RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Avenger- Video

Speaker: Today on our 2014 Dodge Avenger, were going to be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch, a fork mount roof bike rack with part number RKY1011. With our Rhino Rack 2500 Series Roof Rack already installed on the Avenger, well being our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our load bars. When we do this, we want to bring our black rubber coated straps around the underside of our front crossbar. Well then remove the black plastic cover, bring those straps around, fit them into the head of the carrier and we can secure it by tightening down the Allen Bolt. With this secure, well replace the black plastic cover. Then, we can move to our rear clamp. Here, well remove one of the Allen bolts completely from the clamp, bring it around our crossbar, reinsert our Allen bolt and tighten both of our Allen bolts down to secure it to our rack. With our rack secure, its time to load our bike. Were going to undue the rear wheel strap and make sure that our front skewer is loose and open. more

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4/15/2014 9:13:37 AM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Avenger- Video

Today on our 2014 Dodge Avenger, we'll be test fitting the Kuat Trio, a fork-mounted roof bike-rack, with part number RU01. With our Rhino Rack 2500 series roof rack already installed on our Avenger, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our cross bars. Here at the head of our rack, we'll bring the two black, rubber-coated U bolts around the underside of our cross bar, fit them through the head of our carrier, and hold them in place using two cylinder nuts on each one. We can then take our provided allen key and tighten these down. With our front secure, we'll move to the rear. Here we're going to completely remove one of the wing nuts, bring our clamp around our bar, replace our wing nut, and tighten both of them 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 making sure that our front skewer is loose and open. We'll grab our bike, place our bike onto our rack. more

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4/15/2014 8:56:48 AM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Journey- Video

Today on our 2014 Dodge Journey, we'll be test-fitting the Yakima ForkLift Roof-Mounted Bike Rack, part number Y02098. With the Yakima RoundBar Roof Rack System already installed, we'll start by placing our bike rack on the roof rack. Bring the clamp around the bar. Remove the skewer from the top of the clamp. Slide the cover over the clamp, securing the T-bolt. After that, you will re-insert the skewer. more

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2/17/2014 2:07:54 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video

Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, well be test fitting the Rocky Mounts tie rod roof-mounted bike rack, part number RKY1014. With the factory roof rack on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing our pitchfork directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, well go ahead and remove our black plastic cover, bring our straps around our front bar, and fit them back into the head of our carrier. Well then use an Allen key to tighten our Allen bolt which will tighten our straps around our bar. Once we have that tight, we can replace our black plastic cover.Here at the rear, well loosen up our Allen bolts to bring our rear clamp around our rear bar. Well feed the Allen bolt back through and tighten in place using an Allen key. more

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10/21/2013 9:14:16 AM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video

Today, on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be testing 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 the Trio directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front we'll take our U-bolts, bring them round the underside of our front crossbar fitting them back up through the front of our bike rack. We'll take our nuts and tighten them on the ends of the bolts. Now we'll repeat this process for the other U-bolt at the front of our bike rack. We'll take the included tool to tighten down each nut on our two U-bolts. With the front and rear secure, we can go ahead and undo the rear wheel strap and make sure our skewer at the front is loose. We'll grab our bike and place it onto the Trio, dropping our front forks down onto the skewer. We'll secure the bike first by tightening the skewer and then move to the rear and tighten with the wheel strap. With the bike all loaded up, we're ready to go. That completes today's test fit of the Kuat-Trio roof mounted bike rack, part number RU01 on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan. . more

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10/21/2013 9:13:38 AM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video

Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, well be test fitting the Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number Y02098. With the factory roof rack system on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing our ForkLift directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we need to go ahead and remove our skewer. Well loosen up the T-handle to bring our front clamp around our front bar. Well drop the T-bolt through the appropriate slot and then use the T-handle to tighten it in place. Well place the slotted bracket around our T-handle and reinstall our skewer. more

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10/18/2013 9:14:31 AM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video

Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan we'll be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64710. With a factory roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin by placing the Fork Down directly onto our load bars. Here at the front platform we'll bring our U-bolts around the underside of our front load bar fitting the back up through the carrier. We'll secure it by tightening down two wing nuts. We'll do this for both sides of the front platform. Here at the rear, we'll drop our U-bolt through the top of our bike rack, making sure that the bolts go around each side of our rear load bar. more

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10/16/2013 12:57:22 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video

