Kuat Piston SR Roof 1 Bike Rack Review - 2022 GMC Sierra 1500- Video
How's it going everyone It's Ethan here at etrailer. Today we're going to be taking a look at the Kuat Piston SR Rooftop Bike Rack on our 2022 GMC Sierra. So this is the type of bike rack you might wanna use if your bed is full, or if you have some sort of crossbar set up and you don't wanna use them in the back and you already have something in your hitch, it's a good way to get a bike to where you're going and still have room for other things. This roof rack holds onto your bike by two wheel mounts, a dual wheel mount on either tire, which is nice because we have a carbon frame bike here, and it doesn't make any contact with the frame of the bike itself which could potentially damage the frame. Additionally, this does support a weight of up to 67 pounds, so if you have a larger bike or an e-bike you could actually transport it on your roof. That being said, getting it on and off the roof on a taller vehicle like this has already proved to be a challenge with a lighter bike. more
5/16/2023 8:30:50 AM
Malone Pilot Roof Bike Rack Review - 2022 GMC Sierra 1500- Video
How's it going, everyone It's Ethan here at etrailer. Today we're going to be taking a look at the Malone Pilot Roof Bike Rack on our 2022 GMC Sierra 1500. This bike rack is gonna be a good way to get one bike that's gonna be 33 pounds or less, anywhere that you want to go. In the event that you might already be towing something and you don't want, and you have something in the hitch already or if you don't want, or have space in the bed, a roof rack bike rack is a good option like the one that we have here. This roof bike rack holds onto our bike through primarily this wheel hook. It does have a lock core on the hook itself, so we can lock the hook to the bike. more
12/20/2022 8:32:21 AM
Yakima HighRoad Roof Bike Rack Review - 2022 GMC Sierra 1500- Video
How's it going, everyone It's Ethan here at etrailer. Today we're going to be taking a look at the Yakima HighRoad Roof Bike Rack on our 2022 GMC Sierra 1500. This could be a good option for you if you're just trying to get one bike rack where you need it to go, but maybe you have something in your trailer already, or your bed's too full to use a tailgate pad, and this could be a good option if you have a roof rack system. It doesn't take up a ton of space on the bars so this could be a good option for you if that's your situation. This bike rack is nice because it doesn't make any frame contact with your actual bike, so if you we're using a carbon frame bike or an alternative frame, it would still work fine for that. The weight capacity is 45 pounds, and it does accommodate a wheelbase of up to 48 inches, so as long as your bike falls within those parameters. more
12/19/2022 9:10:48 AM
Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 GMC Sierra 2500- Video
What's up everybody, Adam here at etrailer, today we have a 2016 GMC Sierra 2,500. And we're gonna be taking a look at the Yakima HighRoad. So the HighRoad is gonna be a single bike rack, that we can put on any type of rails. Whether you have Elliptical Bars, you have Round Bars, Square Bars, Factory Bars, or even just the big thick Yakima HD Bars. This is gonna be able to wrap around, and be a really quick and easy way to get one bike to and fro. It's gonna be great for your carbon fiber bikes, as you can see here, because we don't have any frame contact, and this is going to have a weight capacity of 45 pounds. more
1/19/2022 9:47:33 PM
Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2018 GMC Acadia- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 GMC Acadia, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima HighRoad Roof Bike Rack, part number Y02114. This is a clamp-on style bike rack, meaning there's not going to be any frame contact at all. Instead, it's going to grip around your tires, as you see here, which is going to save you some time from having to remove the tire as you would with the fork mounts. We'll also have a wheel strap at the rear, which is adjustable, to accommodate bikes of different sizes. We also have an integrated cable lock on the end here with a removable cap, so you can replace this with a Yakima Same Key System Lock Core, so you can secure your bike to the roof rack as well.There is a lock, also, on the top portion here to secure your bike rack to the roof rack. With everything installed as it is, we're not going to have an issue of clearance between our rear hatch and our bike rack, as you can see here.So, let's go ahead and take our bike off and set it aside. more
1/30/2018 2:02:14 PM
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2018 GMC Acadia- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 GMC Acadia, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Circuit XT Roof Bike Rack, part number TH526XT. We already have a bike installed on the rack. And how it attaches, we're not gonna have any frame contact at all. Instead, we'll have two points of contact, a rear wheel strap here, which is adjustable. And then we'll have this skewer mount, which is gonna grip your bike by the forks upfront. It does have a plastic end here, which you can remove and replace with the Thule Lock Core, so not only can it be secured to the bike rack, but you can also make a key to like with the roof rack system, if you wanted to.Moving to the back, with everything installed, we're not gonna have an issue with clearance between the bike rack and the rear hatch, as you can see here. more
