Thule Doubletrack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2016 Subaru Forester we're doing a test fit of the Thule Double Track Platform Style 2 Bike Rack. That part number is TH990XT. Now we already have our bike secured down. I'm first going to show you how we secure it in place. So at the front and back tire we have cam buckle straps. The gray portion is going to be our cam, we're just going to lift that up, and then we'll push on the black portion to release our strap. Again lift up on the gray portion and pull through while pressing on the black. more
3/14/2017 8:34:56 AM
Thule Hitching-Post-Pro Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2016 Subaru Forester, we're doing a test fit of a Thule Hitching Post Pro Hanging Style 4 Bike Rack. That part number is TH934XTR. Now, we already have our bike secured down. We have three cradles with three straps holding this in place. We've got two over the top portion of our frame here and one as our anti-sway in the back. We're gonna pull down and lift up to release those. more
3/14/2017 8:34:48 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2017 Subaru Forester we're doing a test fit of the Thule T2 Pro XTB platform-style 4-bike rack. That part number is TH9034XT-9036XT. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to come to the back handle here and we're going to squeeze that until that clicks. We'll tilt our bike rack down until it's completely tilted away from our vehicle. more
2/7/2017 10:30:51 AM
Rola Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2017 Subaru Forester, we're going to be test fitting the ROLA TX-1033 bike rack for inch and a quarter and 2 inch hitcher, part number 59403. 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. First off, I'd like to point out that it has an integrated cable lock here in the center of the mast. You would pull it out and wrap it around your bikes and attach it to this point here and then lock it into place for security. The cradles themselves are nice and padded so your bike will not get scratched when it's being installed and they're also adjustable along the length of the arms, so this is going to assist with loading your bikes. It grips your bike at 3 points. We have 2 straps up at the top here and 1 off to the side and that's going to serve as an anti-sway strap to keep the bike from moving too far back and forth and possibly hitting the bikes in front of it. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. With the bike rack in this position, I'm going to go ahead and give you a couple quick measurements. more
10/19/2016 11:16:50 AM
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2011 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2011 Subaru Forester we're going to be test fitting the Kuat NV 2.0 2-Bike Rack, part number NV22G. 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. The first and most prominent feature of this bike rack is the fact that it can tilt away from the vehicle with the bike still attached. To do that we'll hold on to the bike rack as we do this, push in on this tab, let it come down gently, and now we have full access to our rear hatch to get whatever we need. To put it back in it's original position just lift up on the bike rack, never the bike, and you hear that click and it's locked into place. How this actually attaches to the rack, we're going to have two points of contact with no frame contact at all. Instead we'll have this padded wheel hook up at the front and this wheel strap at the rear, which can be adjusted along the arm here to accommodate different size bikes. more
10/11/2016 10:06:09 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2011 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2011 Subaru Forrester we're going to be test fitting the Swagman XC2 Bike Rack, part number S64650. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go and take a closer look and show off some of the features. How it actually grips to the bike, we're going to have one point of contact and that's going to be this padded frame hook up at the top. Now it's padded so you're bike won't get scratched and marred up one you install it. We also have there wheel cradles along the bottom here. These are adjustable by loosening them up and moving them up and down the arms, which will accommodate different size bikes and assist with loading. The bike rack itself has this nice raised shank to it, so if you have a hitch that sits particularly low you're not going to have any ground clearance issues between the bike and the ground. more
10/11/2016 9:57:00 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Forester th9044- Video
Today, on our 2016 Subaru Forester, we're going to be test fitting the Thule T2 Classic Platform Bike Rack, part number TH9044. 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. The most prominent feature of this rack is the fact that it can tilt away from the vehicle with the bike still attached. To do that, we have a pin here up at the front, right underneath where the bike sits. We'll pull that loose so it's able to come all the way down, and we'll go to this gray handle on the inside, holding on to the bike rack as we do this, pull out and push down. With that done, now we have full access to the rear hatch to get whatever we need, with plenty of space on either side to do so. more
