Yakima Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Hey, everybody. Welcome to etrailer.com. I'm Bobby. And today we're taking a look at the Yakima on-ramp two-bike platform rack here on our 2014 Honda CRV. So if you guys are out there and you're looking for a bike rack carrier to start handling your bigger heavier e-bikes The Yakima on-ramp is an excellent option. Not only does it have a 66 pound weight capacity per bike, allowing us to carry our big old heavy e-bikes. more
1/6/2022 4:58:36 PM
RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Hey, everybody. Welcome to etrailer.com. I'm Bobby and today we're taking a look at the RockyMounts MonoRail Bike Platform Rack for two bikes here on our 2014 Honda CRV. So this can be an excellent way of starting to get your bikes to that trail head or wherever you wanna go, because I really, really liked this system. And why that is I think it looks pretty simplistic. It gets the job done, and it has a great weight capacity. more
1/6/2022 4:28:14 PM
etrailer Tilting 4 Bike Rack Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Beautiful day here at etrailer. Hi, I'm Adam and today we're gonna be taking a look at the etrailer hanging style bike rack. So this is gonna be for four bikes, getting them to and from your destination and the whole entire carrier has a capacity of 120 pounds. It's gonna be for your two inch hitch receiver and let's just take a look at how it interacts with our bikes. We're gonna have some hook and loop straps. It's gonna have two up on top, bring those back, and then you could take the bike off and notice underneath of the bike, we have some pads just to make sure that the frame is gonna stay nice and pretty. more
1/6/2022 1:51:05 PM
Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Hey everybody, Ryan here at etrailer. Today, on our 2014 Honda CR-V, we're gonna be checking out the Thule Hitching Post Pro hitch-mounted bike rack. So, first impression of the rack on the back of a Honda, I think it looks really good. And this is gonna be a great way to carry around a lot of bikes. You can actually hold up to four with this setup. And with this rack, you know, it's really simple. more
11/30/2021 2:51:36 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Hello neighbors, it's Brad here at etrailer. And, today I'm taking a look at the Swagman XC2 platform-style bike rack for two bikes, on a 2014 Honda CR-V. Now, this bike rack is a very minimalistic bike rack. Not a ton of frills, but it is platform-style, and it does have a frame mount that secures the bike. So, as you can see, for not having a whole lot of hardware on here, it does a really good job of holding that onto the vehicle. So, taking a closer look, we can see this hoop style, and that's gonna have any tire that's up to 2 1/2 inches to be able to sit in here. more
9/9/2021 1:46:17 PM
Hollywood Racks Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Hello neighbors, it's Brad here at etrailer, and today we're gonna take a look at the Hollywood Racks Destination, which is a platform style bike rack. It's also hitch-mounted, as you can tell. And, today it's on a 2014 Honda CRV. So, this is a great bike option for anyone that has four bikes, whether it be family members or friends, that all wanna ride together, you can take them all there, and not have to worry about your bikes falling off, making contact, or being damaged in the process of transporting them. So, this bike rack is gonna be good for a big variety of vehicles. The only bike that you might not wanna use this for, would be an e-bike, due to its weight. more
9/9/2021 1:44:16 PM
Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CRV, we're doing a test fit. The Curt Hanging Style Four Bike Rack. That part number is C18030. Now, we already have our bike installed, we've got two cradles in place with three straps, two on our frame, and one is our anti-sway in the back. We're going to pull down and lift up to release those. Then we'll pull our bike off and set it off to the side. With that out of the way, we'll take a few measurements. more
9/1/2016 10:46:20 AM
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CRV, we'll be doing a test fit on the Kuat NV 2.0 Platform-Style Two-Bike Rack. That's part number NV22G. I've already got it loaded up on the CRV just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it's going to secure our two bikes. It actually secures our bikes in two spots. We have this large wheel hook here putting down pressure onto our front wheel into our front wheel cradle, and then we have a rear-wheel strap going over our wheel and ratcheting down through the buckle here. One of its best features is the ability to tilt away with bikes loaded so we can gain access to our rear hatch. more
7/19/2016 9:28:39 AM
Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CRV, we're doing a test fit on the Saris Bones hitch mount 2-bike rack. That part number is SA882. Now, we're first going to show you how we secure our bike down. We have two cradles with three straps, two on our frame and one as our anti-sway strap in the back. We're going to start by pushing down up top here and just feeding our strap through. With those undone, we can remove our bike and set it off to the side. more
3/28/2016 10:28:18 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CR-V we're doing a test fit of the Swagman Quad 2+2, 2 and 4 bike rack. This is a platform style. Part number S64692. Now, we already have our bike attached, we're first going to show you how we do that. At our front tire and our back tire we have ratcheting straps, those are just there to hold our tire in place. We also have bushings on them to protect them and prevent any scratches or abrasions from the straps. more