Today, on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be test-fitting the Rocky Mountain Tierod Stretch roof mounted bike rack, part number RKY1011. With the factory roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the tierod stretchdirectly on to our crossbars. We'll remove the black plastic cover, and bring our straps around the front bar, fitting them back into the head of the carrier. We'll then use an allen key to tighten the allen bolt which will tighten our straps around our front bar. We can reinstall our skewer, and move to the rear. We'll loosen up our allen bolts to bring our rear clamp around our rear bar. We'll reinsert the leading allen bolt, and secure it by tightening down with an allen key. With the front and rear secure, we can go ahead and undo the rear wheel strap, and make sure our skewerat the front is loose. We'll grab our bike, and place it on our bike rack, dropping our front forks down on our skewer. We'll secure the bike first by tightening our skewer, and then move to the rear and tighten with the wheel strap. With our bike all loaded up, we're ready to go. That concludes today's test fit of the Rocky Mountain Tierod Stretch roof mounted bike rack, part number RKY1011 on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan. . more

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10/16/2013 12:56:54 PM

Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Journey- Video

Today on our 2014 Dodge Journey we'll be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number TH599XTR. With a Thule Crossroad Roof Rack System on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the Big Mouth directly onto our load bars. We'll go ahead and fit our brackets around each load bar, here at the front and at the rear. Here at the front platform, we'll bring the T-Slot fit it around our T-bolt and then use the wing nut on top to tighten it down. We can then repeat that process for the other side. With the front of our bike rack secured, we'll move to the rear. more

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9/12/2013 9:39:10 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Journey- Video

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9/10/2013 9:46:02 AM

Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Journey- Video

Today on our 2014 Dodge Journey, we'll be test fitting the Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64720. With the Thule Rapid Crossroads Roof Rack system already assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the carrier up onto the vehicle's load bars. We'll then pull out our hardware and bring the silver brackets around the underside of the front bar, up through the pre-drilled holes in the front platform. We'll then take our black wing nuts that thread onto the silver brackets and tighten them down, securing the front part of the bike rack to the front bar. With this done, we can then move to the rear and take our last silver bracket to slide down through the pre-drilled holes of the bike rack. We can then take the black plate to go up against the underside of the rear bar, then using our wing nuts to thread onto the silver brackets to tighten it down. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. We'll double check to make sure our frame hook is loose and that our front and rear strap are undone. We'll place our bike up onto the bike rack, bringing the frame hook up on the underside of the bottom portion of the frame, being careful as it may be difficult to maneuver it around this bracket as well as the pedals. With the frame hook in place, we can then turn the black knob to tighten it down, securing the front and rear tire with the red straps. more

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9/9/2013 10:17:19 AM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Journey- Video

Today on our 2014 Dodge Journey, we'll be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted bike rack, part number S64710. With the Thule Rapid Crossroad Roof Rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the fork down directly onto our load bars. Here at the front platform, we'll bring the U bolt around the underside of our front bar, up through the platform, and secure it by tightening down two wing nuts. We can then repeat this process for the other side of the platform. Here at the rear, we'll drop the U bolt through the top of the bike rack, making sure it goes around our rear bar. We can then install the black metal bracket and secure it with two wing nuts. We'll go ahead and undo the wheel strap and make sure the skewer at the front is loose. We'll grab out bike and place it onto our carrier. We'll secure the bike first here at the front by dropping the forks down onto the skewer and tightening the skewer. more

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9/9/2013 10:11:06 AM

SportRack Frame Mount Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Journey- Video

Today on our 2014 Dodge Journey we'll be test fitting the SportRack frame-mounted roof bike rack, part number SR4611. With the Thule Rapid CrossRoads roof rack system onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's load bars. We'll bring the rubber-coated brackets around the underside of the front bar up to the pre-drilled holes of the front platform. We'll then thread on our wing nuts onto the bracket and tighten them down, securing the front part of the bike rack to the front bar. Moving to the rear, we'll insert the black thick spacer in between the bar and the bike rack. We'll take our black bolts to slide down through the holes and take the rubber-coated steel plate to go on the underside of the rear bar, allowing the two black bolts to fit into the holes. more

