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Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2011 Mazda 3- Video
Today on our 2011 Mazda 3, we're going to be test fitting the Rhino-Rack mountain trail bike carrier, part number RBC035. We got the bike in the rack installed on the Mazda's roof here to give you a nice idea of how everything looks installed. We can go ahead and dive into the details, but first, I'd just like to point out something that's often overlooked real fast, and that's the Mazda's trunk. There's plenty of clearance in between the rack and the bicycle, so it'll give you no issues there.Now, if you want to take a look at how the bicycle itself is secured to the rack, it's a very simple design. It's very easy to use. Simply the back tire is held on by this locking strap and the front is secured by this locking fork clamp. more
12/27/2018 7:07:31 AM
Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2011 Mazda 3- Video
Today on our 2011 Mazda 3, we're gonna be test fitting the Inno Fork Lock III bicycle rack, part number INA391. Now we got the rack and the bicycle installed on the Mazda's roof here to give you a nice idea of how everything would look. Then we can dive in and take a look at some of the details.First things first though, I'd like to show you that the trunk does have plenty of space to get in and out of, without interfering with the rack. That's something most people think past when looking into a bicycle rack. I'll go ahead and show you how the bike is secured to the rack. It's a very simple design, very easy to use. more
12/27/2018 7:07:12 AM
Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2012 Mazda 3- Video
Today on our 2012 Mazda3, 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 secured down, so we're first going to show you how we do that. Here at the back, we have a cam buckle strap. It's quick and easy to remove; you would just push the button and pull that strap through, and it is adjustable up and down the length of the bike rack, so you can accommodate different style bikes. Up at the front, we have a skewer. more
11/18/2016 8:24:36 AM
Rhino Rack Road-Warrior Roof Bike Racks Review - 2012 Mazda 3- Video
Today on our 2012 Mazda 3 we're doing a test fit of the Rhino-Rack Road Warrior roof-mounted bike rack. That part number is RVC036. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that. Here in the back we have a cam buckle strap. We're just going to push on this button here and pull start up to release that. more
11/18/2016 8:24:31 AM
Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2008 Mazda 3- Video
Today, on our 2008 Mazda 3, we're doing a test fit of the Rhino Rack Mountain Trail Roof-Top Bike Carrier, part number RBC-035. We have a bike on our carrier, and we have our carrier hooked to our vehicle. I'm just going to show you a few things. First thing I want to show you, this is a Forkmar 00:00:18 bike rack. You see we have our skewer in engaged on our forks. Back towards the back, we just have our wheel sitting in our wheel cradle, with the strap, that's pretty much holding it down. We're going to remove that first and move that out of the way. Coming up here, we will disengaged our skewer. more
1/5/2016 5:37:52 PM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Mazda 3- Video
Today on our 2013 Mazda3 we'll be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth, a frame clamp roof mounted bike rack, part number TH599XTR. With our Tule podium roof rack system already installed on our vehicle we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our load bars. At the front we'll loosen the two wing nuts, remove the T-bolts from the clamps, let our clamps fall down. Then we'll bring clamps around the underside of our bar, reinsert our T-bolts, and tighten them down with the wing nut. At the rear we'll remove both of the wing nuts and the metal plate. This will allow us to put a bolt down on either side of our load bar. more
3/20/2014 2:31:06 PM
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Mazda 3- Video
Today on our 2013 Mazda 3, we'll be test fitting the Yakima Frontloader, a wheel-mount bike rack, part number Y02103. With our Yakima Control Tower roof-rack system already installed on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly on top of our load bars. At the front, we'll want our clamp to be in front and behind of our bar. Then we can use the black T-handle to secure it to our bar. With that secure, we'll move to the rear. Here, we're going to loosen the black T-handle, allowing us to remove the T-bolt from the clamp. We'll now bring our clamp around the rear load bar, re-insert the T-bolt into the appropriate slot and tighten it down with the T-handle. With our rack secure, we're ready to load our bike. more
3/18/2014 5:18:07 PM
Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Mazda 3- Video
Today on our 2013 Mazda 3, we'll be test fitting the Yakima Forklift roof mounted bike rack part number Y02098. With the Yakima controlled tower roof rack installed in our vehicle, we'll begin the test fit by placing our bike rack directly on our load bars. At the front, we'll remove our skewer, side back the black cover and loose the black t-handle attached to our t-bolt. This will allow us to open our front clamp. We'll then bring our front clamp around our bar, fit our t-bolt back in to the appropriate slot and tighten the black t-handle. With this secure, we'll then slide forward our black cover and reinsert our skewer. Now, we'll move to the rear. more
