Kuat Piston SR Roof 1 Bike Rack Review - 2023 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Hey, it's Ethan here at etrailer. Today we're gonna be taking a look at the Kuat Piston SR Roof Bike Rack on our 2023 Subaru Outback Wilderness. So this might be a good option for you if you have something in your hitch already, if you don't have a hitch, or you just wanna store a bike on your roof rack. This is capable of holding a bike up to 67 pounds, and you'll save some room for other accessories on your crossbars. The SR holds onto our bike with this dual-wheel mounting structure, so it's not making any frame contact which is nice. In the event that you want to transport a carbon frame bike, you can do that. more

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5/15/2023 11:53:38 AM

Malone Roof Bike Racks Review - 2022 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Hey everyone, Charles here at etrailer, and today we're taking a look at the Malone Pilot roof mounted bike rack on a 2022 Subaru Outback wagon Wilderness. This is gonna be a great way of transporting your bicycle especially if you don't have a hitch or anything like that. It is a front wheel mount, which I like because I don't have to worry about damaging a carbon frame style bike or having to worry about a custom paint or any of the odd shaped style frames. We're gonna have three attachment points holding the bike on the rack, a strap for each tire, and then the front wheel mount. Has a weight capacity of 33 pounds, just make sure to not exceed that. And the cradles do adjust left and right to accommodate those different wheel base sizes. more

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7/7/2022 10:08:11 AM

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2022 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Hey everyone, Charles here at the etrailer and today we're taking a look at the INNO Tire Hold Roof-Mounted Bike Rack on a 2022 Subaru Outback Wagon Wilderness. So this is gonna be a dual tire-mounted bike rack which is gonna be great especially for those carbon frame style bikes, custom paint or odd shape style bike frames, because you're being held on by the tires. It's gonna be made out of aluminum and finished with a black powder coat, making it durable and rust resistant as well. To take the bike on and off is really simple compared to a lot of the other roof bike racks that I've worked on. So your main contact points are just these two wheel mounts and keeping a hand on the bike we can, after we unlock it, lift up on this latch and that is going to loosen up the back tire hole, but make sure you have a good grip because right now your bike is free and all we have to do is wheel it behind and grab it up and take it off the bike. To put it on, we're gonna start with the front wheel and then all we have to do is lift this up just a little bit, lock that into place and now all we have to do is, roll it forward until it stops clicking. more

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7/5/2022 7:52:50 AM

Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2022 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Hey, everybody, welcome to etrailer.com, I'm Bobby. And today we're taking a look at the "Yakima HighRoad Roof-Mounted Bike Carrier", here on our 2022 Subaru Outback Wilderness. So you guys are wanting to get your bikes on your vehicle and maybe you don't wanna start tearing up the face here in the back of your Outback Wilderness or just don't wanna have to handle or mess with the messy old hitch on the back. This can be a nice way of actually getting your bike on the roof of your car. And all we're gonna need is some nice little crossbar. So you might have factory bars at home or aftermarket bars. more

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3/8/2022 3:09:38 PM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Jake: Hey, guys, Jake here with etrailer. Today we have a 2015 Subaru Outback. We're going to be doing a test fit of the Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack. This is going to haul your single bike to and from the trails whenever you might be going riding by yourself. It's going to have two different attachment points. You're going to have a nice strap here in the back on our platform holding your rear tire in place, and on the front, it's going to have this pin that's going to lock your forks into the front here. more

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5/23/2019 12:47:53 PM

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Speaker 1: Today on our 2016 Subaru Outback, we're gonna be testing the Inno Fork Lock III Roof Bike Rack. And that's gonna be part number INA391. As you can see we do have a bike installed, so let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.If we look at the bike, we're gonna see it's secured at two different points of contact. Not connecting with the frame at all. We're gonna see right here this wheel strap, it comes up and secures our rear wheel in place. This cradle right here is adjustable, back and forth along the bike rack to accommodate any length bike you might have.Up front, we're gonna have this clamping system that grips the front of our bike by its forks. more

