Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Traverse- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevy Traverse, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima ForkLift roof-mounted Bike Rack part #Y02098. To begin our test-fit we're going to go ahead and place the rack on top of the vehicle. I'm going to open the doors here and that way I can stand in the doorway just for a little bit more height. So with our rack in position, the first thing that we're going to do is there's a T-bolt that goes in here. When it's in this position it will be stuck. If we place it in this position we can actually open this up. more

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7/3/2014 12:13:02 PM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Cruze- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Cruze. We're going to be test fitting the Yakima Forklift roof mounted bike rack. Part number Y02098. With the Yakima Q Tower roof rack already assembled on our Cruze. We're going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we'll remove the skewer. Side back the black plastic cover. more

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6/11/2014 2:56:19 PM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Cruze- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Cruze we're going to be test-fitting the Yakima Front Loader, a wheel mount bike rack, part number Y02103. With our Yakima Q Towers Roof Rack already assembled on our Cruze, we'll begin our test-fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our cross bars. On the front cross bar we'll want the two outside parts of the clamp and the front of the bar and the one center piece of the clamp behind it. We'll now use the black T handle to tighten both halves of our clamp around our front cross bar. With this tight, we'll move to the rear. Here at the rear we're going to loosen the black T handle and remove the T bolt form the lower half of the clamp. We'll then bring it around our rear cross bar, reinsert the T bolt into the appropriate slot and tighten it with our black T handle. more

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6/10/2014 1:48:36 PM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban we're going to be test fitting the Yakima FrontLoader, a wheel mount roof bike rack with part number Y02103. With our factory roof rack already on the Suburban we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front we're going to want the two outside arms of the clamp in the front of the crossbar and the single middle arm of the clamp behind it. We'll then tighten the black t-handle located on the front. This will squeeze our front crossbars securing our rack. Here at the rear we're going to loosen the black t-handle. This will allow us to remove the t-bolt from the lower portion of our clamp. more

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6/3/2014 10:58:31 AM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban were going to be test fitting the Yakima Forklift, a fork mount roof bike rack with part number Y02098. With our factory roof rack already on our Suburban well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our cross bars. Here at the front well remove the skewer, slide back the black cover and loosen our T handle. This will allow us to remove the T bolt from the slot in the lower portion of the clamp. Well then bring that lower portion of the clamp around the underside of our cross bar, put our T bolt back through the appropriate slot and tighten it down with the T handle. With the clamp secure well slide our black cover forward again, and then reinsert our skewer. more

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6/3/2014 10:58:27 AM

Thule Sprint Fork Mount Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video

Speaker: Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban we're going to be test fitting the Thule Sprint, a fork mount roof bike rack with part number TH528. With the factory roof rack already installed on our Suburban we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly on to our crossbars. At the front we're going to place the strap into the front foot of the carrier. We'll use the black lever on the rear of the foot to tighten our strap around our crossbar. With the front tight we'll move to the rear and we're going to repeat the same tightening process. With our rack secured at our vehicle we're ready to load up our bike. We'll first undo our rear wheel strap and make sure that our front skewer is open. We'll then grab our bike, place our bike on the bike rack. more

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5/30/2014 4:34:18 PM

Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video

Today on our Chevrolet Suburban, were going to be test fitting the Swagman upright roof bike rack, part number S64720. With a factory roof rack already on our Suburban, were going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our cross bars. Here at the front well bring one of the U-bolts around the underside of our cross bar and fit it up through the head of the carrier. Well then thread on two of the wing knots to help hold it in place. Well take a second U-bolt and well repeat that same process, bring it up to the head of our carrier and threading onto the wing nuts.We can then tighten all four of the wing nuts down. This will secure the front of our rack. more

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5/29/2014 5:00:42 PM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Malibu- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Malibu we're going to be test fitting the Yakima FrontLoader, a wheel-mount roof bike rack, with part number Y02103. With our Rhino-Rack 2500 series roof rack already on the Malibu, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto the cross bars. At the front we'll bring the clamp around the bar. We should have two tabs on the front side of our load bar and one tab on the rear. We'll then tighten the black T-handle to secure it to our rack. With our front secure we can move to the rear. Here we're going to loosen the black T-handle, remove the T-bolt from the slot in the lower portion of our clamp, bring our clamp around our bar, reinsert the T-bolt into the lower portion of our clamp, and tighten down the black T-handle until it's secure. With the rack secure to our vehicle it's now time to load our bike. We'll begin by undoing our rear wheel strap and extending our front wheel cradle all the way out. more

