the wing nuts to secure the front of the bike rack. Next we'll move to the back of the bike carrier. We'll fit the U-bolt through the carrier from the top this time. We'll take the clamp and two wing nuts to clamp around the bar from the bottom. more

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4/24/2013 10:08:11 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Nissan Sentra- Video

Today on our 2008 Nissan Sentra we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number rky1014. We'll go ahead and lift up the bike carrier and sat it on top of our crossbars. We'll feed the straps at the head of the carrier around our front bar and lock them back into the head and use an Allen key to tighten them down. At the back we use the clamp and tighten down with an Allen wrench as well. Once we've done that we're ready to load up our bike. We'll pick the bike up, place the rear wheel into the wheel tray and drop the front fork down into our skewer. more

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4/24/2013 10:07:52 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Nissan Sentra- Video

Today on our 2008 Nissan Sentra we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number rky1011. Now with our roof rack system already assembled and installed on the vehicle we'll sat the carrier onto the crossbars. It's important that the carrier is perpendicular to the crossbars and parallel to the vehicle to ensure that the brackets have a proper fit onto the crossbars. We'll bring the rubber-coated steel straps around the underside of the front crossbar and hook them into position. We'll then move to the rear of the carrier. This is where we'll loosen up the bracket, swing it around the underside of the rear crossbar and use the included Allen key to tighten it down. more

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4/24/2013 10:07:27 AM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Nissan Versa- Video

Today, on our 2012 Nissan Versa we're going to be test fitting the Yakima FrontLoader roof-mounted bike carrier, part number Y02103.To fit this bike carrier up on top of our vehicle, we're going to lay it on top of our cross bars. We'll fit the front clamp at the head of the bike rack around our front cross bar and we use the hand knob to tighten it down.We'll move to the rear cross bar and fit the clamp around our rear bar and use the T-bolt and wing nut to tighten down the rear clamp.One we have done that our bike rack is secured to our roof rack and we're ready to load up our bike.To load our bike, we're going to make sure that the wheel strap at the rear of the carrier is open. We're also going to lay open the front hoop of the bike carrier.We'll pick up our bike, place the rear wheel in the wheel tray, and place the front wheel in the wheel hoop. We'll bring the rear wheel hoop behind the tire and hold it snug against the backside of the tire.We'll use the red hand knob to tighten down the wheel hoops and secure the bike by the front wheel.With that done, we'll move to the back and use the wheel strap to secure the rear wheel.After both wheels are secured, our bike is loaded up and we're ready to hit the road.That does it for our test fit of the Yakima FrontLoader roof-mounted bike carrier, part number Y02103, on our 2012 Nissan Versa. more

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6/21/2012 12:16:42 PM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2012 Nissan Versa- Video

Today, we have a 2012 Nissan Versa and we'll be test fitting the Yakima ForkLift roof-mounted bike carrier, part number Y02098.To fit our bike rack to the roof rack, we'll place it up on top of our cross bars.We'll fit the front clamp around the front cross bar and tighten it down with the wing nut.Once we have done that, we can slide the cap back into place and re-insert our skewer.At the back, we'll fit the clamp around the rear cross bar and again use the T-bolt and wing nut to tighten it all down.Once we have the bike rack secured to our roof rack we'll be ready to load up to our bike. We want to make sure that the wheel strap at the end of the bike track is open.We'll lift up our bike, place the wheel in the wheel tray and fit the front fork down into the skewer.We'll secure the bike by the skewer first, then we'll move back and secure the rear wheel with the wheel strap, and with that our bike is all loaded up and we're ready to get on our way.That does it for our test fit of the Yakima ForkLift roof-mounted bike carrier, part number Y02098, on our 2012 Nissan Versa. more

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6/21/2012 12:16:26 PM

Thule Sidearm Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Nissan Versa- Video

Today, on our 2012 Nissan Versa well test fitting the Thule Sidearm roof mounted bike carrier, part number TH594XT. To fit the bike rack to our roof rack were going to set it up on top of our load bars. Well fit the front clamps around our front load bar and tighten it down with the included wing nuts. Well do the same with the rear clamp over our rear load bar. Once weve done that, we can prepare to load a bike. Well open up the sidearm and extend the ratcheting hook all the way out, and well also open up the wheel strap at the back of the wheel tray. more

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6/21/2012 12:05:13 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Nissan Versa- Video

Today, we have with us a 2012 Nissan Versa and were going to be test fitting the Swagman ForkDown roof mounted bike carrier, part number S64710. To secure this bike carrier to our roof rack, well set the head of the bike rack on top of our front load bar. Well use the included U-bolts and wing nuts to tighten down the front clamp around our front load bar. In the rear, we use the U-bolt clamping plate and wing nuts to again secure the rear of the bike rack to our roof rack on our vehicle. With our bike rack secure, we can load up a bike. Well take our bike and place the wheel of the bike into the wheel tray. more

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6/21/2012 11:58:58 AM

SportRack Nomad Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Nissan Versa- Video