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8/27/2018 8:37:10 AM

Rhino Rack Roof Basket Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Rhino-Rack XTray Pro Cargo Basket and 2 Bike Carrier, part number RRRMCB03.This measures 58" long by 43" wide, so there's plenty of space on the interior of the basket to store a lot of gear, anything from your luggage to your sporting goods equipment to your camping gear, plus there are two thru axle mounts up at the front here to carry up to two bikes. This does have a carrying capacity of 165 pounds, but you always want to double check with your vehicle's manual to make sure your roof can take those weights. We already have it partially installed on our roof here. I want to show you the rest of the process. It does come with all hardware necessary to tighten it down.How we start there's going to be this plastic bracket that we've already installed here that goes in between your roof rack system and the cargo basket itself. On top of that, we have this metal bracket that's going to kind of push into place here like so. more

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6/25/2018 7:27:28 AM

Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video

Speaker 1: Today with our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're gonna be test fitting the Thule upright roof top bike rack, part number TH599000. We already have it installed on our vehicle. We have a bike installed on it as well, so let's go ahead and take a closer look. This is a one bike bike rack that grips your bike by the wheels, so this is great for your carbon fiber bikes like you see here or other style bikes such as kid's bikes or alternate frame bikes.It grips your front tire at two points which is pretty unique, and these two pieces actually lock together on the other side here so it provides superior stability while you travel. At the rear, we're gonna have this strap here that does ratchet into place, and by ratchet, that actually literally ratchets into place. This is adjustable back and for bikes of different sizes and it also has an integrated cable lock at the rear here, although the lock is sold separately. more

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5/31/2018 9:48:05 AM

Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek TH561020- Video

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Outride roof top, bike rack, part number TH561020. We already have a bike installed on our rack. Let's go ahead and closer look and show off some of the features. This is going to grip your bike by the fork mount, so it's going to sit down like you see here. You will have to remove the front wheel. They do have front wheel holders that you can attach to your roof rack as well, that are sold separately.It grips it by the fork mounts here, using this lever, like so. more

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5/31/2018 7:37:11 AM

Swagman Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Race Ready roof bike rack, part number S64705. We already have a bike installed on the rack, let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How the bike is held into the place, we're not going to have any frame contact at all, so for bikes such as this one, where it's carbon frame, it'll grip it by your wheel instead, and protect everything else.It does come with a lock up at the front here, so once you have this pushed into place, you can lock it down and the bike will be secured to the rack. I would like to point out though, this does not have a lock to secure your bike rack to your roof rack. It does have wheel cradles on either side that can slide back and forth to accommodate bikes of different sizes.The wheel cradle here is adjustable back and forth as well, by loosening up the bolts on either side, and sliding it back and forth to accommodate wider wheel width. And while we do have a road bike on here, this will also fit mountain bikes, and fat bikes with an additional strap that you would have to replace.With everything installed as it is, we're not going to have an issue of clearance, between our rear hatch and the bike rack, as you can see here, there's plenty of space in between. more

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11/29/2017 9:57:24 AM

Swagman Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek S64704- Video

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be testing the Swagman Enforcer Rooftop Bike Rack, part number S64704. This carries up to one bike. You can either carry it by the forks, as you can see here. Or you can also have this replaced with a 15-mm thru-axle, and carry it that way. The rear wheel strap is adjustable along the bike rack, to accommodate for bikes of different sizes. With this particular vehicle, we're not going to have an issue with clearance between the rear hatch and the bike rack. more

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11/29/2017 9:57:20 AM

Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Subaru Outback wagon, we're going to be test fitting the Rhino Rack Mountain Trail Rooftop Rack Bike Rack part number RBC035. We already have a bike installed on our rack, so let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.How the bike is held into place, we're not going have any frame contact at all. Instead, we're going to have a front skewer mount here, which will grab your bike by its forks. Then, at the rear, we have this wheel strap, which is adjustable along the bike rack to accommodate bikes of different sizes. Back up to the skewer mount, there is a lock installed on it, so once you have this in place and secured, it can lock this, and now your bike is going to be secured to your bike rack. Also, on top, we do have this lock here, and once you lock that down your bike rack will be secured to your roof rack. more

