Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2010 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2010 Chevrolet Traverse we'll be doing a test fit on the Kuat Transfer 3 Bike Rack, part number TS03G. It's also available in a 2 bike rack, part number TS02G. As you can see it's a platform style bike. I've already got it loaded up just to give you a good idea of what it looks like on our Traverse and to see how it secures our bikes. It actually secures our bikes in 2 spots. We have this large wheel hook going over our front wheel putting down pressure into our front wheel cradle, and then we have a rear wheel strap going over our rear wheel and going into the ratcheting mechanism there. more

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6/15/2016 8:06:45 AM

Kuat NV Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2010 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today in our 2010 Chevrolet Traverse we'll be doing a test fit on the Kuat NV Style 4 Bike Rack. That's part number N105-107. So I've already got it loaded up on the Traverse just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it's going to work with our Traverse. So it actually secures our bikes in two spots. We have a wheel hook going over our front wheel, putting down pressure into our front wheel cradle. In the rear here, we have a rear wheel strap going over our wheel and then ratcheting down into this mechanism here. more

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6/15/2016 8:06:34 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2010 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2010 Chevrolet Traverse we'll be doing a test fit on the Thule Roadway Hanging Style 2 Bike Rack. That's part number TH912XTR. I've already got it loaded up on the Traverse just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it's going to secure our 2 bikes. It actually secures our bikes in 3 spots. We have these 2 rubberized straps over our top tube here. Then for our seat post tube, we have the strap going around that. more

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6/14/2016 10:17:09 AM

RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2010 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2010 Chevrolet Traverse, we'll be doing a test fit on the RockyMounts split rail platform style two bike rack. That's part number RKY1140. I've already got it loaded up on the Traverse, just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it secures our two bikes. It actually secures our bikes in two spots, we have this large wheel hook going over our front wheel, putting down pressure into our front wheel cradle here. For the rear, we have a strap that goes over our wheel, keeping that from popping out of place. All in all, there is no frame contact with this bike rack, that's a really nice feature. One of the other great features, though, is that it has the ability to tilt away from the vehicle, so we can gain access to our rear hatch. We can actually tilt it away with the bikes loaded, there's a handle underneath here, just pull it towards you, and then we can tilt it out. more

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6/14/2016 10:16:40 AM

Yakima Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2010 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2010 Chevrolet Traverse, we'll be doing a test fit on the Yakima HoldUp Style Four Bike Rack. That's part number Y02443-2. I've already got it loaded up on the Traverse, just to give you a good idea of what it looks like, and how it secures our four bikes. It actually secures our bikes with no frame contact. We have this large wheel hook going over our front wheel, putting down pressure into our front wheel holder. For our rear wheel cradle, we've just got a strap going over our wheel, keeping everything in place. That's a really nice feature. A great feature is that it has the ability to tilt away from the vehicle, with bikes loaded so we can gain access to our rear hatch. more

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6/14/2016 10:16:19 AM

Yakima HoldUp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2010 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2010 Chevrolet Traverse, we'll be doing a test fit on the Yakima hold-up platform style two-bike rack. That's part number Y02443. So I've already got it loaded up on the Traverse just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it secures our bikes. It actually secures our bikes in two spots with this large wheel hook going over our front tire putting down pressure into our front wheel holder here. For the back rear wheel cradle we have a strap going over wheel. All in all, there's no frame contact with his bike rack. That's a really nice feature. One of the great features is, it has the ability to tilt away with bikes loaded so we can gain access to our rear hatch. more

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6/14/2016 10:16:06 AM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Traverse we're going to be doing a test fit on the Swagman XC 2-Bike Platform Style Rack, part number S64650. On this bike rack the way that it's held in place is it's got 2 wheel cradles down at the bottom, and then up here on top it's got a hook that comes over the frame and keeps it tight down into those cradles. What we're going to do now is go ahead and take this bike off here. In order to do that, we just need to move these hooks up on the mast and in order to do that you just want to push in on the little gray tabs on the side. Push it up and once you've done that you can lift your bike up and out of the way. I'm going to go ahead and move these back down a little bit. Now in order to gain access to your cargo area when the bikes are off what you can do is you can pull this pin down here at the bottom and you can tilt your mast to either side for storage. Then you can replace that pin to keep it tight. more