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5/29/2014 4:06:24 PM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Malibu- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Malibu we're going to be test fitting the Yakima ForkLift, a fork mount roof bike rack with part number Y02098. With our Rhino Rack 2500 Series Roof Rack already installed on the Malibu, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front we're going to remove the skewer, slide back the black plastic cover, and loosen the t-handle located here. We'll then remove the t-bolt from the lower half of the clamp, bring the clamp around our load bar, reinsert the t-bolt, and tighten down the black t-handle until the front of the rack is secured to our bars. We'll then slide forward the black cover and replace our skewer. With our front secure we'll move to the rear and again we're going to loosen the black t-bolt, remove the t-bolt from the lower half of the clamp, bring the clamp around our bar, reinsert the t-bolt in the appropriate slot, and tighten it with the black t-handle. With our rack secured to our vehicle it's now time to load our bike. We'll first undo our rear wheel strap and make sure that our front skewer is loose and open. more

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5/29/2014 4:06:16 PM

Thule Sprint Fork Mount Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Malibu- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Malibu we're going to be test fitting the Thule Sprint, a fork mount roof bike rack with part number TH528. With our Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack system already installed on the Malibu, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front we'll bring the black rubber coated metal strap around the underside of our load bar and fit it back into the head of the carrier. We can then turn the small black lever to tighten it in place. We found that initially it's better to have it straight to get the slack out and then turn it at a 90 degree angle to get some good torque on it. With the front secure we'll now move to the rear. Again, we'll bring the black rubber coated metal strap around the underside of our load bar, fit it back into the foot of the carrier, and then use the black lever to tighten it down. With our rack secured to our vehicle, it's now time to load our bike. We'll begin by undoing our rear wheel strap and loosening our front skewer by turning the knob on the front. more

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5/29/2014 4:05:56 PM

Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Malibu- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Malibu, were going to be test fitting the Swagman Upright Roof Bike Rack, part number S64720. With our Thule Rapid Reverse Roof Rack system already installed on the Malibu, well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, well bring one of the U-bolts around the underside of our load bar, fit it through the head of the carrier, and hold it in place with two wing nut. Well take a second U-bolt, bring it around the underside of our load bar, fit it through the other side of the head of the carrier, and secure it in place with two wing nuts. Well then tighten down all four wing nuts to secure the rack to our front load bar. Here at the rear, well place our U-bolt down through the rack, being sure that it comes out on both sides of our load bar. Well then place the black rubber coated metal plate onto the U-bolt and hold it in place with two wing nuts. Well then tighten these down to secure the rear of our rack. With our rack secure, its now time to load up our bike. Well first undo our wheel straps and make sure that our frame clamp is open. more

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5/29/2014 2:44:43 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Malibu- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Malibu, we're going to be test fitting the swagman fork mount, a fork mount roof bike rack with part number S64710. With our Tully Rapid Traverse Roof Rack system already installed on our Malibu we're going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll bring one of the U-bolts around the underside of our load bar, fit it through the head of our carrier, and hold it in place using two of the wingnuts. We're going to take a second U-bolt, again fit it around the underside of our load bar through the head of our carrier, and secure it as well using the two wingnuts. We'll now tighten all four of our wingnuts down to secure the head of our carrier to our rack. We'll now move to the rear. Here we're going to place the U-bolt through the rack, being sure that it comes out on both sides of our load bar. We'll then place on the black metal plate and hold it in place using two wingnuts. more

