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SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video
Today on our 2015 Toyota RAV4, we're doing a test fit of the SportRack Ridge Hanging Style 5 Bike Rack, designed for 2 inch hitches. The part number for this is SR2405. The first thing we'll do is go over how the bike is strapped down. We've got 2 cradles and then 3 straps, 2 on the frame here and then one is your anti-sway strap in the back. It's going to keep a lot of the movement out of the bike so you won't damage your vehicle or your rack. To release those, we just pull down and lift up, and we save our anti-sway strap for last. Then we can just pull our bike off the rack and set it off to the side. more
11/6/2015 10:42:10 AM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Challenger SR2405- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Challenger we are doing a test fit on a sport rack ridge tilting 5 bike rack, for 2 inch hitches only, that part number is SR2405. You see that we already have the bike on the vehicle, let's show you a few features. First will be the three straps, we have 2 up top, then we have an anti sway strap on the side. Let's go ahead and take off our bike, pull the two top and up front, one on the side, take off our bike, set this to the side. We always want to remember to replace our straps so they won't get damaged or lost. Now lets take a few measurements. First measurement I like to take, is from the bumper closest to our bike rack, I am looking at approximently about 6 inches. more
11/3/2015 8:37:41 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country S64152-2- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town and Country, we're doing a test fit on the Swagman 00:00:05 Original 3 Bike Rack. This has been designed for use in 2 inch hitches. Its part number is S64152-2. Not only is this Swagman Original great for your SUVs, your vans, anything like that, but it's also RV and camper approved so this can transition right from our vehicle right over on to one of our other campers or RVs. I really like the setup. It uses two knobs here to hold the top plate down on your bike. We've got your craytons 00:00:39 here which really do a great job. You can see our cables have flexibility to come through there. more
9/24/2015 5:11:19 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Ford Flex- Video
Today on our 2013 Ford Flex we're going to be doing a test for the Swagman Original-3 bike rack, part number S64152-2. It's for 2-inch hitches. I've already got a load into the receiver so you can get a good idea what it's going to look like in the back of your Flex. Let's go ahead and tighten it up with our included anti-rattle bolt. You want to make sure and line up your pinholes. This is going to be inserted from the passenger side, here. more
9/21/2015 10:31:34 AM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're doing a test fit on the Sport Rack Ridge. This is a folding and tilting 5 bike rack. It's been designed for use on 2 inch hitches. Part number on it is SR20405. Now, you can see the Ridge is going to use three cradles and straps to hold our bike in place. We've got 2 up here for the top frame tube of the bike, we're also going to have 1 on the backside for an anti-sway cradle. more
9/3/2015 3:45:15 PM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Buick Enclave- Video
Today on our 2015 Buick Enclave, we'll be taking a look at the SportRack Ridge five bike hanging style rack, part number SR2405. As you can see we already have a bike mounted up on our rack and our rack mounted on our Enclave. We'll start by taking the bike off and showing you how it attaches to our ridge. We have three straps, two up at the top and they're pretty simple, just pull them off. If you're going to do this, just line up the holes, now there. Our third strap will be on the down tube of the bike, and that's our anti-sway strap which keeps it from moving back and forth and maybe knocking into our other bikes or into the back of our vehicle. Now that we have those undone, we'll go ahead and slide our bike off. It's always a good idea to reattach your straps so that you don't lose them as you're going down the road or putting your rack into storage or whatever you may be doing with it while it's not in use. more
8/24/2015 5:15:11 PM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2015 Honda CRV, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Sport rack ridge 5 hanging style five back rack, part number SR2405. This bike rack comes with a two inch shank for your two inch receivers only, and as you can see we've already got our bike up here in place so you can see what it's going to look like once we have it fully assembled and in place on the back of our vehicle. It's also going to attach to our receiver, using a anti rattle bolt, to help reduce the sway, rattle, and wobble. As you can see here with me moving it around, it isn't going to have a whole lot of movement, and it's going to be pretty darn still, down there in the bottom of our receiver. Let's go ahead and start off, by getting a few measurements. Our closest distance, is going to be from the front side of the rack, to the back side of the bumper. You can see where that bracket is that comes down to the bottom, down towards the base. more