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9/9/2013 10:10:00 AM

SportRack Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Journey- Video

Today on our 2014 Dodge Journey, we'll be test fitting the SportRack Roof Mounted Fork Mounted bike rack, part number SR4622. With the Thule Rapid Crossroads Roof Rack system assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack onto the vehicle's load bars. We'll bring the rubber-coated black brackets around the underside of the front bar, up through the pre-drilled holes of the front platform. We'll then take our black wing nuts that thread onto the black brackets, securing the front part of the bike rack to thefront bar. Next, moving to the rear, we'll slide the black bolts through the pre-drilled holes of the bike rack, taking the rubber-coated steel plate around the underside of the bar and installing our wing nuts. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. We'll double check to make sure the skewer is loose at the front, and we'll undo the strap at the rear. We'll place our bike up onto the bike rack, sliding the forks down onto the skewer. We can then adjust the skewer and clamp it down, securing the back tire with the wheel strap. With our bike all loaded up, that'll be complete today's test fit for this SportRack Roof Mounted Fork Mount bike rack, part number SR4622, on our 2014 Dodge Journey. more

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9/9/2013 10:04:40 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Journey- Video

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9/9/2013 10:03:56 AM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video

Today on our 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan well be test fitting the Yakima Frontloader roof-mounted bike carrier, part number y02103. Now with our vehicle already equipped with a factory installed roof rack system, well begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicles crossbars. Well then place the head of the carrier on the front crossbar, and turn the black t-handle to pinch the two brackets on the front crossbar. Well then bring the back bracket around the underside of the rear crossbar, and insert the t-bolt into the bracket, and turn the black wing nut to tighten it down. Once both sets of brackets are tightened down were ready to load up our bike. Well undo the rear tray strap and bring the front part of the wheel hook out. more

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6/27/2013 11:02:43 AM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video

Today on our 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be test fitting the Yakima Forklift roof-mounted bike carrier, part number Y02098. Now with our vehicle already equipped with a factory-installed roof rack system, we'll begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicle's crossbars. We'll then insert the T bolts into the front of the bracket and turn the black wing nut to tighten it down to secure the front of the carrier to the front crossbar. We'll then bring the black bracket around the rear crossbar, and insert the T bolts into the bracket and turn the black wing nut to tighten it down to secure the rear of the carrier to the rear crossbar. Once everything is tightened down, we'll then remove the skewer at the head of the carrier to insert the black plastic cap, which slides onto the black wing nut. We'll then replace the skewer, and we're ready to load our bike. more

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6/27/2013 11:02:13 AM

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video

Today on our 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan well be test fitting the Thule Domestique Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number th513. Now with our vehicle already equipped with a factory roof rack system, well begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicles crossbars. Note that you cannot access the front two Allen bolts without first removing the skewer. Well then use the Allen key to loosen up the Allen bolts on the front and rear of the carrier. Once the Allen bolts are loosened up we can then bring the brackets around the front and rear crossbar and use the Allen key to tighten them down and secure the carrier to the vehicles crossbars. Once the carrier is secured and tightened down were ready to load up our bike. more

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6/27/2013 10:53:56 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video

Today on our 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan well be test fitting the RockyMounts Tierod Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number rky1014. Now with our vehicle already equipped with a factory roof rack system, well begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicles crossbars. Well remove the black plastic cap and in no specific order well loosen up the Allen bolts at the rear of the carrier to bring the bracket around the rear crossbar as well as bringing the rubber-coated steel straps around the front crossbar and hooking them back into the head of the carrier. Well then use the Allen key to tighten down the Allen bolts to secure the carrier to the vehicle. Once the carrier is secured to the vehicle, were ready to load our bike. Well replace the black plastic cap at the head of the carrier and make sure our skewer is loosened up. more

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6/27/2013 10:51:24 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video

Today on our 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be test fitting the Rockymounts Tierod Stretch roof-mounted bike carrier, part number RKY1011. With our vehicle already equipped with a factory roof rack system, we'll begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicle's cross bars. We'll then remove the black plastic cap at the head of the carrier to bring the rubber-coated steel straps around the front cross bar. We'll then loosen up the Allan bolts for the rear bracket, to bring the rear bracket around the rear cross bar. We'll then use the Allan keys to tighten down the Allan bolts, to secure the carrier to the vehicle. Once the carrier is secure to the vehicle, we're ready to load our bike. We'll replace the black plastic cap at the head of the carrier and loosen up the tray strap, and also make sure that the skewer is loosened up, as well. more

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6/27/2013 10:50:51 AM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Dodge Charger- Video