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7/28/2017 6:37:31 AM

Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Speaker 1: Today we're with the 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon. We're going to be test-fitting the Yakima high speed bike rack, part number YZ2115. We already have a bike installed on the rack, so let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.How the bike is attached to the rack, we're not going to have any frame contact at all. Instead, we're going to have a fork mount up at the front with this clamp that holds it in place, as well as a strap towards the rear that ratchets into place and keeps that where it need to be.With everything installed as it is, we're not going to have any issues of clearance between the bike rake and our hatch, as you can see here. And also, at the back we have an integrated cable lock with an option to get a lock core, if you want to secure your bike to the bike rack. And there's also a lock towards the front here at this point because as you turn this, that's what keeps this fork mount in place and you can secure that to the bike rack as well.How it attaches to the roof-rack system, we're going to have these rubber-coated steel straps that wrap around and clamp into place up on top, like so. more

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7/28/2017 6:27:10 AM

RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today on our 2017 Subaru Outback wagon we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts BrassKnuckles rooftop bike rack, part number RKY1202. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this bike attaches to the rack, we're going to have no frame contact at all. Instead we'll have this front wheel hook securing our front part of our bike. Then we'll have two wheel straps at the front and rear to hold those in place. more

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5/10/2017 9:17:56 AM

Rhino Rack Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today on our 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon we're going to be test fitting the Rhino Rack Hybrid Roof Top Bike Rack, part number RRRBC050. We already have a bike installed on the rack, let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this attaches to the bike rack, we're going t have no frame contact at all. Instead we'll have this wheel hook up at the front, and the two wheel straps at the front and rear tire to hold those in place as well. These are adjustable to accommodate bikes of different sizes, and with everything installed we're not going to have an issue of clearance between our bike rack and the hatch as you can see here. This also has two locks to secure your bike to the rack. We have one here as well as at this point on our wheel hook, and that's for an integrated cable lock, which is sold separately. more

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5/10/2017 9:17:50 AM

Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon y02114- Video

Today on our 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon, we're going to be testing fitting the Yakima HighRoad Rooftop Bike Rack, part number Y02114. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this bike actually attaches to the rack, we're not going to have any frame contact at all. Instead, it's going to grip your bike by the front tire up here, as you can see. Then, at the back, we have this rear strap and this is adjustable along the length of the bike rack to accommodate bikes of different sizes. With everything installed, we're not going to have an issue of clearance between our rear hatch and the bike rack, as you can see here. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. more

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5/10/2017 9:17:45 AM

Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video

Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima High Road Rooftop Bike Rack, part number Y02114. We already have a bike installed on our rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of our features. Now how this bike is actually gripped to the bike rack, we're not going to have any frame contact at all, and we don't have to remove our front tire. Instead, it grips it by the front tire here and then it also attaches at the rear point with this wheel strap, and it is adjustable to accommodate bikes of different sizes. Now also we have this TorqueRight knob so once you tighten this down you'll hear two or three clicks like that to let you know that it's tightened enough and you don't want to over tighten it. With everything installed as it is right now, we can open up our rear hatch, and there's not going to be a clearance issue between our bike rack and the hatch as you can see here. more

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2/27/2017 11:17:30 AM

Rhino Rack Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video

Today, on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to test fitting the Rhino Rack Hybrid Roof Bike Rack part number RRRBC050. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go and take a closer look and show off some of the features. Now, one of the best features about this bike rack is the fact that it doesn't grip your bike by the frame at all. Instead, have this wheel hook, up at the front here, and it has two points so you can actually attach a cable lock to secure your bike to the bike rack. At the rear here, we have a wheel strap and we also have a wheel strap at the front as well. more

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12/9/2016 8:54:05 AM

RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video

Today in our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts SwitchHitter rooftop bike rack, part number RKY1270. We already have our bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. Now the most prominent feature of this bike rack is that it doesn't grip it by your frame at all. Instead it grips it by two other points. We're going to have the skewer here at the front, which will grip your bike by the forks, but this can also work with through axles as well. At the rear, we have this wheel strap, which is adjustable along the bike rack itself to accommodate different sized bikes. If you move to the rear here, I'd just like to show you that, on this particular model of vehicle, you're not going to have any clearance issues between the hatch itself and the bike rack itself. more

