RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video

Hey everybody. Welcome to etrailer.com. I'm Bobby. And today we're taking a look at the RockyMounts MonoRail 2 bike platform rack here on our 2015 Toyota RAV4. So this is gonna be an awesome way guys, if you're looking for a nice secure platform to go ahead clamp onto two or potentially three bikes later on. What's awesome about it We do have a front tire hold, so that makes it really nice and secure can allow us to carry our carbon frame bikes swimming bikes, step through bikes, kids bikes, with no problem, and still gonna be really nice for your big ol' mountain bikes as you're seeing here today. more

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4/21/2022 12:12:03 PM

Yakima RidgeBack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video

Hey, everybody. Welcome to etrailer.com. I'm Bobby. And today we're taking a look at the Yakima RidgeBack, your four bike rack hanging style carrier here in the back of a 2015 Toyota RAV4. So this is gonna be a really decent way of just getting a bunch of bikes to wherever you guys wanna go. What's nice, you do have the dual on support feature here. more

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4/13/2022 3:39:24 PM

Hollywood Racks Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video

Hey, everybody, welcome to etrailer.com. I'm Bobby, today we're taking a look at the Hollywood Racks Destination 4 bike rack here on our 2015 Toyota RAV4. So this is gonna be a great way of getting a lot of bikes to wherever your destination might be taking you. What's awesome about it Yes, it is a little plastic fantastic. It's got a little bit too much going on. It's not the prettiest bike rack out there, but I will say it does an excellent job of securing your bikes and making sure that they get there safe and sound, which is great. more

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4/12/2022 12:52:36 PM

RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota RAV4, we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts SplitRail 2-Bike Platform Rack, part number RKY1140. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look, and show off some of the features. The first feature I'd like to show off is the fact that it can tilt away from the vehicle with the bike still attached. To do that, there is a handle underneath the front here. Pull forward on it, holding on to the bike rack as you do so, and letting it come down. more

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6/27/2016 8:37:23 AM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota RAV4, we've got out the Swagman Dispatch here and we're doing a test fit on it just see the space we've got between it and our vehicle. Now this is a 2 bike platform style rack. It's been designed for use in 2 inch hitches. The part number on it is S64684. As you can see, the dispatch is going to use 2 wheel cradles, one for the front, one for the rear, and also a frame hook to hold our bike in place as we head down the road. It simply just pushes down, secures around the frame. more

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1/25/2016 1:46:06 PM

Swagman XTC4 Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota RAV4, we're doing a test fit of the Swagman XTC4 Platform-Style 4 Bike Rack, part number S64665. Now we already have our bike on the rack. We're going to show you how we strap down the bike and then also some features of the rack itself. Why don't we 00:00:22 take a look at the wheels We have straps holding down those wheels. To release those, we just pull down and lift up. We have different slots. These are adjustable, so you can have them on the loosest for bigger tires or on the tightest for smaller tires. more

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11/6/2015 10:43:52 AM

Softride Element Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota Rav4, we're doing a test fit of the Softride Element Parallelogram tilting bike rack, part number SR26248. Now, one of the key features we want to go over is the tilt-away feature because you can tilt it away with your bike on the rack. We're going to come down here and pull on this black T-pin and tilt that rack away. It will give us full access to that back hatch of your vehicle so you can get anything in or out that you may need and there's still enough room that you can stand between the rack and the vehicle itself. Close that up. Then to put it back in place, you just lift up on the rack. more

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11/6/2015 10:41:29 AM

Saris Thelma Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota RAV4, we have our Saris Thelma 3 Bike Platform Rack, Part Number SA4239B. On this particular model, we have two straps holding our wheels on, so to remove our bike I'll push in on this, pull our strap out and then repeat the same process over here. It's a good idea to hold onto your bike while you're doing this so that it doesn't fall over. When you want to push this down, you flip the lever forward and hold it down. I always put the straps back in so we don't lose or damage them. Now, let's get some measurements. This particular rack is going to add about 37" to the length of our vehicle. We have, at our lowest point, about 15" clearance down here. more

