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Kuat Piston SR Roof 1 Bike Rack Review - 2022 Toyota RAV4- Video
How's it going, everyone It's Ethan here with etrailer. Today we're gonna be taking a look at the Kuat Piston SR, on our 2022 Toyota RAV4. This is gonna be a premium option for if you want to get a bike, up to 67 pounds, where you need it to go, but you don't have a hitch, or maybe you're towing something already. This is going to hold on our bike by dual-wheel mounting, using two arms on either side that we can activate with these piston arms. There's no straps needed. Everything is done right there. more
5/16/2023 10:34:10 AM
Yakima HighRoad Roof Bike Rack Review - 2022 Toyota RAV4- 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 Toyota RAV4. This is gonna be a good option to get a bike, in this case up to 45 pounds where you need it to go, in the event that maybe you don't have a hitch or you're towing something already, or, you know, you just don't wanna add space to the back of your vehicle, this is a great way to get it on top of the roof and get it to where it's gotta go. This bike rack holds onto our bike by the front tire using these two hoops, rather than making you take the front tire off, which is nice. In addition, there's no frame contact, so if you do wanna put a carbon frame bike up here, you can 'cause it won't damage the frame while you're driving. All you do is you load it up. more
1/6/2023 9:34:59 AM
Rhino-Rack XTray Pro Cargo Basket and 2 Bike Carrier Review - 2022 Toyota RAV4- Video
Hi, everyone. Aiden here with etrailer.com. Today we're gonna be taking a look at the Rhino Rack Xtray Pro cargo basket here on our 2022 Toyota RAV4. Now this is going to be a really large and functional cargo basket, with the added feature of also being a two-bike carrier. If you do choose to use it in that way. We've got these mounts front for a through axle so you can get a bike and some cargo, just cargo, or two bikes up here. more
9/20/2022 2:27:50 PM
Yakima HighSpeed Roof Bike Rack Review - 2017 Toyota RAV4- Video
Today I have my buddies 2017 Toyota RAV4 and we are taking a look at the Yakima HighSpeed roof mounted fork mounted bike rack. There are gonna be two HighSpeed roof rack kits on our website. The one we're looking at today gives us two options for mounting. Right now we're utilizing the T track on our aftermarket bars on our roof to get it secured down but it's not going to make it any more low profile than these straps that come on it. Normally these are very low profile but the one reason why the T slots are very nice is notice how it's mounted right above our tower. So we can fully utilize our roof rack system with the T slots. more
6/6/2022 3:18:43 PM
Yakima HighRoad Roof Bike Rack Review - 2017 Toyota RAV4- Video
Today on my buddy's 2019 Toyota RAV4 we're gonna be taking a look at the Yakima Highroad Roof-mounted Bike Rack. The Highroad is gonna be for you if you don't wanna modify your bike for it to go up and get secured down on a roof-mounted bike rack. I'm comparing this one to a fork-mounted option. You're gonna have to remove the front wheel and store that somewhere. With this one, you keep it as is, you put it up there, you tighten it down. When you're there, you can just take it right off and go ride on the trails a little bit quicker. more
6/6/2022 3:16:46 PM
Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota 4Runner- Video
Hi everyone, John here. And today we're gonna be taking a look at the Yakima HighRoad on our 2015 Toyota 4Runner. Now this is gonna be a great choice if you happen to have some kind of cargo system on the back of your vehicle already, but you're still wanting to take one of your bikes out with you. Now like I said, I'm gonna be heading out to the park and I'm gonna be using my hitch for my cargo system. So a good way to fill up that space and still have room in my vehicle I'm going to be actually using my roof rack system and carrying my bike up there. Now the Yakima HighRoad is very easy to work with. more
3/22/2022 4:02:48 PM
Thule ProRide XT Roof Fat Bike Rack Review - 2017 Toyota RAV4- Video
Hello, everybody. Adam, here with the etrailer today, we have a 2017 Toyota Rav four, and we're gonna be taking a look at the Thule Proride XT roof mounted bike rack. So this is gonna be for your fat tire bikes. And when we're comparing these to some of the other ones that you have on the site, what really sets this one apart is this little arm. So if you do have fenders on your fat tire bike, this is gonna be one of the only options that you have to be able to lock it down. A lot of them do wheel hooks but with this it's actually really cool whenever you're ready to load up and just press that button and it's ready to go and you wanna tighten it down, you can tighten it down. more
1/10/2022 2:12:22 PM
Rhino Rack Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota 4Runner- Video