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12/9/2016 8:53:59 AM

RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Forester- Video

Today on our 2016 Subaru Forester we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts JetLine Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1320. One of the first features about this is the fact that it doesn't grip it by the bike's frame at all. Instead it uses two other points such as the rear wheel strap here. Then we have the locking front skewer here. You knock this out and you can attach a lock to add some additional security and to prevent theft and tampering. Move back here to the hatch. more

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8/19/2016 4:36:10 PM

RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Forester RKY1270- Video

Today on our 2016 Subaru Forester, we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts SwitchHitter Rooftop Bike Rack, part number RKY1270. One of the main features about this bike rack is that it doesn't grip it by the frame at all, so you won't have any scratches or dings on your bike once you install it. Instead, it has two points of contact. We have a rear wheel strap here at the back, as well as a skewer at the front, that locks it by your bike's forks. Let's go back to the hatch here. As you can see, there's plenty of space between the bike rack itself and the hatch, so you won't have any problems there. more

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8/9/2016 7:56:06 AM

Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek th516xt- Video

Today on this 2014 Subaru XV CrossTrek, we're going to be test fitting the Thule ProLogue XT Roof Bike Rack, part number TH516XT. 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. How this attaches to the rack, you're going to have two points of contact. You're going to have this ratcheting strap here in the back as well as this skewer that holds on to the forks of our bike in the front. Now you can pop out this plastic section here and actually install lock core if you like for added security. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. We'll start with the wheel strap in the rear, then holding on to the bike, we move to the skewer in the front. more

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4/26/2016 9:37:08 AM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today on this 2016 Suburu Outback Wagon we're going to be testing the Kuat Trio roof bike rack, part number TR02. 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. We're going to have two points of contact to hold this doing, we're going to have a fork mount up at the front here, and it's controlled by this lever. We're also going to have a wheel strap in the back. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. Go ahead and push this tab in on the back wheel strap first, then we'll come up to the front and loosen up our fork mount, like so. You can tighten it by turning it to the right and left on the other side and then pushing this back down in place. Let's go ahead and lift the bike up. Put that back in place. Now how this actually attaches to the factory roof rack here, in back, we going to have this bracket here with two turn knobs. more

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4/5/2016 9:27:20 AM

Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today on this 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon, 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. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. How it's attached to the rack, we're going to have 2 points of contact. We're going to have a wheel strap in the back here, and up towards the front, it grips it by the forks. Just loosen up this lever like so, you can pull the bike out. There's also a point here where you can take out this and install a lock core for additional security. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. more

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4/5/2016 9:27:07 AM

Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today on this 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon, we'll be test fitting the Rhino-Rack MountainTrail Rooftop Bike Carrier, part number RBC035. 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 how this actually attaches to the roof rack, we have two points of contact with absolutely no frame contact at all. We have a fork mount up at the front here, which is controlled by this lever here, which is lockable, so that adds a little bit of security to it and we also have this wheel strap in the back. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. Then start with the wheel strap, just push in this tab and the strap comes right out. The front, loosen up a handle here and you turn it to the right to tighten and the left to loosen, to wrap around the forks. Lift their bike off. Now with the rear wheel strap, I'm going to go ahead and put that back in place just so it doesn't flap around while I'm driving. more

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4/5/2016 9:26:57 AM

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon ina392- Video

Today on this 2016 Subaru Outback wagon, we're going to be test fitting the Inno multi-fork lock roof bike rack, part number INA392. We already have a bike installed on the rack, let's go ahead and show off some of the features. How it attaches to the rack, we're going to have two points of contact. We're going to have a wheel strap in the back here. And then it's going to hold up on the forks at the front. Now for added security, this front portion does lock down. With this covering this, you cannot actually take the bike off as it is here. Let's go ahead and take the bike off, though, and show you how that's done. more

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4/5/2016 9:26:47 AM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video

Today on our 2014 XV Crosstrek, we're doing a test fit of a Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Fork Mounted. That part number is TR02. See that we have a bike already in a rack. Let's go ahead and show you a few features here. This is a fork mounted rack. See we have our skewer here to unloosen it or to un-clamp it like so . other side, the little button here to loosen and tighten it up. So, we go ahead and clamp it back down. Now we go to the rear. more