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5/5/2016 1:29:25 PM

Swagman XTC4 Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Traverse, we're going to be doing a test fit on the Swagman XTC4 4-bike Platform Style Rack, part number S64665. On this bike rack, the bike is secured down in 3 locations. It's got 1 hook over the frame up top here that keeps it tight into these wheel cradles, and then down on the wheel cradles, it's got a strap that'll go around each wheel. We're going to go ahead and take this bike off. Going to do that. We'll start by taking the straps and releasing those, and then we want to squeeze the tabs on the hook in order to move them up so that we can take our bike out. Then, once we've set our bike off to the side, we can take a couple of measurements to see what kind of distances we have. The first measurement is we're going to see how much total distance we're adding to the vehicle, so looks like about 38-1/4 inches. more

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5/4/2016 11:26:22 AM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Chevrolet Traverse S64684- Video

Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Traverse, we're doing a test fit of the Swagman Dispatch II Platform-Style Bike Rack. That part number is S64684. Now we already have our bike secured down. First, we're going to show you how we secure it in place. At the front and back tire, we have a ratchet strap with a bushing in between the strap and the bike, just to protect that from any scratches or abrasions that may happen. We're just going to push the button and release those. more

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5/2/2016 10:28:49 AM

Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Traverse, we're doing a test fit of the Curt Premium hanging style 4-bike rack. That part number is C18064. Now, we already have our bike secured down. First we're going to show you how we do that. We've got two cradles in place with three straps, two on our frame here and one as our anti-sway strap in the back. We're going to start by removing those. more

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5/2/2016 10:28:03 AM

Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Chevrolet Traverse TS03B- Video

Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Traverse, we're doing a test fit of the Kuat transfer 3 platform style bike rack. That part number is TS03G. We already have our bike secured down. First we're going to show you one of the key features of they platform style rack here. Now if we did have all 3 bikes loaded up, we can still use this feature. With our first bike here, we're just going to lift up on our wheel hooks. more

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4/29/2016 11:52:41 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Chevrolet Traverse ETTHT2P-2- Video

Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Traverse we're doing a test fit of the Thule T2 Pro Platform Style Two Bike Rack. That part number is, TH9034. Now, we already have our bike secured down, but first we're going to show you our main feature of this bike rack with our bike attached, or even both bikes attached we can tilt this away from our vehicle. To do so we're going to grip here at the back handle bar. There's a gray piece, you're just going to pull it towards the back. We'll be able to rotate our bike rack down. more

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4/29/2016 11:52:27 AM

Softride Element-Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Traverse, we're doing a test fit of the Softride Element Parallelogram hanging style 4-bike rack. That part number is SR26248. Now, we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you a key feature of this rack. Now, not all hanging racks do this. This is very special. more

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4/29/2016 11:51:21 AM

Saris Thelma Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Traverse, we're doing a test fit of the Saris Thelma platform style 3 bike rack, that part number is SA4239B. Now we already have our bike attached to our bike rack. We're first going to show you how we do that. Here in the back, we have a ratcheting strap. This is quick and easy to remove. In the front, we have a wheel cradle. more

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4/29/2016 11:51:06 AM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Chevrolet Traverse S63380- Video

Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Traverse, we're doing a test fit of the Swagman Trailhead hanging style 4-bike rack. That part number is S63380. Now, we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that. We've got two cradles in place with four straps altogether. We've got three on our frame here and one as our anti-sway in the back. more

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4/29/2016 11:26:51 AM

Pro Series Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Traverse, we're doing a test fit of the Pro Series Q-Slot Platform Style 2 and 4 bike rack. Part number is PS63138. Now, we already have our bikes secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that. At the front and at the back tire, we have hook and loop straps that are going to hold those in place. We'll just start by removing those. more

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4/29/2016 11:26:22 AM

Kuat NV Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Traverse we're doing a test fit of the Kat NV Platform Style 4 Bike Rack. That part number is N105-107. Now, this can also be sold as a two bike rack but we do have that second bike rack add-on here. To start off, what we're going to do is show you our tilting feature. This is a great feature for our platform style rack. If you do have four bikes loaded on I would suggest getting an extra set of hands. more

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4/29/2016 11:26:06 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Chevrolet Traverse TH9029XT- Video

Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Traverse we're going to be doing a test fit on the Thule Vertex 4 bike rack, part number TH9029XT. Now on this bike rack it's held on at three locations. It's got two straps up over the top of the frame here, and one down here on the side, which is your anti-sway strap. We're going to go ahead and take the bike off and set that aside. Now with the bike out of the way, let's get a couple measurements. First one's going to be total distance added to the vehicle. You're looking about 33-1/2". more