Today on our 2012 Dodge Charger we'll be test fitting the Yakima FrontLoader Roof Mounted Wheel Mounted Bike Carrier, part number y02103. Now with our roof rack system already assembled onto our vehicle we'll begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto our crossbars. We'll slide the head of the carrier onto the front crossbar and turn the oversized black T-handle to tighten down the front of the carrier to the front crossbar.We'll then loosen up the black T-handle to bring the rear bracket around the rear crossbar. We'll insert our silver T-bolt into the bracket and turn the black wing nut to tighten down the bracket to the rear crossbar. Once everything all is tightened down and secured we're ready to load up our bike.We'll extend the front part of the wheel clamp and undo the tray strap. We'll place our bike onto the carrier and roll the bike forward bringing the back part of the wheel clamp up behind the front tire. more

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6/17/2013 8:33:50 AM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2012 Dodge Charger- Video

Today on our 2012 Dodge Charger, we'll be test-fitting the Yakima Forklift Roof-Mounted Bike Carrier, part number Y02098. With the roof rack system already assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicles crossbars. We'll loosen up the black ring nut at the head of the carrier to bring the bracket around the underside of the front crossbar. We'll then loosen up the skewer to completely tighten down the black wing nut. Slide up the black plastic cap, and then we'll replace our skewer. Once that's all tightened down and secured, we can move to the rear bracket. We'll loosen up the silver T-bolt to bring the bracket around the rear crossbar, hook the T-bolt into the bracket, and tighten up the black wing nut to secure the rear of the carrier to the rear crossbar. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. We'll double check to make sure our skewer is loosened up and we'll then undo the cradle strap. more

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6/14/2013 2:47:08 AM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Dodge Dart- Video

Today on our 2013 Dodge Dart we'll be test fitting the Yakima FrontLoader Roof Mounted Wheel Mount Bike Carrier, part number y02103. Now with the Yakima Round Bar Roof Racking System already assembled onto our vehicle we'll begin our test fit by placing the FrontLoader onto the vehicle's crossbars. Well slide the front part of the carrier onto the front crossbar and tighten it down with the T-handle securing the front of the carrier to the front crossbar.We'll then bring the rear bracket around the rear crossbar, insert the T-bolt into the bracket and turn the black wing nut to tighten it down to secure the rear bracket to the rear crossbar. Now with the carrier secured to the vehicle we're ready to load up our bike. We'll unfold the first part of the wheel hook and undo the tray straps.We'll place the bike onto the carrier rolling it forward bringing the back part of the wheel hook onto the rear tire. We'll then tighten down the red knob pinching the wheel hooks together securing the front tire and then we'll move to the rear of the carrier securing the back tire with the tray strap.That completes today's test fit for the Yakima FrontLoader Roof Mounted Wheel Mount Bike Carrier, part number y02103 on our 2013 Dodge Dart. more

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6/13/2013 3:31:00 PM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Dodge Dart- Video

Today on our 2013 Dodge Dart we'll be test fitting the Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number y02098. Now with our Yakima Round Bar Roof Rack System already assembled on our vehicle we'll begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicle's crossbars. In no specific order we'll loosen up the brackets on the front and rear of the carrier to bring around the front and rear crossbar.We'll loosen up the black wing nuts to position the T-bolts into the brackets and tighten them down. Note that depending on the thickness of your vehicle's crossbars you may need to position the brackets accordingly. Once we have the carrier tightened down we can remove the skewer to slide the black plastic cap up behind the black T-handle at the front of the carrier and slide the skewer back through it.Now with the carrier secured to our vehicle we're ready to load our bike. We'll loosen up the skewer and undo the tray strap at the rear. more

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6/13/2013 3:24:33 PM

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Dodge Dart- Video

Today on our 2013 Dodge Dart well be test fitting the Thule Domestique roof-mounted, fork mount bike carrier, part number TH513. Now, with our vehicle already equipped with the Thule AeroBlade roof racking system well begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicles loadbars. We will then loosen up the Allen bolts at the head of the carrier. Quick tech tip that in order to access the two front Allen bolts you will first need to remove the skewer. Well then bring the front bracket around the front loadbar as well as loosening up the Allen bolt at the rear of the carrier to bring the rear bracket around the rear loadbar. Well then use the Allen key to tighten the Allen bolts to secure the front of the carrier to the vehicles loadbar. more

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5/31/2013 12:58:08 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Dodge Dart- Video