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12/12/2015 5:16:20 PM

RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek rky1201- Video

Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're doing a test fit of the RockyMounts BrassKnuckles Roof Mounted Bike Rack. That part number is RKY1202. We see how we have a bike on our rack. I'd just like to show you a few features. Like I said, BrassKnuckles, as you can see right here on our wheel frame hook here, this is how the wheel's engaged. How you unloosen it, pressing the blue button here, lifting up and out will disengage it. more

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12/12/2015 5:06:15 PM

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video

Today, on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're doing a test fit of the Inno Tire-Hold Roof Bike Rack, that part number again is INA389. See here we have a bike already in our rack, like to show you a few features now. How our bike is held up, and like I said, this is a tire hold, we have a cradle in our back to hold our back tire with the wheel frame here. Also in the front, we have another wheel cradle with a wheel frame here also. To disengage this, we got it here is a lever with a lock and key, so it'd be good for security, you can leave your bike here, no tampering. We click up on this, pull this back, still holding our bike, kind of pull it out our front tire, now we can take our bike off, there we go, set this to the side. Alrighty, now let's talk about a few things back here. Okay, we saw how we had it all hooked up, now we're going to show you how we got around our crossbars. more

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12/12/2015 4:56:25 PM

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek ina392- Video

Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're doing a test fit of the Inno Multi-Fork Lock Roof Bike Carrier. That part number is INA392. See that we have a bike on our rack. Let's show you a few features now. This is a fork loaded rack. Behind here, let me show you, we just press the key for our anti-lock. Right here we have our skewer that holds down our forks. more

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12/9/2015 6:56:15 PM

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek ina391- Video

Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're doing a test fit of the Inno Fork Lock Number 3 Bike Carrier. That part number is INA391. You see we already have it on our vehicle, show you a few features here. Like I said this a fork mounted bike rack, you see there it has the skewer around there. Back to the back we just have a strap holding down our back wheel, so we'll unloosen that first, pull that out the way. Now we go up here, like I said this has a locking system, so good for anti-theft. more

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12/9/2015 6:46:22 PM

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek ina387- Video

Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're doing a test fit of the Inno Slim Fork Roof Mounting Bike Carrier. That part number is INA387. See that we have a bike on our rack already. I'd like to show you a few features as we get started here. First, I'll show you in the back, we have a wheel carrier here which actually can fit any kind of wheel. How you tighten it down, just turn the knob here. See that it's tightening on there. more

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12/9/2015 6:46:06 PM

Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video

Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're doing a test it of the Rhino-Rack MountainTrail Roof Rack Bike Carrier, part number RBC035. We do already have out bike on our rack. We're going to show you how we strap that down and also how we strap the rack to our crossbars. Back here on our wheel, we've got just a single strap, loosens and tightens just by pressing that black lever there. Then, at the front we've got a skewer. It'll tighten by turning this knob here one way. more

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12/9/2015 5:16:06 PM

Rhino Rack Road Warrior Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video

Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we are doing a test fit of the Rhinorack Road Warrior Rooftop Bike Carrier. The part number is R-B-C-0-3-6. See that we have a bike on our rack Let's show you a few features here. Back here in the back, we have our strap, to hold down our back tire. Up front here .. Like I said, this is a fork-mounted bike rack, so we have our forks already mounted in. more

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12/3/2015 2:36:06 PM

RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video

Today on our 2015 Subaru XV Cross Trek, we're doing a test fit of the Rocky Mounts Bass Knuckles Roof Mounted Bike Rack. That part number is RKY1202. We already have our bike on our vehicle, we're first going to show you how we strap it down. We'll start here at the front. We've got a Razor ratcheting strap that you're going to see on most of your roof mounted bike racks. We've got the same thing in the back here. more

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11/14/2015 8:02:04 AM

Rhino Rack Road Warrior Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video

