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Ram 1500 Classic Hitch Bike Racks Installation And Review Videos

     

Swagman Skaha 2 Plus Electric Bike Rack Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic- Video

Swagman Skaha 2 Plus Electric Bike Rack Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic

Hey everyone, it's Evangeline here at etrailer. And today we have these Swagman Skaha 2 bike platform rack for your electric bikes. We'll take a look at how it fits here on our 2019 Ram 1500 Classic. This is designed for your extra heavy electric bikes with a weight capacity of 60 pounds as well as your fat tire bikes. This is a front wheel mount bike rack, so if you want something that is good for maybe those larger beach cruisers, maybe electric cruisers, this is going to be a good choice for you without having to pay a premium price for premium features. Now this does have some downsides to like the lack of tilting away as well as the overall construction of the rack might require a few extra steps. more


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4/28/2023 11:32:48 AM



RockyMounts AfterParty Swing Away 2 Bike Rack Installation - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic- Video

RockyMounts AfterParty Swing Away 2 Bike Rack Installation - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic

Hey everyone, it's Evangeline here at etrailer. And today we'll be taking a look at the RockyMounts AfterParty Swing Away bike rack here on our 2019 Ram 1500 Classic. If you need to carry around some bikes but you don't wanna put them into your truck bed. You want something that works better in terms of you can carry stuff in the truck bed as well as your bikes, and you can lower your tailgate and keep everything on there. This is gonna be a good option for you. It is a premium bike rack at a premium price though. more


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4/28/2023 11:31:43 AM



Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic- Video

Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic

Hi everyone. Aiden here with etrailer.com. Today, we're gonna be taking a look at the Saris Door County bike rack here on our 2022 Ram 1500 Classic. It's gonna be a platform style bike rack holding the bike in these trays, and primarily by the frame up here. Because it's making frame contact, we wanna avoid our carbon frame bikes, but with the way it attaches here with this pivoting clamp, it is gonna work well with our alternative frame bikes like you see here. With a 60 pound weight capacity it is also going to work with our e-bikes. more


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9/12/2022 1:58:19 PM



Swagman RV and Camper Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic- Video

Swagman RV and Camper Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic

Hi everyone, Aidan here with etrailer.com. Today, we're taking a look at the Swagman E-Spec here on our 2022 Ram 1500 Classic. Now this is a bike rack and a platform style bike rack that holds a bike in these cradles, and primarily with this frame hooked up top. That means we're going to want to avoid our carbon frame bikes. And with our alternative frame bikes, we are gonna want to pick up a bike adapter bar to make sure that we're getting a good secure fit. It is capable of folding up to 70 pounds per bike though, making it really good for our e-bikes. more


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9/8/2022 8:07:55 PM



Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic- Video

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic

Hi, everyone. Aiden here at etrailer.com. Today we're gonna be taking a look at the Swagman XTC2 TILT Bike Rack here on our 2022 Ram 1500 Classic. That's a platform style bike rack holding the bike in these wheel hoops, primarily holding it down into place with this frame hook right here. Because it makes frame contact, we want avoid our carbon frame bikes and with the way it makes frame contact, this hook coming down on it, our alternative frame bikes and kids' bikes are probably gonna need a bike adapter bar. The kids' bike might be okay, though, depending on where you put it because this can ratchet down pretty low, but you can see with the second hook here, we're kind of limited by where that first hook goes. more


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9/8/2022 7:58:21 PM



Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic- Video

Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic

Hi, everyone. Aiden, here with etrailer.com. Today we're gonna be taking a look at the Inno Tire Hold Bike Rack here on our 2022 Ram 1500 Classic. Now the Tire Hold is a platform style bike rack holding the bike by the wheels. That means we're gonna have zero frame contact making it good for our carbon frame bikes, our alternative frame bikes, and with the 60 pound weight capacity even good for our e-bikes. It is going to get a pretty good hold on the bike too. more


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9/8/2022 7:58:12 PM



CURT Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic- Video

CURT Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic

Hi, everyone. Aiden here with etrailer.com. Today, we're gonna be taking a look at the Curt Premium 4-Bike Rack, here on our 2022 RAM 1500 Classic. Now, the Premium is a four-bike rack, and a hanging-style rack, which means the bike hangs by the frame here. That means we do wanna avoid our carbon-frame bikes because that will damage the frame. And with alternative frame bikes we will probably need to pick up a bike adapter bar to ensure that it fits properly. more