9/21/2016 10:36:33 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Forester th9034- Video
Today on our 2016 Subaru Forester, we're going to be test fitting the Thule TR Pro 2 bike rack, part number TH9034. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go take a closer look and show off some of the features. The most prominent feature of this rack is the fact that you can tilt it away from the vehicle with the bike still attached. Instead of having the handle up here underneath where the bikes sit, it's actually at the end, which makes it a little more convenient. What you do is you take the grey handle here, pull it towards you while holding on to the bike rack, let it come down, and now we have rear hatch access with plenty of space and clearance between the hatch and the handlebars as well. To put it back in its original position, just lift up, you hear that click and it's locked into place. How the bike is attached to the rack we're going to have points of contact, with no frame contact at all. more
9/21/2016 10:36:24 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Forester- Video
Today, on our 2016 Subaru Forester, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman XC 2-Bike Rack, part number S64650. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look, and show off some of the features. How the bike attaches to the rack, we're going to have 1 point of contact. We're going to have this padded frame hook here at the top. That's going to make sure your bike doesn't get scratched once it gets installed. more
9/21/2016 10:26:20 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2014 Subaru Forester we're going to be test fitting the Thule Roadway 2-bike rack, part number TH912XTR. We already have a bike installed so let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. The cradles themselves are maneuverable so you can adjust it for whatever two bikes you want to put on there. How the bike is actually attached to the rack, we're going to have three points of contact with the bike's frame. We're going to have two straps up at the top here and one off to the side. That's going to serve as an anti-sway strap to keep the bike from moving too far back and forth, possibly hitting the bike in front of it and damaging them both. more
8/1/2016 9:27:18 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru Forester- Video
Today, on our 2014 Subaru Forester, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman XC2 Bike Rack, Part Number S64650. We already have our bike installed. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. How the bike is actually attached to the rack . We're going to have one point of contact with the bike's frame. There's going to be this frame hook up here at the top, which is padded so your bike will not get scratched once you install it. We also have two wheel cradles here at the bottom which are adjustable to accommodate different size bikes. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. more
8/1/2016 9:27:00 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2011 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2011 Subaru Forester, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Roadway Hanging Style 2 Bike Rack. That Part number is TH912XTR. We already have our bike secured down but first we're going to show you how we do that. We have two cradles in place with three straps. Two on our frame, and one as our anti sway strap in the back. We're going to pull down and lift up to release those. more
7/6/2016 8:37:12 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2011 Subaru Forester TH9029XT- Video
Today on our 2011 Subaru Forester, we're doing a test fit Thule Vertex hanging style 4 bike rack. That part number TH9029XT. We already have our bike secured down, I'm first going to show you how we do that. We have two cradles in place with three straps, two on our frame, and one is right anti sway in the back. We're going to pull down and lift up to release those, and we can pull our bike off, and set it off to the side. Now we'll take a few measurements here, first is going to be overall what we're adding to our vehicle, we're to have about 34 1/2 inches. more
7/6/2016 8:36:56 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on the 2012 Subaru Forester, we are doing a test fit of the Swagman XC Platform Style 2-bike rack. That part number is S64650. We already have our bike secured down. First, we are going to show you how we do that. Then we are going to go over features of the rack. At the top, we have a frame hook that is going to hold our bike down and in place in those little cradles at the bottom. To release that, we squeeze in here, push on that lever, and lift that hook up. We are then able to, pull our bike off of the rack and set it off to the side. With that out of the way, I like to lower the frame hooks so they aren't setting very high. more
3/10/2016 10:07:02 AM
Thule Doubletrack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we have our Thule Doubletrack Platform Style Bike Rack, part number TH990XT. See here that we have one strip on each wheel and we have those in-between the spokes. We'll undo those, we'll pull up on our silver lever here, we'll squeeze our release and pull the strap out of the way. Now because we have these smaller tires on here, we do have our spacer to be able to hold that in place. Come back here, same way on our back wheel. If you do have bigger wheels for mountain bikes, you can always pull this out of the way. more