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11/6/2015 10:41:14 AM

Saris Freedom SuperClamp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota RAV4, we have our Saris Freedom SuperClamp 2 Bike Platform Rack, Part Number SA4025. We have our bike set up on it already. We've got two wheel hooks and one strap. To take it off, come down here to our strap, push in on the release, and pull out the strap. Come back up here. Now you want to hold onto the bike while you're doing this, but you can move your hooks up out of the way to release your bike. Put that out of the way and get some measurements. Now it is a good idea to always put your straps back away so they don't get damaged. more

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11/6/2015 10:39:54 AM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4 s64650- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota RAV4 we're doing a test fit of the Swagman XC Platform-Style 2-bike rack. That part number is S64650. You see that we already have a bike on our rack and hooked to the car. Let's show a few features. First feature I'd like to show you is how the bike is held down. We call 00:00:24 here is a frame hook and by holding on to your bike .. Oops, wrong one. more

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11/6/2015 10:38:14 AM

Pro Series Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota Rav-4, we're doing a test fit of the Pro Series Q-Slot Platform Style 4 bike rack. Now, this bike rack is also designed as a 2 bike rack and we'll go over some of those features a bit later. The first thing we're going to do is check out our bike and how it's strapped down to the rack. We've got our hook and loop straps back here. We just simply pull off and remove through the hoop down here, or the loop. Now, with our frame hook up top, that's just going to secure the bike down into those wheel cradles. To release those, we just turn the knob and then turn it the other way to secure it. Then, we can just lift our bike off and set it off to the side. Now, we just want to make sure that we reconnect our straps so we don't lose any of them. more

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11/6/2015 10:34:24 AM

Hollywood Racks Traveler Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota RAV4 we're doing a test fit of the Hollywood Racks Traveler 5 bike rack, part number HR9200. This is equipped for two-inch hitches only. You see that we have it already hooked a bike on our rack, and it's hooked to our vehicle. Let's take a few features here. First feature I'd like to show you: how the bike is hold down. We have three straps, two up top, strapped to the side is an anti-sway strap. Let's take off the first one on top ... more

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11/3/2015 8:26:37 AM

Hollywood Racks Traveler Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4 HR8500- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota RAV4, we're doing a test fit of the Hollywood Racks Traveler 4 bike rack. That part number's HR8500. You see that we have a bike on our rack and hooked to our vehicle. Let's show you a few features here. The bike is held up by three straps. We have two on the top, one on the side which we call our anti-sway strap. When we're unloading this we'll just go backwards, taking off the ones on top first, then our anti-sway strap. more

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11/3/2015 8:25:46 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota RAV4 we're doing a test fit of the Thule Vertex Swing Away 4 Bike Rack, that part number's TH9031XT. See that we already have it on the vehicle and a bike on the rack. Let's show you a few features. Sense this is a swing away type bike style, let's show you that first feature. All you would do is, you move this pin here, unloosen the button to the shackles, pull up on this pin and swing it out. I'm going to swing out as far as we can. more

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11/2/2015 8:27:55 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4 th9029xt- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota RAV4, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Vertex full bike rack, part number TH9029XT. This is equipped for 1 1/4 and 2" hitches. We already have a bike on our rack and it hooked to the car. Let's show you a few features. How our bike is held up. We have 3 straps. more

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11/2/2015 8:27:40 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4 th912xtr- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota RAV4, we're doing a testing of the Thule Roadway 2 Bike Rack. That part number is TH912XTR. This is equipped for 1 and 1/4 and 2 hitches. You see that we have the bike on the rack, and the rack hooked up to the car. Let's show a few features. Right here how the bike is hold down, we have 3 straps. more

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11/2/2015 8:27:26 AM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4 s64696- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota RAV4, we'll be doing a test fit of the Swagman Semi 4.0 platform-style 2 bike rack, part number S64696. This bike rack is equipped for 2 inch hitches only. You see that we have a bike on our rack and connected to the car. First feature I'd like to show you: right here we have our frame wheel hook that holds on our front tire. We have a strap in the back that holds on our back tire with a nice little bushing. So what we're going to do to take that off, push in that lever, pull up, pull out the way. Alrighty. more