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9/8/2022 7:58:02 PM



Yakima RidgeBack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic- Video

Yakima RidgeBack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic

Hi, everyone. Aiden here with etrailer.com. Today, we're gonna be taking a look at the Yakima Ridgeback Hanging Style Bike Rack, here on our 2022 Ram 1500 Classic. Now, this is a hanging style rack, which means the bike is going to hang by the frame up here. It's gonna mean a couple of things. We probably wanna avoid our carbon frame bikes, just to avoid any damage to that frame. more


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9/6/2022 8:08:32 PM



Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic- Video

Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic

Hi, everyone, Aiden, here with etrailer.com. Today, we're gonna be taking a look at the Kuat Sherpa bike rack here on our 2022 Ram 1500 Classic. Now the Sherpa is a platform style bike rack holding the bike in these trays and primarily by the front tire here. We do have a secondary point of contact at the back but this primary method is gonna mean zero frame contact, making it good for our carbon frame bikes, our alternative frame bikes here, 'cause we're not relying on that frame contact and it does have a 40 pound weight capacity per bike. So not the best for e-bikes. If you are looking for something that can perform a bit better in that category, you can check out the RockyMounts MonoRail. more


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9/6/2022 8:08:23 PM



Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic SAR44VR- Video

Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic SAR44VR

Hi, everyone. Aiden here with etrailer.com. Today, we're gonna be taking a look at the Saris Super Clamp HD here on our 2022 Ram 1500 classic. Now this is a platform style bike rack holding the bike primarily in these cradles and by the wheels on either side. This gonna mean zero frame contact, making it good for our carbon frame bikes, our alternative frame bikes and with a 60 pound weight capacity even good for some of our e-bikes. And this one especially gets a strong hold on the bike. more


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9/6/2022 8:08:14 PM



RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic- Video

RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic

Hi everyone. Aiden here with etrailer.com. Today we're gonna be taking a look at the RockyMounts Monorail here on our 2022 Ram 1500 Classic. Now the Monorail is a platform style bike rack which means we've got this bike held in these trays with these cradles. And this one is holding it primarily by the front wheel. That's gonna mean zero frame contact, making it good for our carbon frame bikes and our alternative frame bikes. more


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9/6/2022 8:08:02 PM



Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic NV22g- Video

Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic NV22g

Hi, everyone. Aiden here with etrailer.com. Today, we're gonna be taking a look at the Kuat NV 2.0 platform style bike rack here on our 2022 Ram 1500 Classic. Now, the NV is a really solid bike rack. It is going to be a wheel mounted style, which means the primary method of holding the bike is up here at the front tire. That's gonna mean zero frame contact, making it good for our carbon frame bikes and our alternative frame bikes because we're not relying on that frame for holding the bike and with a 60-pound weight capacity per bike, it is going to be good for some of our e-bikes too, with that battery removed, of course. more


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9/6/2022 8:07:53 PM



Hollywood Racks Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic- Video

Hollywood Racks Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic

Hi, everyone. Aiden here with each etrailer.com. And today we're gonna be taking a look at the Hollywood Racks Destination 4-bike rack here on our 2022 Ram 1500 Classic. Now this is going to be a platform style bike rack holding the bike in these trays, and primarily by the frame. You can see we've got our frame clamp up here. These are gonna rotate 360 degrees and be able to slide independently up and down. more


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9/6/2022 6:37:57 PM



Hollywood Racks Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic HLY66ZR- Video

Hollywood Racks Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic HLY66ZR

Hi, everyone. Aiden here with etrailer.com. Today, we're gonna be taking a look at the Hollywood Racks Destination E-Bike Rack here on our 2022 RAM 1500 Classic. Now this is a really solid bike rack if you're looking for something that they can carry e-bikes really well, will work with your tailgate and is gonna be super easy to operate, this is gonna check all those boxes and is one of my personal favorites. It is a platform style bike rack here, so it's gonna hold the bike in this tray. And our primary point of contact is this clamp up top that is gonna make frame contact, so do avoid your carbon frame bikes but because of the way that clamp pivots and rotate the a hundred, sorry, 360 degrees it is going to be good for alternative frame bikes. more


