Kuat Piston SR Roof 1 Bike Rack Review - 2021 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Hey, everyone, it's Evangeline here at etrailer, and today, we're taking a look at how the Piston SR Roof-Mounted Bike Rack fits on the 2021 Volkswagen Jetta. So for your Volkswagen Jetta, it is a really nice car, especially this one, because you have that GLI and you're sporty, but your options for carrying around a bike is limited, unless you have a hitch receiver. So if you don't have a hitch receiver, then your options are a trunk mount or a roof-mounted bike rack. If possible, please get a roof-mounted bike rack instead of a trunk mount, just because it's not a hassle, it doesn't take up your trunk area, and you're not dealing with straps and hooks in contact with your vehicle. Now, this is the Piston SR, which is definitely the more premium of your roof-mounted bike racks. So a quick overview of roof-mounted bike racks is most of them require that you take the front wheel off, so they're fork-mounted bike racks, and those are cool too, but then you do take up more time having to reinstall your front wheel once you're ready to hit the trails. more
5/18/2023 2:18:25 PM
Rhino-Rack XTray Pro Cargo Basket and 2 Bike Carrier Review - 2021 Volkswagen Atlas- Video
Hey (name indistinct) here at etrailer. Today we're going to be taking a look at the Rhino Rack XTray Pro rooftop cargo basket, and how it fits on our 2021 Volkswagen Atlas. With the Atlas, we have a decent amount of storage but it doesn't come with a factory hitch on so maybe you don't feel like dealing with that. Maybe you just have some larger or messier items you would rather get up on your roof. And something unique with this basket is the fact that there are two spots for you to put the front axle of your bikes. So we can carry two bikes and some gear, just the two bikes or just the gear. more
3/13/2023 12:26:20 PM
Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2021 Volkswagen Tiguan- Video
Hey everybody, welcome to etrailer.com. I'm Bobby, and today we're taking a look at the Yakima High Road Roof Mounted Bike Rack Carrier here today on our 2021 Volkswagen Tiguan. Now guys, this could be a pretty good way of giving yourself a little bike rack to put on top of your roof. Now, I will say the Tiguan already a little taller out there, right You got that mid-sized SUV look going for it. So definitely is quite high up there. I will say, probably not gonna be my first choice if I'm kind of trying to find a way of getting my bike to where I wanna go. more
9/22/2021 10:15:54 AM
Malone Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Zach: Hey, everybody. Zach 00:00:01 here at etrailer.com. Today, we're going to be taking a look at the Malone Pilot on a 2013 Volkswagen Jetta. This is going to be a wheel mounted style bike rack. So we don't have to take our front wheel off like a fork mounted style, and we don't have any frame contact. So if we did have a carbon bike up here, we wouldn't have to worry about that. more
6/9/2020 5:37:07 PM
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Volkswagen Passat- Video
Jake: Hey, guys. It's Jake here at etrailer. Today, we're going to be taking a look at and I'm going to show you some of the cool features on this Thule ThruRide Bike Rack on our 2015 Volkswagen Passat.So with your Passat, you're going to have to add a roof rack to the top of your vehicle. We do have plenty of these available here at etrailer. And it's going to mount to the front and back crossbar by a couple of bolts.This bike rack is going to support your bike by the forks on the front, so by taking the front wheel off our bike, we're able to insert our two front forks here onto this locking pin. Now, my favorite part about this bike rack has got to be that it's a no-tool installation. more
7/2/2019 1:57:20 PM
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Volkswagen Golf- Video
Today, in our 2015 Volkwagen Golf, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Circuit XT 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. Now how this is actually attached to the bike rack, we're going to have no frame contact at all. Instead, we're going to have two points of contact. We're going to have a rear wheel strap here at the back. Then we're going to have this skewer up at the front which grabs the bike by the forks. more
9/20/2016 10:16:37 AM
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Volkswagen Golf th594xt- Video
Today on our 2015 Volkswagen Golf, we're going to be taking a look at the Thule side-arm roof-mounted bike rack, 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 how this bike is actually attached to the rack, there's going to be no frame contact at all. Instead, it has 2 other points. We have a padded wheel hook up at the front here and a wheel strap here at the rear. more
9/20/2016 10:16:31 AM
RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we're doing a test fit of the Rocky Mounts Roof Mounted Brass Knuckles Bike Rack. That part number is RKY1202. I already have that connected to our bike. We're first going to show you how we do that. We have a ratcheting strap here, we're just going to press the black button and lift that up. That will release that back tire. This is actually adjustable along the length of your bike rack as well, so you can use that for different bikes that you may have. Then up at the front, we have a few different things holding this in place. We, again, have a ratcheting strap here. We have a wheel cradle in the back, which is just where your bike is going ... more
12/22/2015 4:36:06 PM