What is going on, everybody Adam here, with etrailer. Today we have a 2015 Toyota Forerunner, and we're going to be taking a look at the Rhino-Rack hybrid roof mounted, fat bike bike rack. So this one's going to be a little unique compared to some of the other options that you have on your website. This one's just going to give you about 45 pounds per bike weight capacity. Some of the other ones that you have options for on our website, only give you about 35 pounds capacity with factory crossbars. But with aftermarket crossbars, they say 45. more
1/7/2022 1:00:35 PM
Thule FastRide Roof Bike Rack Review - 2017 Toyota RAV4- Video
Today, on our 2017 Toyota RAV4, we're gonna be taking a look at the Thule FastRide roof-mounted bike rack. When you're setting up your crossbar spread, we wanna make sure it's not gonna be any less than 18 inches from the center of your crossbar to the center of the other crossbar, and we don't want it to be any more than 36 inches. So whenever you're setting that up, it's usually gonna be about in the same bounds as your other accessories. So just make sure you do that, so that it's gonna be compatible. We are gonna be able to fit tire width up to three inches, so this isn't gonna be for your fat tire bikes, and it is relatively lighter weight since it's on the roof as typical with most roof bike racks. So we're gonna have a capacity of about 37 1/2 pounds. more
8/19/2021 3:54:36 PM
Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Toyota RAV4- Video
Hi everyone. It's Evangeline here at etrailer. And today we are looking at the Inno Fork Lock III roof mounted bike rack here on our 2017 Toyota RAV4. Do you want to carry around your bike And let's say you don't have a hitch or your hitch is used up like by a cargo basket. This is a good option for carrying your bike. Especially if you already have crossbars or a roof rack on your vehicle. more
8/10/2021 8:34:37 AM
RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Toyota RAV4- Video
Hi, everyone. It's Evangeline here at etrailer. And today, we are looking at the RockyMounts SwitchHitter LS roof mounted bike rack here on our 2017 Toyota RAV4. If you wanna bring your bikes with you, like just get them to the trail head so you can start your adventure but let's say, you don't have a hitch or your hitch is already full with another hitch mounted accessory, this could be a good option for you, which is to put your bike rack onto your crossbar. So, if you already have crossbars as well or a roof rack, you can just clamp them around and let's take a look at how that works. So, this has a 35 pound weight capacity. more
8/10/2021 8:33:24 AM
Thule TopRide Roof Bike Rack Review - 2017 Toyota RAV4- Video
Hey, everybody. Adam here with etrailer. Today, we have a 2017 Toyota RAV4, and we're gonna be test fitting the Thule TopRide roof-mounted bike rack. I really like this roof-mounted bike rack. One, because it's super quick and easy to get your bike locked-in in the front. And of course, with any other type of roof-mounted bike rack, we're gonna have a strap in the back. more
8/3/2021 10:33:15 AM
Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Toyota RAV4- Video
Hey everybody, welcome to etrailer.com, I'm Bobby. Today we're taking a look at the Yakima HighSpeed Roof Mounted Bike Rack here on our 2017 Toyota RAV4. Now this can be a great way of getting your bikes off of the back of your vehicle and off onto the top. Well, that can be great for a lot of city living. Probably you just don't want that extra space on the back of the vehicle. This can be a great way of getting your bike to wherever you wanna go. more
7/22/2021 12:37:34 PM
Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Toyota RAV4 INA389- Video
Hey, everybody, welcome to etrailer.com. I'm Bobby and today we're taking a look at the Inno Tire Hold II roof-mounted bike rack, here on our 2017 Toyota RAV4. Now, this can be a great way of getting your bikes off the back of the vehicle and up on top, saving you a lot of room and maneuverability, as well as freeing up your hitch for some of those bigger accessories that we need to carry wherever we're going. This can be also a very great option if you're living in the city and don't have that much room in your parallel parking and that way you can go ahead and get it on the top roof of your car. One thing I would suggest with that, though, if you are going for that city parking, we have it on the driver's side here today. A couple of tricks though, you can put that on the passenger side just as easily, which is one thing that's great about the Inno Tire Hold II. more
7/22/2021 12:01:09 PM
Yakima HighRoad Roof Bike Rack Review - 2017 Toyota RAV4 Y02114- Video