8/17/2015 3:21:28 PM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe- Video
Today on our 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Sport Rack Ridge 5, hanging style five bike rack, part number SR2405. As you can see, we already have our bike up here in place so you can see what it's going to look like once you have it fully assembled and in place on the back of your vehicle. This bike rack is going to come with a two inch shank for your two inch receiver's only as well as an anti rattle bolt to help secure it and make sure that there's as little sway, rattle and wobble as possible. Let's go ahead and start off by getting a few measurements. Our closest distance is going to be down here from the front of the bracket to the back end of the receiver at about three and seven eighths inches. Overall distance that we've added to the back of the vehicle from the rear of the bumper to the back of the cradle arms is about thirty nine inches and our ground clearance is going to be about ten inches. Moving up top, let's talk about how our bike is secured to our rack. We're going to have three straps in total securing each bike to our cradle arms. more
7/31/2015 5:37:39 PM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan SR2405- Video
Today on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be doing a test fit of the SportRack Ridge 5. This is going to be your hanging style five-bike rack, Part #SR2405. As you can see, we've already got one of our bikes up here in place on that front set of cradles. So, you can see what it's all going to look like once you have it fully assembled and in place on the back of your vehicle. Note that this rack does come with a two-inch shank for your two-inch receivers only. And it's also going to secure using a three-quarter inch anti-rattle bolt. We'll start off by getting a few measurements. The closest distance is going to be down here at the bottom to the backside of the bumper at about one inch. Overall distance from the backside of the bumper to the extent of the cradle arms here is going to be about thirty-six and a half inches. Now, let's go ahead and look at the bottom side for ground clearance. more
7/30/2015 9:16:44 AM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Kia Sedona sr2405- Video
Expert: Today on our 2012 Kia Sedona we are going to be doing a test fit of the sport rack Ridge 5. This is going to be your hanging style 5 bike rack, part number SR2405. And as you an see we've already to our bike up here on our cradle arm, so you an what it's going to look like once you have it fully assembled and in place on the back of your vehicle. This rack does come with a 2 inch shank for your 2 inch receivers only. And it's going to attach using a three quarter inch anti-rattle bolt with a safety clip. Let's go ahead start off by getting a few measurements. Our closest distance is going to be down here at the bottom towards the receiver at the end of metal bracket it's going to about 1 and three quarter inches. more
7/27/2015 10:41:06 AM
Swagman Original 3 Bike Rack Review- Video
Today we'll be taking a look at the Swagman Original Hang Style Original 3 Bike Rack for 2 inch receivers, part number S64152-2. The Swagman Original is going to be great for 3 bikes ranging from sizes of your mountain bikes, road bikes, children's bikes, even your women's bikes or alternative frame bikes. It's going to be great for your cars, trucks, SUV's, even your RV's and trailers. The Swagman Original is going to have that sturdy steel construction and a nice premium powder coat finish to resist a lot of the rust and corrosion that you'll see out on the road. These vinyl cushions are going to be great for clamping on the top of your bike to and the bottom as as well as leaving grooves and space for all your cables on the bottom side. This rack is going to have a few nice features as far as security goes. You're going to have a 5/8 inch hole here on top where you can insert any sort of padlock that you may have. We have one laying around here so let's go ahead and see how that looks. more
7/14/2015 10:57:15 AM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2008 Honda Odyssey- Video