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta we're doing a test fit of the Thule Sprint T-Track Mounted Roof Bike Rack. That part number is TH569. We already have our bike loaded up. We're first going to show you how we did that. We've got a wheel cradle back here with a ratcheting strap. We also have a bushing on that strap. more
12/15/2015 1:19:48 PM
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta TH535- Video
Today, on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we're doing a test fit on the Thule-through-ride-roof-mounted bike rack. That part number is TH-535. Now, we already have our bike up there, we're first going to show you how we secure that down. Here in the back we have a ratcheting strap that you're going to see on most of your bike racks. We also have a bushing there that's going to just hold your smaller bikes higher .. Down in that cradle, just a little more secure. more
12/15/2015 1:19:33 PM
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we're doing a test fit of the Kuat Trio Roof-Mounted Bike Rack. That part number is TR02. Now we already have our bike connected. We're first going to show you how we strap that down, then we'll go over some features of the rack. So here in the back, we have a ratcheting strap holding our tire in place. We can just push on the button here and lift the strap out of the way. A great think about the cradle and the strap is that it does move up and down the length of your bike rack so you can adapt that for different bikes. Up at the front we have a skewer. more
12/11/2015 9:16:06 AM
Rhino Rack Road-Warrior Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, 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 our rack. We're first going to show you how you strap that down and then we'll go over some other features. Back here in the back at our tire, we have a regular ratcheting strap. To release that, we're just going to push on the button and lift that out. Now a great thing about this is that it does move up and down the length of your rack so you don't have to worry about having a certain length rack or a certain length bike to use your bike rack. Up at the front, we have a locking skewer option. more
12/10/2015 12:07:23 PM
Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta we're doing a test fit of the Rhino-Rack MountainTrail Rooftop Bike Rack, that part number is RBC035. Now we already have our bike on the rack. First thing we are going to show you is how we secured that down. So starting here in the back we have a ratcheting strap on our back tire, that's just going to secure that in place and a great feature about that is that it does move up and down the length of your bike rack so you don't have to worry about having this specific style bike for this carrier. Now up at the front we have a locking skewer so that's going to protect your bike, it's also going to be for your fork mount as well. We can turn the handle one way or the other and it's going to loosen or tighten that skewer around your forks and when it's loose enough you can just pull your bike straight off and set it off to the side. With our bike out of the way, I always like to reconnect my straps so I don't lose or damage any of them and now we'll take a look at how the rack is connected down. We have a metal bracket here with a rubber coating on the top of it. more
12/10/2015 12:07:03 PM
Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we're doing a test fit of the Inno Fork Lock Roof Mounted Bike Rack. That part number is INXA391. Now we already have our bike strapped down. First, we're going to show you how we do that. Here in the back we have a lashing strap. To release that, we're just going to push the black button here and lift that up. The great thing about that is that it does move up and down the length of your carrier, so you can adjust it for different bikes you may have. Here in the front, we have a locking cover. more
12/10/2015 11:56:23 AM
Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta INA392- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we're doing a test fit of the INNO Multi Fork Roof Mounted Bike Rack. That part number is INA392. We already have our bike on our vehicle. We're first going to show you how we strap that down. We have a ratcheting strap here. That's going to hold it in place. We'll just push the black button at the top and remove that. more
12/10/2015 11:56:06 AM
Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta INA391- Video
Today, on our 2013 Volskwagen Jetta we are doing a test fit of the INNO Fork Lock III bike rack. That part number is INA391. This is going to be our roof mounted bike rack and it is going to be a fork mount as well. The first thing I am going to do is go over how we strap that down. Here in the back we have a ratcheting strap, we are just going to push in the black button and pull that out. The great thing about this is that it is adjustable. more
12/10/2015 11:46:28 AM
Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta INA389- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we're doing a test fit of the Inno Tire Hold Roof Mount and Bike Rack. That part number is INA389. Now we already have our bike strapped down . we're first going to show you how we connect that and then we'll go over some features. The first thing we'll look at is our front tire hold. Now we're going to have a wheel cradle that our wheel fits perfectly into. If you have bigger wheels, they can always fit in the larger cradle area but with those smaller ones, they'll fit right nice in the center. Now with our tire hold portion, it's just going to be a straight regular tire hold with an adjustable piece there which will adjust for your different size bike tires so you can use that for different bikes that you may have. more