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9/6/2022 6:37:45 PM



Yakima Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic- Video

Yakima Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic

Hi, everyone. Aiden, here with etrailer.com. Today, we're gonna be taking a look at the Yakima stage two bike rack here on a 2022 Ram 1500 classic. Now the stage two is a platform style bike rack. It's gonna hold the bike in these trays, and primarily by the front tire here. You can see that wheel hook coming down and holding it in place with a secondary point of contact at the back strapping down the back wheel. more


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9/2/2022 9:37:44 PM



RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic RKY97ZR- Video

RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic RKY97ZR

Hi, everyone, Aiden here with etrailer.com Today, we're gonna be taking a look at the Rocky Mount Skyrail platform-style bike rack here on our 2022 Ram 1500 Classic. Now, it's going to be a really solid bike rack that offers a good capacity, a lot of clearance and it's gonna fit well on your Ram here. It is a platform-style bike rack holding the bike in these trays, and by our wheels here. That's gonna mean zero frame contact, making it good for our carbon frame bikes, our alternative frame bikes, and with a 60-pound weight capacity, even good for some of our e-bikes with that battery removed. It is gonna hold the bike pretty well, too. There's not a lot of movement in here. more


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9/2/2022 5:37:53 PM



Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic KU98VR- Video

Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic KU98VR

Hey everyone, it's Evangeline here at etrailer. And today we're taking a look at the Kuat Piston Pro X here and how it fits on the 2022 Ram 1500 Classic. So the Kuat Piston Pro X is awesome in terms of its weight capacity, the ability to carry around bikes of different shapes and sizes. We have an included taillight kit, and we'll talk about how all that works here on our truck. Now, one feature of it is that it can tilt away. If you just press down on this lever here it drops down to a tilt. more


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8/30/2022 10:07:29 PM



Yakima Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic Y36FR- Video

Yakima Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500 Classic Y36FR

Hey, everyone. It's Evangeline. And today, we're taking a look at how the Yakima OnRamp two-bike platform rack fits on the 2022 Ram 1500 Classic. So this bike rack is great for the truck because of the included ramp. It stays right on the rack so you don't have to worry about forgetting it and we'll talk about how it fits this truck well, especially for your heavy electric bikes. The first thing we'll take a look at though is the tilt-away feature. more


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8/30/2022 7:47:32 PM



RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic- Video

RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic

Adam: Hi, everyone. Adam with etrailer.com. Today, we're going to be taking a look at RockyMounts BackStage two platform style rack on our 2019 RAM 1500 Classic. This is going to be able to hold up to two bikes and one of the main features, it's going to allow you to tilt with your bikes installed. You just pull this blue little lever down there and that's going to allow you to open your tailgate. We do have some contact here with our bike which isn't going to allow you to fully open your tailgate, but if you do need to grab stuff, you can lift it to about this position before you make any contact there.This is going to hold two different bikes with no frame contact, which is going to be very nice for all your higher end bikes. more


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8/5/2019 5:37:31 PM



Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic- Video

Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic

Adam: Hi everyone, Adam with etrailer.com. Today we're going to be taking a look at the Kuat NV 2.0 bike rack on our 2019 RAM 1500 classic. This is going to be able to hold up to two bikes and one of the main features about this rack is it is going to allow you to tilt with your bikes installed. You pull this little lever here and it's going to be able to tilt, which will give you a little bit more access to the bed of your truck. We don't completely clear. We do have a little bit of contact down there on the wheel cradles, but there still is plenty of room for you to at least go in and grab something real quick. more


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8/5/2019 5:27:39 PM



Yakima Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic- Video

Yakima Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic

Hi everyone. Adam with etrailer.com.Today, we're going to be taking a look at the Yakima hangover. This is going to be a bike rack that's going to be able to hold up to four bikes, but it is going to be limited to only fork style front suspension bikes. It does have a couple different features that makes it very unique. One of them being is you can tilt these with the bikes installed, which is very, very nice to have, especially with this truck.We do have plenty of clearance down here. It is somewhat close to the spinal lip, but I was jumping on this tailgate earlier and it's not going to get any closer, and it's not going to make any contact, so you can go ahead and grab whatever you need out of the bed of your Ram.While it's down here, I can show you how this really mounts your bike onto the rack. more


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8/2/2019 6:07:21 PM



Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic TS02B- Video

Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic TS02B

Kevin: Hi, everyone. Kevin with etrailer.com. Today we're going to be taking a look at the Kuat Transfer platform-style rack. This is a nice sturdy steel design with a nice gray powder-coated finish. It also does come in black. And they're going to be able to hold up to two bikes, with two different tie down points per bike. more