1/12/2018 8:57:32 AM
Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2018 GMC Acadia- Video
Speaker 1: Today in our 2018 GMC Acadia we're going to be test fitting the Rhino-Rack Mountain Trail Rooftop Bike Rack, part number RBC-035. We have it installed on our roof rack already. Let's go ahead and take a closer look at it.And how the bike attaches to the bike rack, we're going to have two points of contact with no frame contact at all. Instead, we'll have the rear wheel strap here and this is adjustable to accommodate bikes of different sizes and then we'll have this skewer mount at the front, which will grip your bike by the forks. At the end of the skewer mount, you'll see that it has this lock, which once engaged is going to secure the bike to the bike rack. There's also going to be a lock at the top portion here, which I'll show off later, which will secure the bike rack to the roof rack.It's skinny enough that you're going to be able to fit multiple bike racks of this kind on your roof rack and with everything installed as it is, we're not going to have an issue of clearance between the rear hatch and the bike rack as you can see here.To remove the bike rack, we'll start at the rear wheel strap here. more
1/12/2018 8:57:22 AM
RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2018 GMC Acadia- Video
Speaker 1: Today, on our 2018 GMC Acadia, we're going to be test fitting the Rocky Mount Switch Hitter Roof Bike Rack, part number RKY1270. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look at it and how the bike attaches to the rack. We'll have two points of contact with no frame contact at all. Instead, we'll have a rear strap here, which is adjustable the length of the bike rack, to accommodate for bikes of different sizes. Also, at the end, we'll have this integrated cable lock, which the lock is going to be sold separately, which you can find on Etrailer.com. more
1/12/2018 8:57:10 AM
Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2018 GMC Acadia- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 GMC Acadia, we're going to be test-fitting the Yakima HighSpeed Roof Bike Rack, part number Y02115. We already have a bike installed on it; let's take a closer look. It grips your bike at two points, with no frame contact at all. We're going to have a fork mount up at the front; it has a skewer that's going to attach into the fork mounts of your bike. We'll also have this wheel strap at the rear, which is adjustable to accommodate for bikes of different sizes. And at the end here, we'll also have an integrated cable lock, which you can remove the lock core here, so you can secure your bike to the bike rack as well. more
1/12/2018 8:47:11 AM
RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 GMC Yukon- Video
Today on our 2016 GMC Yukon we're doing a test fit of the RockyMounts JetLine roof-mounted bike rack. That part number is RKY1320. Now we already have our bike secured down to our rack. We're going to first show you our hatch clearance back here. Opening up our cargo door, you'll see that we're going to have plenty of room in between our bike rack and our door, so we're not going to have to worry about that making contact. Even if we had a longer bike or we had that bike rack moved back a little further, we won't have to worry about any contact. As for how our bike is secured down, here at the back we have a cam buckle strap. more
11/23/2016 6:36:27 AM
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 GMC Yukon- Video
Today on our 2016 GMC Yukon, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Circuit XT roof mounted bike rack. That part number is TH526XT. Now, we already have our bike secured down. We're first gonnashow you one of the key features of this rack. We're gonna open up our hatch back here. You'll see with our door completely open, we're not gonna have any contact with our bike rack even if it was moved back just a little bit or we had a longer bike on there, a larger bike, we wouldn't have any contact. more
11/23/2016 6:36:21 AM
Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 GMC Yukon- Video
Today on our 2016 GMC Yukon, we're doing a test fit of the Rhino Rack Mountain Trail roof top bike rack. That part number is RBC035. Now we already have out bike secured down, we're first going to show you one great feature about this rack. We're going to open up our back hatch here and you'll see we'll have plenty of clearance that we don't have to worry about that making contact, which means we can still gain access into our back hatch area. Now because this is a fixed mount cross bar, where we secure it to our vehicle, even if we had it set on the back mount and we had a little bit of a bigger bike, we shouldn't have to worry about that making contact at all. Now we'll take a look at how our bike is secured down, starting off in the back. We have a Cam buckle strap that's quick and easy to remove, and the great thing about this Cam buckle strap, is that we can move it up and down the length of our bike rack to accommodate different bikes. In the front, we have a locking skewer. more
