Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2018 GMC Acadia- Video

Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 GMC Acadia, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima HighRoad Roof Bike Rack, part number Y02114. This is a clamp-on style bike rack, meaning there's not going to be any frame contact at all. Instead, it's going to grip around your tires, as you see here, which is going to save you some time from having to remove the tire as you would with the fork mounts. We'll also have a wheel strap at the rear, which is adjustable, to accommodate bikes of different sizes. We also have an integrated cable lock on the end here with a removable cap, so you can replace this with a Yakima Same Key System Lock Core, so you can secure your bike to the roof rack as well.There is a lock, also, on the top portion here to secure your bike rack to the roof rack. With everything installed as it is, we're not going to have an issue of clearance between our rear hatch and our bike rack, as you can see here.So, let's go ahead and take our bike off and set it aside. more

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1/30/2018 2:02:14 PM

Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2018 GMC Acadia- Video

Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 GMC Acadia, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Circuit XT Roof Bike Rack, part number TH526XT. We already have a bike installed on the rack. And how it attaches, we're not gonna have any frame contact at all. Instead, we'll have two points of contact, a rear wheel strap here, which is adjustable. And then we'll have this skewer mount, which is gonna grip your bike by the forks upfront. It does have a plastic end here, which you can remove and replace with the Thule Lock Core, so not only can it be secured to the bike rack, but you can also make a key to like with the roof rack system, if you wanted to.Moving to the back, with everything installed, we're not gonna have an issue with clearance between the bike rack and the rear hatch, as you can see here. more

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1/12/2018 8:57:32 AM

Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2018 GMC Acadia- Video

Speaker 1: Today in our 2018 GMC Acadia we're going to be test fitting the Rhino-Rack Mountain Trail Rooftop Bike Rack, part number RBC-035. We have it installed on our roof rack already. Let's go ahead and take a closer look at it.And how the bike attaches to the bike rack, we're going to have two points of contact with no frame contact at all. Instead, we'll have the rear wheel strap here and this is adjustable to accommodate bikes of different sizes and then we'll have this skewer mount at the front, which will grip your bike by the forks. At the end of the skewer mount, you'll see that it has this lock, which once engaged is going to secure the bike to the bike rack. There's also going to be a lock at the top portion here, which I'll show off later, which will secure the bike rack to the roof rack.It's skinny enough that you're going to be able to fit multiple bike racks of this kind on your roof rack and with everything installed as it is, we're not going to have an issue of clearance between the rear hatch and the bike rack as you can see here.To remove the bike rack, we'll start at the rear wheel strap here. more

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1/12/2018 8:57:22 AM

RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2018 GMC Acadia- Video

Speaker 1: Today, on our 2018 GMC Acadia, we're going to be test fitting the Rocky Mount Switch Hitter Roof Bike Rack, part number RKY1270. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look at it and how the bike attaches to the rack. We'll have two points of contact with no frame contact at all. Instead, we'll have a rear strap here, which is adjustable the length of the bike rack, to accommodate for bikes of different sizes. Also, at the end, we'll have this integrated cable lock, which the lock is going to be sold separately, which you can find on Etrailer.com. more

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1/12/2018 8:57:10 AM

Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2018 GMC Acadia- Video

Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 GMC Acadia, we're going to be test-fitting the Yakima HighSpeed Roof Bike Rack, part number Y02115. We already have a bike installed on it; let's take a closer look. It grips your bike at two points, with no frame contact at all. We're going to have a fork mount up at the front; it has a skewer that's going to attach into the fork mounts of your bike. We'll also have this wheel strap at the rear, which is adjustable to accommodate for bikes of different sizes. And at the end here, we'll also have an integrated cable lock, which you can remove the lock core here, so you can secure your bike to the bike rack as well. more

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1/12/2018 8:47:11 AM

Swagman Upright Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 GMC Acadia- Video

Today on our 2015 GMC Acadia, we will be test-fitting the Swagman Upright Roof-Mounted Bike Rack. That's part number S64720. With our Rhino-Rack bars already installed on our vehicle, we can go ahead and set this on top. I've already got the existing hardware in my pocket so we can go ahead and tighten this down when we get it lined up. That looks pretty good there. Then next we'll want to go ahead and grab some of our clamps. We'll grab one. more

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1/14/2015 1:19:53 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 GMC Acadia- Video