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4/28/2016 2:02:17 PM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Chevrolet Traverse TH912XTR- Video

Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Traverse we're going to be doing a test fit of the Thule Roadway 2 Bike Rack, part number TH912XTR. On this bike rack, the bike's held down in 3 positions. It's got 2 straps up top here on the frame and then 1 down here on the side, which is your anti-sway strap. Right now we're going to go ahead and take this off, set that aside. Now with the bike out of the way we're going to take a couple measurements. First measurement is total distance added to the vehicle, which you're looking at about 23 inches for that. Then closest point to the vehicle which is going to be this gray lever right here, looking right about 2 inches. more

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4/28/2016 2:02:01 PM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on this 2013 Chevrolet Traverse, we're going to be testing the thule vertex swing 4 bike rack. Part number TH9031XT. Now, the first feature we are going to show off on this the most unique feature about this. Where this can actually swing completely away form the vehicle to gain full access to your cargo area while the bikes are still installed. Now to do that, if you come around here, we'll first loosen up this big knob in the back, all the way. Then, we'll remove this t pin. more

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2/29/2016 9:36:11 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Chevrolet Traverse th9029xt- Video

Today in this 2013 Chevrolet Traverse we're going to be test fitting the Thule Vertex 4 Bike Rack, part number TH9029XT. As you can see, 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, as you can see, it's going to have 3 points of contact with your bike frame to attach it to the rack, when I have 2 straps up top here, plus 1 off to the side, which is going to serve as an anti-sway strap, which keeps the bike from moving back and forth possibly hitting the bike rack, or the bikes in front of it. Let's go and take the bike off and set it aside for now. Now, once you remove the straps, it's a good habit to get into to put them back in place, primarily because you don't want to lose them while you're driving. Now I'm going to go ahead and give you a couple measurements: The first is going to be, how much distance is added to the vehicle once the bike rack is installed. more

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2/29/2016 9:35:50 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Chevrolet Traverse th912xtr- Video

Today on this 2013 Chevrolet Traverse, we're going to be testing the Thule Roadway two bike rack, part number TH912XTR. As you can see, we already have a bike attached to the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. Now, as far as how the bike attaches to the rack, you're going to have three points of contact with your bike's frame. We're going to have two straps up top here and one strap off to the side. That's going to act as an anti-sway strap, which keeps it from going back and forth possible hitting the bike rack or the bike in front of it. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. more

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2/29/2016 9:35:10 AM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today in this 2013 Chevrolet Traverse we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Trailhead 4 bike rack, part number S63380. Now 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 bike actually attaches to the rack, you're going to have 4 points of contact with your bike's frame. We're going to have 3 rubber straps up on top, then 1 off to the side here which is going to act as an anti sway device to keep it from moving back and forth possibly hitting the bike rack or the bikes in front of it. Let's go ahead and remove the bike, show off some of the other features. Now once you remove the straps, it's always a good habit to put them back in place once you have gotten the bike off. more

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2/29/2016 9:32:19 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Traverse TH912XTR- Video

Today, on our 2015 Chevrolet Traverse, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Roadway Hanging Style 2 Bike Rack. That part number is TH912XTR. Now, we already have our bike on the rack. We're first going to show you how we secure that down. Then, we'll go over some other features of the rack itself. We have two cradles in place holding our bike down with three straps. Two on our frame and then one on the back as our anti-sway strap. We're just going to pull down and release those straps. Then, we can pull our bike straight off of our rack and set it off to the side. Now, anytime that you remove your bike, I always suggest you replace the straps so you don't lose or damage any of them. All right. Now, with all of those in place, we can take a few measurements. Our first one is going to be our overall, added to the back of the vehicle with our arms hanging out. more

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1/11/2016 4:19:02 PM

Kuat NV Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 chevrolet traverse- Video

Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Traverse we're taking a look, and doing a test fit on the Kuat NV. As you can see, this is a platform style 4 bike rack. It's been designed for use in 2 inch hitches. The part number is N105-107 for the black and chrome. It's also available as part number N101-103. That's for a nice gunmetal gray and orange finish. Now the Envy has a tilt away feature that we like with our bikes. more

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6/12/2015 1:36:06 PM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Traverse S63380- Video

Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Traverse, we're going to be taking a look and doing a test out on this Swagman Trail Head. This is a folding and tilting forward bike rack. They've designed for use with the 1 1/4 or with 2 inch hitches. Part number on it is S63380. No the . *clears throat* pardon me. Now the Trail Head uses 3 frame cradle straps here across the top and also an anti-sway cradle strap that's going to go on our seat down tube. more

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6/5/2015 6:36:20 AM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Traverse S64684- Video

Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Traverse, we're going to be doing a test fit on the Swagman Dispatch. This is a platform style 2 bike rack. It has been designed for use in 2 inch hitches. The part number on it is S64684. As you can see the Dispatch is going to use 3 points of contact to hold our bike in place, we got a front wheel cradle, rear wheel cradle and also a frame hook. Now the frame hook has a padded design on it, we won't have to worry about any kind of abrading or any scratches or anything on our frame and each of our wheel cradles has a padded or a pad rather that sits right on top of our rim that's going to give us some shock absorption there and keep it from doing any damage there. We'll use just a cam buckle style strap, press the button then we'll be able to bring our straps out. more

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6/5/2015 6:36:06 AM

Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 chevrolet traverse- Video

Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Traverse, we're going to be doing a test on the Inno Tire Hold. This is the three bike, platform style rack. It's been designed for use with the two inch hitch. Part number on it is INH305-306. Essential what you have is the Inno Tire Two Bike Rack and that you've added the INH 306 pack too .. To convert it into a three bike rack. more

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5/25/2015 9:31:06 AM

Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Traverse, we'll be doing a test fit of the Curt Premium 4 Bike Rack, this is going to be your hanging style 4 bike rack. It does come with a 2 inch shank for your 2 inch hitches only and it's going to be part number C18064. Let's go ahead and get it fitted on there. First thing you want to do is insert your shank into your receiver and then line up your pin holes. Once you have your pin holes lined up, insert your anti rattle bolt and thread it in as far as you can by hand. This anti rattle bolt is going to help to eliminate a lot of the sway, rattle and wobble that you may have in your bike rack and with it just hand tighten, you can still see a lot of that wobble. more

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4/29/2015 4:41:52 PM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2011 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2011 Chevrolet Traverse we're going to be doing a test fit on the Thule Vertex. This is a folding and tilting 4-bike rack. They've designed it for use with 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. Part number on it is going to be TH9029XT. This is a upgrade version from the old Vertex they had. A few things are slight differences in the cradles here, and our mast will actually lock in the down position as well, which is really nice. Now the rack's going to hold the bike in place using two upper frame straps and one anti-sway cradle strap. more

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4/27/2015 5:43:21 PM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Traverse we're going to be doing a test fit of the Swagman Trailhead 4. This is going to be your hanging-style 4-bike rack. It comes with an 1-1/4" shank and a 2" adapter. Just remember with your 1-1/4" shank class one and two hitches, that you will only be able to carry three bikes per the capacity, but you can carry all the bikes on this with your 2". It's going to be part number S63380. First step, we're going to insert our shank into our receiver and line up the holes. Once you have your pinholes lined up, go ahead and insert your anti-rattle bolt and thread it in as far as you can by hand. more

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4/24/2015 12:41:23 PM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Traverse TH9029XT- Video

Today we're going to be taking a look at the Thule Vertex, this is a hanging style 4 bike rack, it's been designed for use with inch and 1/4 or 2 inch hitches. The Part Number on it is TH9029XT, as you can see it holds our bike nice and sturdy. We've got an anti-sway cradle here that's been designed to keep our bikes from making contact with our rack and our other bikes. There are going to be 3 heavy duty rubber straps, it's going to hold them in place. Allow us to slide our bikes on and off, it uses the dual arms here. As you can see the cradles are slotted there. more

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4/22/2015 3:43:12 PM

Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Traverse we're going to be doing a test fit of the Yakima FullTilt. This is going to be your hanging-style 4-bike rack. It does come with an 1-1/4" shank as well as a 2" adapter. It's going to be part number Y02462. Let's go ahead and get it fitted onto our Traverse. Insert your shank into your receiver. Once you get it up here you're going to need to make sure that the tensioner is all the way to the front. more

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4/20/2015 5:46:36 PM

Softride Element Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Traverse, we'll be doing a test fit of the Soft Ride Element Parallelogram. This is your tilting 4 Bike Rack. It's going to be your hanging style. It comes with your 2 inch shank for your 2 inches hitches only and it's going to be part number SR26248. Let's go ahead and get it fitted in to our receiver. Now this does have two different settings on it, you can either set it further in or further out depending on which ever fits your application better. more