11/23/2016 6:36:09 AM
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 GMC Yukon TH535- Video
Today on our 2016 GMC Yukon we'll be taking a look at the Thule ThruRide roof-mounted bike rack. That part number is TH535. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we secure it into place. We're going to start by coming up here and taking a look at the back. Now we have a cam buckle strap that's going to wrap around and secure our back tire. more
11/23/2016 6:36:06 AM
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2012 GMC Terrain- Video
Today, on our 2012 GMC Terrain, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Sidearm wheel mount bike carrier, part number TH594XT. 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. Now, first off, how this actually attaches to the bike rack, there's going to be no frame contact at all. Plus, unlike most roof mount bike carriers, instead of holding it by the forks, you can actually leave the bike together, and it grips it by the wheel. We have the wheel hook up at the front, as I just pointed out. We also have the wheel strap at the back, which is adjustable along the length of the bike rack to accommodate different size bikes. With the bike still attached, I'm going to go ahead and open up the rear hatch here. more
9/7/2016 4:17:05 PM
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2012 GMC Terrain th526xt- Video
Today on this 2012 GMC Terrain, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Circuit XT Roof Bike Rack. Part number TH526XT. We already have a bike on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. Now, the first feature is the fact that this has no frame context at all to hold the bike to the rack. Instead, we have to points of contact. We have this wheel strap in the back, which is adjustable to the length off the bike rack to accommodate different sizes, and as well as our fork mount up at the front or skewer. more
9/7/2016 9:57:15 AM
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 GMC Terrain- Video
Today on our 2015 GMC Terrain, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Thruride roof mounted bike rack. The part number for that is TH535. We already have our bike on the rack. We're first going to show you how we strap that down. We'll start here in the back with our wheel cradle. We've got a regular ratcheting strap that you're going to see on most of your bike racks. Then we have a bushing here just to protect your smaller wheels. more
12/1/2015 7:01:34 AM
Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 GMC Terrain- Video
Today on our 2015 GMC Terrain we're doing a test fit of the INA slim fork roof mounted bike rack. That part number is INA387. Now we already have our bike on our rack. We're first going to show you how we strap that down and then we will go over some features of the rack itself. So the first thing back here we've got a wheel cradle, we've got two plastic pieces here, if you rotate our knob on the side these sandwich the bike tire into place and secure it there. So instead of using a strap that you would see on most of your bike racks, we've got that plastic clamp there. Up at the front we have a locking cover here, so you can secure your bike rack and your bike to your vehicle. We also have a skewer so to release that we're just going to pull on the black handle here. more
12/1/2015 7:01:06 AM
Rhino Rack Road Warrior Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 GMC Terrain- Video
Today on our 2015 GMC Terrain we're doing a test fit of the Rhino Rack Road Warrior roof mounted bike rack. The part number for that is RBC036. We already have out bike on the rack. We're first going to show you how we strap that down. Back here in the back we've got a ratcheting strap that you are going to see on most of your bike racks. This does move up and down the length of your bike rack. You push on the black button and pull the strap all the way through and that will release the tire there. more
11/30/2015 2:06:08 PM
Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 GMC Terrain- Video
Today on our 2015 GMC Terrain, we're doing a test fit of the Rhino Rack Roof Mounted Bike Rack. That part number is RBC035, and the name for it is the Mountain Trail. We already have our bike on our rack, we're first going to show you how we strap that down, and then we'll go over how we connect that to our crossbars. We've got our ratcheting strap here in the back, holding our back tire down. We'll just push the black button and release that, and this can actually move up and down the length of your bike rack to accommodate different bikes that you may have. Up at the front here, we have a skewer. If we hold onto our bike while we open our black lever, we have the option to lock it as you see here. more
