Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 BMW X5- Video
Today on our 2013 BMW X5 we'll be test fitting the Thule Domestique Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number th513. We'll begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicle's load bars. We'll loosen up the Allen bolts at the head of the carrier as well as the rear of the carrier to bring both the front and rear bracket around our front and rear load bar.Now with the brackets around the underside of the load bars we'll use the included Allen key to tighten down the Allen bolts to secure the front and rear of the carrier to the front and rear load bar. Now with everything all tightened down and secured we're ready to load up our bike. We'll reinsert our skewer, making sure that it is loose so the forks can slide out onto it.We'll then undo the strap at the rear and place our bike onto the carrier. We'll slide the forks onto the skewer, adjust the skewer and clamp it down. more
6/26/2013 9:36:08 AM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 BMW X5- Video
Today on our 2013 BMW X5 we'll be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number s64710. We'll begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto our vehicle's load bars. We'll then use the silver brackets to go around the underside of the front load bar and up through the head of the carrier.We'll then use the black wing nuts that thread onto the silver brackets securing the head of the carrier to the front load bar. Next to make sure your carrier fits the load bar spread of your vehicle we can loosen up the silver nuts at the center of the carrier to adjust the tray to fit the load bar spread of your vehicle.Once we've established this position we can then slide the silver bracket this time on top of the rear load bar, run the black bracket around the underside of the rear load bar and use the black wing nuts to thread onto the silver bracket to secure the rear of the carrier to the rear load bar. Once everything is all secured and tightened down we're ready to load up our bike.We'll double check to make sure the skewer is loosened up at the front of our carrier and then we'll undo the strap at the rear. We'll place our bike onto the carrier, sliding the forks of the bike onto the skewer and clamping it down. more
6/26/2013 9:27:46 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 BMW X5- Video
Today, on our 2013 BMW X5, well be test fitting the RockyMounts Tierod Stretch Roof-Mounted Bike Carrier, Part Number RKY1011.Well begin our test fit by placing the carrier on the vehicles load bars. Well undo the black plastic cover at the head of the carrier and move to the rear, where we will loosen up the allen bolts to bring the rear bracket on our rear load bar.Well then tighten them down and move back up to the front of the carrier, where well bring the rubber coated steel straps around the underside of the front load bar and hook them back into the top bracket. Well then use the included allen key to tighten down the silver bolt of the head of the carrier to bring the straps up around tightly at the front load bar.Once everything is all tightened down and secured, were ready to load up our bike. Well replace the black plastic cover at the front of the carrier and double check to make sure our skewer releases well.Well undo the rear tray strap, place our bike unto the carrier, slide the forks of our bike on to the skewer of our carrier and clamp it down. Well finally secure the back tire with the rear tray strap. And that completes todays test fit for the RockyMounts Tierod Stretch Roof-Mounted Bike Carrier, Part Number RKY1011 on our 2013 BMW X5.. more
6/26/2013 9:24:52 AM
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