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4/20/2015 5:46:06 PM

SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Traverse sr2902- Video

Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Traverse, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Sport Rack 4 Bike Rack. This is going to be your platform style four bike rack, part number SR2902. It does come with your 2 inch shank for your 2 inch hitches only. We're going to see how it fits today. First thing you're going to do is insert your shank into the receiver. Then we'll line up the pin holes. Once you have your pin holes lined up, insert your anti-rattle bolt and thread it in as far as you can by hand. more

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4/20/2015 5:43:44 PM

SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Traverse sr2403- Video

Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Traverse, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Sport Rack III, this will be your hanging style three bike rack. It comes with an inch and a quarter shank as well as a two inch adapter. This will be part number SR2403. We're going to go ahead and get it fitted onto our Traverse that we have here today, first step being insert the shank into the receiver and line up the pin holes. This does have two separate sets of pin holes. There will be a hole here and a hole here. Let's line it up with the first one, because the second one is going to be just too far in to the bottom fascia. more

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4/20/2015 5:43:23 PM

Hollywood Racks Traveler Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Traverse we're going to be doing a test fit of the Hollywood Rack Traveler 5. This is going to be your hanging-style 5-bike rack. Comes with a 2" shank for your 2" hitches only. It is a tilting bike rack and it's going to be part number HR9200. Let's go ahead and get it fitted onto our Traverse. Insert your shank into your receiver and line up your pinholes. Once you have your pinholes lined up, insert your anti-rattle bolt and thread it in as far as you can by hand. more

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4/20/2015 5:41:52 PM

Hollywood Racks Traveler Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Traverse hr8500- Video

Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Traverse we're going to be doing a test fit of the Hollywood Racks Traveler 4-bike rack. This is going to be your hanging-style 4-bike rack. Comes with an 1-1/4" shank as well as a 2" adapter. It's going to be part number HR8500. Let's go ahead and get it fitted onto our vehicle that we have here today. First thing you're going to do is place your shank into your receiver and line up your pinholes. Once you have your pinholes lined up, you'll insert your anti-rattle bolt. more

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4/20/2015 5:41:32 PM

Saris Thelma Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today, on our 2015 Chevrolet Traverse, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Saris Thelma. This will be your platform style 3-bike rack. It does come with a 1-1/4-inch shank for your class I and II hitches as well as a 2-inch adapter for your class III hitches. It's going to be part number SA4239B. Let's go ahead and fit it onto our Traverse. Insert your shank in your receiver, then line up your pin holes. more

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4/17/2015 1:42:52 PM

Saris Freedom SuperClamp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Traverse, we'll be doing a test fit of the Saris Freedom Super Clamp. This is going to be your platform style 2 bike rack. Does come with an 1 1/4 shank as well as a 2 inch adapter for your class 3 hitches. This is going to be part number SA4025. We'll go ahead and get it fitted onto our Traverse that we have here today. First thing you got to want to do is insert your shank into your receiver and lineup your pinholes. more

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4/17/2015 1:42:30 PM

Saris Bike Porter Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Traverse, we'll be doing a test fit of the Saris Bike Porter. This is a hanging style 4 bike rack. It comes with an 1 1/4 shank, as well as a 2 inch adapter for your class 3 hitches. This is going to be part number SA404B. First thing we're going to do is fit the shank into our receiver. Once you have it there, line up your pin holes so we can insert our anti rattle bolt. more

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4/17/2015 1:41:55 PM

Yakima HoldUp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Traverse we're going to be doing a test fit of the Yakima HoldUp. This is going to be the platform-style 2-bike rack. Comes with a 2" shank for your 2" hitches only, and it's going to be part number Y02443. Let's go ahead and get it fitted onto our Traverse that we have here today. First tip is to insert the shank into the receiver and then line up your pinholes. Once you have your pinholes lined up, remove the lock from your anti-rattle bolt and insert it. Thread it in as far as you can by hand. more

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4/17/2015 1:41:32 PM

Saris Freedom Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Traverse, we'll be doing a test fit of the Saris Freedom. This would be your platform-style 4-bike rack. It does come with a 2-inch shank for your two inch hitches only. And it's going to be part number SA4414B. So we're going to go ahead and get it fitted onto our Traverse that we have here today. First thing you want to do when you get it up here is get the shank inserted into your receiver and line up your pinholes. more

