Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2006 Mercury Milan- Video
Today on our 2006 Mercury Milan, we are going to be test-fitting the Swagman Roof-Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64720. With a Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at our front mounting platform, we want to bring our U-bolt around the underside of our load bar, fitting it through the appropriate holes and installing two wing nuts. We can then repeat that process for this side. When three out of four of those install, we'll go ahead and make sure that each one is tightened down. We'll move to our rear, take our U-bolt and place it through the top of our bike rack, making sure that the bolts go around our rear load bar. more
3/18/2014 5:09:19 PM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2006 Mercury Milan- Video
Today on our 2006 Mercury Milan, were going to be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64710. With the Thule rapid traverse roof rack system on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly on to our load bars. Here at the front, well need to bring our u-bolt around the underside of our front load bar, fitting the back up through our platform. Then we can install our two wing nuts to help secure it in place. Then we can repeat that process for the other side of the front platform. Then well make our way around to each u-bolt and tighten them down using the wing nuts.This bike rack has a one-bike capacity, and the weight capacity is 35 pounds. more
3/12/2014 9:58:41 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2006 Mercury Milan- Video
Today on our 2006 Mercury Milan, we're going to be test fitting the Rocky Mounts Tie Rod Stretch roof mounted bike rack, part number RKY1011. With the Thule roof rack, rapid traverse roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll bring our rubber coated steel straps around our front bar, and we can go ahead and remove the black plastic cover and fit those straps into the head of the carrier. Then we'll use an Allen key to tighten up the Allen bolt, which will secure our straps around our front bar. This bike rack is going to fit a variety of different styles of bikes, but it does require that your bike has a quick release front wheel skewer. With the front secure, we can go ahead and replace our black plastic cover and then we'll move to the rear. We'll go ahead and loosen up one of our Allen bolts, and bring our rear clamp around our rear bar, and then we can reinsert our Allen bolt. more
3/12/2014 9:57:27 AM
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2006 Mercury Milan- Video
Today, on our 2006 Mercury Milan, we're going to be test fitting the Kuat Trio Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RU01. With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System equipped on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front of our bike rack, we need to install our U bolts. These go around the underside of the front load bar up through the head of the carrier. Then we can secure it in place using the fasteners. We'll go ahead and just get those finger tight for now, and then we'll come back to them and use the included tool to finish the securing process here at the front part of our bike rack. more
3/12/2014 9:55:55 AM
Thule Sprint Fork Mount Bike Rack Review - 2006 Mercury Milan- Video
Today on our 2006 Mercury Milan, we're going to test fitting the Thule Sprint Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number TH528. Now with the Thule rapid traverse roof rack system already installed on our vehicle. We begin our test fit by placing our roof rack directly on to our load bars. I want to make sure that both strap mounts here at the base of our bike rack line up with the amount of distance that we have between our load bars. The back one does adjust to accommodate different load bar spreads. Here at the front, we'll bring the strap around and then use the lever on the backside to tighten it around our front load bar. This bike rack does require that your bike has a 9 millimeter quick release front wheel skewer. more
2/28/2014 10:52:11 AM
Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Mercury Mariner- Video
Today on our 2008 Mercury Mariner we're going to test fit the Thule Domestique Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number th513. To install this product we'll lay the carrier on top of our crossbars and fit the front clamp around the front bar. We'll use the included Allen key to tighten down our clamp and once the front clamp is secured we can put our skewer back in place. We'll fit the rear clamp around the rear bar and again use the Allen key to tighten it down. With the front and rear of the bike rack secured to the vehicle we're now ready to load up our bike. We'll undo the wheel strap at the back of the wheel tray, pick the bike up and set the rear wheel into the tray and position the front fork into the skewer. more
5/3/2013 11:47:11 PM
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Mercury Mariner- Video