3/18/2014 5:17:14 PM
Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Mazda 3- Video
Today on our 2013 Mazda 3 we'll be test fitting the Swagman Upright Roof Bike Carrier part number S64720. With the Thule Podium Roof Rack System already installed on our Mazda 3 we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly on to our load bars. At the front we'll bring the two U-bolts around the underside of our load bar through the base plate and secure these using the wingnuts. With the four in the front tight we'll move to the back, at the rear we'll drop our U-bolt through the top of our rack allowing it to go around our load bar. We'll then place the metal plate on the bottom and secure this with two wingnuts. With these wingnuts secure we're ready to load our bike. We'll begin by undoing our wheel straps and opening up our frame clamp. more
3/14/2014 9:09:37 AM
SportRack Frame Mount Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Mazda 3- Video
Today on our 2013 Mazda 3, we'll be test fitting the Sportrack frame-mount roof bike rack, part number SR4611. With our Thule Podium roof rack system already installed on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our loads bars. On the head of our bike rack, we'll bring our two rubber-coated U-bolts around our load bar, through the carrier and we'll secure these using the black wing nuts. We'll want to tighten them down evenly to be sure that the head is secured to our bar. At our rear load bar, we will want the plastic piece of our clamp to be in between the metal of our rack and our load bar. We'll then drop two bolts through it, connecting those two bolts to the black rubber-coated metal plate that we'll install under our load bar. We will then use two black wing nuts to secure these into place. To prepare to load our bike, we'll want to make sure that our frame clamp jaws are open and that our wheel straps are undone. more
3/14/2014 9:08:53 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Mazda 3- Video
Today on our 2013 Mazda 3, well be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod, a roof minded bike rack, part number RKY1014. With our Thule Podium Roof Rack System already assembled on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the rack directly onto the top of our load bars. Well then take off the black plastic cover on the front of the head, bring our black rubber coated metal straps around our front bar and fit them back into the head. Well then use our Allen key to tighten the Allen bolt, securing the straps to our front load bar. Once our straps are secure, well go ahead and replace the black plastic cover. At the rear, well undo one of the Allen bolts, freeing the clamp. Well bring it around our rear load bar, reinstall the Allen bolt and tighten them up evenly to secure it to our rack. Were now ready to load our bike. Well begin by undoing our rear wheel strap and loosening our front skewer. more
3/14/2014 9:08:16 AM
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Mazda 3- Video
Today on our 2013 Mazda 3, well be test fitting the Kuat Trio, a Fork Mount, Roof Mounted bike rack, part number RU01. With our Thule Podium Roof Rack system already installed on our Mazda, well begin our test fit by placing the bike directly onto the roof rack. Well take the black rubber coated U-Bolts around the bottom of our load bar, up through the head of the frame. We can then thread on our cylinder nuts. Well do this on both sides. We can then take our provided Allen key and tighten these cylinder nuts down. Well now move to the rear, remove one of the wing nuts, slide our clamp around our rear bar, then reinstall our wing nut. With our rack secure, were now ready to load our bike. more
3/14/2014 9:05:28 AM
Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2009 Mazda 3- Video
9/26/2013 11:13:25 AM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2009 Mazda 3- Video
Today on our 2009 Mazda 3 we'll be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth roof mounted bike rack, part number TH599XTR. With the SportRack roof rack system on our vehicle we will begin our test fit by placing the Big Mouth directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll bring the bracket around the front bar, fit the T-bolt through and secure ti by tightening down the wing nut. We can then repeat this process for the other side of the front platform. Here at the rear we want to make sure that our bolts go around our rear bar, then we can fit our black metal bracket through the bolts and tighten with two wing nuts. We'll go ahead and open our frame jaws and undo each wheel strap. more
9/25/2013 1:54:55 PM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2009 Mazda 3- Video
Today on our 2009 Mazda3, we'll be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64710. With the SportRack Roof Rack System on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the Fork Down directly onto our load bars. Here at the front platform, we'll take our U bolts, bring them around the underside of our load bar and back up through our front platform. We'll secure it by tightening down 2 wing nuts. We can then repeat this process for the other side of the front platform. At the rear, we'll take our U bolt and drop it through the top of our bike rack, making sure that the bolts go around our rear load bar. We'll then fit the metal bracket through the bolts and secure it by tightening down 2 wing nuts. more