Hey guys, welcome to etrailer.com. I'm Bobby and today we're taking a look at the Yakima Highroad single bike carrier on our 2017 Toyota RAV4. Now right away as we see we do have a nice wheel mounted platform design here. It's got a nice, sleek look. It's very low profile, sits right on our bars, and it looks really good. We're about to break it down, just how it sits on there. more
4/29/2021 1:30:08 PM
Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2020 Toyota Tacoma- Video
Evangeline: Hi. It's Evangeline from etrailer.com and today we are looking at the Yakima High Road roof bike rack on our 2020 Toyota Tacoma. Now, what's great about this bike rack is if you need to mount your bike and have it ready to go right when you dismount it, it's great for that. It has a wheel mount as well, so we have our carbon fiber frame bike up there and it's okay because you don't have to worry about warping, like we might would maybe either frame mounts.Now, some other bike racks, especially roof bike racks, might be forked bike racks. And the main difference for here is that with this one, you don't have to worry about taking off your front wheel, storing it while you're on your trip and reattaching it after you arrive. You just lift it off and you're ready to go.So while this is a great bike rack, the question is can your bike fit on it So this can handle wheel diameters of 26 to 29. more
9/4/2020 2:56:11 PM
Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2019 Toyota Tacoma- Video
John: Hey guys, John here from etrailer.com. And today we are test fitting the Yakima HighSpeed Roof Mount Bike Rack on our 2019 Toyota Tacoma. This bike rack is a great way to get our bike to our favorite destination without taking up precious truck bed space, or adding extra length to the rear of our vehicle with a hitch-mounted bike rack. The HighSpeed can handle up to a 40 pound bike with a max tire width of 5 inches and a maximum wheelbase of 48 inches. Your wheelbase is going to be from the center of one axle to the center of your other axle.Let's go ahead and get our bike off of the roof. And so we can show you how this bike rack interacts with the Tacoma specifically. more
3/4/2020 1:17:13 PM
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Toyota Tacoma- Video
Today on our 2013 Toyota Tacoma we're going to be test fitting the Yakima FrontLoader, a wheel-mount roof bike rack with part number Y02103. With our Yakima Q Towers roof rack system already installed on the Tacoma we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. As we do this as our front crossbar we'll want the two outside arms to be in the front of the bar and the single middle bar to be behind it. We can then tighten down our black t-handle to secure the front of the rack to the front of our vehicle. With the front secure we'll now move to the rear. Here we're going to loosen the black t-handle, remove the t-bolt from the slot, bring the clamp around the underside of our crossbar, reinsert the t-bolt, and tighten down the black t-handle to secure it. With our rack secure it's now time to load up our bike. We'll first undo our rear wheel strap and then extend out the large portion of our front wheel clamp. more
7/28/2014 12:35:04 PM
Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Toyota Tacoma- Video
Today on our 2013 Toyota Tacoma, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Forklift, a fork mount roof bike rack, with part number Y02098. With our Yakima Q Towers roof rack system already installed on the Tacoma, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we're going to remove the skewer, slide back the black cover, and loosen the T handle. This will allow us to remove the T bolt from the lower portion of our clamp. We'll then bring that lower portion around the underside of our crossbar, re-insert the T bolt into the appropriate slot, and tighten down our T handle. This will secure the front of our rack to our crossbar. We can then slide the black plastic cover forward, and re-insert our skewer. With the front secure, we'll move to the rear. Here at the rear, we'll loosen the black T handle, remove the T bolt from the slot, bring the clamp around our bar, re-insert the T bolt, and tighten down that T handle. With the front and rear secure, it's now time to load our bike. more
7/28/2014 12:34:31 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Toyota Tacoma- Video
Today on our 2013 Toyota Tacoma we're going to be test-fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch, a fouk-mount roof bike rack with part number RKY1011. With our Thule Rapid Diverse Roof Rack System already installed on the Tacoma, we're going to being our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto the load bars. Here at the front we'll bring the black, rubber-coated metal straps around the underside of our load bar, remove the black plastic cover and fit them into the head of the carrier. We'll then use an Allen key to tighten the Allen bolt and secure the front of our rack. With it secure, we can replace that cover, then move to the rear. Here at the rear we're going to remove one of the Allen bolts from our clamp, bring it around the underside of our load bar, reinsert the Allen bolt and tighten both Allen bolts down with an Allen key. With our rack secured to our vehicle, it's now time to load up our bike. We'll begin by undoing our rear wheel strap and making sure that our front skewer is loose and open. We'll grab our bike, place it onto the bike rack. more