11/30/2015 1:56:06 PM
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 GMC Yukon XL- Video
Today on our 2015 GMC Yukon XL, we will be doing a test fit of the Kuat Trio. This is going to be your roof-mounted bike rack for your forks of your bike. As you can see, we're only going to be able to put one on this rack, and it's going to fit up here on top of our Aftermarket roof rack that we already have installed. So we're going to go ahead and show you how to do that. First thing you're going to want to do is make sure you have all the hardware off in the brackets. Then we'll set it up on top. We're just going to do it on the end just for this demonstration, but you can put it anywhere on your roof rack that you decide that you want it. more
5/5/2015 5:43:01 PM
Thule Sprint Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 GMC Yukon XL- Video
Today on our 2015 GMC Yukon XL we're going to be doing a test fit of the Thuley Sprint. This is going to be your roop-top mounted, roof rack, fork-mounted bike rack. It's going to be part number TH528. It's going to be for a single bike and I'm going to show you how it fits and looks on here today. First thing you're going to want to do is make sure you have the ends and the rubber straps undone. They fit in these little t-grooves here on the end and tighten up with the tread and little handle here on the back. We're just going to do it here on the end ... more
5/5/2015 5:42:15 PM
Swagman Upright Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 GMC Acadia- Video
Today on our 2015 GMC Acadia, we will be test-fitting the Swagman Upright Roof-Mounted Bike Rack. That's part number S64720. With our Rhino-Rack bars already installed on our vehicle, we can go ahead and set this on top. I've already got the existing hardware in my pocket so we can go ahead and tighten this down when we get it lined up. That looks pretty good there. Then next we'll want to go ahead and grab some of our clamps. We'll grab one. more
1/14/2015 1:19:53 PM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 GMC Acadia- Video
Today on our 2015 GMC Acadia we will be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rack, that's Part Number S64710. With our Rhino-Rack Roof System already installed on our vehicle we can go ahead and set this on our load bars. All right, you'll want to set it just about like that. Once we get that lined up, we can go ahead and take our clamp, we'll go ahead and run this underneath. We'll line it with our holes on top, just like that. Then we'll grab our thumb screws and screw that on top. more
1/14/2015 1:16:22 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 GMC Acadia- Video
Today on our 2015 GMC Acadia we will be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod roof-mounted bike rack. That's part number RKY1014. With our Rhino Rack bars already installed on our vehicle we can go ahead and set this on top. We'll want to make sure that our straps are undone to go underneath our load bars. Once we get that setup there we'll want to straighten it up. Now that we've got that all straightened up we'll go ahead and remove our top tab here. more
1/13/2015 4:44:17 PM
RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 GMC Acadia- Video
Today, on our 2015 GMC Acadia, we'll be test fitting the Rocky Mounts BrassKnuckles roof mounted bike rack. That's part #RKY1202. Now, with our Thule Aeroblades already installed on our vehicle, we can go ahead and set our bike rack on top. Go ahead and open this door; make it for easy access. All right now, a couple things here real quick. We want to make sure that our straps are undone, that way we can go underneath our load bars. more
1/12/2015 2:06:02 PM
Thule Sprint Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 GMC Acadia- Video
Today on our 2015 GMC Acadia. We will be test fitting the Thule Sprint roof-mounted bike rack, using part number TH528. With our Thule AeroBlades already installed on our vehicle we can go ahead and set this on our load bars. You'll want to make sure that both straps are undone as you can see that they are, so we can feed it underneath. Once we've got that lined up where we want it we'll make sure that it's even. We'll go ahead and take our strap and we'll want to feed it through its little notched area there. more
1/12/2015 11:07:53 AM
Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 GMC Acadia- Video
Today on our 2015 GMC Acadia, we will be testing the Rhino Rack Mountain Trail Roof-Mounted Bike Rack. That's part number RBC035. With our Thule Aeroblades already in place on our vehicle, we can go ahead and place this on our load bars. Now you'll want to make sure your straps are undone. That way you can go underneath your load bars just like that. Once we get it lined up, we'll go ahead and go with that right there. We'll go ahead and take off our top cap there. more
1/12/2015 8:50:39 AM
Swagman Upright Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 GMC Terrain- Video
