Yakima RidgeBack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Kia Sportage- Video

Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Kia Sportage, we're going to be doing a test fit on the Yakima RidgeBack Hanging Style 2 Bike Rack. That's part number Y02457.I've already got it loaded up just to give you a good idea what it looks like and how it's going to hold our bikes. It actually holds our bikes with three straps, they're called ZipStrips. We've got two ZipStrips for our top tube and then one for our seat post tube.The one for our seat post tube is going to prevent sway in our bike, as well as bike to bike contact, bike to vehicle contact, and bike to bike rack contact. An interesting way how they work is they are a molded design. It's going to make them really easy to use compared to other straps. more

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6/13/2018 7:57:46 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Kia Sportage- Video

Speaker 1: Today, on our 2017 Kia Sportage, we're gonna be doing a test fit on the Thule T2 Pro XT Platform Style Two Bike Rack. It's available in either an inch and a quarter, or two inch version depending on what receiver you have, and that's in either black or silver. There is a four bike version available, but it's only available for your two inch by two inch receiver.Now, I've already got it loaded up on my Sportage with the bike loaded up on the bike rack just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it's gonna hold our bikes. Right away, you'll notice that it holds our bikes with zero frame contact. We've got a wheel hook going over our front wheel putting down pressure into the front wheel cradle.Now, this bike rack is a premium bike rack. It includes an integrated cable lock, which then goes through our frame and locks back into itself so no one can remove our bike. more

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6/13/2018 7:57:34 AM

Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Kia Sportage- Video

Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Kia Sportage we're going to be doing a test fit on the Kuat Transfer Platform Style 2 Bike Rack. That's part number TS02G. Now this bike rack is available in a three bike rack version and that's part number TS03G. You can get either setup in either gray or black. Now I've already got my bike in position with it installed on my Sportage, just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it holds our bikes. Two great features is that it holds our bikes by the wheel, no frame contact, so that's a great feature if you've got a carbon fiber bike or a bike that you don't want any contact by the bike rack, or even if you've got a bike with an alternative frame style.Another great feature is it has the ability to tilt away from our Sportage with bikes loaded. more

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6/13/2018 7:57:22 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Kia Sportage TH9054- Video

Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Kia Sportage we're going to be doing a test fit on the Thule DoubleTrack Pro platform style two bike rack. That's Part Number TH9054. I've already got it loaded up on the Sportage with the bike loaded on the bike rack just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it's going to hold our bikes.Right away, one of my favorite things about this bike rack is that it is fat bike ready right out of the box. It'll hold fat bikes with a tire width up to 5" wide. One of the other things I like is how it holds our bikes. The clamp design will hold our bikes by their top tube, their down tube, or their seat post tube, so that's a really nice feature. more

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6/13/2018 7:57:11 AM

Softride Element-Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Kia Sportage- Video

Today on our 2017 Kia Sportage we're doing a test fit of the Softride Element Parallelogram hanging-style 4-bike rack. That part number is SR26248. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to come here to the side and pull out on our black pin while pushing slightly back on our bike rack. When we pull out, that's going to allow us to tilt our bike rack with our bikes fully loaded away from our vehicle. more

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10/11/2016 9:46:51 AM

Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Kia Sportage- Video

Today on our 2017 Kia Sportage we're taking a look at the Inno Aero Light QM platform-style 2-bike rack. That part number is IMH330. Now we already have our bike secured down so we're forget show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to come here to the opposite side, and at the base of the rack closest to our vehicle we have a pin. We're just going to pull that straight out. With that out of the pinhole we're going to actually be able to tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle with our bikes fully loaded. more

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10/11/2016 9:46:09 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Kia Sportage TH9034- Video

Today on our 2017 Kia Sportage, we're doing a test of the Thule T2 platform style 2 bike rack. That part number is TH9034. We already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to come here to the back at this handle; we're going to squeeze that together. That's going to allow us to tilt our bike rack with our bikes fully loaded away from our vehicle. One great thing about this rack compared to others is that that handle is at the very back instead of towards the middle where you have to reach through your bikes. In this position, we'll check our hatch here. more

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10/5/2016 12:48:18 PM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Kia Sportage- Video

Today on our 2017 Kia Sportage we're doing a test fit of the Swagman XT2 platform-style 2-bike rack. That part number is S64650. Now we already have our bike secured down here. We're first going to show you how we do that. We have two wheel cradles in place, one for the front and one for the back. Then here up at the center we have our frame hook, which is going to sit right in the center of our bike and really hold that down into our wheel cradles. more

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10/5/2016 12:47:59 PM

Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Kia Sportage NV22B- Video

Today on our 2017 Kia Sportage, we're doing a test fit of the Kuat NV 2.0 platform style two-bike rack. That part number is NV22G. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to come here to the middle section. We're going to actually pull down on this lever. more

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10/5/2016 12:47:51 PM

Yakima HoldUp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Kia Sportage- Video

Today on our 2017 Kia Sportage we're doing a test fit of the Yakima HoldUp platform-style 2-bike rack. That part number is Y02443. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to come here to the back and lift up slightly, and then we're going to pull out on the red pin on the side. That's going to allow us to tilt our bike rack with our bikes fully loaded away from our vehicle. more

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10/5/2016 12:47:42 PM

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