7/28/2014 12:32:28 PM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Toyota Tacoma- Video
Today on our 2013 Toyota Tacoma, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth, a roof mounted bike rack, with part number TH599XTR. With our Thule Traverse Roof Rack System already installed on the Tacoma, we're going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front we're going to remove the T-Bolt from both clamps, bring the clamps around the underside of our load bar, reinsert the T-Bolt, and tighten down both wingnuts to secure them. With the front secure, we can move to the rear. Here we're going to loosen both wingnuts and remove one completely, we'll bring one of the bolts down on both sides of load bar, bring the metal portion of the clamp around the underside of our load bar, place the bolt back through it, and re-thread on the wingnut. We'll then tighten down both wingnuts to secure the rear of our rack. It's now time to load our bike. more
7/22/2014 2:25:19 PM
Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Toyota Tacoma- Video
Today on our 2013 Toyota Tacoma we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Upright Roof Bike Rack, part number S64720. With our Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System already installed on the Tacoma, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we're going to bring two of the U bolts around the underside of our load bar, fit them up through the head of our carrier and hold them in place with the four wing nuts. We'll now tighten down all four wing nuts to secure the front of the rack to our load bars. With the front secured, we'll now move to the rear. Here we'll bring a U bolt down through the rack, being sure that one of the threaded portions comes out on both sides of our load bar. We'll then put on the flat black metal portion of our clamp, and hold it in place with two wing nuts. We'll then tighten down both wing nuts to secure this rear clamp to our load bar. more
7/17/2014 12:29:02 PM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Toyota Tacoma- Video
Today on our 2013 Toyota Tacoma, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down. A fork mount roof bike rack, with part number S64710. With our Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System already installed on the Tacoma, we'll begin our test fit by placing our roof rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we're going to bring two of the U bolts around the underside of our cross bars, up through the head of the carrier and we'll hold them in place with two wing nuts. With all four of our wing nuts started, we'll go ahead and tighten them down. This will secure the front of the rack to our load bars. We'll now move to the rear. more
7/17/2014 12:27:44 PM
SportRack Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Toyota Tacoma- Video
Today on our 2013 Toyota Tacoma, we're going to be fitting the SportRack roof mounted bike rack. Part number SR4622. With our Yakima Q Tower roof rack system already installed on the Tacoma, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front we're going to bring one of the black rubber coated metal U-bolts around the underside of our crossbar. Fit it up through the head of our rack, and hold it in place with two black wing-nuts. We'll take the second black rubber coated U-bolt and repeat that process. We can now tighten down all four wing-nuts, this will secure the head of our carrier to the crossbars on our rack. more
7/17/2014 12:26:45 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Toyota Camry- Video
Today on our 2014 Toyota Camry we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1011. With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack system installed on the roof of our Camry, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's crossbars. We'll allow the rubber coated steel straps to go around the front bar, and then we can remove the black plastic cover to hook the straps into position. I'll then use the included allen tool to tighten down the silver bolt, which will bring the straps tightly around the front bar. Moving to the rear, I'll use one of the allen keys to remove one of the allen bolts so that we can position the rear bracket around the rear bar. I'll reinstall the allen bolt into the black thick bracket on the bottom and use the included allen wrench to tighten both allen bolts down. Once everything is all tightened down and secure, we're ready to load up our bike. more