Today on our 2013 Dodge Dart well be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch roof-mounted bike carrier, part number RKY1011. With our vehicle already equipped with a roof rack system well begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicles crossbars. We will remove the black plastic cap at the head of the carrier to bring the rubber coated steel straps around the underside of the front crossbar. Well then loosen up the Allen bolts at the rear of the carrier to bring the rear bracket around the underside of the rear crossbar. Well then reinsert them and tighten them down. Well then move back up to the front of the carrier where we will replace the straps in the head of the carrier and tighten down the silver bolt securing the front of the carrier to the front crossbar. more

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5/31/2013 12:56:56 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Dodge Dart- Video

Today, on our 2013 Dodge Dart, we'll be test-fitting the RockyMounts tie-rod roof-mounted bike carrier, part number RKY1014. Now, with our vehicle already equipped with the roof rack system, we'll begin our test-fit by placing the carrier off of the vehicle's crossbars. We'll remove the black plastic cap at the head of the carrier to bring the rubber-coated steel straps around the underside of the crossbar.We'll then loosen up the Allen bolts at the rear of the carrier to bring the bracket on the rear crossbar. We'll then tighten down and then move back up to the front of the carrier where we will put the straps back into the head of the carrier and, with a wrench, turn the silver bolt to tighten down the straps at the front cross bar.Now, with the carrier secure to the vehicle, were ready to load up our bike. We'll replace the black plastic cap and make sure the skewers loosened up. We'll then loosen up the tray strap, place our bike onto the carrier, slide the forks unto the skewer and secure them, finally securing the back tie with the rear tray strap. more

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5/31/2013 12:56:24 PM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Dodge Ram- Video

Today on our 2013 Dodge Ram pick-up truck 1500 we are going to be testing the Yakima FrontLoader roof mounted bike carrier for part number Y02103. To mount this bike rack up on top of our vehicle, we are going to set it on top of the front cross bars. Well use the hand knob on the front of the bike rack to tighten down the front clamp around the cross bar. In the rear, we are going to use the wing nut, T-Bolt and the clamp to secure the rear half of the bike rack around our rear bar. With both clamps secure our bike rack is mounted and were ready to load up. To load our bike the first thing we need to do is open up the front wheel hoop all the way. more

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4/19/2013 11:05:45 AM

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Dodge Durango- Video

Today on our 2012 Dodge Durango we'll be test fitting the Thule Domestique fork mount roof mounted carrier, part number TH513. Now this vehicle is equipped with factory installed cross bars so to begin our test fit we'll sit the carrier onto the vehicle and loosen up the front and rear sets of bracket to swing on the underside of the cross bar. Then use the included Allen key to tighten it down and secure the carrier to the vehicle. Note that you cannot access the Allen bolts without removing the skewer in the front part of the carrier. Now with the carrier secured to the vehicle we're ready to load our bike. We'll undo the cradle strap, slide the skewer to the front part of the carrier, and sit our bike onto the carrier. more

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2/1/2013 11:55:35 AM

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Dodge Journey- Video

Today on our 2013 Dodge Journey well be test fitting the Thule Domestique Fork Mount Bike Carrier, part number TH513. To mount our carrier to the vehicle well set it up on top or our load bars. Well fit the front clamp around our front bar and use an Allen key to tighten down the two Allen head bolts. At the back, well fit the clamp around the underside of our rear bar and again, use an Allen key to tighten the clamp around the bar. Then we can reinstall our skewer. Now we can go ahead and grab our bike. more

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9/28/2012 12:44:16 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Dodge Journey- Video

Today on our 2013 Dodge Journey well be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number RKY1014. To mount our carrier to the vehicle well set it up on top of our load bars. Well situate the head of the carrier over our front bar and feed the rubber coated steel straps around the bar and back into the head. Well then use an Allen key to tighten the straps down and then we can reinstall our cover. Before we move to the rear attachment point we want to make sure that our skewer is unlocked and open here at the front. At the back, well fit the clamp around our rear bar and use the wing nuts to tighten down the clamp onto the tube bolts. more

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9/28/2012 12:41:20 PM

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9/13/2012 7:05:59 AM

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Dodge Charger- Video

Alright, today on this 2012 Dodge Charge, we're going to do a test fit of part number TH513, the Thule Domestique Bike Carrier. We'll start off our test fit with our bike carrier already assembled according to instructions, so all we have to do is put this on our roof. Our Dodge Charger has already been equipped with a roof rack using the Thule AeroBlade system. We'll start our test fit by taking the bike rack and placing it on top of the roof rack. We'll start with the front clamp and then move the rear clamp into place. We'll take a second and make sure the bike rack is sitting where we want to and then we can go ahead and tighten it down for good. more