Today we have with us the 2012 Nissan Versa and we'll be test fitting the Sportrack Nomad Roof Mounted Bike Carrier part number ABR611. To mount the carrier to our roof rack we'll set it up on top of our load bars. We'll fit the U bolts and wing nuts around our front load bar at the head of the bike rack and we'll tighten it down. We'll move to the rear load bar and use the clamp, bolts and wing nuts to secure the rear of the bike rack. Once we've done that we can ready to load our bike. We want to make sure that the wheel straps at the front and back of the wheel tray are open. more

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6/18/2012 11:08:52 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Nissan Sentra- Video

Alright, today on this 2012 Nissan Sentra we're going to do a test fit of RockyMounts TieRod Bicycle Rack, part number RKY1014. Ok, now our Sentra has already been equipped with a roof rack using the elliptical bars so all you do is place our bike rack on top of it. Let's start off by setting the front part of the bike rack on top of the front crossbar and make sure that the straps go underneath and around to the clips on the front of the bike rack. Then we'll go ahead and raise up the back half and align the clamp up with the back bar. With the bike rack loosely attached, we'll go ahead and move around to the spot we want and then we'll go ahead and tighten it down. We'll go ahead and tighten down the hardware for the back bar and then we'll go ahead and use a 6mm Allen key to tighten down the front clamp. more

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2/23/2012 12:33:58 PM

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Nissan Versa- Video

Alright, today on this 2012 Nissan Versa were going to do a test fit of the Domestique Bicycle Rack from Thule, part number TH513. Now this car is already outfitted with the Thule Roof Rack System using the Thule AeroBlades. So well start with the bicycle rack already assembled according to the instructions. Well go ahead and put it in place. Well start off with the clamp loosely installed so we can slide it over the first crossbar. And then we'll go ahead and guide our second clamp to the second crossbar. more

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2/14/2012 8:01:11 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Nissan Versa- Video

Alright, today, on this 2012 Nissan Versa, we're going to do a test fit on a RockyMounts TieRod Bicycle Rack, part number RKY1014. Now, our vehicle already has a roof rack installed on it and it has elliptical-type bars. So we're going to start off with our bike rack already assembled according to instructions, so it's just a matter of placing it on our roof rack. To start off, we'll take the bike rack lower onto the front crossbar and make sure its straps run underneath. We'll go ahead and make sure we'll line up the clamp with the second crossbar. We can take the straps and put them to the clips on the other side. more

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2/10/2012 9:28:42 AM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Nissan Altima- Video

All right today on this 2011 Nissan Altima, we are going to do a test fit of Yakima bike rack, part number y02103. Our Nissans already been outfitted with a Yakima roof rack system, so all we have to do is place our bike rack on top of that, very easy, all we are going to do is set the first clamp onto the front cross bar, then well slide a second clamp onto the second cross bar. We are going to put the bicycle rack in the spot that we want and then we will go ahead and tighten down the clamps. Okay with that our bike rack is already loaded up onto the roof rack, now lets go ahead and load the bike. The first thing we will do is push the wheel loop up and towards in front of the vehicle and well make sure to strap for the back wheel is out of the way. Okay, so load up the bike and lets go ahead and put the front wheel to the front into the front hoop. more

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12/30/2011 3:13:19 PM

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Nissan Altima- Video

Alright, today on this 2011 Nissan Altima, we're going to do a test fit of Domestique Bicycle Rack. Ok, our Nissan has already been outfitted with a Thule load bars. We'll go ahead and start by loading up the bike rack onto the first crossbar. We'll slide it around the clamp and then slide the second clamp over the second crossbar. Next, we'll go ahead and take an Allen wrench and we'll go ahead and take the fasteners to get them started. Make sure that the bike rack is in its proper place and we'll go ahead and tighten them down. more

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12/30/2011 3:13:18 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Nissan Versa- Video

Alright, today on this 2011 Nissan versa, were going to do a quick test of rocky mounts bike carrier. Ok now our versa has already been equipped with a Thule roof rack system using the aero-blades. And our bike rack has already been put together according to instructions, so well go ahead and set it into place, ok so well take the front part of our rack, well slide it onto the first crossbar and run the straps underneath the bar until it catches in front. Now well go the back half of the rack and install a clamp for the second crossbar. All the hardware is attached and now go ahead and make sure the bike rack is centered on the vehicle front to rear and also position the bike rack where you want it left to right. Then we go ahead and tighten down all the hardware. more

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12/15/2011 1:48:29 AM

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Nissan Versa- Video

Alright today on this 2011 Nissan Versa, were going to do a test fit of Thule Bike Rack part number th513. The Domestique Fork Mount Bike Carrier. We already got our roof rack installed with the Thule AeroBlades. So we will take the domestic bike rack and go ahead and set it into place, and we already have our bike rack assembled pre the instructions. Now we will start with the front of the bike rack, we will put the clamp on from the bottom of the cross rail, and then attach the hardware that is already in the bike rack. Okay we will just get it started and then we will take the clamp part and center it over the AeroBlade, and then we could just go ahead and snug it up. more

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12/7/2011 4:40:32 PM

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