7/17/2014 12:23:56 PM
Thule Sprint Fork Mount Bike Rack Review - 2014 Toyota Camry- Video
Today on our 2014 Toyota Camry, well be test fitting the Thule Sprint Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number TH528. With the Thule rapid traverse roof rack system installed on the roof of our Camry, well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicles load bars. Starting at the front here, Ill make sure the rubber coated steel straps are on the underside of the bar and Ill hook them back into the connection point. Ill then turn the Speed-Link knobs which will tighten down the straps tightly around the load bars. After repeating the same process for the back bar, were ready to install our bike. Well need to loosen up the acu-tight knob at the front of the bike rack which will extend the skewer outward. Well then undo the cam-buckle strap at the back of the bike rack and place our bike up onto the bike rack. more
7/14/2014 12:43:15 PM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Toyota Camry- Video
Today on our 2014 Toyota Camry we'll be test fitting the Tully Big Mouth Roof Mounted Bike Rack part number TH599XTR. With the Tully Traverse Roof Rack System installed onto our Camry we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicles load bars. Starting at the front here we'll need to position the L-brackets that are on the front bar. You may need to loosen up the black wingnuts so that the T-bolts can fit into the slots of the L-brackets. We'll then tighten them down snug just to make sure the L-brackets stay in place. We'll move to the back of the bike rack and remove one of the wingnuts from one of the bolts. We'll position the two bolts on both the front and back side of the rear bar and then we'll swing the plate around the underside of the crossbar. more
7/14/2014 12:39:47 PM
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Toyota Camry- Video
Today on our 2014 Toyota Camry, we'll be test fitting the Kuat TRIO Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RU01. With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System installed on the roof of our Camry, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our vehicle's load bars. I'm going to start with the back and remove one of the black wing nuts from the black bracket. I'll position the black bracket around the underside of the rear bar and insert the bolt into the hole of the bracket and reinstall the wing nut. I'm going to keep it loose just in case I need to make any adjustments. Now at the front, I'll take the rubber coated U-bolts to go around the underside of the front bar up into the pre-drilled holes of the bike rack. I'll take the cylinder nuts and thread them down onto the threads of the U-bolts. I'll use the included tightening tool to tighten down the cylinder bolts around the U-bolts. more
7/1/2014 8:20:46 AM
Thule Sprint Fork Mount Bike Rack Review - 2013 Toyota Tacoma- Video
Today on our 2013 Toyota Tacoma, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Sprint, a fork mount roof bike rack with part#TH528. With our Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack system already installed on the Tacoma, we're going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. When we do this, we'll be sure to bring the black rubber coated metal straps around the underside of our load bars. Here, at the front, we'll fit the strap into the head of the carrier. Then we'll turn the black lever to secure it in place. With the front secure, we can now move to the rear. more
6/30/2014 12:59:44 PM
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Toyota Camry- Video
Today on our 2014 Toyota Camry. We're going to be test fitting the Yakima Frontloader. A wheel mount roof bike rack, part number Y02103. With our Yakima Q Tower Roof Rack system already installed in the Camry. We'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. As we do this, we want the two outer portions of our front clamp to go in front of our bar, and the single center portion of our front clamp to go behind it. We'll then turn the black T handle located on the front of the rack, this will secure our clamp around our bar. more
6/19/2014 4:07:54 PM
Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Toyota Camry- Video
Today on our 2014 Toyota Camry, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Forklift, a fork mount roof bike rack, part number Y02098. With the Yakima Q Towers roof rack system already installed on the Camry, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we're going to remove the skewer which is reverse thread. Slide back the black plastic cover. Loosen the black T handle and remove the T bolt from the slide in the lower portion of the clamp. We'll then bring that portion around the underside of our load bar, reinsert our T bolt and tighten down our black T handle to secure our clamp. We'll then slide our black plastic cover forward and reinsert our skewer. more
