Saris Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat- Video
Hey everyone. Today, we have a 2014 Volkswagen Passat, and we're going to do a test fit of the Saris Bones EX 3 bike rack. Now this bike rack mounts to the trunk of your vehicle, it allows you to get three of your bikes transported to and from your destination.A benefit of having a trunk mounted rack is that you're not going to have to worry about investing in a hitch mounted rack and if you don't even have a hitch yet, then you have to invest in the hitch as well, or even a roof rack, plus a bike rack to be able to get your bike from point A to point B.With the bike, it's attached at three different points, we're going to have two straps on our top tube right here, securing it into the cradles and we're also going to have an anti-sway cradle securing the seat post too, just taking out a lot of the unnecessary movement. You see, it's still moving a little bit right there, but not near as much as it would without this strap. It's going to help prevent a lot of bike to vehicle contact and bike to bike contact.Now let's go ahead and take the bike off. It's going to be pretty easy to do. more
5/13/2019 2:57:14 PM
Kuat Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat we're gonna be doing a test fit on a Kuat Highline Three Bike Trunk Mount Rack. That part number's HIT3S.Now we have the silver installed right now, however it does come in black under part number HIT3B.This is a trunk mounted bike rack that mounts to the trunk of your vehicle, and it can carry up to three bikes. This is gonna be one of the nice hybrid versions of a trunk mount bike rack. It's very light, so it's gonna be very easy to install, but it's also gonna be durable and be able to support your bikes very well.If we look at the bike and how it's attached to the rack, excuse me, we're gonna see we have to ratchet straps on the top of our bike frame securing it into the cradles. We also have a third point with an anti-sway cradle and a strap. Once we secure that, that's gonna prevent our bike from swaying too much while we're traveling. more
9/19/2018 3:58:31 PM
Hollywood Racks Express Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat, we're gonna be testing the Hollywood Racks Express three bike carrier. That's gonna be part number HRE3. As you can see, we already have a bike installed, so let's take a look at some of the features.These cradles can pivot left and right, and back and forth, with a little bit of force up and down on the bike rack to provide any type of spacing needs you might have between your bikes, or between your vehicle and bike. Our bike is connected to two different points of contact. We have these rubber straps that are coming around and simply latching onto this little notch right there. The bike rack also does come with a stabilization strap, so when all three bikes are loaded, simply just undo the strap, wrap it around your bikes, and come back to the strap and up and through it. more
8/8/2018 4:07:31 PM
Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat- Video
Speaker 2: Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Hangout 2 Bike Rack, part number Y02637. As you can see we already have a bike installed, so let's take a look at some of the features.Id we look at these cradles, we can see that they are adjustable side to side and back and forth as needed on the bike rack, so that's going to be pretty nice for any type of spacing you might want between your bikes or any type of frame of bike you might have. Each cradle has has a rubber strap that simply goes around the little notch right there and secures your bike down. If we look at the bike, we see it's connected at three different points of contact. We have two straps on the top. We simply pull the straps over and hang them on the little notches so they're secure. more
8/8/2018 9:27:11 AM
Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat Y02634- Video
Speaker 1: Today, on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat, we're going to be test-fitting the Yakima Fullback two-bike rack. That's going to be part number Y02634. As you can see, we already have a bike installed, so let's go ahead and take a look at some of the features.Now, starting from the outside and working our way in, we have this integrated cable lock system, which you pull it out, wrap it around the frame of bike and insert it on a little notch right there. Once you're done, you simply stick your key in there, unlock it, and then you're ready to unload your bikes.If you look at these cradles, they can't pivot back and forth or move side to side, but they do have this nice rubber TPE padding. You see these little notches coming up from the padding. That kind of acts as shock absorber for your bike frame during travel. more
8/8/2018 9:17:34 AM
Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat Y02636- Video
Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat, we're going to be testing the Yakima Halfback 2-bike rack, and that's going to be part number Y zero two six three six. As you can see, we already have a bike installed, so let's go ahead and take a look at some of the features.Now, starting from the outside, we see on both of these ends, we have the bottle openers, which are on most Yakima bike racks. If we look at the cradles, we see each cradle comes with a zip strip, that's used to secure your bike down and the cradles have this nice rubber TPE padding. Now, what that means is these little notches that come out from the padding, they're going to act as shock absorbers for the frame of your bike while you're in travel, it's going to protect it from any type of abrasions or scratches.If you come and see how our bike is connected, we see we have two points of contact on top of the frame. We have these two zip strips that come down in and strap it into the cradles. If we look down here, we have a third point of contact, it's this anti-rattle cradle. more
8/8/2018 9:17:14 AM