Today we have a 2008 Mercury Mariner and were going to be test fitting the Yakima FrontLoader Roof Mounted Bike Carrier part number Y02103. Our mariner is equipped with a full factory roof rack so were going to mount the FrontLoader directly to the factory crossbars. Well take the carrier and set it on top of our crossbars. Well fit the head of our bike carrier around the front crossbar and use the hand knob to tighten the clamp down. Then well take the clamp in the rear and slide it over our rear crossbar then well use the T bolt and included wing nut to tighten it down. With that done our bike rack is secured to our roof rack and were ready to load up a bike. more
8/8/2012 11:26:21 AM
Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2008 Mercury Mariner- Video
Today we have a 2008 Mercury Mariner and were going to be test fitting the Yakima Forklift Roof Mounted Bike Carrier part number Y02098. Now our mariner is equipped with a full factory roof rack so were going to mount our forklift directly to the factory crossbars. To do this well remove the skewer 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 crossbar then well tighten it down with the T bolt and wing nut, slide the cover back into place and then we can reinstall our skewer. At the back well need to slide the clamp over our rear crossbar and again, well tighten it down with a T bolt and wing nut. Now were ready to load a bike. more
8/8/2012 11:26:00 AM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Mercury Mariner- Video
Today, we have with us a 2008 Mercury Mariner and we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Fork Style Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number S64710. Our Mariner is already equipped with a full factory roof rack so we're going to attach our fork down directly to our factory crossbars. We'll place the bike rack up on top of our crossbars. At the front, we'll fit two U-bolts around our crossbars and use the wing nuts to secure the front of the bike rack. Next, we'll move to the back of the bike carrier. We'll fit the U-bolt through the carrier from the top. more
7/13/2012 9:26:26 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Mercury Mariner- Video
Today on our 2008 Mercury Mariner, we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number RKY1014. Our Mariner is equipped with a factory roof rack so we're going to mount the RockyMounts TieRod directly to the factory crossbars. We'll lift up the carrier and set it on top of our crossbars. We'll feed 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. Then we can reinstall the cover on the head of the bike rack. At the back, we'll use the clamp and two wing nuts to secure the rear of the bike rack to our rear crossbar. more
7/13/2012 9:26:08 AM
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Mercury Mariner- Video
Today on our 2011 Mercury Mariner, we're going to test fit the Yakima Front Loader Roof-Mounted Bike Carrier, part number Y02103. We've already got our carrier put together, now we're ready to fit it to our vehicle. We'll place the carrier up on top of our crossbars. We'll fit the head of the bike carrier and it's clamp around our front bar. We'll use the hand knob to tighten down and secure the front clamp. Once we've done that, we can move to the back of the bike rack and secure it at the rear. more
5/7/2012 1:00:08 PM
Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2011 Mercury Mariner- Video
Today we're working with a 2011 Mercury Mariner and we're going to test fit the Yakima Forklift Roof- Mounted Bike Carrier. It's part number Y02098. We've already got our bike carrier put together and now we're ready to mount it up on the vehicle. We'll set the carrier up on top of the bars. We'll fit the front clamp around our front bar and use the wing nut ant t-bolt to tighten it down. Once we've done that we can slide the cover back into place at rear of the rack, we'll slide the clamp into position, and again use a t-bolt and a wing nut to secure it to the rear bar. more
5/7/2012 12:59:59 PM
Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Mercury Mariner- Video
Today on our 2011 Mercury Mariner were going to test fit the Thule Domestique roof mounted bike carrier part #: TH513. Weve already got our bike carrier put together and now were ready to mount it up on the vehicle. Well lay the carrier up on top of our bars and fit the front clamp around the front bar. Well use the included alan key to tighten down our clamp and once the front clamp is secured we can put our skewer back into place. Well fit the rear clamp around the rear bar and again use the alan key to tighten it down. With that our bike rack is secured to the vehicle and now were ready to load our bike. more
5/7/2012 12:58:54 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Mercury Mariner- Video
Today we have with us a 2011 Mercury Mariner and well be test fitting the Rocky Mounts TIerod part #: RKY1014. We already have our bike carrier assembled according to the instructions and now were ready to fit it up on our roof rack. Well set the bike rack up on top of our bars. Well feed the rubber coated steel bands around the front bar, reattach them to the head and use the included alan key to tighten them down. Once weve done that we can put the cover back into place. At the rear of the bike rack well fit the clamp around the rear bar and use the wing nuts to tighten it down. more
5/7/2012 12:57:38 PM
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