Today on our 2015 GMC Acadia we will be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rack, that's Part Number S64710. With our Rhino-Rack Roof System already installed on our vehicle we can go ahead and set this on our load bars. All right, you'll want to set it just about like that. Once we get that lined up, we can go ahead and take our clamp, we'll go ahead and run this underneath. We'll line it with our holes on top, just like that. Then we'll grab our thumb screws and screw that on top. more

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1/14/2015 1:16:22 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 GMC Acadia- Video

Today on our 2015 GMC Acadia we will be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod roof-mounted bike rack. That's part number RKY1014. With our Rhino Rack bars already installed on our vehicle we can go ahead and set this on top. We'll want to make sure that our straps are undone to go underneath our load bars. Once we get that setup there we'll want to straighten it up. Now that we've got that all straightened up we'll go ahead and remove our top tab here. more

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1/13/2015 4:44:17 PM

RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 GMC Acadia- Video

Today, on our 2015 GMC Acadia, we'll be test fitting the Rocky Mounts BrassKnuckles roof mounted bike rack. That's part #RKY1202. Now, with our Thule Aeroblades already installed on our vehicle, we can go ahead and set our bike rack on top. Go ahead and open this door; make it for easy access. All right now, a couple things here real quick. We want to make sure that our straps are undone, that way we can go underneath our load bars. more

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1/12/2015 2:06:02 PM

Thule Sprint Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 GMC Acadia- Video

Today on our 2015 GMC Acadia. We will be test fitting the Thule Sprint roof-mounted bike rack, using part number TH528. With our Thule AeroBlades already installed on our vehicle we can go ahead and set this on our load bars. You'll want to make sure that both straps are undone as you can see that they are, so we can feed it underneath. Once we've got that lined up where we want it we'll make sure that it's even. We'll go ahead and take our strap and we'll want to feed it through its little notched area there. more

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1/12/2015 11:07:53 AM

Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 GMC Acadia- Video

Today on our 2015 GMC Acadia, we will be testing the Rhino Rack Mountain Trail Roof-Mounted Bike Rack. That's part number RBC035. With our Thule Aeroblades already in place on our vehicle, we can go ahead and place this on our load bars. Now you'll want to make sure your straps are undone. That way you can go underneath your load bars just like that. Once we get it lined up, we'll go ahead and go with that right there. We'll go ahead and take off our top cap there. more

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1/12/2015 8:50:39 AM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 GMC Acadia- Video

Today on our 2012 GMC Acadia we'll be test fitting the Kuat Trio roof-mounted bike rack, part number RU01. With a Thule Rapid Crossroads roof rack system installed onto our Acadia, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's load bars. We'll start at the rear and remove one of the black wing nuts. This will allow us to position the rubber-coated black bracket around the underside of the rear bar. We'll insert the bolt through the hole of the bracket and then reinstall our black wing nut, keeping it loose. We'll now move up to the front and take our rubber-coated steel u-bolts to go around the underside of the front bar, up through the pre-drilled holes at the head of the carrier. We'll then take our cylinder nuts to thread down onto the u-bolt. more

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10/5/2014 10:01:43 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 GMC Acadia- Video

Today on our 2012 GMC Acadia, well be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number RKY1011. Now with our roof rack system already assembled onto our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicles crossbars. Well then remove the black plastic cap on the front of the carrier to bring the rubber coated steel straps around the underside of the crossbar. Well loosen up the Allen bolts at the rear of the carrier to bring the bracket around the rear crossbar and tighten it down as well as tightening down the front bolt on the front of the carrier to secure the rubber coated steel straps to the front crossbar. It is important to make sure before completely tightening down the carrier that, the carrier is perpendicular to the crossbars. This will ensure that, the bracket and rubber coated steel straps fit correctly onto the crossbars. more

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4/19/2013 10:52:03 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 GMC Acadia- Video

Today, on our 2012 GMC Acadia, we'll be test fitting the Rocky Mounts Tire Rod Roof-Mounted Bike Carrier, part number RKY1014. To begin our test fit, we'll place the Carrier onto the vehicle's crossbars. We'll then remove the black plastic head on the front of the Carrier and bring the rubber coated steel straps around the front crossbar, and by loosing up the Allen bolts, we'll bring the back bracket around the underside of the rear crossbar. After hooking the rubber coated steel straps into position, we'll tighten on the Allen bolt on the front of the Carrier as well as the Allen bolts at the rear of the Carrier, securing the rear bracket to the rear crossbar and the rubber coated steel straps to the front crossbar. Now that our Carrier is secured to the vehicle, we're ready to load our bike. We'll loosen up the skewer, as well as the rear tray strap. more

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4/19/2013 10:50:54 AM

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