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5/29/2014 2:41:26 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Malibu- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Malibu, we are going to be test fitting the Rockymounts Tie Rod Stretch, a fork mount rook bike rack with part number RKY10111 with our Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack system already installed on our Malibu. We are going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front we are going to remove our black plastic cover and fit the straps into the head of the carrier in the appropriate slots. We'll then take an Allen key, tighten the Allen bolt to secure the front of our rack. With the front secure, we'll replace the black plastic cover and then we can move to the rear. Here at the rear we are going to remove one of the Allen bolts completely, bring our clamp around our load bar, reinsert the Allen bolt and tighten both Allen bolts down with an Allen key. With our rack secure, it's now time to load our bike. We'll begin this by undoing our rear wheel strap and making sure that our front skewer is open and loose. We'll now grab our bike, place it on to our bike rack, we'll guide our front forks onto our front skewer, we'll secure it here first then we can move to the rear wheel and secure it with the strap. Just like that our bike is loaded up and we are ready to hit the road and that will complete today's test fit of the Rockymounts Tie Road Stretch part number RKY1011 on our 2014 Chevrolet Malibu. more

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5/29/2014 2:38:14 PM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Malibu- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Malibu were going to be test fitting the Kuat Trio, a fork mount roof bike rack with part number RU01. With our Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack system already installed on the Malibu well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front well bring the black rubber coated metal U bolts around the underside of our load bar, put it through the head of the carrier and hold it in place with the two cylinder nuts. Well take the second black rubber coated U bolt, and again bring it around the underside of our load bar, through the head of our carrier and place two cylinder nuts on it. We can then take our provided Allen tool and tighten how all four of these cylinder nuts down, firmly securing our rack to our front load bar. At the rear were going to completely remove one of the wing nuts, slide our clamp into position to where we have one of the bolts coming down on both sides of our load bar, bring the metal plate up, fit the bolt through it and replace our wing nut. more

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5/29/2014 2:36:25 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down, a fork mount roof bike rack with part number S64710. With our factory roof rack already on the Suburban, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our cross bars. Here at the front, we'll bring one of the U-bolts around the underside of our crossbar, fit it through the head of the carrier and hold it in place by threading on two wing nuts. We'll take a second U-bolt and again, we'll bring it around the underside of our crossbar, fit it through the head of our carrier and place two wing nuts on it as well. We'll then tighten down all four of the wing nuts and that will have the front of our carrier secured to our crossbar. We'll now move to the rear. Here we're going to place the U-bolt down through the rack, being sure that the threaded portion of it comes out on both sides of our crossbar. We'll then place on the black metal plate and hold this in place with two wing nuts. We'll then tighten down both of our wing nuts to secure the rear of our rack and just like that, we're ready to load up our bike. We'll first undo our rear wheel strap. more

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5/28/2014 12:56:04 PM

SportRack Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban we're going to be test fitting the sport rack roof mounted bike rack, part number SR4622. With our factory roof rack already on the Suburban, we're going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we'll bring one of our black rubber coated metal U-bolts around the underside of our crossbar, fit it through the head of our carrier, and thread on two wingnuts to hold them in place. We'll then take our second black rubber coated metal U-bolt and repeat that same process. With all four of our wingnuts started, we'll go ahead and tighten them down. This is going to secure the front of the rack to our vehicle. With our front secure, we'll move to the rear. Here we're going to take the black plastic portion of our clamp. more

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5/28/2014 12:54:47 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Cruze- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Cruze, were going to be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64710. With the Yakima Q Towers Roof Rack System already on our Cruze, were going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front were going to take one of the U-bolts, bring it around our crossbar, and up through the head of the rack. Well then use the two wing nuts to secure this in place. You can now move to the other side of the head of the rack and do the same thing with another U-bolt and 2 wing nuts. Now with all 4 of these secure, we can move to the rear. Here were going to take one of the U-bolts and put it down through the rack, being sure that one of the arms comes out on each side of our crossbar. Well then put on the black metal plate, secure this in place using 2 wing nuts. Once we have these secure, were ready to load up our bike. more

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5/27/2014 10:38:46 AM

SportRack Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Cruze- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Cruze, we're going to be test fitting the Sportrack Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number SR4622. With the Yakima Q Towers Roof Rack System already installed on our Cruze, we're going to begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our load bars. At the front of the rack, we'll bring the two black rubber coated metal U bolts around the underside of our bar and through the head of the carrier. At the top, we'll then secure it using two wing nuts. We'll repeat the same process for the other side of the head of the carrier. With all four of our wing nuts secure in the front, we can move to the rear. The first step will be placing the black plastic part of our clamp in between our roof rack and our crossbar. more