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11/2/2015 8:24:33 AM

Kuat NV Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today I got a 2015 Toyota RAV4. We're doing a test fit of the Kuat NV 4 bike rack, platform style. That part number is N105-107. See that we already have the bike rack hooked up to our car and the bike on the rack. Let me show you a few features: The first feature I would like to show you is a tool feature. When you have your bike on, if you need to get back into your cargo bay in the back of your car, silver 00:00:32 lever here, pull on the clip, bring it down. more

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11/2/2015 8:13:48 AM

Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on a 2015 Toyota RAV4, we'll be doing a test fit of the Inno Tire Hold Platform Style 3 Bike Ride that part number is INH305-306. This is equipped for 1 1/4" and 2" hitches. We have a bike on the rack and the rack hooked up to the car. We are using the 2" hitches today. Let's show you a few features. First feature I'd like to show you, there is a tilting feature on this particular bike rack. Down here there's a bike handle, pull down, let the bikes come to a rest. more

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11/2/2015 8:12:28 AM

Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota Rav4 we're doing a test fit of the Kuat Transfer 3 bike rack. It's a platform style bike rack. The part number for that is TS03G. So, the first feature we'll show you is the tilt away feature. Now, I'm going to move the wheel hook out of the way, hang on to the back of the rack and use my foot to push down the lever. Now, we do come in contact with the ground back here, but as long as you're careful, you won't damage your bike rack too much. more

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9/24/2015 5:07:18 PM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4 s63360- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota Rav 4, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Swagman Trail Head 2. This will be your hanging style two bike rack. As you can see, we've already got a bike in place so you can see what it's going to look like once you have it fully assembled on the back of your vehicle. This will be part number S63360. If you look down here, you're going to see that it does have an inch and a quarter shank as well as that two inch adapter. That way it'll fit your class one and two as well as your class three hitches. Let's go ahead and start off with a few measurements. more

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7/7/2015 10:31:06 AM

Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota Rav 4, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Yakima Full Tilt. This is going to be your hanging style, four bike rack, part number Y02462. As you can see we've already got a bike up here, it's in place so you can see what it's going to look like once you have it on your vehicle, fully assembled, and installed. Note that this rack does come with your 1 1/4" shank as well as a 2" adapter so it will fit your class 1, 2, and 3 hitches. Just keep in mind that you're only going to be able to carry up to two bikes maximum with your class 1 receivers. Let's start off by getting a few measurements. more

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6/26/2015 3:46:06 PM

SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4 SR2415- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota RAV4, we're going to be doing a test spin to this Sportrack Ridge Swing. This would be your Hanging Style 4 Bike Rack, part number SR2415. As you can see, we've already got a bike on our platform here, on the cradle arms and installed so you can see what it's going to look like once you have it fully put together and on your vehicle. Let's start off by getting a few measurements. Our closet distance will be our first measurement. It's going to be down here from the t-handle to the back side of the bumper, at about 5 1/4 inches. Overall distance that we've added to the vehicle will be from the rear of the bumper to the back side of the cradle arms, at about 35 inches. more

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6/26/2015 3:42:25 PM

Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota RAV4 we're going to be doing a test fit of the CURT Premium 4. This is going to be your hanging-style 4-bike rack, part number C18064. As you can see, we've already got our bike up here on our bike rack fully assembled and in place so you can see what it would look like once you have it on your vehicle. Let's go ahead and start off by getting a few measurements. Our closest distance will be first. That's going to be from the front side here with the t-handle to the backside of the bumper at about 5-3/4". Overall distance that we've added to the vehicle from the rear of the bumper to the back of the cradle arms will be about 35", and our ground clearance at about 10-3/8". Up top we'll talk about the straps that secure the bike to the platform. more

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6/26/2015 2:52:00 PM

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