12/10/2015 11:46:06 AM
Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Volkswagen Passat- Video
Today on our 2015 Volkswagen Passat, we are test fitting the Rhino rack, mountain trail rooftop bike carrier. Part number for that is RBC035. As you can see, we do already have our bike on our rack. We're going to show you how we secure it in and then also how we secure our rack to our crossbars. So if we take a look back here, you can see we do have a strap, holding down that wheel. The strap's just going to keep that wheel in place and keep that from going anywhere. If you take a look upfront, we do have a skewer on the fork mounts here. To loosen it, you just pop that open and it just snaps back into place to tighten it down. more
10/3/2015 6:48:55 PM
Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Volkswagen Passat- Video
Today on our 2015 Volkswagen Passat we are test fitting the Inno Fork Lock Roof Mounted Bike Carrier. Its a T-track mounted carrier so it is going to fit in that track on the cross bars here. The part number for that is INXA391. Now as you can see we do already have our bike on our carrier. I am going to show you how we strap down the bike and also how we mount that in that T-track. The first thing we will take a look the back wheel here. We've got a strap holding that in. more
10/3/2015 6:46:53 PM
Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Volkswagen Passat INA392- Video
Today, on our 2015 Volkswagen Passat, we are test fitting the INNO Multi Fork Lock Roof Mounted Bike Carrier. The part number for that is INA392. As you can see, we do already have our bike on here. We're going to show you how we secured the bike as well as how we secured the biker carrier to our cross bars and some features of the carrier as well. Back here, we've got a single strap and we'll create all for the back of our bike here. In the front, it's a little more complicated. We've got this locking cover here and anti-theft piece here and a skewer that's going to tighten and loosen on your forks of your bike to accommodate different types of bike frames that you may have. If you we're wanting to take everything off, you'd first start at the back wheel here, press down on the black lever and lift straight up on that strap. more
10/3/2015 6:46:37 PM
Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Volkswagen Passat INA391- Video
Today on our 2015 Volkswagen Passat, we are test fitting the Inno Fork Lock III Bike Carrier. Part number for that is INA391. As you can see, we do already have our bike on our carrier. Were going to show you how we mount the bike and secure it and then also how we secure the bike to the crossbars and some features of the rack itself. We take a look back here, you can see, we do have a strap pulling that in. We want to make sure that we put that strap between the spokes of the bike so it doesnt Of the wheel, excuse me so it doesnt damage those. Up here we have a skewer holding in the fork up here. more
10/3/2015 6:46:20 PM
Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Volkswagen Passat INA389- Video
Today on our 2015 Volkswagen Passat we're test fitting the Inno Tire Hold Roof-Mounted Bike Rack. The part number for that is INA389. Now if we look at the bike itself and how it's secured to the bike rack, we can see that we have these cradles down here holding the tire. We also have the tire holds that go across the top of the tire and secure it. Now the back tire is secured just about the same way, we've just got this locking mechanism here that's going to keep that tight against that bike rack and keep the front tire against there. I'm just going to get a little bit of help getting our bike down. Thank you. Now before we put it in the stow position, we'll take a look at how it's secured to our cross bars. more
10/3/2015 6:46:06 PM
Rhino Rack Road Warrior Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Volkswagen Passat- Video
Today on our 2015 Volkswagen Passat, we are testing fitting the Rhino Rack Road Warrior Rooftop Bike Rack, Bike Carrier excuse me. The Part Number for that is: RBC036. Now as you can see we do already have our bike on the rack. We're going to show you how we secure the bike down and then also how we secure the carrier itself to the crossbars. So, if you take a look at the back, we have one single strap holding that wheel down. That's just going to secure that there in place. This is a fork mounted, we have a skewer here holding forks in place. We just pull up on the black handle, turn to the left to loosen and turn to the right to tighten, and that just snaps right back into place. To take bike our off, we'll first start by taking the strap here off, just slides right through when you push the back lever. more
10/3/2015 6:41:06 PM
Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Volkswagen Passat INA387- Video
Today on our 2015 Volkswagen Passat we're test fitting the Inno Slim fork roof mounted bike carrier. The part number for that is INA387. We already have our bike on our carrier. We're going to show you how we secure the bike down. Then I'll show how we secure the carrier to the crossbars installs. The back wheel here, we have a wheel hold here. more
9/17/2015 8:12:04 AM
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2007 Volkswagen Passat- Video