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4/17/2015 1:41:06 PM

Hollywood Racks Traveler Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today, on our 2012 Chevrolet Traverse, we'll be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Traveler 4 bike rack, part number HR8500. We'll begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the bike rack into the opening of the hitch. We'll line up the pinholes, enter our anti-rattle bolt into the pinholes and tighten it down with a wrench. With our Hollywood Racks Traveler secured to our Traverse, we'll go over a few clearance measurements to see how the 2 fit together. We have about 16 1/2 inches of ground clearance. The closest part of our bike rack to the closest part of our Traverse is about 1/4 of an inch away. With the cradle arms folded down, we've added about 6 inches to the overall length of our Traverse. We can now pull the black pin at the top of the mast to swing the cradle arms out. With the cradle arms out, we've added about 29 1/2 inches to the overall length of our Traverse. To access the cargo area, we can pull the black pin at the base of the bike rack and tilt the mast down. more

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9/19/2013 1:11:03 PM

Kuat NV Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2012 Chevrolet Traverse well be test fitting the Kuat NV platform style aluminum two bike rack part #: N101. Well begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the bike rack into the opening of the hitch. Well line up the pinholes, insert our pin through our pinholes and secure it and lock it on the other side. We can then turn the black knob at the back of the shank to engage the anti-rattle device. Now with the Kuat NV secured to our Traverse well go ahead and go over a few clearance measurements to see how the two fit together. We have about 16 inches of ground clearance at the rear of the carrier with the platform folded up. more

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9/19/2013 8:13:14 AM

Yakima DoubleDown Ace Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2009 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2009 Chevrolet Traverse, well be test fitting the Yakima DoubleDown Ace Four Bike Carrier for 1-1/4 and 2 inch hitches, part number Y02451. To begin our test fit, well slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch. Line up the pin hole and install the attached pin. Well move to the rear of the shank and tighten the hand knob to secure our bike rack to our vehicle and engage our anti-rattle device. Now well go over a few clearance of measurements. We have about 16-1/2 inches of ground clearance. more

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8/28/2013 2:34:27 PM

Yakima DoubleDown Ace 2 Bike Rack Review - 2009 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2009 Chevrolet Traverse, well be test fitting the Yakima DoubleDown Ace Two Bike Carrier for 1-1/4 and 2 inch hitches, part number Y02450. To begin our test fit, well slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch. Line up the pin hole and install the attached pin. Well move to the rear of the shank and tighten the hand knob to secure our bike rack to our vehicle and engage our anti-rattle device. Now well go over a few clearance of measurements. We have about 16-1/2 inches of ground clearance. more

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8/28/2013 2:32:46 PM

Thule Vertex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2009 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2009 Chevrolet Traverse we'll be test fitting the Thule Vertex four bike rack 3 1/4 inch and 2 inch hitches, part number TH9029. To begin our test fit we'll slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch, line up the pin holes, and thread in our anti-rattle bolt, tightening with a wrench. Now we'll go over a few clearance measurements. We have about 17 1/2 inches of ground clearance. The closest point of the carrier to the rear of the Traverse is about 4 inches. We've added about 11 inches to the overall length of our Traverse. more

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8/28/2013 2:32:19 PM

Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2009 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2009 Chevrolet Traverse we'll be test fitting the Thule Hitching Post Pro Folding, Tilting Four Bike Rack with Anti-Sway, part number th934xtr. To begin our test fit we'll slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch. Line up the pin hole and thread in our anti-rattle bolt tightening it with a wrench. Now we'll go over a few clearance measurements. We have about 16 inches of ground clearance. The closest point of the carrier to the rear of our vehicle is about four inches. more

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8/28/2013 2:29:53 PM

Thule Doubletrack Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2009 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2009 Chevrolet Traverse, we'll be test fitting the Thule Doubletrack platform-style, two-bike rack. Part number TH990XT. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch, line up our pinhole and thread in our anti-rattle bolt, tightening it with a wrench. Now we'll go over a few clearance measurements. We have about sixteen inches of ground clearance and we've added about nine inches to the overall length of our vehicle. Pull the gray lever to unfold our carrier. With it in this position, we can gain full access to our rear hatch. We'll raise our frame hooks all the way up and undo our wheel straps. We'll grab our bike, place it onto the carrier and secure it first by clamping down our frame hook. more

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8/28/2013 2:29:27 PM

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