Today on our 2008 Honda Odyssey, we're going to be doing a test fit of the SportRack Ridge 5 Hanging Style 5 Bike Rack. Part Number SR2405. As you can see, we've already got a bike up here on our platform, so you can see what it's going to look like once you have it fully assembled and in place on the back of your vehicle. This bike rack's going to come with your 2 inch shank for your 2 inch receivers only. It's, also, going to have an anti-rattle bolt to help resist a lot of the sway, rattle and wobble that you normally have. Let's go ahead and start off by getting a few measurements. Our closets distance will be first, that's going to be from the back side of the receiver to the front side of that bracket at about 1 3/4 inches. Overall distance that we've added to the vehicle from the rear of the bumper to the back of the cradle arms at about 36 1/2 inches. more
7/13/2015 1:11:37 PM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee SR2405- Video
Today on our 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee, we're going to be doing a test of the SportRack Ridge 5 Hang-Style 5 Bike Rack, part number SR2405. As you can see, we've already got a bike on our platform so you can see what it's going to look like once you have it all installed on the back of your Jeep. Let's start off my getting a few measurements. Our closest distance will be first. That's going to be from the bottom side down here on the flange and bracket to the backside of the receiver of about 1-7/8". Overall distance that we added to the vehicle will be from the rear of the bumper to the backside of the cradle arms, at about 37-1/2". Our ground clearance from the bottom side of the shank, at about 13". Let's talk about how the bike's secured. more
6/24/2015 3:43:59 PM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Nissan Murano- Video
Today on our 2014 Nissan Murano, we'll be doing a test fit of the Sportrack Ridge Tilting 5 Bike Rack. That's part number SR2405. Let's go ahead and start by putting our shank into our receiver. We'll line up our pinholes. All right, that looks about right. We'll take our included anti-rattle bolt and thread that through. more
6/24/2015 8:42:54 AM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Expedition sr2405- Video
Today on our 2015 Ford Expedition, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Sport Rack Ridge 5 hanging style 5 bike rack. Part number SR2405. As you can see we've already got our bike in place, so you can see what it would like once you it fully installed with a bike in place. Let's start off by getting a few measurements. Our closest distance will be first, and that's going to be from the front here, to the back side of the bumper and receiver, at about 2". Our overall distance, from the backside of the bumper to the outside of our cradle arms, is going to be about 40". Our ground clearance, from the bottom side, is going to be about 17". Moving up top, we'll talk about the straps that are attaching the bike. more
6/12/2015 11:03:13 AM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe SR2405- Video
Today, on our 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe, we're going to be doing a test fit to this Four Rack Ridge Five. This is going to be your Hanging Style Five Bike Rack, part number SR2405. As you can see, we've already got our bike up here and mounted so that you can see what it look like once you have your bike in place with the cradle arms extended and the rack in place. Let's go ahead and get some measurements starting with our closest distance first. From the front of the bracket here to the back end of the vehicle. It's going to be about two and seven eighths inches. more
5/27/2015 1:42:19 PM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport- Video
Today on 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander were doing a test fit on the SportRack Ridge. This is a folding and tilting 5-bike rack. Its been designed for use with the 1 or 2 hitches. The part number on it is SR2405. The Ridge is going to use 3 straps to hold our bike in place; 2 for our top frame tube, and our frame here is narrower at the rear, wider at the front, the straps and cradles do a good job of holding onto those, and the third one were going to have right down here thats our anti-sway cradle. As you can see moving that bike back and forth it doesnt have a lot of range. more
5/21/2015 4:42:00 AM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited SR2405- Video
Today on our 2015 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, we're gonna be doing a test fit of the Sport Rack Ridge 5. It's gonna be your hanging style 5-bike rack; PAR number SR2405. This is gonna be you're tilting style. It's gonna come with a 2 inch shank for your 2 inch hitches only, and as you can see we've already got a bike up here installed and in place so that you can see what it's going to look like, and how it's gonna fit before we go through all the measurements. Our first measurement we're gonna give, is gonna be our closest distance first. But the thing to note with this is it does have 2 different threaded holes, so this is gonna be the furthest in that it can be. There is another one that's gonna give you the ability to let it sit out a little bit further. more
5/14/2015 2:43:24 PM
SportRack Ridge 5 Bike Rack Test Course- Video