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5/27/2014 10:33:18 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban were going to be test fitting the RockyMounts Tierod Stretch, a fork mount rook bike rack with part number RKY1011. With our factory roof rack already on the Suburban well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front were going to bring the two black rubber coated metal straps around the underside of our crossbar. Well then remove the black cover, fit these straps into the head of our carrier and then tighten down the Allen bolt located on the front with an Allen key. With both straps in front tight well replace our cover and our front is secure. We can then move to the rear. more

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5/27/2014 10:19:45 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Cruze- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Cruze we are going to be test fitting the Rockymounts Tie Rod Stretch, a roof mounted bike rack part number RKY1011. With our Yakama Q Towers roof rack system already assembled on our Cruze, we are going to begin the test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our load bars. We'll bring the black rubber coated metal straps around the underside of our front bar, remove the black cover, and fit these straps into the head of our carrier. We'll then take an Allen tool and tighten the Allen bolt located on the front of the carrier to secure this around our cross bars. With the front secure, we'll replace the black plastic cover then we can move to the rear. Here at the rear we are going to remove one of the bolts in the clamp, bring the clamp around our cross bar, reinsert the bolt, and tighten down both bolts to secure it. With our bike rack nice and secure it's now time to load our bike. We want to undo the rear wheel strap and make sure our skewer is open. We'll then grab our bike, place it on to our bike rack and guide our front forks down on to the front skewer. more

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5/27/2014 10:19:03 AM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Cruze- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Cruze we're going to best fitting the Kuat Trio, a roof mounted bike rack, part number RU01. With our Yakima Q Towers Roof Rack System installed on our vehicle, we're going to begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our crossbars. At the front we'll take one of the black rubber coated metal u-bolts, place it around our load bar, and up through the head of the carrier. We can then thread on two cylinder nuts to hold it in place. We'll now take the second u-bolt and place it on the other side of the head of the carrier, thread on the two cylinder nuts here, and then we can take the provided tool and tighten them down. With all four cylinder nuts in the front tight, we'll move to the rear. Here we're going to completely remove one of the wing nuts, move the bolt so we have one on each side of our crossbar, bring the bolt back through the clamp, thread on our wing nut, and tighten them down. more

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5/27/2014 5:06:09 AM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Suburban- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Suburban we're going to be test fitting the Kuat Trio, a fork mount roof bike rack with part number RU01. With our factory roof rack already on the Suburban we're going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our cross bars. Here at the front we'll bring one of the black rubber coated metal u-bolts around the underside of our cross bar, fit it up into the head of our carrier, and then we'll thread two cylinder nuts on it to hold it in place. We'll then take our second black rubber coated u-bolt and repeat that same process. We can then take the included tool and tighten down all four cylinder nuts to secure the front of the rack to our Suburban. With the front secure we'll now move to the rear. Here we will remove one of the wing nuts, separate our clamp, bring one of our bolts to the front side of our crossbar leaving one behind, reinsert the bolt through the metal portion of our clamp, and thread on a wing nut. more

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5/20/2014 11:15:03 AM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Impala- Video

Speaker: Today, on our 2014 Chevy Impala, we'll be test fitting the Yakima Forklift Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number Y02098. With the Yakima and Q Towers Roof Racks system on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up on to the vehicles cross bars. Starting at the front, you will need to remove the skewer first so that you can slide the security cover and access the wing nut. Well need to loosen up the wing nut to position the front bracket around the underside of the front bar. With this done, well need to insert the silver T bolt into this slot on the bottom part of the bracket. Then we can go ahead and tighten it down. more

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4/25/2014 1:33:21 PM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Impala- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevy Impala, we'll be test fitting the Yakima FrontLoader Roof Mounted Bike Rack. Part number Y02103. With the Yakima Q Towers Roof Rack System on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's crossbars. We'll need to make sure that the bar goes between the two sets of teeth at the front of the bike rack. Before tightening that down, we'll move to the rear and adjust to make sure the rear bracket is around the rear bar. Once that's done, we'll slide the silver T bolts into the slot of the bracket and turn it so it locks into place. We'll then tighten down the black wing nut to secure the rear part of the bike rack to the rear bar. more