11/13/2015 11:06:14 AM
Softride Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're doing a test fit of the Softride Hydraulic Assist Dura tilting 4-bike rack, part number SR26321. This bike rack is designed to work with 1-1/4" and 2" hitches. The main feature I want to show you first is the hydraulic assist. Now if we come to the back here there's a black handle. We're just going to pull out that pin. That will allow us to push our bike and our bike rack away from the vehicle. more
11/10/2015 8:27:49 AM
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we're doing a test fit of the Kuat Transfer 3 Platform Style 3 Bike Rack, part number TS03G. Now the first feature of the rack I want to show you is the tilt-away feature. We come up here, lift that last wheel hook out of the way. We can use our foot to push down that lever and tilt our bike rack away. Now with this rack, we do make contact with the ground here, so you just want to be aware of that whenever you're setting your bike rack down- That you might end up having some scratches on those end caps there. With that tilted out of the way, we have full access to our back hatch here to get anything in or out that we may need. You can step between your rack and your vehicle. more
11/10/2015 8:26:50 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Day on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we have our Tuly 00:00:04 Roadway Two Bike Rack, part number TH912XTR. We've got three straps holding this in. We've got our anti-sway and our two straps up top. We'll take the two ones off up top and get those out of the way and take this one off last. It's always a good habit to go ahead and put these straps back so they don't get damaged or lost. Let's take some measurements. This adds about 30 inches to the back of our vehicle. We've got a ground clearance of about 10 1/2 inches to the bottom right here and our closest point to the vehicle is about 2 1/2 inches so we're not going to have any problem with our rack hitting our vehicle. more
11/10/2015 8:21:06 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester th9031xt- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we are test fitting the Thule Vertex Swing, this is a swing-a-way four by crate designed to fold down when not in use part number on it is TH9031XT. First question everybody wants answered is how does the swing-a-way work, it's really easy process. See handle bolt right here, we are going to loosen it up, allow that to tilt down, then we can lift up our black pin here. We will start to rotate this out and away from the vehicle, we can take the time now to pivot this joint till our pin goes back down into our new pin location here. Then we will remove the black pin here on the side, that's going to prevent our bike from going to far when we initially open it up. We can lift that out and set it aside. Continue to swing our rack on out, as you can see we have good clearance there between the rear tire and the side of the vehicle, and then to keep it there we can reinsert our pin that's going to keep it from swinging back toward us. more
8/3/2015 4:22:06 PM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester TH9029XT- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're doing a test fit on the Thule Vertex. This is a folding, tilting 4-bike rack. It's been designed for use with either the 1-1/4" or with 2" hitches. Part number on it is TH9029XT. Now the Thule has a nice cable lock that's incorporated right into the mast. Comes back, connects into the end of our cradle arm. more
8/3/2015 4:21:26 PM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're test fitting the SportRack RidgeSwing. This is a swing-away-style 4-bike rack. They've designed it for use with 2" hitches. Part number on it is SR24145. Now the swing-away feature, that's the biggest feature of course, the one everybody likes. Got our t-handle bolt here; we're going to remove that. more
8/3/2015 4:21:06 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we're test fitting the Swagman Dispatch. This an RBF proved platform style two-bike rack. It's been designed for use in two inch hitches. The part number on it is S64684. As you can see the dispatch has a front wheel cradle, rear wheel cradle, both of those are going to have cradle straps, and also a framed look that's going to hold our bike into position. Does a really good job, it's one of the sturdier fits I've felt on a bike rack. Part of that has to do with the real nice long wheel cradles, they give us plenty of support all the way around the tire, and then we've got a cam-buckle strap, we can just press in the black lever, pull that out, you can see it's a nice long strap, so lots of different wheel sizes are going to fit in there. We've even got a bushing here, this is going to ride on top of most tires, but if your tire is very large we can take that out, or if you've got a really narrow road bike tire that'll take up the space to make sure you get a great fit. more
8/3/2015 4:18:07 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester S63380- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're test fitting the Swagman Trailhead. This is a folding and tilting four bike style rack. It's been designed for use with the inch and a quarter or with two inch hitches. Part number on it is S63380. Now the Swagman uses four straps and two cradles to hold our bikes in place. We've got three for the top two and one on the rear to act as our anti-sway cradle. more