This is our test course. Let's start with the swallow. This shows side to side action such as turning corners or evasive maneuvering. Then on to our alternating speed bumps. This shows twisting action such as hitting curves, pot holes, road debris, or uneven pavement. Last of all, the solid speed bumps. more
5/13/2015 2:42:15 PM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 nissan rogue sr2405- Video
Today we're going to be taking a look and doing a test fit of the Sport Rack Ridge. Now this is a folding and tilting 5-bike rack. It's been designed for use with 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. The part number on it is SR2405. Now the Ridge is going to offer us five locations to transport a bike. Each of them are going to have an anti-sway cradle. more
5/6/2015 7:41:41 PM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Traverse- Video
Today we're going to be taking a look at the Sport Rack Ridge. This is a folding and tilting 5-bike rack. It's been designed for use with 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. The part number on it is SR2405. Now as you can see, we've got a dual arm design hanging-style bike rack. Uses three rubber straps at each bike location to hold them in place. more
5/6/2015 7:41:06 PM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V SR2405- Video
Today we're going to be taking a look and doing a test fit on a SportRack Ridge. This is a folding and tilting 5 bike rack. The part number on it is SR2405. As you can see, the Ridge is going to have 10 sets of cradles here to hold 5 bikes. One side's going to be for our standard frame cradle. While the opposing cradle on that same set will be the frame cradle and also an anti-sway cradle. more
5/6/2015 6:43:09 PM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chevrolet Traverse- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Traverse we are going to be doing a test fit of the SportRack Ridge 5. This is going to be your hanging style 5 bike rack. It does come with an 1-1/4" shank, as well as a 2" adapter. Just keep in mind with a Class 1 and 2 hitch and your 1-1/4 shank, that you will only be able to carry three (3) bikes maximum. This is going to be part number SR2405. We are going to see how it looks and fits on this Traverse that we have here today. Insert your shank into your receiver and line up your pin holes. more
5/6/2015 5:53:27 PM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Jeep Cherokee- Video
Today on our 2015 Jeep Cherokee, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Sport Rack Ridge 5. This is going to be your hanging style 5 bike rack. It does come with your inch and a quarter shank, but if you use your inch and a quarter clasp on it, class 2 hitches, just remember that you can only carry two bikes. If you use the 2 inch adapter with your 2 inch hitches, you can carry all 5 bikes. It's going to be part number SR2405. We're going to go ahead and fit it onto our 2 inch receiver that we have here today. Insert the shank into the receiver and line up your pin holes. more
5/6/2015 5:52:50 PM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Explorer- Video
Today on our 2015 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor, we're going to be doing a test fit of the SportRack Ridge 5. This is going to be your hanging-style 5-bike rack. It's also going to be part number SR2405. It does come with your two-inch shank for your two-inch hitches only. And as you can see we already got it up here installed on our vehicle so you can see what it looks like. First thing we're going to do is go through a few measurements, first one being our closest distance first. In that case it's going to be from our receiver to this bracket on the front side. more
5/6/2015 5:51:43 PM
SportRack Ridge 5 Bike Rack Review- Video
Today we'll be taking a look at the Sport Rack Ridge Tilting 5 Bike Rack for 2 inch hitches, part number SR2405. Also available in a 4 bike rack part number SR2404 and in a 3 bike rack part number SR2403. This 5 bike rack is made out of a sturdy steel construction with a nice gray powder coat finish. It is going to be strong, durable and it is going to last a long time. Its got a great tilt feature we can gain access to our rear cargo. The dual arms are going to provide excellent support for our 5 bikes as well as the 3 point contact cradle arms which is going to ensure that our bikes don't come in contact with one another as well as our vehicle. Each set of our cradles features an anti sway mechanism which is going to prevent excess movement in our bike while we are on the road. more
3/16/2015 7:03:39 AM
Swagman RV Bumper 2 Bike Rack Review S64663- Video
Today we're going to be taking a look at the Swagman Platform Style 2-Bike Rack designed for use with RV bumpers or any standard 2 inch hitch. Part number on it is S64663. As you can see here, we've got our rack mounted to the back of our RV. This rack is great, it allows you to mount it onto any RV that has a square bumper here in the rear that's 4 to 4 1/2 inches wide. The rack will hold a wide variety of bikes. We have fully adjustable wheel cradles here. more