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4/24/2014 11:21:42 AM

Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Impala- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Impala, we'll be test fitting the Swagman Upright roof mounted bike rack, part number S64720. With the Yakima Q-towers roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle cross bars. Starting at the front, we'll need to pull out our hardware and take the silver U-bolts, go around the underside of the front bar and off through the predrilled holes of the head of the carrier. We'll then take our black wing nuts that thread down onto the silver U-bolts. Once both U-bolts are installed in the front, we'll go ahead and move to the rear, where this time where we'll take the silver U-bolt to go down through the predrilled holes of the bike rack. The silver U-bolt will go through the holes in the back plate. We'll then take our black wing nuts to thread down onto the silver U-bolts. more

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4/24/2014 11:16:00 AM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Impala- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevy Impala, we'll be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64710. With the Yakima Q Towers Roof Rack System on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's crossbars. Starting in the front we'll take the silver U-bolts to go around the underside of the front bar, and up through the pre-drilled holes of the head of the carrier. We'll then take our black wingnuts to thread down onto the silver U-bolts. Once the front is secured, we'll move to the rear, and this time we'll take the silver U-bolt to go down through the pre-drilled holes of the bike rack. We'll take the black plate, which the silver U-bolt will go through the holes of the black plate, and we'll take the black wingnuts to thread down onto the silver U-bolts. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. We'll need to double check to make sure the skewer is loose at the front and that our cam buckle strap is on down at the rear. more

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4/24/2014 11:15:30 AM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, were going to be test fitting the Yakima Forklift, a fork mount roof bike rack with part number Y02098. With our Yakima Q-towers roof rack system already installed on the Silverado, well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, were going to remove the skewer, slide back the black plastic cover, and loosen the T-handle. This will allow us to remove the T-bolt through the slot. Well then separate our clamp, bring the lower portion of our clamp around the underside of our crossbar, reinsert our T-bolt through the slot, and tighten it down with the black T-handle. We can then slide our black plastic cover forward, and reinsert our skewer. With our front secured, its time to move to the rear. more

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4/24/2014 9:32:08 AM

Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. We're going to be test fitting the Swagman upright roof bike rack. Part number S64720. With our Yakima Q Tower roofrack system already installed on the Silverado, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly on to our crossbars. To get the front, we'll bring one of the U bolts around the underside of our crossbar, fit it up through the head of the carrier and thread on two wing nuts. We'll then take a second U bolt, bring it around the underside of our crossbar, up through the head of the carrier, and secure it with two wing nuts and well. We'll then tighten down all four of our wing nuts, and that will have the front of our rack secured through our vehicle. more

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4/24/2014 9:30:38 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Impala- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Impala, well be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1011. With the Yakima Q-towers roof rack system on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto the vehicles crossbars. Well need to remove the black plastic cover at the front. Well then bring the rubber coated steel straps around the underside of the front bar and hook them into the connection points.Once thats done, youll notice the silver bolt that runs through the head of the carrier. Well use the included allen wrench to tighten down the silver bolt, which will bring the straps tightly around the front bar. Once thats done, we can replace the black plastic cover, and move to the rear. more

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4/22/2014 1:07:03 PM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Impala- Video

Speaker: Today on our 2014 Chevy Impala, well be test fitting the Kuat Trio Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RU01.With the Yakima Q Towers Roof Rack System on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto the vehicles crossbars. Now move to the rear. Well loosen up the two wing nuts, so that we can position the rear bracket around the underside of the rear crossbar. Once this is done, we can reinstall our black wing nut and tighten it down to secure the rear part of the carrier to the rear crossbar.Moving back up to the front, well take the rubber coated steel U bolts to go around to the underside of the front bar, up through the predrilled holes at the head of the carrier. Well then take the cylindrical nuts, which will thread down onto the U-Bolts. Well then use the included wrench to tighten down the cylindrical nuts directly down onto the U-Bolts, which will secure the front part of the bike rack to the front crossbar. more

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4/22/2014 1:05:07 PM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Suburban- Video

Today on our 2013 Chevy Suburban, we'll be test fitting the Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number Y02098. With the factory roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's crossbars. Starting at the front of the bike rack, we'll remove the skewer, and position the bracket around the underside of the front bar. We'll insert the silver T bolts into the slot on the bottom portion of the bracket. We'll then tighten down the black wing nut to secure the front part of the bike rack to the front crossbar. Now moving to the rear, we'll position the rear bracket around the rear crossbar. We'll insert the silver T bolt into the slot of the bottom bracket, and tighten down the black wing nut to secure the rear part of the bike rack to the rear crossbar. more