8/3/2015 4:16:48 PM
Thule Vertex Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2010 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2010 Subaru Forester, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Vertex. This folding and tilting four bike rack is designed for use in both inch and a quarter and 2 inch hitches, part number is TH9029. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the rack into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we slide it in, we want to line up our threaded hole with the hitch pin hole. With these lined up, we'll take our anti-rattle bolt and thread that in, and we'll tighten it down with our wrench. In this position, the rack is going to offer us just over 12 inches worth of ground clearance. At it's closest point to the rear of the vehicle, the rack's going to be about 3 1/4 inches away. more
11/4/2014 4:48:09 PM
Thule Helium Aero Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2010 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2010 Subaru Forester we're going to be test fitting the Thule Helium Aero. This is a folding and tilting 2-bike rack. It's designed for use in both 1-1/4" and 2" hitches. Its part number is TH9042. Now to begin our test fit we're going to slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we do this we'll hold out on the attached pin, line up the pinholes, and allow that pin to fall in. more
11/4/2014 4:47:13 PM
Hollywood Racks Traveler Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're going to be doing a test fit on the Hollywood Tracks Traveler 5-bike rack. Now this has been designed for use in 2" hitches. Also designed to tilt away from your vehicle. The part number on it is HR9200. Now to begin the test fit we need to slide the shank of the Traveler right into the receiver tube of our hitch. We'll line up our threaded hole with our hitch pinhole. more
10/6/2014 11:43:29 AM
Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're going to do a test fit of the Thule Hitching Post Pro. This is a folding and tilting 4-bike rack. It's been designed for use with 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. Part number is TH934XTR. Now to begin our test fit we need to slide the shank of the rack into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we do we want our threaded pinhole here to line up with or hitch pinhole. We'll then slide in our anti-rattle bolt and begin threading it in. more
9/25/2014 12:41:02 PM
Thule Helium Aero Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2009 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2009 Subaru Forester . Here on our test course, we'll start by going to this lane, this is going to show us the side-to-side action. This simulates turning corner or evasively maneuver. Once we get to the alternating speed bumps, we see the twisting action. This will simulate hitting a curve or a pot hole or driving over uneven pavement. Once we get to the full speed bumps, we'll see the up and down action, this will be just like driving in and out of a parking lot, parking garage or driveway. more
9/24/2014 5:31:08 PM
Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2010 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2010 Subaru Forrester, we're going to be testing the Thule Hitching Post Pro. This is a folding and tilting 4-bike rack. It's designed for use in both 1-1/4" and 2" hitches. It's part number is TH934XTR. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we do this, we're going to line the threaded hole up with our hitch pin hole. We'll then take our anti-rattle bolt and thread that in. more
9/22/2014 1:55:22 AM
Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're going to do a test fit of the Yakima FullTilt. This is a folding and tilting four bike rack. It's been designed for use with inch and quarter or two inch hitches. Part Number on it Y02462. If you need an extra cradle set we do have this available in a five bike that Part Number is Y02463. To begin our test fit we'll slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. We'll need to slide it in far enough so that the small silver pin appears on our hitch pin hole. more
8/15/2014 11:26:10 AM
Thule Helium Aero Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Rate your transcript OrderClientKevin BrossRef #20593Order #TC0999573265 Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we are going to do a test fit on the Thule Helium Aero. This is a folding and tilting two bike rack. It has been designed for use with inch and a quarter or two inch hitches. The part number is TH9042. Now this is also available on a three bike configuration. That part number is TH9043. To begin our test fit we'll hold out on the black attach pin located on the right side or passenger side of our rack. more
8/15/2014 11:12:44 AM
Swagman Titan Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Rate your transcript OrderClientKevin BrossRef #20587Order #TC0749278147 Today on our 2015 Suburu Forester we're going to do a test fit on the Swagman Titan. This is a folding and tilting four bike rack. They've designed it for use with inch and a quarter to two inch hitches. Part number on it is S63410. Now to begin our test fit we need to slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we do this, we want to line up our pin hole with our hitch pin hole. We'll then thread in our anti-rattle bolt. more