9/25/2013 1:54:48 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2009 Mazda 3- Video
Today on our 2009 Mazda 3, we'll be test fitting the Rocky Mounts tierod stretch roof mounted bike rack, part number RKY1011. With the sport rack roof rack system installed on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our stretch directly on to our load bars. Here at the front, we'll bring our straps around the front bar, and remove our black plastic cover. Once we have the strap secured back in to the head of the bike rack, we can use an allen key to tighten the allen bolt which will tighten ourstraps around our front bar. With those tight, we can replaceour black plastic cover. Here at the rear, we'll bring our clamp around our rear bar, drop our bolt through, and secure it by tightening down both bolts with an allen key. We'll go ahead and undo the rear wheel strap, and make sure our skewer at the front is loose. We'll grab our bike and place it on to our bike rack, and drop our front forks down on to our skewer. We'll secure the bike first by tightening our skewer, and then move to the rear and tighten with the wheel strap. more
9/25/2013 1:54:29 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2009 Mazda 3- Video
Today on our 2009 Mazda 3, we'll be test fitting the Rocky Mount's Tie Rod Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1014. With this 4 rack roof racksystem on our vehicle, we'll being our test fit by placing our Rocky Mounts Tie Rod directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll need to remove the black plastic covers so we can bring our straps around our front bar.Once we have the straps fit back into the head of the carrier, we can use an Allen key to tighten the Allenbolt, which will tighten our straps around our front bar. With those tight, we can go ahead and replace our black plastic cover. Here at the rear, we'll bring our bracket around our rear bar,drop the bolts through, and secure it using an Allenkey to tighten our Allenbolts. With the front and rear secure, we can go ahead and undo our rear wheel strap and make sure our skewer at the front is loose. more
9/25/2013 8:54:22 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Mazda 3- Video
Today on our 2011 Mazda 3, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts Tierod Stretch roof-mounted bike carrier, part number RKY1011. With the Thule roof rack system assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our carrier directly onto our load bars. We'll remove the black plastic cover at the front and bring our rubber-coated straps around our load bar, fitting them back into the head of the carrier. We'll then use an Allen key to tighten the Allen bolt to tighten our straps around our load bar. Once we have that tight, we can then replace the black plastic cover. We'll move to the rear and bring our rear clamp around our rear bar, feed the bolt back through the clamp, and tighten down with an Allen tool. more
7/18/2013 4:31:24 PM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Mazda 3- Video
Today on our 2011 Mazda3 well be test fitting the fork style roof mounted bike carrier from Swagman, part number s64710. With a Thule Aeroblade roof rack system assembled onto our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Well want to adjust it to go ahead and make sure that the holes that our bolts will go through arent going to interfere with the load bars. Here at the front, well take our u-bolts around the underside of our load bar feed them up through the platform and tighten it in place with the wing nuts. Well do this for both sides of the platform at the front of our carrier. Once we have that tight and secured, well move to the rear. more
7/17/2013 8:58:06 AM
Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Mazda 3- Video
Today on our 2013 Mazda 3, well be test fitting the Thule Domestique Fork Mounted Bike Carrier, part number TH513. To begin our test fit, we want to have them remove the skewer for easier installation. Well place our carrier onto of our load bars, bring in our front clamp around our front load bar. Once we have the clamp into position, we can untighten the three Allen bolts that hold the front clamp into place. Well move to the rear where well bring the rear clamp underneath the rear load bar. With that clamp in position, well feed our bolt through and tighten them down using an Allen key. more
5/28/2013 12:44:13 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Mazda 3- Video
Today on our 2013 Mazda 3, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod stretch roof-mounted bike carrier, part number RKY1011. We'll begin by placing our carrier on top of our load bars. I already removed the cover from the front part of our carrier for easier access when tightening our straps. We'll want to make sure that our rubber straps go around our front load bar, and that our rear clamp goes underneath our rear load bar. We'll secure the front part of our carrier first. We'll feed the straps around our load bar, fitting them into position, and then using an Allen key to tighten down the Allen bolt, which will secure our straps. more
5/28/2013 12:42:35 PM
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