Today our 2007 Volkswagen Passat well be doing a test fit of the Thule sprint T-Track roof mounted bike rack thats part number TH569. This is designed to slide right into your T-channel of your Thule AeroBlade. As you can see Ive already got the Thule AeroBlade installed on my Passat here today. Normally you would measure out and cut your rubber strips to where you want your bike racks so it would just set wherever you would place it and its good. For todays demonstration were going to go ahead and take those rubber straps off so we can show you how it works. Well just simply remove our end caps, set those aside for now. All rights so what well do is well start by bringing our rear strap or rear not our rear strap but our rear clamp or our rear T and place slide that on first that way you can adjust it to match up our front. more
7/16/2015 5:02:25 PM
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Racks Review - 2007 Volkswagen Passat- Video
Today on our 2007 Volkswagen Passat, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Kuat Trio roof-mounted bike rack, and that's going to be part number TR02. We've already got our load bars installed on our vehicle here today. Let's go ahead and begin our test fit by setting it on top. We want to make sure to line up this portion here. We'll set it on our load bar like I did there. We'll worry about the rear clamp here later. more
5/19/2015 12:41:46 PM
Thule Sprint Roof Bike Racks Review - 2007 Volkswagen Passat- Video
Today on our 2007 Volkswagen Passat, we'll be doing a test fit of the Thule Sprint roof mounted bike rack. That's part number TH528. I've already got the Thule aero blade Rapid Traverse roof rack system already installed in our vehicle here today. We can go ahead and begin our test fit by removing these, undoing these straps underneath here. We're going to put that on our load bar, make sure the strap goes underneath and then same thing with this one here. All right. more
5/19/2015 12:41:25 PM
Thule Sprint Roof Bike Racks Review - 2010 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen- Video
Today on our 2010 Volkswagen Jetta Sport Wagon we'll be doing a quick test fit of the Thule Sprint Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number Th528. With a Rhino-Rack Vortex Roof Rack System installed onto our roof, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's crossbars. Starting at the front here, we'll loosen up this speed link lever so that we can bring the rubber coated steel strap around the bar and hook it into the connection point. Then moving to the rear, we'll adjust the rear bracket as necessary, and then again bring the rubber coated steel strap around the underside of the bar. With both straps hooked in place, we'll then tighten down the speed link levers, which will bring the straps around tightly against the bar. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. We'll loosen up the AccuTight knob at the front, which will extend the skewer outward. more
10/15/2014 11:45:29 AM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth Roof-Mounted Bike Rack, part number TH599XTR. With a Thule traverse track system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by first placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's load bars. Starting at the front, we'll position the L-brackets to go around the underside of the front bar. We'll then insert the T-bolt into the slot of the L-bracket. We'll then loosely tighten the black wing nuts. We'll now move to the rear, where we will remove a wing nut to position the bracket around the underside of the rear bar. We'll then re-install our black wing nut, making sure it is loose. more
2/17/2014 1:06:08 PM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Volkswagen CC- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen CC, we will be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number TH599XTR. With the Thule traverse rack system already in place, well start our test fit by putting the bike rack on to the roof rack. Bring your T-bolts into place, and tighten it down with a wing nut. Next at the rear bar, youll place the adjustable bolts around the square bar. Next youll place your black metal bracket on the bottom side of the bolts, and then tighten down wing your wing nuts. With the bike on the rack, youll raise up the frame jaw, secure it around the lower part of the frame and clamp it in place. Now youll move to your wheel straps and tighten them down. more
2/12/2014 10:44:14 AM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Volkswagen CC- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen CC, well be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64710. With our Thule rapid traverse rack system already in place, well grab our bike rack, place it on to the roof rack, line your front bracket up with the front bar. You can grab a U-bolt, make sure it wraps around the bar and through the bracket. Place your wing nuts on the other side of the U-bolts, tighten them down, and repeat for the other side. Next youll move to the back of the rack, grab another U-bolt, place it through the rack and over the bars making sure each side of the bolt is around the rack. Next, youll grab the flat bracket, fit it over the U-bolts, and secure it in place with the wing nuts.With the rack in place, well undo our wheel strap, grab our bike, place it on to the rack, place your forks in the securer, tighten it up, tighten your strap around your rear wheel, and youre good to go. more
2/12/2014 10:44:11 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Volkswagen CC- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen CC, well be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1011. With our Thule rapid traverse rack system already in place, well grab our bike rack, and place it on to the roof system. Youll start by removing the plastic cover from the front. With the cover removed, bring the rubber straps around to the front securing them at the head of the rack. Next well move to the rear. Well loosen up the two allen screws to remove the bracket. more