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2/28/2014 12:38:30 PM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Suburban- Video

Today on our 2013 Chevy Suburban we'll be test fitting the Kuat Trio roof mounted bike rack, part number RU01. Today we'll be installing the Kuat Trio on our Suburban's factory roof rack. We'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's cross bars. Starting at the front we'll take the rubber coated U bolts to go around the underside of the front bar and up through the predrilled holes of the head of the carrier. We'll then take the cylindrical nuts, which we'll thread down over top of the U bolts. We'll then use the included tightening tool to tighten down the silver nuts to secure the front part of the rack to the front crossbar. more

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2/28/2014 12:34:43 PM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Suburban- Video

Today on our 2013 Chevy Suburban, we'll be test fitting the Yakima frontloader, roof-mounted bike rack, part number y02103. With the factory roof rack on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's crossbars. We'll need to loosen up the black T handle, to position the front bracket around the front and back side of the front crossbar. Then moving to the rear, we'll loosen up the black wing nut, bring the rear bracket around the underside of the rear bar, insert the silver T bolt into the slot, and tighten it down with the black wing nut. We'll then move back up to the front, and tighten on the black T handle. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. We'll unfold the front part of the wheel mount, and we'll undo the strap at the rear. more

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2/25/2014 11:50:39 AM

Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Suburban- Video

Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Suburban, well be test fitting the Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64720. With the factory roof rack system on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up on to the vehicles crossbars. Here at the front, well take the silver U-bolts to go on the underside of the front bar up to the predrilled holes of the bike rack. Well then take our black wing nuts to thread down on to the silver U-bolts to secure the front part of the bike rack to the front crossbar. With this done, well move to the rear, and this time well take the silver U-bolt to go down through the predrilled holes of the bike rack. Well then take the black plate to rest them the underside of the rear bar, and then well use our wing nuts to secure the rear part of the bike rack to the rear crossbar. Once everything is all tighten down and secured, were ready to load up our bike. more

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2/24/2014 1:19:22 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Suburban- Video

Today on our 2013 Chevy Suburban, we'll be test-fitting the Swagman fork down, roof-mounted bike rack, part number 264710. With the factory roof rack on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's cross bars. Starting at the front, we'll take the silver U-bolts to go around the underside of the front bar, up through the pre-drilled holes of the front of the bike rack. We'll then take our black wing nuts, to thread down onto the silver U-bolts to secure the front of the bike rack to the front cross bar. Now moving to the rear, this time, we'll take the silver U-bolts to go down through the pre-drilled holes of the bike rack. We'll take the black plate, to rest on the underside of the rear crossbar, and then use the black wing nuts to tighten it down, to secure the rear part of the bike rack to the rear cross bar. Once everything is all tightened down and secure, we're ready to load up our bike. more

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2/24/2014 1:19:14 PM

SportRack Frame Mount Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Suburban- Video

Today on our 2013 Chevy Suburban, well be test fitting the SportRack Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number SR4611. With the factory roof rack system on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up on to the vehicles crossbars. Starting at the front, well take the rubber coated U-bolts to go around the underside of the front bar up to the predrilled holes of the front of the bike rack. Well then take our black wing nuts to thread down on to the silver U-bolts to secure the front part of the bike rack to the front crossbar. Moving to the rear, well take the black spacer to go in between the bike rack and the top of the crossbar. Well then take the two black bolts to go down through the holes of the bike rack and use the rubber coated plate to go in the inner side of the rear bar. more

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2/24/2014 1:19:10 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Suburban- Video

Today on our 2013 Chevy Suburban, we'll be test fitting the Rockymounts tierod stretch, roof-mounted bike rack, part number RKY1011. With the factory roof rack on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's crossbars. Starting at the front, we'll remove the black plastic cover, and position the rubber-coated steel straps around the underside of the front bar. Now moving to the rear, we'll remove one of the Allan bolts, to position the rear bracket around the underside of the rear crossbar. We'll then reinstall the Allan bolts and tighten it down with the included Allan wrench. Now moving back up to the front, we'll use the included Allan wrench to tighten down the silver bolt, to tighten down the straps up against the front crossbar. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. more