12/22/2014 12:49:18 PM
Swagman RV and Motorhome Ladder Mount 2 Bike Rack Review- Video
Today we're going to be taking a look at the Swagman RV and motorhome ladder mounted two bike rack, part number is S80630. Our Swagman RV or motorhome ladder mounted bike rack is a great solution for getting your bikes where you need to go when you're traveling in your motorhome. It's an all aluminum construction, so it's going to be very corrosion resistant for you. The pads are fully adjustable. These will go up and down, going to help it fit a wide variety of ladder sizes with the different rung lengths in between, we can easily adjust those up and down. As you can see, all the weight of the bikes are going to be supported by these two sturdy hooks here on the top that are going to go around the rung of the ladder. They're designed in such a way that you really have to have the bike rack up on pretty steep angle to get them off, so I'm not going to really have any worry of them coming off. Designed to fit the round, the oval shape, the more squared off shape, so a lot of different applications that it's going to fit. more
12/18/2014 1:18:02 PM
Swagman RV Mounted 4 Bike Rack Review- Video
Today we're going to be taking a look at the Swagman 4 Bike RV Mounted Bike Rack, part number S80600. As you can see, the bumper-mounted bike rack is going to allow us to transport up to 4 bikes to wherever we need to go. We are limited to 30 lb per bike. They use a very heavy duty steel construction which gets us up to that weight limit. As you can see there's also a nice, black powder coat finish. It's going to resist corrosion and keep a long-lasting good look for us. more
12/15/2014 1:54:48 PM
Surco Van and RV Ladder Rack Bike Rack Review- Video
Today we're going to be taking a look at the Surco ladder mounted bike rack. This is designed to mount on any RV, motorhome or van that has a ladder with a one inch tube on it. The part number is SP501BR. The lightweight heavy gauge aluminum construction is durable and rustproof. They have a bright dipped polished finish on it to protect it from the elements. As you can see, the rack's going to have a two bike capacity, has got nice rubber cushion cradles and flexible rubber straps that are going to securely hold our bike. Also, as you can see, the cradles are designed so they'll slide up and down the length of the cradle arm. This is going to help us to adjust for different styles of bike. more
7/9/2014 11:19:45 PM
Swagman Trailhead Towing Tilting 4 Bike Rack Review- Video
Today we're going to be taking a look at the Swagman Trailhead Hitch Mounted 4 Bike Rack with the towing capability, part number S63390. The Swagman Trailhead has a carrying capacity of 4 bicycles with a weight capacity of 35 lbs per bike. The attached ball mount on the bike rack has a gross trailer weight of 3000 lbs with a 300 lbs tongue weight. The bike rack can also tilt forward to allow you to have access to your rear hatch by forcing to loosen up our black wingnut for our anti-rattle device and then remove the silver pin. With the pin removed, we can tilt the rack down. Then we'll go ahead and reinstall our pin and then tighten down our anti-rattle device. Now with the bike rack like this, it is in a stored position, the arms fold downward so that you can reduce the overall added length of the vehicle. To bring the arms up, we'll pull the silver pin at the top of mast and then we'll simply swing the cradle arms up. more
12/18/2013 2:45:52 PM
Swagman XP For RV and Motorhome Hitch Bike Rack Review- Video
Today, well be demonstrating the Swagman XP 4 Bike Rack for 2 inch Trailer Hitches part number S64940. Now, the Swagman XP is RV and Motorhome approved. This carriers steel construction provides lasting toughness and carries up to four bikes. The cushion cradle on the arm rotates to keep wheels levelled to the ground provide improved ground clearance and help provide a scratch-free ride for your bike. The cradles will accommodate bikes with up to 2 inch diameter frame and the locking knob allows for securing quick unload. Now, well go ahead and slide our shank of the bike rack into the hitch. more
8/21/2013 4:55:09 PM
Swagman RV and Camper Bike Racks - RV Bumper Rack - S80500 Review- Video
Today were going to review part number S80500. This is the Swagman Around the Spare Bike Rack. This bike rack is designed to fit on your RV when you have a spare tire on the back, and your RV does not have a hitch to be able to fit a hitch bike rack. So what you can do to still carry the bikes on your RV is you can install this bike rack. Basically what you would do is these U bolts would install around your square bumper on your RV. your spare tire would be located right here and youll still have availability to hang two bikes onto this bike rack. more
4/4/2013 11:16:18 AM