6/19/2014 4:07:40 PM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Toyota Sienna- Video
Today on our 2014 Toyota Sienna were going to be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth. This is a frame clamp style roof bike rack, part number TH599XTR. Weve got our Thule Crossroads roof rack system already installed on our Sienna, so we begin our test fit by placing our bike rack up onto our load bars. These are the clamps. This metal bracket portions going to come around the underside of our load bar, so well need to separate the T bolts from those clamps to allow it to do that. With our T bolts separated well now move our rack backwards, allowing those clamps to come around the underside of our bars. more
5/20/2014 11:20:21 AM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Toyota Prius- Video
Today on our 2011 Toyota Prius, we're going to be test-fitting the Thule Big Mouth. This is a frame clamp style, roof bike rack. It's part number is TH599XTR. We have our Thule Traverse Roof Rack System already installed on the Prius, so we'll begin our test-fit by placing our bike rack right up on to our load bars. Here at the front we've got two clamps that come down. We'll remove the T-bolt from the clamps. more
5/9/2014 3:02:48 PM
Thule Sprint Fork Mount Bike Rack Review - 2014 Toyota Sienna- Video
Speaker: Today, on our 2014 Toyota Sienna, were going to be test-fitting the Thule Sprint. This is a fork mount roof bike rack, part number TH528. Well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack up under a load bar. Here at the front, we want to bring the black rubber coated metal strap around the underside. Well then fit it right here into the head of the carrier. On the back side, well turn this black lever. more
4/16/2014 2:41:20 PM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Toyota Sienna- Video
Today on our 2014 Toyota Sienna, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down. This is a fork mount roof bike rack, part number S64710. We've got the Thule Rapid Crossroads roof rack system that we've already installed on this Sienna, so we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly up on to our load bars. At the front, we're going to bring a U-bolt around the underside of our load bar and thread two wing nuts on to it. We've got a second U-bolt that we're going to fit on the front here. This one as well, we'll get two wing nuts threaded on to it. We'll then tighten down all four of the wing nuts to secure the front clamp of our rack here. All right. With that nice and secure, we can move to the rear. more
4/15/2014 9:16:13 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Toyota Sienna- Video
Today on our 2014 Toyota Sienna, we're going to be test fitting the Rocky Mounts Tierod Stretch. This is a fork-mount roof bike rack, Part Number RKY1011. We already have the Thule Crossroads Roof Rack System installed on our vehicle. So, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack up onto our load bars. As we do this, we'll want to bring the two black rubber-coated metal straps around the underside of our front-load bar. We can then remove the black cover. We'll bring the straps and fit them up into the appropriate slots here at the head of the carrier. Then we can take our Allen tool and tighten it down. more
4/10/2014 4:59:58 PM
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Toyota Sienna- Video
Today on our 2014 Toyota Sienna, we are going to be test fitting the Kuat Trio. This is a fork mount roof bike rack part number RU01. We have our thule rapid crossroad roof rack system already installed on our Sienna. We'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly up onto our load bars. At the front we are going to bring one of the black rubber coated metal u bolts and two of the cylinder knots. Place the u bolt up through the rack and then place the cylinder knot on top and just thread it on there. more
4/10/2014 4:57:55 PM
Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Toyota Sienna- Video
Today on our 2014 Toyota Sienna, we're going to be test-fitting the Swagman Upright. This is a frame clamp style roof bike rack, part number S64720. We've got our Thule Rapid Crossroads Roof Rack system already installed on this Sienna here, so we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly up onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we're going to bring one of our U-bolts around the underside of our load bar and fit it up through the head of the carrier. We'll have a threaded portion coming out in front and behind our load bar. We'll then take a black wing-nut, thread it on here in the front and in the rear. more
4/9/2014 9:34:08 AM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Toyota RAV4- Video