Today we're going to be taking a look at the Swagman UpRight. This is a roof-mounted frame clamp-style bike rack. Part number on it is S64720. As you can see here, we've already got our Rhino Rack Vortex Aero roof rack system installed on the Terrain. We begin our test fit by just placing the rack right up onto our crossbars. We've got a u-bolt, actually two u-bolts. more
10/15/2014 10:07:00 AM
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 GMC Acadia- Video
Today on our 2012 GMC Acadia we'll be test fitting the Kuat Trio roof-mounted bike rack, part number RU01. With a Thule Rapid Crossroads roof rack system installed onto our Acadia, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's load bars. We'll start at the rear and remove one of the black wing nuts. This will allow us to position the rubber-coated black bracket around the underside of the rear bar. We'll insert the bolt through the hole of the bracket and then reinstall our black wing nut, keeping it loose. We'll now move up to the front and take our rubber-coated steel u-bolts to go around the underside of the front bar, up through the pre-drilled holes at the head of the carrier. We'll then take our cylinder nuts to thread down onto the u-bolt. more
10/5/2014 10:01:43 AM
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 GMC Terrain- Video
Today on our 2013 GMC Terrain, were going to be test fitting the Yakima FrontLoader, a wheel-mount roof bike rack with part number Y02103. With our Yakima Railgrab Roof Rack System already installed on the Terrain, well begin our test fit by placing the rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, well want the two outside black tabs to be on the front of the bar and the single middle tab to be behind the bar. Well then tighten the black T-handle on the front to close the clamp and secure the rack to our crossbar. Well now move to the rear. Here were going to loosen the black T-handle, remove the T-bolt from the slot in the lower portion of the clamp, bring our clamp around our bar, reinsert the T-bolt into the clamp and tighten it down with the black T-handle. With our rack secured to our vehicle, its now time to load up our bike. more
7/9/2014 8:44:24 AM
Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 GMC Terrain- Video
Today on our 2013 GMC Terrain we're going to be test-fitting the Yakima Forklift, a fork-mount roof bike rack with part number Y02098. With our Yakima Rail Grab Roof Rack system already installed on the Terrain, we'll begin the test fit by placing the forklift directly onto our crossbar. Here at the front we're going to remove the skewer, slide back the black cover, and loosen the black T-handle. This will allow us to remove the T-bolt from the lower portion of the clamp. We'll then bring the lower portion of the clamp around the underside of our crossbar, reinsert the T-bolt in the appropriate slot, and secure it in place by tightening the black T-handle. With this secure, we'll slide our black plastic cover forward and reinsert our skewer. We can now move to the rear clamp. Here we're going to loosen the black T-handle, remove the T-bolt from the lower portion of the clamp, bring it around the underside of our crossbar, reinsert the T-bolt in the appropriate slot, and tighten down that black T-handle. With our rack secure, we're now ready to load our bike. more
7/9/2014 8:44:12 AM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 GMC Terrain- Video
Today on our 2013 GMC Terrain, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth, a roof mounted bike rack, with part number TH599XTR. With our Thule Crossroads Roof Rack System already installed on the Terrain, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly on to our load bars. At the front, we'll remove the T-bolt from the clamp on both sides, bring the clamps around the underside of our bars, reinsert the T-bolt, and tighten it down using the wing nuts located on top. With our front secure, we'll move to the rear. Here we're going to remove one of the wing nuts completely, bring one of the bolts down on both sides of our load bar, bring the bolt back through the clamp, and secure it in place by tightening down the two wing nuts here. With our rack secured to our vehicle, it's now time to load up our bike. more
7/9/2014 8:43:09 AM
Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 GMC Terrain- Video
Today, on our 2013 GMC Terrain, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Upright Roof Bike Rack, part number S64720. With our Thule Rapid Crossroads Roof Rack system already installed on the Terrain, we'll begin our test fit by placing our rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll bring one of the U-bolts around the underside of our load bar, through the head of the carrier, and we'll hold them in place with two wing nuts. We'll complete this same process for the other side on the front of the rack and then well tighten down all four wing nuts to secure our rack in place. With the front secure, we'll move to the rear. Here at the rear, we're going to bring one of the U-bolts down through the rack, being sure that it comes out on both sides of our load bar. We'll then place on the rubber coated metal plate and hold it in place with two wing nuts. We'll now tighten them down and with both of these secure our rack is firmly secured to our vehicle. more