3/28/2016 10:27:46 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CRV we are doing a test fit of the Tuley T2 Pro Platform Style Bike Rack that part number is TH9034. Now the first thing that we are going to do go over some features. We will take a few measurements and show you how our bike gets secured down. So we are going to start back here and just pull the gray lever back towards the end of the handle. We're going to be able to tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle with our bike still attached. Once we tilt that away we're going to gain full access to our back hatch area to get anything in or out that we may need. more
3/20/2016 9:46:06 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V TH912XTR- Video
Today on our 2104 Honda CRV, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Roadway hanging style 2 bike rack. That part number is TH912XTR. We already have our bikes secured down. First going to show you how we do that. We have 2 cradles in place with 3 straps. 2 on our frame here and then 1 as our anti sway strap in the back. We'll remove our bike and set it off to the side. more
3/20/2016 9:38:47 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V S64682- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CRV, we're doing a test fit of a Swagman G10 Platform Style 2-Bike Rack. That part number is S64682. We already have our bike secured down. We're just going to go over some features, take a few measurements and then show you how our bike is secured down. First thing I want to show you is our tilting feature because we can do this with our bike attached. We're going to lift up on our black lever here and rotate our rack away from our vehicle. more
3/20/2016 9:38:22 AM
Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CRV we're test fitting the Inno Tire Hold. This is a platform-style 3-bike rack. It's been designed for use with 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. The part number on it is INH305-306. The Tire Hold has a lot of great features about it, one of them being its ability to tilt away from the vehicle even with the bike loaded. Lever right down here, we'll pull on that, allow that to tilt on away. more
7/17/2015 10:46:06 AM
Yakima HoldUp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CRV, we're test fitting the Yakima Holdup. This is a platform-style, two-bike rack, designed to fold away from the vehicle and also fold up to the vehicle. The part number on it, Y02443. This has been designed for use in 2-inch hitches, and it uses a series of cradles and a front wheel hook. Holds the bike in place with no frame contact. Not even room contact, except for a small cam-buckle strap here near the rear. more
7/17/2015 10:41:38 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V s64684- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CR-V we're test fitting the Swagman Dispatch. This is a platform style 2 bike rack. It's rated for use with RV's and it's designed for use in 2" hitches, part number on it is S64684. Dispatch is going to use front and rear wheel cradles and a frame hook to hold our bikes in place. These are nice, sturdy, metal wheel cradles on each side. Each one of them are going to have a cam buckle strap. Just push in the lever and pull the strap on out and that's going to release it for you. more
7/17/2015 10:41:25 AM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CRV we're test fitting the SportRack Ridge Swing. This is a swing-away-style 4-bike rack. Been designed for use in 2" hitches. The part number on it is SR2415. Now first and foremost, the swing-away feature. Let's take a look at that. more
7/17/2015 10:41:06 AM
Kuat NV Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CRV we're doing a test fit on the Kuat NV. This is a platform-style 4-bike rack, been designed for use in 2" hitches. The part number on it in the black and chrome is N105-107. This is also available in a gun metal gray and orange; that part number is N101-103. Now the NV's a nice bike rack, a few different reasons there. The first that a lot of people like is going to be the rear wheel strap and the front wheel hook are the only two points of contact really that we're going to have with the bike other than our front wheel cradle down low there. more
5/5/2015 5:41:41 PM
Saris Freedom SuperClamp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CRV we will be test fitting the Saris Freedom Superclamp platform-style 2-bike rack. That's part number SA4025. This can be used for either 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. We've got a 2" hitch here today so we can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank into our receiver. Now we'll line our pinholes up. That looks pretty good. more
2/6/2015 10:34:53 AM
Saris Freedom Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CRV we will be test fitting the Saris Freedom tilting platform-style 4-bike rack. That's part number SA4414B. This is for 2" hitches so we've got a 2" hitch here today. We can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank into our receiver. We'll line up our pinholes. That actually looks pretty good. more
1/28/2015 5:45:53 PM
Saris Thelma Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2014 Honda CRV, we'll be test fitting the Saris Thelma Platform Style 3 Bike Rack, that's part number SA4239B. This can be used for either 1 1/4 or 2 inch hitches. We've got a 2 inch hitch here today, we can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank through our receiver, we'll line up our pin holes, all right then we'll take our anti rattle bolt, it's included with this bike rack, start threading that through and we'll take our socket wrench and tighten that the rest of the way down. Nice thing about this anti rattle bolt it's going to help reduce the play and the wobble within our hitch and our bike rack as you can see there. We'll put our clip in place and then we can take a few measurements. Starting with our nearest point looks like it's going to be from here to our bumper and that's going to be about 4 inches away. Overall we've added about 13 1/2 inches to our vehicle and for our ground clearance looks like about 13 1/2 inches right here. more
1/27/2015 3:53:22 PM