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2/24/2014 1:19:03 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Suburban- Video

Today on our 2013 Chevy Suburban, well be test fitting the Rocky Mounts TieRod Roof Mountain Bike Rack part number RKY1014. With the factory roof rack on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicles cross bars. Starting here at the front, well remove the black plastic cover. Well then bring the rubber coated steel straps around underside of the front crossbar and hook them back into the head of the carrier. Now moving to the rear, we'll use the included Allen wrench to loosen up 1 of the anvils to position the rear bracket around the underside of the rear bar. Well then use the included Allen key to tighten it down. Now moving back up to the front, well again use the included Allen key to tighten down the silver bolt to secure the front part of the bike rack to the front crossbar. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, were ready to load up our bike. more

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2/24/2014 1:19:01 PM

SportRack Frame Mount Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe- Video

Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe we'll be test fitting the Sport Rack, roof mounted bike rack, Part #SR4611. With the factory roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front platform, we'll bring our U-bolt around the underside of our front crossbar fitting the bolts back up through the head of our carrier. We'll secure it by placing a wing nut on each end of our U-bolt. Once we have those tightened down, we can repeat this process for the other side. Here at the rear, we'll place our plastic fitting between our bike rack and our rear crossbar. Then we'll drop our bolts through the top of the bike rack making sure that they go through the holes of the fitting then we'll secure it by tightening down a wing nut on each bolt. more

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1/23/2014 11:39:29 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe- Video

Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe, we'll be test-fitting the Swagman Fork Down roof-mounted bike rack, Part Number S64710. With the factory roof rack system on our vehicle we'll begin our test-fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front platform we'll bring our U-bolt around the underside of our front crossbar, fitting the bolts back up through our front platform of the bike rack. We'll secure it by tightening down two wingnuts. We can then repeat this process for the other side of the front platform. Here at the rear of the bike rack we'll take our U-bolt and drop it through the top of our bike rack, dropping the bolts around our rear crossbar. We'll place the bolts through our black metal plate and secure it by tightening down two wingnuts. more

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1/20/2014 5:29:30 PM

SportRack Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe- Video

Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe, we'll be test fitting the SportRack Roof-Mounted Bike rack, part number SR4622. With the factory roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we'll bring our U bolt around the underside of our front crossbar, fitting the bolts back up through our front platform. We'll secure it by tightening down tube and nuts. Then, we can move to the other side of the front platform of our bike rack and repeat this process. At the rear, we'll take our bolts and drop them through the top of our bike rack. Then, we'll place our plastic fitting in between the bike rack and the rear crossbar. Then, on the underside of our rear crossbar, we can install the rubber-coated clamp, making sure that the bolts go through the holes. more

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1/20/2014 11:59:55 AM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 2500- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 2500, well be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64710. With the Thule rapid traverse roof rack system on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly on to our load bars. Here at the front, well bring one of our U-bolts around the underside of our front load bar fitting the bolts back up through our front platform. Well secure it by installing two wing nuts and tightening them down. Then we can repeat this process for the other side of our front platform. Here at the rear, well take our U-bolt and drop it to the top of our bike rack making sure that the bolts go around to our rear load bar. Well fit the bolts through our black metal plate and secure it by installing and tightening down two wing nuts. more

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1/17/2014 5:44:14 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 2500- Video

Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Silverado, well be test fitting the RockyMounts Tierod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1011. With the Thule rapid traverse roof rack system on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly on to our load bars. Here at the front, well bring our straps around our front bar. Well need to remove the black plastic cover, so we can fit our straps back into the head of the carrier. Well then use an allen key to tighten down the allen bolt which will secure our straps around our front bar, and then well replace the black plastic cover. Well go ahead and open the securer to make sure its loose. Here at the rear, well undo all the allen bolts to bring our rear clamp around our rear bar. more

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1/17/2014 5:42:47 PM

Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 2500- Video

Today, on our 2014 Chevrolet Silverado, we'll be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth Roof Mounted bike rack, part number TH599XTR. With the Thule Traverse Roof Rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll bring our clamps around our front bar, fitting the T bolt through the appropriate slot and using the wing nut on top to tighten it down. We'll do this for both sides of the front platform at the front of our bike rack. Here at the rear, we'll loosen up one of the wing nuts to bring our clamp around our rear bar. We'll make sure the bolt is going through the metal plate, and then, we'll tighten both our wing nuts to secure the rear part of our clamp. With the front and rear secure, we'll go ahead and undo the wheel straps and make sure our frame jaws are open. We'll grab our bike and place it onto our bike rack, securing it first with the frame jaw, placing it around the lower part of our frame. Then, we'll close the lever at the bottom of the frame jaw bar. more