Today on our 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're doing a test fit of the Rhino Rack Road Warrior Roof Mounted Bike Rack, that part number is RBC036. Now, we already have our bike on the rack. We're first going to show you how we strap that down. Back here at the back tire, we have a regular ratcheting strap that you're going to see on most of your roof mounted bike racks. To release that, we're just going to push down and lift the strap up. Then at the front, we have our skewer. more

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11/14/2015 8:01:17 AM

Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video

Today on our 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're doing a test fit of the Rhino-Rack MountainTrail roof top bike rack. That part number is RBC035. We already have our bike on the rack. We're first going to go over how it is strapped down. Here in the back we have a regular ratcheting strap that you're going to see on most of your bike racks. You're going to push down on the black lever and lift up. more

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11/14/2015 8:01:06 AM

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today, on our 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Inno Tire Hold rooftop mounted bike rack mounted to our factory cross-rails. This is what it's going to look like once you have it fully assemble and in place on your vehicle. This is going to be part number INA389. First off, let's go ahead and talk about how the bike is secured to the rack. You'll notice that it's only secured by the rubber on the tires instead of making contact with the frame of the bike. Let's go ahead and take the bike off, first thing to do. more

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10/8/2015 10:51:26 AM

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today on our 2014 Subaru Outback, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Inno Multi-fork roof rack mounted bike carrier. As you can see up here on the top of our vehicle, we already have the factory rails put in place. We're going to be putting part number INA392 up on top so you can see how it fits. All right. Once we get it set up here, we're going to do a few things. We're going to unlock the cover and shield. Flip up the front cover once we get it semi rotated up. more

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5/12/2015 4:59:09 PM

Inno Multi-Fork Lock Bike Rack Review - 2012 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today, on this 2012 Subaru Outback wagon we're going to show you the Inno Multi-fork bike carrier, part number INA392. This is what it looks like when it's installed on our vehicle. Now our vehicle does have the factory roof rack installed with the factory cross bars as well. Our Inno bike rack actually clamps directly to these bars. Now in this typical set up here we have a row bike installed in our bike carrier. This will haul a variety of different style bikes. We can go ahead and take a closer look. We'll go ahead and take our rear bike and just move it out of the way for now. We'll loosen up a strap by simply pushing on the top part of this lever here. more

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4/29/2015 1:11:15 PM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today on our 2014 Subaru Outback, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Kuat Trio. This is going to be your roof rack mounted bike rack. It's going to be part number TR02. If you look up on top of our Outback we do have our stock and factory roof rails already in place and we're going to be mounting this to it today. First step is going to be to slide in your screws and put on your thumb screws on the end of it or your bolt, slide in your bolts and put your thumb screws on the end of it with the ones already partially assembled, that way when you get it up here, all you got to do is slide it under. Next thing we're going to do is come up here on the front and looking at this you'd want to push it over just a little bit so you have clearance with your chrome tensioner and tightener here for the skewer. You have 2 U bolts, slide the U bolt underneath and into the holes. more

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4/22/2015 2:27:24 PM

Thule Sprint Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today on our 2014, Subaru Outback, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Thule Sprint. This will be our roof-rack mounted bike carrier, for your forks. If you look up here on the vehicle, you can see that we already have our factory roof-rack and rails in place. This will be part #TH528. Now, let's see how it fits on the vehicle. First thing you're going to do is slide that rubber strap underneath the front bar. The back one here, will adjust to wherever we need it, so let's get it there as well. more

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4/22/2015 2:26:59 PM

Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today on our 2014 Subaru Outback we're going to be doing a test fit of the Rhino Rack Mountain Trail roof rack mounted bike rack. This is going to be Part Number RBC035 and we're going to be mounting it up here onto our factory roof rails that we already have in place. Let's show you how it's done. The first thing you're going to do is make sure that the cover is unlocked and remove it. Once you have the cover removed, make sure the tensioner is loose and you'll be able to get those straps out. Once you have the rubber straps out of the way, we'll sit it up on top of the vehicle and slide those straps underneath while the rack sits on top of the rail. Once you have the rubber on top of the rail and the straps around, we're going to put these in the grooves here. The straps will sit right there like so. more

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4/22/2015 2:26:28 PM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Subaru Impreza- Video