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6/8/2012 2:50:40 PM

Thule Sidearm Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Dodge Charger- Video

Today we have with us the 2012 Dodge Charger and we'll be test fitting the Thule Sidearm Roof Mounted Bike Carrier part # TH594XT. We already have our bike carrier assembled and we're ready to mount it up on top of our vehicle. We'll place the head of the bike carrier over our frontload bar. We'll use the two clamps with the wing nuts to tighten it down. And the rear, we'll fit the rear clamp around the rear bar and again we'll use the wing nuts to tighten clamp down. With our bike rack secured on the roof rack, we're ready to load it up. more

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6/6/2012 1:09:52 PM

Thule Echelon Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Dodge Charger- Video

All right, today on this 2012 Dodge Charger, we're going to do a test fit of part # TH518 the Thule Echelon Roof Mounted Bike Rack. Okay, to start off or test it, we'll have our bike rack assembled according to the instructions so all I have to do is put up on the roof rack. We'll lay the bike rack on the crossbar first then we'll slide the clamp underneath and around the little bar. Then we can tighten down two Allen screws. Once we have everything loose and installed, we'll go ahead move the bike rack into position that we want and make sure it's centered on the vehicle. When bike rack lined up in center, we can go ahead and tighten it down for good. more

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6/6/2012 1:09:43 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Dodge Charger- Video

Today we have a 2012 Dodge Charger and we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Fork-Down Roof Mounted Bike Carrier. We've already got our carrier assembled and now we're ready to mount it up on our vehicle. To mount the carrier, we'll place the head of the rack on top of our frontload bar. We'll fit the U bolts around our load bar and back through the head of the platform and we'll tighten it down with the wing nuts. Put the front half of our carrier secured, we can move to the back. We'll position the U bolt in the rear of the carrier over our rear load bar and use the clamp bar and the two wing nuts to tighten it down to our rear bar. more

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6/6/2012 1:09:23 PM

SportRack Nomad Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Dodge Charger- Video

Today on this 2012 Dodge Charger, we're going to be test fitting the Sportrack Nomad Roof Mounted Bike Carrier part # ABR611. To mount the carrier up on our vehicle, we'll place the head of a bike rack on top of our frontload bar. We'll fit the U bolts around the underside of our load bar and we'll tighten down with the wing nuts on top. In the rear, we'll fit the rear clamp around our rear load bar and we'll again use the wing nuts to tighten it down. Once we've done that, we're ready to load our bike. First we'll undo the wheel straps sat either end of the bike carrier. more

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6/6/2012 1:09:11 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Dodge Charger- Video

All right, today this 2012 Charger, we're going to do a test fit of part # RKY1014 the RockyMounts TieRod Bike Carrier. We're going to start with our test fit with the bike rack assembled according to instructions. So we're going to simply place it on a roof rack and begin our test fit. We'll begin our test fit by installing the carrier on the front crossbar and make sure the straps wrap around from underneath and into the clip in the front. With that loosely attached, we'll go ahead and run the clamp in the rear around the back crossbar and then tying it down but still keeping it loose so we can move it around. Now, I'll take a second and make sure the bike rack is centered with the vehicle before tightening it down for good. more

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6/6/2012 1:09:02 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video

Today on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1014. Now, our vehicle is equipped with the Thule AeroBlade Roof Rack System and our bike rack is preassembled so we are ready to go ahead and fit it to the vehicle. We'll start by setting the head of the bike rack on the front crossbar. We'll bring the rubber coated steel straps around and underneath the crossbar and secure it back to the head of the bike rack. We can then move the rear mounting point over the rear crossbar. We'll bring the rear clamp underneath and tighten it down with the wing nuts. more

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3/5/2012 1:29:09 PM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Dodge Journey- Video

Today on our 2011 Dodge Journey well be test fitting the Yakima Front Loader Bike Rack, part number Y02103. With our vehicle already equipped with the Yakima crossbars and our bike rack already preassembled were ready to go ahead and test fit it to the vehicle. Well begin by setting the bike rack on top of the crossbars. Well fit the front clamp into its position. Go ahead and tighten it down. Well then move to the rear clamp, and using the hardware, well get it secured into place. more

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2/6/2012 11:35:24 AM

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