2/12/2014 10:44:07 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Volkswagen CC- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen CC, we'll be test-fitting the Rocky Mounts tierod roof-mounted bike rack, part number RKY1014. With our Tuley rapid traverse system already in place, we'll start our test fit by placing the bike rack under our roof rack. Make sure the two rubber straps go around the front bar. Next, you'll move to the back bar; loosen up the bracket; slide the two Allan bolts over the bar, positioning one on each side; set the rack back down; position the bracket in place; then put the Allan bolts in, but don't secure them, quite yet. Next, move back up to the front of the rack, tighten up those T straps by turning the front bolt with an Allan wrench. Next, you'll move to the back of the rack, tighten up your bracket, and now your racket's secure. more
2/12/2014 10:44:03 AM
Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test fitting the Swagman upright roof mounted bike rack, part number S64720. With our thule rapid traversed 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, we'll take the silver U bolts to go in the underside of the front bar and up through the predrilled holes to the front of the bike rack. We'll then take our black wing knots to thread down onto the silver U bolts. We'll then repeat the same process for the other side. Now moving through the rear of the bike rack, this time we'll take the silver U bolt and slide it down through the predrileld holes of the bike rack. We'll take the black plate to go on the underside of the rear bar and use our black wing knots to tighten it down. more
2/6/2014 3:50:03 PM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test fitting the Swagman fork down roof mounted bike rack, part number S64710. With the thule rapid traversed 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, we'll take the silver U bolts to go on the underside of the front bar up to the predrilled holes to the front of the bike rack. We'll then take our black wing knots to thread down onto the silver U bolts. We'll repeat the same process for the other side. Now moving to the rear, we'll take the silver U bolts to go on top of the bike rack through the predrilled holes. We'll take the black plate to go on the underside of the rear bar and we'll use the black wing knots to tighten it down. more
2/6/2014 3:49:46 PM
SportRack Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Jetta we'll be test fitting the Sportrack Roof Mounted Bike Rack, Part #SR4622. With a Thule rapid reverse roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto to the vehicles load bars. Here at the front of the bike rack, we'll take the rubber coated U-bolts to 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 our black wing nuts to thread down onto the U-bolt. We'll then repeat the same process for the other side. Here at the rear of the bike rack, we'll take the black bracket which will go in between the top of the rear load bar and the bottom of the bike rack. We'll then insert our black bolts through the pre-drilled holes of the bike rack and the bracket. We'll take the rubber coated steel bracket around the underside of the rear bar, making sure the bolts go through the pre-drilled holes. We'll then use the black wing nuts to thread onto the bolts and tighten it down. Now we're ready to load our bike. more
2/6/2014 3:49:22 PM
SportRack Frame Mount Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today our 2014 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test fitting the sport rack roof mounted bike rack part number Sr4611. With the Thule rapids reverse roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's load bars. Starting there at the front, we'll take the rubber coated U-bolts around the underside of the front bar, up through the pre-drilled holes of the bike rack. We'll then take our black ring nuts to threat down onto our U-bolts. Now moving to the rear, we'll take the thick black bracket to go in between the bottom of the bike rack and the top of the load bar. We'll then take our black bolts to go down through the pre-drilled holes of both the bike rack and the bracket. We'll then take the rubber coated steel plate to go on the underside of the rear load bar and use the wing nuts to tighten it down. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. more
2/6/2014 3:48:43 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test fitting the Rockymounts TieRod roof mounted bike rack, part number RKY1014. With the Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto our vehicle's load bars. We'll start off by removing the black plastic cover at the front of the bike rack and bring the rubber coated straps around the underside of the front bar. We'll then hook them into the connection points, and move to the rear of the bike rack. We'll use the included Allen wrench to remove one of the Allen bolts to position the rear bracket around the underside of the rear bar. We'll then reinstall our Allen bolt and tighten down using an Allen wrench. Moving back up to the front, we'll use the included Allen wrench to tighten down the silver bolt to tighten down the straps up against the front bar. more