8/15/2014 10:48:16 AM
Softride Element Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we're going to do a test fit on the Softride Element Parallelogram. This is a folding and tilting four bike rack. It's been designed for use with inch and a quarter and 2 inch hitches. Part number on it is SR26248. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. We'll need to slide it in far enough so our threaded hole ends up with our hitch pin hole. We'll then take our anti-rattle bolt, which is provided; thread it in. more
8/14/2014 4:16:23 PM
Softride Dura Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we're going to do a test fit on the Softride Dura Parallelogram. This is a tilting 4-bike rack. It's been designed for use with inch and a quarter and 2 inch hitches. The part number is SR26247. To begin our test fit, we need to slide the shank of the rack into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we do, we've got 2 holes to choose from here on the side of the shank. I'm going to slide it in and use the hole that's the closest to the end of the shank. more
8/14/2014 4:13:46 PM
Saris Freedom SuperClamp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we're going to do a test-fit on a Saris Freedom SuperClamp. This 2 bike platform-style rack has been designed for use an inch and a quarter or two inch hitches. Part number on it is SA4025. To begin our test-fit we need to slide the shank of the rack into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we do, we want to line up our threaded hole with our hitch pin hole. We could then slide in our anti-rattle bolt and thread it in. We should thread it in from the driver to the passenger side. more
8/14/2014 4:11:44 PM
Saris Freedom Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we're going to do a test fit on the Saris Freedom. This is a folding and tilting 4-bike rack. It's been designed for use in 2 inch hitches. Its part number is SA4414B. To begin our test fit, we need to slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we slide it in, we want to line up our threaded hole with our hitch pin hole. Once we have those in line, we're going to take our anti-rattle bolt, slide it in and start threading it in by hand. more
8/14/2014 4:09:02 PM
Saris Bike Porter Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we're going to do a test fit on the Saris Bike Porter. This is a folding and tilting 4-bike rack. It's been designed for use with 1-1/4 or 2-inch hitches. Part number on it is SA404B. We also have this available in a 2-bike configuration. That part number is SA4042B. more
8/14/2014 4:07:08 PM
Saris Axis Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, were going to do a test-fit on the Saris Axis. This is a folding and titling three-bike rack. Its been designed for use with 1 or 2-inch hitches, part number SA843B.To begin our test-fit, well slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. We need to slide it in far enough, so that the threaded hole lines up with our hitch pinhole. We can then slide in our anti-rattle bolt. Well do that from the left to the right hand side, and well begin tightening it down by hand.Once we have it hand-tight here, as you can see, we still got quite a bit of movement and play on the rack, so well take our wrench. more
8/14/2014 4:04:12 PM
Kuat NV Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, were going to do a test fit on the Kuat NV. This is a 4-bike platform style rack. It is folding and tilting by design. Part number on it is N105-107 for the black and chrome as we have here. Its also in a gun metal gray and orange. That part number is N101-103. more
8/14/2014 3:33:58 PM
Hollywood Racks Traveler Tow n Go Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're going to do a test fit on the Hollywood Racks Traveler Two and Go. This is three-bike rack designed to mount on 2-inch ball mounts. Part number on it is HR135. Now we've mounted it on our hidden hitch extra long shank ball amount. Part number on that is 80232. The shank and ball are sold separately. You can check that out on our website if you need to pick one up. more
8/14/2014 2:59:28 PM
Hollywood Racks Traveler Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester HR8500- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Outback, we are going to be a test fit on the Hollywood Racks Traveler this is a tilting and folding four bike rack. Been designed for use inch an a quarter or two inch hitches. The part number on it is HR8500. Now this is also available on a three bike configuration. That part number is HR6500. To begin our test fit, we are going to slide the shank of the rack right under the receiver tube of our hitch. As we do, we need to slide it far enough so our threaded hole lines up with our hitch pinhole. more
8/14/2014 2:57:39 PM
Saris Freedom SuperClamp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2010 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2010 Subaru Forester we're going to be test fitting the Saris Freedom Superclamp. This is a platform-style 2-bike rack. It's designed for use with both 1-1/4" and 2" hitches. Its part number is SA4025. Now to begin our test fit we're going to slide the shank of our rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we slide it in we want to line the threaded hole up with our hitch pinhole. more