Today on our 2013 Toyota Rav4, we will be test fitting the Thule Big Mount Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number TH599XTR. With the Thule crossroad roof rack system assembled on to our vehicle, we will begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly on to our load bars. Here at the front, well bring the clamp around the front bar, drop the T-bolt through the appropriate slot and use the wing nut to tighten it in place. Well do this at both sides at the front platform to secure the front of our bike rack. At the rear, well loosen up the wing nut and bring our bracket around the rear bar. Well drop the bolt through the hole in the bracket and tighten both the wing nuts.With our bike rack securer, we can undo the wheel straps and get ready to load our bike. more
12/3/2013 9:12:08 AM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Toyota Sienna- Video
Today on our 2013 Toyota Sienna we'll be test fitting a Thule Big Mouth Roof Mounted Bike Rack part number TH599XTR. With the Thule Crossroad Roof Rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicles load bars. Starting at the front of the bike rack, we'll position the front brackets around the underside of the front bar and make sure that the T-bolts insert into the slots of the front brackets. We'll then use the black wingnuts to tighten them down. We'll the move to the rear and remove one of the black wingnuts. We'll position the black plate around the underside of the rear bar and reinstall our wingnut. Once everything is all tightened down and secured we're ready to load up our bike. more
10/25/2013 1:02:54 PM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2002 Toyota Camry- Video
Today, on our 2002 Toyota Camry, we'll be test fitting the Thule Bigmouth roof mounted bike rack, part number TH599XTR. With the Thule Traverse roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the Bigmouth directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll bring our clamp around the front bar, fit the T bolt through the slot, and tighten with the wing nut on top. We can repeat that process for the other side. Here at the rear, we'll undo one of the wing nuts to bring our bolts around our rear bar. We'll take our bolt and fit it through our clamp and secure it by tightening both wing nuts. With the front and rear secured, we can go ahead and undo the rear wheel strap, make sure our frame jaws are open, and loosen up the front wheel strap. We'll grab our bike and place it onto the Bigmouth. We'll secure it first by fitting the frame jaws around the lower part of our bike's frame. more
10/14/2013 4:31:03 PM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2002 Toyota Camry- Video
Today on our 2002 Toyota Camry well be test fitting the SwagmanFork Down Roof-Mounted Bike Rack, part number s64710. With a Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack system on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the Swagmanbike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front platform we'll bring our u-bolts around the underside of our load bar fitting them back up through our platform and securing it by tightening the wing nut. Well do this process for both sides of our front platform. Here at the rear we'll dropour u-bolt through the top of our bike rack making sure thatthe bolts go around our rear load bar. We'll fit our bolts through the black clamp and secure it by tightening the two wing nuts. more
10/14/2013 4:29:51 PM
SportRack Frame Mount Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2002 Toyota Camry- Video
Today, on our 2002 Toyota Camry, we'll be test fitting the Sportrack Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number SR4611. With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the Sportrack bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front platform, we'll bring our U-boltsaround the underside of our front load bar, send them back up through the platform, and secure it by tightening down some wing nuts. We'll repeat this process for the other side of our front platform. We also need to place in our fitting that goes in-between the bike rack and our rear load bar. We'll fit the bolts through and install our bracket on the underside, and tighten using the wing nuts. more
10/14/2013 4:28:44 PM
Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2002 Toyota Camry- Video
Today on our 2002 Toyota Camry we will be test fitting the Swagman Rooftop bike rack, part number S64720. With a Thule rapid traverse roof rack system on our vehicle, we begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front platform we'll bring the U-bolt around the underside of our load bar, fit the bolts back up through the platform and secure it by tightening down the wing nuts. We can then repeat this process for the other side of our front platform. At the rear we'll drop our U-bolt through the top of the bike rack, making sure that bolts go around the rear bar. We'll fit the bolts through the black metal bracket and secure it by tightening down the two wing nuts. We'll go ahead loosen up our wheel straps and make sure the frame jaws are open. We'll grab our bike and place it onto our bike rack and we'll secure it first by placing the frame jaws around the lower part of the frame of our bike. more