2/6/2014 3:48:08 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test-fitting the Rockymounts Tierod Stretch roof-mounted bike rack, part number RKY1011. With a truly rapid traverse roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test-fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's load bars. Starting at the front, we'll remove the black plastic cover to position the rubber-coated steel straps around the underside of the front bar. We'll then hook them into the connection points and move to the rear of the bike rack. We'll use the included allen wrench to remove one of the allen bolts to position the rear bracket around the underside of the rear bar. We'll reinstall our allen bolt and tighten it down with the allen wrench. Moving back up to the front, we'll use the included allen wrench to tighten down the silver bolt to tighten down the straps up against the front bar. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. more
2/5/2014 11:34:26 AM
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test fitting the Kuat Trio Roof Mounted Bike Rack, Part #RU01. With a Thule Rapic Traverse 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, we'll take the rubber coated u-bolts to go on the underside of the front bar. They'll go up through the pre-drilled holes at the head of the bike rack. We'll then use the cylindrical black nuts to thread down onto the black u-bolts. We'll then repeat the same process for the other side. We'll then go ahead and use the included tightening tool to tighten down the nuts to secure the front part of the bike rack to the front bar. Now, moving to the rear we'll remove one of the black wing nuts and position the rear bracket on the underside of the rear bar. We'll reinstall the wing nut and tighten it down. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. more
2/5/2014 11:33:58 AM
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we will be test fitting the Yakima Frontloader wheel mounted bike rack, part number Y02103. To begin our test fit, we will place the rack directly onto our bars. We will now turn the T handle on the front of the bike rack to tighten the clamp around our front bar. We will now loosen the rear T handle, pull the clamp around our bar, insert the T bolt through the appropriate slot, and secure by tightening our T handle. We will now loosen the rear wheel strap and open up our front wheel cradle. We will now place our bike on our bike rack, sliding it forward into the front wheel cradle. We will secure the front wheel cradles by tightening the red knob. We will now move to the rear wheel and secure it with the strap. That will complete today's test fit of the Yakima Frontloader, part number Y02103, on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta. more
1/30/2014 1:21:06 PM
Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we will ll be test fitting the Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number Y02098. To begin our test fit, we will place our bike rack directly onto our bars. We will loosen the T handle, bring our clamp around our bar, insert the T bolt through the appropriate slot, and secure it by tightening the T handle. Now, we will remove our skewer, slide our slotted bracket forward to where it goes around our T handle, and reinsert our skewer being sure it goes through our slotted bracket. At the rear, we will loosen the T handle, bring our clamp around our bar, insert the T bolt through the appropriate slot, and tighten with the T handle. We will loosen our rear wheel strap and our skewer. Now, we're ready to grab our bike. We will place our bike on our rack, dropping our front fork onto our skewer. more
1/30/2014 1:19:45 PM
SportRack Frame Mount Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we will be test-fitting the Sportrack Roof Bike Rack part number SR4611. With the Sportrack Roof Rack, already installed on our vehicle, we will begin our test-fit by placing our bike rack directly on to our bars. At the front we will take the two rubber-coated U-bolts around the underside of our bar. Up through our front platform and secure them with the four wing nuts. At the rear, we will drop our two bolts through our platform making sure that we have one on either side of our bar. We will then take our black rubber-coated portion of our clamp bringing it around the bar being sure that two bolts go through it and then secure those with the wing nuts. more
1/29/2014 12:08:54 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2010 Volkswagen Golf- Video
Today, on our 2010 Volkswagen Golf, we'll be test fitting the Rocky Mount's Tie Rod Stretch roof mounted bike rack, part number RKY1011. With the Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack system already assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack onto the vehicle's load bars. We'll bring the rubber coated steel straps around the underside of the front bar and move to the rear. We'll loosen up one of the Allen bolts to bring the rear bracket around the underside of the rear bar. Let's run it back through and tighten it down with a wrench. We will then move back up to the front where we will remove the black plastic cover. We'll then hook the rubber coated steel straps into the connection points, and use the Allen wrench to turn the silver bolt to tighten down the straps up against the front bar. more
9/16/2013 8:13:29 AM
Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2007 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2007 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test fitting the Swagman rooftop bike rack, part number S64720. With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack system assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike directly onto our load bars. Here at the front platform, we'll take our U bolts, bring them up around the underside of our load bars, and tighten in place with the wing nuts. We'll do this for both sides of thefront carrier. Here at the rear, we'll take our U bolt and drop it through the top of the bike rack, placing it through the holes to make sure that it goes around our rear load bar. We'll then fit our black clamp through our U bolt and tighten it in place with two wing nuts. With the front and rear of our bike rack secured, we're now ready to undo the rear and front wheel straps and open up our frame jaws. We'll grab our bike and place it onto our bike rack. We'll secure it first by raising up our frame jaws, placing it around the lower part of our frame, and tightening it with a hand knob. more