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8/2/2019 5:17:43 PM



Rola Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic- Video

Rola Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic

Adam: Hi, everyone. Adam with etrailer.com. Today, we're going to be taking a look at the ROLA TX-102 hanging style bike rack on our 2019 Ram 1500 Classic. This is going to be able to haul up to two bikes with three tie-down points per bike. The biggest thing with this bike rack in particular, it doesn't really add a whole lot of room to the back of your pickup truck. It is going to be fairly compact, but one downside to that is it does have these wheel cradles fairly close together.So I'm going to show you how easy it is to get this off the rack. more


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8/2/2019 5:07:16 PM



Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic- Video

Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic

Adam: Hi, everyone. Adam with etrailer.com. Today we're going to be taking a look at the Thule Hitching Post Pro on our 2019 RAM 1500. This going to be able to hold up to four bikes with three tie down points per bike. You're going to have a nice rubberized, high quality durable strap up here and all you really need to do to get these undone is just pull them and throw them over the side there. As you can see, not only is it going to protect your frame with this rubber coating underneath here, it does leave room for your bike cables so it's not smashing up against your frame. more


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7/30/2019 10:17:35 PM



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic- Video

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic

Adam: Hi, everyone. Adam with etrailer.com. Today we're going to be taking a look at the Thule camber on our 2019 Ram 1500. This is going to be able to hold up to four bikes with three different tie down points per bike. We're going to have two here up top on your main frame tube and one down here. This is going to be your anti-sway cradle. more


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7/30/2019 10:17:15 PM



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic TH9042PRO- Video

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic TH9042PRO

Adam: Hi everyone, Adam with etrailer.com. Today we're going to be taking a look at Thule's Helium Pro Hanging Style Bike Rack on our 2019 Ram 1500.This is going to be able to hold up to two bikes with three different tie down points per bike. You're going to have two zip tie style straps up top, and an anti-sway cradle down at the bottom. What that's going to do, it's going to limit that bike-to-bike contact that you get when you're going down the road.It's fairly simple to remove your bike from the rack. You just got to press in these little pins right here, and if you notice there is a nice rubber texture to the inside of the strap, it's going to protect that top part of your frame whenever you have them all strapped down. And you do have a nice rubber insert right here with these little divots, which is going to make room for your bike cables just so they're not smashing up against your frame when you're going down the road. more


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7/30/2019 7:08:09 PM



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic TH9025XT- Video

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic TH9025XT

Adam: Hi everyone. Adam with etrailer.com. Today we're going to be taking a look at the Thule Apex XT 4 hanging style bike rack on our 2019 Ram 1500. This is going to be able to hold up to four bikes with three different tie down points per bike.You're going to have two here up top. It's a zip tie style strap. And one down here at the bottom. more


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7/30/2019 7:07:44 PM



Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic- Video

Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic

Adam: Hi, everyone. Adam with etrailer.com. Today we're going to take a look at the Saris Glide EX5 Hanging Style Bike Rack on our 2019 Ram 1500. It's going to be able to hold up to five bikes with three tie down points per bike. You're going to have two here up top. It's a zip tie style strap and you also have an antisway cradle down at the bottom. more


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7/30/2019 7:07:23 PM



Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic sa772- Video

Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic sa772

Adam: Hi, everyone. Adam with etrailer.com. Today we're going to be taking a look at the Saris Glide EX 2 hanging style bike rack on our 2019 RAM 1500. This is going to hold up to two bikes with three different tie down points per bike. You're going to have two here up top, and you're going to have one here at the bottom. That's going to be your anti-sway cradle. more


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7/30/2019 6:57:37 PM



Reese Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic- Video

Reese Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic

Adam: Hi, everyone. Adam with etrailer.com. Today we're going to be taking a look at the Reese 3 hanging-style bike rack on our 2019 Ram 1500. This is going to be able to hold up to three bikes with two different tie down points per bike. It is a very entry level bike rack, but it definitely gets the job done.You have two of these straps up top, and that's going to be for all three of them. You do have a nice rubber insert that's going to protect your frame and leave a little bit of room for your bike cables just so they're not smashing up against your frame. more


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7/30/2019 6:57:17 PM



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