10/14/2013 9:44:45 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2002 Toyota Camry- Video
Today on our 2002 Toyota Camry, well be test fitting the Rocky Mounts Tie Rod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1011.With a Thule Rapid Traverse Refract System on our vehicle well begin our test fit by placing the tie rod stretch directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, well remove the black plastic cover and bring our straps around our front bar and fit them back into the head of the carrier. We can then use an allen key to tighten the allen bolt, which will tighten our straps around our front bar. Once we have those tight, we can replace our black plastic cover.Here at the rear, loosen up the allen bolts to bring our rear clamp around our rear bar. Then we can secure it by tightening those allen bolts back up with an allen key. Well undo the rear wheel strap and make sure our skewer at the front is loose. more
10/14/2013 9:42:14 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2002 Toyota Camry- Video
Speaker: Today on our 2002 Toyota Camry we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mountain Bike Rack Part No. RKY-1014 With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System on our vehicle we'll begin our test fit by placing the TieRod directly on to our load bars. Here's the front, we'll bring the straps around the front bar and then remove our black plastic cover. We'll fit the straps into the head of the carrier and then use an Allan key to tighten an Allan bolt which will secure our straps around our front bar. Once we have that tight we can re-place our black plastic cover. We'll go ahead and make sure the secure is loose for when we're ready to load our bike. Here at the rear we'll loosen up the Allan bolts to bring our rear clamp around our rear bar. more
10/14/2013 9:42:12 AM
Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Toyota Venza- Video
Today on our 2013 Toyota Venza well be test fitting the Swagman Upright roof mounted bike rack, part number S64720. With the Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack system on our vehicle well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicles load bars. Well pull out our hardware and start at the front. Well take the silver U bolts to go around the underside of the front bar, up into the predrilled holes of the front platform. Well then take our black wing nuts to thread down onto the bolt and tighten it down. Well then repeat this process for the other side of the platform.Now moving to the rear this time well take the silver U bolt and drop it down through the predrilled holes of the bike rack. more
10/4/2013 8:29:59 AM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Toyota Venza- Video
10/4/2013 8:28:49 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Toyota Venza- Video
Today, on our 2013 Toyota Venza, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod roof-mounted bike rack, part number RKY1014. With a Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's crossbars. We'll then remove the black plastic cover at the front to bring the rubber-coated steel straps around the underside of the front bar. Okay, then hook them into the connection points. Now, moving to the rear, we'll remove one of the Allen bolts to bring the rear bracket around the underside of the rear bar. We'll then use the included Allen key to tighten down the bolts. Moving back up to the front, we'll use the included Allen key to tighten down the silver bolt to tighten down the straps up against the front load bar. more
10/4/2013 8:27:41 AM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Toyota Venza- Video
Today, on our 2013 Toyota Venza, we'll be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number TH599XTR. With the Thule Traverse Roof Rack System on our vehicle, we'll begin by placing our Big Mouth directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll bring the front clamps around the front bar, fit the T-bolts through, and tighten on top with the wing nut. We'll do this for both sides of the front platform. Here at the rear, we'll loosen up the wing nuts so we can bring our bolts around our rear bar. We'll fit the bolts through the black metal bracket, and secure it by tightening the two wing nuts. With both the front and the rear secured, we can go ahead and undo our wheel straps, and make sure our frame jaws are open. more
10/3/2013 3:39:55 PM
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