9/13/2013 11:50:42 AM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2007 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2007 Volkswagen Jetta we'll be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rick part number S64710. With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System assembled on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the Swagman Fork Down directly onto our load bars. Here at the front we'll take our U-bolts, bring them around the underside of our front load bar, and up through our front platform. Once we have those through we can then install the wingnuts to tighten them down. We'll do this for both sides of the front platform. We'll move to the rear and drop our U-bolt through the holes from the topside of our bike carrier making sure that our U-bolt goes around our rear load bar. We can then place on our black bracket and tighten in place with the wingnuts. With the front and rear secured we'll undo the rear wheel strap and make sure the skewer at the front is loose. more
9/13/2013 11:49:16 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2007 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2007 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test-fitting the Rockymounts Tierod Stretch roof-mounted bike rack, part number rky1011. With a Tule rapid reverse roof rack system assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the TierodStretch directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll bring our rubber-coated straps around our front bar, and remove the black plastic cover. We'll fit the straps into the head of the carrier, and then tighten the Allan bolt with an Allan key, which will tighten our straps around our front bar. We can then replace the black plastic cover. Here at the rear, we'll loosen up the Allan bolts to bring our rear clamp around our rear bar. more
9/13/2013 11:47:51 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2010 Volkswagen Golf- Video
Today on our 2010 Volkswagen Golf, well be test fitting the RockyMounts Tierod Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1014.With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System already assembled onto our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up on to the load bars. Well bring the rubber-coated steel straps around the underside of the front bar and then move to the rear. Well undo one of the Allen bolts to bring the rear bracket around the underside of the rear bar; well then thread in the bolts and tie them down with a wrench.Well now move back up to the front, where we can remove the black plastic cover and hook the rubber-coated steel straps into the connection points. We will then use the wrench to turn the silver bolt to tighten down straps up against the bar. With everything all tighten down secured were ready to load up our bike. Well double check to make sure that the skewer is loose at the front and well undo the strap at the rear. Well place our bike up on the bike rack sliding the forks down onto the skewer. more
9/13/2013 7:04:41 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2007 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2007 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mounted bike rack, part number RKY1014. With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack system assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the TieRod directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll remove the black plastic cover and bring the rubber-coated straps around our front bar. We'll fit them back into the head of the carrier, and then, we'll use an Allen key to tighten the Allen bolt, which will tighten our straps around our front bar.Once we have that done, we can replace our black plastic cover. We'll move to the rear and loosen up the Allen bolts to bring our rear clamp around our rear bar. We'll feed the bolts back through the clamp and tighten them down with an Allen key. With the front and rear secured, we can undo the rear wheel strap and make sure the skewer at the front is loose. We'll grab our bike and place it onto our bike rack. We'll then drop the front forks down onto our skewer. more
9/13/2013 6:47:26 AM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen- Video
Today on our 2011 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen, we'll be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down roof-mounted bike rack, part number S64710. With the Thule AeroBlade edge roof rack system assembled to our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the Swagman Fork Down directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll want to take our U bolts, bring them around the underside of our load bar, and back up through the platform. Once we have it in place, we can secure it there and tighten it down with the wing nuts. We'll do this for both sides of the front platform. We'll move to the rear and take our U bolt and drop it through the top of the carrier, making sure it goes around our load bar, and then we can feed it through our bracket and tighten in place with our wing nuts. more
8/2/2013 7:46:11 AM
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