Today on our 2013 Subaru Impreza we're going to do a test fit on the Kuat Trio. This is a roof mounted fork clamp style bike rack in the black and chrome that I have here. Part number is TR02. We also have in a nice gun metal gray and orange finish. That part number is RU01. We've already got our Rhino Rack Vortex Aero Roof Rack System installed. We'll begin our test fit by just placing the roof rack up onto the roof line. more

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10/20/2014 5:05:42 PM

Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video

Today on our 2013 Subaru Outback, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Circuit Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number TH526. We'll begin our test fit by placing the rack on top of our vehicle. With the rack in place, I'm going to go ahead and grab a stool. That way I can see a little better. We'll begin installing this to the roof rack system. We'll go ahead and take open our skewer here. We'll remove this. more

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10/20/2014 11:51:11 AM

Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video

Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're going to be test-fitting the Thule Big Mouth Roof-Mounted Bike Rack, part number TH599XTR. With the Thule Crossroads Roof Rack System already assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test-fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we want to go ahead and bring our front clamps around our front bar and we'll get our rear ones set as well. All you've got to do is undo one of the little knobs. We'll loosen up the other one a little bit and we'll make sure that we have each bolt around the rear load bar. Then we can place the plate back into position and hold it down with the wing nuts. We're just going to go ahead and get that snug for a nice little secure fit, then we can move back up to the front of our bike rack. Here, we want to take our clamps and bring them around. more

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10/14/2014 10:54:12 AM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video

Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we are going to be doing a test fit of the Yakima Front Loader, this is a roof mounted wheel clamp style bike rack, part number on it is Y02103. Now we've already got the Yakima Rail Grab system that we've installed in the Forester here, we'll begin our test fit by just placing the rack right up onto the crossbars here. At the front there is a large black T handle, as that is tighten down, it draws the rear portion of the clamp forward, we'll have, let me show you quickly here, the two outer clamps got to the front, the rear clamp goes to the back and as you tighten it, that comes together. It's really is one of the easiest clamps I think that there is on the market as far as getting the front done, really easy to get on there, wait till it makes contact, give it a couple of good turns and really guys it's all there is to it, nice and secure. Now we can come around to the rear here and we'll clamp the other way or strap other way. As you can see we've got a two piece clamp here, we need to first remove that T bolt, pull that down through the slot, it's going to allow us to separate that lower portion, that will come out completely. This is going to give us one, two and three different positions to start that clamp in with the round bars, I usually use that first one and get this close, as close as we can get to start. more

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10/6/2014 11:49:29 AM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video

Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're going to be doing a test fit on the Yakima ForkLift. This is a roof-mounted fork clamp-style bike rack. Part number on it is Y02098. Now we've already got our Yakima RailGrab roof rack system that we've installed on the Forester, so I'll begin the test fit by just placing the rack right up onto our load bars here, crossbars. We'll now want to remove the skewer from the front. This is reversed threads so you'll want to act as though you're tightening it for it to actually loosen. more

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10/6/2014 11:47:07 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video

Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we're going to do a test fit on the Rocky Mounts Tie Rod. This is a roof mounted fork clamp style bike rack, part number on it RKY1014. To begin our test fit, we've already got our Rhino Rack Vortex Aero Roof Rack System installed, so we'll bring the black rubber straps on the head of the carrier around the underside of that bar. We'll then pull off the black cover, bring our straps around, fit them up into the head of the carrier. There's two indentations located here on each side. These straps are made to fit right up into them here, as you can see. We've then got a single bolt here on the front. more

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9/25/2014 7:02:03 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Subaru Impreza- Video

Today on our 2013 Subaru Impreza, we are going to do a test fit on the Rocky Mounts PitchFork. This is a roof-mounted, fork-clamp style, bike rack. Part Number on it is RKY1014.Now as you can see we have already got the Rhino Rack Vortex Aero Roof Rack System installed, so we will just place our rack up here on the vehicle. We will remove the black cover located at the front and separate the two metal, rubber-coated, straps from the head. We will bring them around the under-side of our bar, center the head of the carrier onto the bar, and then we are going to fit these right back in. With those in the appropriate position we can now take our wrench and just start tightening that on down. more

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9/10/2014 1:53:55 PM

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