7/7/2014 9:24:51 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 GMC Terrain- Video
Today on our 2013 GMC Terrain, were going to be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch, a roof mounted bike rack part number RKY1011. With our Thule Rapid Crossroads Roof Rack System already installed on the Terrain, well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, well bring the black rubber coated metal straps around the underside of our crossbar. Well then remove the black plastic cover, fit our straps into the head of our carrier and tighten the Allen bolt with an Allen key. With the front of our rack secure, well replace the black plastic cover then move to the rear. Here at the rear, well completely remove one of the Allen keys from the clamp, bring our clamp around the underside of our bar, reinsert the Allen bolt and tighten both Allen bolts down to secure it. With our rack secured firmly in place, were ready to load up our bike. more
7/1/2014 9:24:06 AM
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 GMC Terrain- Video
Today on our 2013 GMC Terrain, we're going to be test fitting the Kuat Trio, a roof mounted bike rack with part number RU01. With our Thule Rapid Crossroads Roof Rack System already installed on our Terrain, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly on onto our cross bars. Here at the front we're going to bring the black rubber coated metal u-bolts around the underside of our crossbars, fit them into the head of the carrier and place two barrel nuts on the top. With all four of our barrel nuts started, we'll now use the included Allen tool to tighten them down. With our front secured, we'll move to the rear clamp. Here, we're going to remove one of the wing nuts completely. We'll position our bolt so we have one coming out on each side of our crossbar. more
6/30/2014 1:13:22 PM
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 GMC Yukon XL- Video
Today on our 2014 GMC Yukon XL, we are going to be test fitting the Yakima frontloader, a wheel mount roof bike rack with part# Y02103. With the factory roof rack already on our Yukon, we will begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we will want the two outside legs to be in front of our crossbar and the single middle leg to be behind it. We can then tighten the black T-handle located on the front of the rack. This will secure our clamp. With the front secure, we can move to the rear. Here we are going to loosen the black T-handle and remove the T-bolt from the lower portion of the clamp. We will then bring the clamp around the underside of our bar, replace our T-bolt in the appropriate slot and tighten down that black T-handle to secure it. more
6/16/2014 8:39:23 AM
Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 GMC Yukon XL- Video
Today on our 2014 GMC Yukon XL. We're going to be test fitting the Yakima Forklift. A fork mount roof bike rack. Part number Y02098. With the factory roof rack already on our Suburban. We'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our crossbars. more
6/16/2014 8:39:08 AM
Thule Sprint Fork Mount Bike Rack Review - 2014 GMC Yukon XL- Video
Today on our 2014 GMC Yukon XL, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Sprint, a fork-mount roof bike rack, part number TH528. With the factory roof rack already on our Yukon XL, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll want to bring the black rubber coated metal strap around the underside, and fit it into the head of our carrier. We'll then position our rear clamp so it sits on top of our rear crossbar, and we'll bring that strap around the underside of this one as well. We'll then tighten the black lever to secure that black strap around the underside of our bar. Complete the same tightening process that we used on the front here at the rear, using the black lever located on this clamp. With our front and rear secure, it's now time to load up our bike. We're first going to undo our rear wheel strap and make sure that our front skewer is open by loosening the black and gray knob located at the front. We'll then grab our bike, place it onto the rack. more
6/13/2014 8:36:35 AM
Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 GMC Yukon XL- Video
Today on our 2014 GMC Yukon XL, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Upright Roof Bike Rack, part number S64720. With the factory roof rack already on our Suburban, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we'll bring one of the U bolts around the underside of our crossbar, fit it up through the head of the carrier, and thread two wing nuts on. We'll then take a second U bolt and repeat that same process here on the other side of the head. We'll now tighten down all four wing nuts, and that'll secure the front of the rack to our vehicle. At the rear, we're going to place the U bolt down through the rack, being sure that a threaded portion of it comes out on both sides of our crossbar. We'll then place on the black metal plate with the flat side up, and thread on two wing nuts. We'll then tighten down both wing nuts to secure our rear clamp. With the rack secure to our vehicle, it's time to load up our bike. more