7/24/2014 9:06:15 AM
Softride Dura Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2010 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2010 Subaru Forester we're going to be test fitting the Softride Dura Parallelogram. This is a tilting-style 4-bike rack. It's designed for use in 2" hitches. Its part number is SR26247. Now to begin our test fit we'll slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. Now as we do this we'll want to keep an eye through our pinhole to see when our threaded hole lines up. more
7/18/2014 1:39:03 PM
Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2010 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2010 Subaru Forester we're going to be test fitting the Yakima FullTilt. This is a folding and tilting 4-bike rack. It's designed for use in both 1-1/4" and 2" hitches. Its part number is Y02462. Now to begin our test fit we'll slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we do this we'll want to push it in far enough to where the pin comes out into our hitch pinhole. more
7/16/2014 5:24:01 PM
Swagman Titan Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2010 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2010 Subaru Forester we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Titan. This is a tilting and a folding 4-bike rack. It's designed for use in 1-1/4" and 2" hitches. Its part number is S63410. To begin our test fit we're going to slide the shank of the rack into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we do this we want to be sure that we get the threaded hole lined up with our hitch pinhole. more
7/14/2014 1:42:27 PM
Saris Axis Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2010 Subaru Forester sa843b- Video
Today on our 2010 Subaru Forester we're going to be test fitting the Saris Axis. This is a folding and tilting 3-bike rack. It's designed for use in both 1-1/4" and 2" hitches. Its part number is SA843B. We're going to begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. We'll slide it far enough so that our threaded hole lines up with our hitch pinhole. more
7/14/2014 1:37:42 PM
Thule Doubletrack Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2010 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2010 Subaru Forester will be test fitting the Thule Double Track Platform-Style 2 Bike Carrier for 1-1/4-inch and 2-inch hitches, part number TH990XT. Now to begin our test fit, well simply slide our bike rack shank into the hitch and line up the hitch pinhole and install and tighten down the anti-rattle bolt. With our bolt tight, our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. Well now go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 12 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle with the platform in the stored position is 2 inches. We can now go ahead and pull the switch at the bottom of the bike rack platform to allow the platform to come down. more
7/20/2012 12:45:56 PM
Pro Series Q-Slot Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2010 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2010 Subaru Forester, well be test-fitting the Pro Series Q-Slot Platform-Style Bike Carrier, part number PS63134. Now to begin our test fit, we simply slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pinhole and install our hitch pin. With our hitch pin in, well go ahead and put the safety clip on the other side securing our bike rack to the vehicle. We can now go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the back of the bike rack is 16-1/4 inches, and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 7 inches. Well next go ahead and unfold the bike rack platform and open our cargo door. more
7/20/2012 11:32:20 AM
SportRack EZ Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2010 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2010 Subaru Forester, we will be test-fitting part number A30901, this is the SportRack 2-bike hitch mounted bike rack for 1-1/4 inch and 2-inch hitches. Now to begin our test fit, we will slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pinhole and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt. With our bolt tight, our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. We will now go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the back of the bike rack is 17-1/2 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 5 inches. We can now go ahead and unfold the bike rack platform and open our cargo door. more
7/20/2012 7:45:08 AM
Yakima FlipSide 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2011 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on this 2011 Subaru Forester, we're going to do a test fit of part number Y02426 from Yakima, the FlipSide 4 Bike Carrier. One quick note about this bike rack is that it will work with 1-1/4-inch receiver hitches. However, it can only be in class 2 hitch. This will also work with class 3 receiver hitches with the included spacer. We'll go ahead and start off by installing the rack into the hitch, tightening down the anti-rattle bolt and putting the safety pin on the other side. Now, the bike rack does come with a tool to tighten down the anti-rattle bolt. more
12/21/2011 2:33:19 PM
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