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1/16/2014 3:22:04 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 2500- Video

Today, on our 2014 Chevrolet Silverado, we'll be test fitting the Rocky Mounts TieRod roof-mounted bike rack, part number RKY1014. With the Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll bring the rubber-coated straps around our front bar, and then, we'll remove our black plastic cover. We'll fit our straps into the head of the carrier and use an Allen key to tighten the Allen bolt which will secure our straps around our front bar. We can then replace our black plastic cover. We'll go ahead and open up our skewer to make sure it's loose. Here at the rear, we'll undo one of the Allen bolts to bring our clamp around our rear bar. We'll reinsert the Allen bolt through the clamp, and then, we'll secure it be tightening down the 2 Allen bolts with an Allen key. more

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1/15/2014 2:57:29 PM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe- Video

Today, on our 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe, we'll be test-fitting the Kuat Trio Roof-Mounted Bike Rack, part number RU01. With the factory roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test-fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our cross bars. Here at the front, we'll bring our U-bolt around the underside of our cross bar fitting the bolts back up through our front platform. We'll secure it in place by tightening down the two cylinder nuts. We'll then repeat this process for the other U-bolt at the front of our platform. Then, we'll use the included Allen tool to tighten down each cylinder nut. more

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1/7/2014 4:06:09 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2010 Chevrolet Equinox- Video

Male: Today, on our 2010 Chevrolet Equinox, well be test fitting the Rocky Mounts TireRod Stretch roof mounted bike rack, Part Number RKY1011. With the factory roof rack on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up on to the vehicles crossbars. We can then remove the front black plastic cover to bring the rubber coated steel straps on the underside of the front bar. Well then hook them into the connection points and move to the rear. Well undo one of the allen bolts to position the rear bracket around the underside of the rear bar. Well tighten it down using allen wrench to move back up to the front. more

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12/20/2013 11:44:01 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2010 Chevrolet Equinox- Video

Today on our 2010 Chevrolet Equinox, well be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1014. With the factory roof rack on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up on to the vehicles crossbars. We can then remove the black plastic cover at the front to bring the rubber cord steel straps around the underside of the front bar. We can then hook them into the connection points, then move to the rear of the bike rack. Well remove one of the allen bolts to position our rear bracket around the underside of the rear bar. Well use the included allen wrench to tighten down the allen bolts to secure the rear bracket to the rear bar. With this done, well move back up to the front and tighten down the silver bolt to secure the metal straps up against the front bar. more

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12/20/2013 11:37:36 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Cruze- Video

Today, on our 2013 Chevy Cruze, well be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1011. Well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up on to the vehicles roof rack. Well then remove the black plastic cover at the front to bring our rubber coated steel straps around the underside of the front bar and hook them into the connection point. Well then move to the rear, remove one of the Allen bolt with the included Allen wrench to slide the rear bracket around the underside of the rear bar. Well then reinstall the Allen bolt and tighten it down with a wrench. Now, moving back up to the front, well use the included Allen wrench to the turn the silver bolt to tighten on the straps helping us at front bar. With everything all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. more

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9/12/2013 2:14:23 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Cruze- Video

Today on our 2013 Chevy Cruise, we'll be test fitting this Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64710. We'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's bars. We'll then take the silver brackets to go on the underside of the front bar, up into the pre-drilled holes of the front of the bike rack. We'll then take the black wing nuts to thread onto the threads of our bracket to secure the front part of the bike rack to the front bar. We'll then repeat the same steps for the other bracket. Now, moving to the rear of the bike rack, we can take the silver bracket and this time, slide it over top of the bar through the pre-drilled holes in the bike rack; taking the black plate to rest on the underside of the bar and threading on our wing nuts to tighten it down. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. We'll place our bike up on the bike rack, sliding the forks down onto the skewer. more

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9/12/2013 12:36:04 PM

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