6/13/2014 8:34:21 AM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 GMC Yukon XL- Video
Today on our 2014 GMC Yukon XL, we'll be test fitting the Swagman fork down roof mounted bike rack, part# S64710. With the factory roof rack on our Yukon, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's crossbars. Starting at the front, we will take the silver U-bolts and go around the underside of the front crossbar, up through the pre-drilled holes at the head of the bike rack. We will then take our black wing nuts to thread down onto the U-bolts. Once those are tight, we'll move to the rear, and this time we will take the silver U-bolt to go down through the pre-drilled holes in the tray of the bike rack. We'll then take the black plate and insert the silver bolt through the hole of the black plate. We'll then take our black wing nuts to thread down onto the U-bolt. With everything all tightened down and secure, we're ready to load up our bike. more
6/13/2014 8:33:30 AM
SportRack Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 GMC Yukon XL- Video
Today on our 2014 GMC Yukon XL we'll be test fitting this SportRack Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number Sr4622. With a factory roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's crossbars. Starting at the front here, we'll take the rubber-coated U-bolts, go around the underside of the front bar, up through the pre-drilled holes at the head of the bike rack. We'll then take the black wingnuts and thread that onto the U-bolts. Once this is done, we'll move to rear. This time we'll take the black spacer to go on the top of the rear crossbar and rest on the bottom of the bike rack. We'll take the black bolts to go down through the holes of the tray and through the spacer. We'll then take the rubber-coated black plate and insert the bolt into the hole of the plate and install our wingnut. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. more
6/13/2014 8:31:33 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 GMC Yukon XL- Video
Today on our 2014 GMC Yukon XL, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1011. For the factory roof system on our Yukon, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's crossbars. Starting at the front, what we need to do is pop off the black plastic cover and bring the rubber-coated steel straps around the front side of the bar and hook them into the connection points. Then I'll move to the rear, use the included Allen wrench to remove one of the Allen bolts to position the bracket around the rear bar. After re-installing the Allen bolt and tightening everything down, I'll move back up to the front and use the included Allen wrench to tighten down the silver bolt, which will tighten down the rubber-coated straps around the front bar. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, we can replace the black plastic cover and we're ready to load our bike. We'll loosen up the skewer at the front and then we'll undo the Cambuck strap at the back. We'll place our bike up onto the bike rack, sliding the forks down onto the skewer. more
6/11/2014 10:19:19 AM
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 GMC Yukon XL- Video
Today on our 2014 GMC Yukon XL we'll be test fitting the Kuat Trio Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RU01. With a factory roof rack on our Yukon we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's cross bars. I'm going to start with the rear and remove one of the black wing nuts. We'll need to position the two bolts on both the front and back side of the rear bar. I'll swing the rubber coated seal bracket around the underside of the rear bar and insert the bolt through the hole and install the wing nut. Now, I'm going to leave the back bracket loose just in case I need to make any adjustments. I'll move up to the front, take the rubber coated U-bolts to go around the underside of the front bar, up through the pre-drilled holes in the head of the bike rack. I'll then take the cylinder nuts that thread down onto the U-bolts. more
6/11/2014 10:18:55 AM
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 GMC Yukon XL- Video
Today, on our 2013 GMC Yukon XL, we are going to be test fitting the Yakima FrontLoader Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number Y02103. Our Yukon is equipped with the full factory roof-rack, so were going to mount the FrontLoader directly to the factory cross bars. Well take the carrier and set it on top of our cross bars, and then it will fit the head of our bike carrier around the front cross bar and use the hand knob to tighten the clamp down. Then we can take the clamp in the rear and slide it over our rear cross bar, and use the T-bolt and included wing nuts to tighten it down. With that done, our bike rack is secured to our roof-rack and were ready to load up a bike. We need to make sure that the front wheel hoop us up and open. more
8/6/2013 12:14:53 PM
Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 GMC Yukon XL- Video
Today, on our 2013 GMC Yukon XL, we are going to be test fitting the Yakima Forklift Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number Y02098. Our Yukon is equipped with the full factory roof-rack, so were going to go ahead and mount our Forklift directly to the factory cross bars. To do this, well remove the securer from the head of the bike rack first. Well open up the clamp at the head of the bike rack and fit it around our front cross bar, and then well tighten it down with the T-bolt and wing nut. Now, we can slide the cover back into place and then we can reinstall our securer. At the back, we need to slide the clamp over our rear cross bar, and again well tighten it down with the T-bolt and wing nut. more
8/6/2013 12:14:28 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 GMC Yukon XL- Video
Today on our two-thousand-thirteen GMC Yukon XL were going to be test fitting the RockyMounts Tierod roof mounted bike carrier, part number rky1014. Our Yukon is equipped with the factory roof rack so were going to mount the RockyMounts Tierod directly to factory crossbars. Well lift up the carrier and set it on top of our crossbars feeding the straps at the head of the bike carrier around our front bar. Lock them back into the head and use an Allen key to tighten them down. Now we can go ahead and reinstall the cover on the head of the bike rack. At the back well use the clamp and the Allen bolts to secure the rear of the bike rack to the rear crossbar. Once weve done that were ready to load up our bike. We can go ahead and pick up our bike, place the rear wheel into the wheel tray and drop the front fork down into our skewer. more
8/6/2013 12:12:10 PM
Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 GMC Yukon XL- Video
Today on our 2013 GMC Yukon XL, we'll be test fitting the Thule Domestique rooftop bike carrier, part number TH513. Our Yukon is already equipped with factory rails and roof rack, and so we're ready to go ahead and install our bike rack. We'll simply set the Domestique on top of the crossbars. We'll line up the head of the bike carrier with the front crossbar, and adjust the rear mounting point to the rear crossbar of our vehicle. We can then take the front head cover, bring it underneath the front crossbar, and tighten it down using the Allen wrench included with the bike rack. After the front head is tight, we can move to the rear attachment point and bring the clamp underneath the rear load bar and tighten it down using the included hardware. more
7/25/2013 3:16:15 PM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 GMC Yukon XL- Video
Today on our 2013 GMC Yukon XL, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman fork-style roof-mounted bike carrier, part number S64710. Our Yukon is already equipped with a full factory roof rack. We'll place the bike rack up on top of our crossbars, and at the front we'll fit the two U bolts around our crossbars and use the wing nuts to secure the front of the bike rack. Now we can move to the back of the bike carrier and we'll fit the U bolt through the carrier from the top. We'll take the clamp and two wing nuts to clamp around the bar from the bottom. With that being done, our bike rack is secured and we're ready to load up. more
7/25/2013 3:13:06 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 GMC Yukon XL- Video
Today on our 2013 GMC Yukon XL, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts Tierod stretch roof-mounted bike carrier, part number RKY1011. To install the carrier, place the front half on the front cross bar. Now we can bring the rubber-coated steel strap around the underside of the front crossbar and hook it into position. We'll then move to the rear of the carrier, where we'll loosen up the bracket, swing it around the underside of the rear crossbar, and use the included Allen key to tighten it down. Now we can go back to the front, where we will again use the included Allen key to tighten down the straps and secure the bike carrier to the vehicle. Once the carrier is secured to the vehicle, we can replace the black front plastic cap, and move to the rear of the carrier, where we can undo the cradle straps to prepare for our bike. more
7/25/2013 3:11:11 PM
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 GMC Yukon- Video
Today on our 2013 GMC Yukon well be test fitting the Yakima Frontloader wheel-mounted bike carrier, part number y02103. To begin our test fit well place our carrier directly onto our crossbars. Well fit the front clamp around our front bar and use the t-knob here at the front of the carrier to tighten it into position. Well bring our rear clamp around our rear bar, feed the t-bolt through the appropriate slot, and tighten it down. Now we can go ahead and open our wheel cradle at the front and undo our rear wheel strap. Well grab our bike, place it onto the carrier, bring our wheel cradle up to secure our front wheel, and use the red hand knob to tighten it in place. more
7/16/2013 1:33:08 PM
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