Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Avenger- Video

Today on our 2014 Dodge Avenger, were going to be test fitting the Yakima FrontLoader, a wheel mount roof bike rack with part number Y02103. With our Yakima Q-tower roof rack system already installed on the Avenger, were going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, well want the double leg side of our clamp in the front of our bar, and the single leg portion of our clamp behind the bar. Well then tighten the black T-handle located here on the front to secure our clamp around our bar. With the front secured, well move to the rear. Here well loosen the black T-handle, remove the T-bolt from the slot, bring our clamp around our bar, reinsert our T-bolt and tighten it down with the black T-handle. With our rack secured to our vehicle, its now time to load our bike. more

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4/22/2014 11:02:50 AM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Avenger- Video

Today, on our 2014 Dodge Avenger, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Forklift, a Fork Mount Roof Bike Rack with part # Y02098. With our Yakima Q Towers Roof Rack System already installed on the Avenger, we're going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly on to our cross bars. Here at front, we're going to remove the skewer, and slide back the black plastic cover. This will give us access to the T handle that will loosen enough to remove the T bolt from the lower half of the clamp. We'll then bring our clamp around our bar, reinsert the T bolt and tighten it down with the T handle. Once we have it secure, we'll slide our black plastic cover forward, then we can reinsert our front skewer. We'll now move to the rear where we're going to loosen the T handle, remove the T bolt from the slot and the clamp, bring our clamp around our bar, reinsert the T bolt into the appropriate slot, and tighten it using the T handle. With our rack secured to our vehicle, it's now time to load our bike. We'll undo the rear wheel strap, then make sure our front skewer is open and loose. more

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4/18/2014 3:29:10 PM

Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Avenger- Video

Today on our 2014 Dodge Avenger, we'll be test fitting the Swagman Upright, a roof bike rack with part number S64720. With our Yakima Q Towers roof rack system already installed on the Avenger, we're going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we'll bring a metal U bolt around the underside of our crossbar, fit it through the head of the carrier, and secure it with 2 wing nuts. We'll repeat that same process on the other side of the front, and then, we can tighten down all 4 wing nuts to secure out front to our bar. We'll now move to the rear. Here at the rear, we're going to place a U bolt down through the rack. We'll be sure that it comes out on both sides of our crossbar. We can slip on the metal plate and then hold this in place with the 2 wing nuts. We'll tighten these down to secure our rack. With both of them secure, it's time to load our bike. more

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4/15/2014 5:14:50 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Avenger- Video

Today on our 2014 Dodge Avenger, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down, a fork mount roof bike rack with part number S64710. With our Rhino Rack 2500 Series roof rack system already installed on the Avenger, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll bring 2 of the U bolts around the underside of our bar, fit it through the head of our carrier, and hold them in place with 2 wing nuts on each one. We'll tighten them down to secure the front of our rack to our crossbars. With the front secure, we'll move to the rear. Here at the rear, we're going to bring a U bolt through the rack, being sure that it comes out on both sides of our bar. We'll bring the metal bracket around the underside of our bar and fit the U bolt through it and secure this in place using 2 wing nuts. We'll tighten these down to secure the rear of our rack to our crossbars. We're now ready to load our bike. We'll begin by undoing the rear wheel strap and making sure that our skewer is loose and open. more

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4/15/2014 5:10:40 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Avenger- Video

Speaker: Today on our 2014 Dodge Avenger, were going to be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch, a fork mount roof bike rack with part number RKY1011. With our Rhino Rack 2500 Series Roof Rack already installed on the Avenger, well being our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our load bars. When we do this, we want to bring our black rubber coated straps around the underside of our front crossbar. Well then remove the black plastic cover, bring those straps around, fit them into the head of the carrier and we can secure it by tightening down the Allen Bolt. With this secure, well replace the black plastic cover. Then, we can move to our rear clamp. Here, well remove one of the Allen bolts completely from the clamp, bring it around our crossbar, reinsert our Allen bolt and tighten both of our Allen bolts down to secure it to our rack. With our rack secure, its time to load our bike. Were going to undue the rear wheel strap and make sure that our front skewer is loose and open. more

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4/15/2014 9:13:37 AM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Avenger- Video

Today on our 2014 Dodge Avenger, we'll be test fitting the Kuat Trio, a fork-mounted roof bike-rack, with part number RU01. With our Rhino Rack 2500 series roof rack already installed on our Avenger, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly onto our cross bars. Here at the head of our rack, we'll bring the two black, rubber-coated U bolts around the underside of our cross bar, fit them through the head of our carrier, and hold them in place using two cylinder nuts on each one. We can then take our provided allen key and tighten these down. With our front secure, we'll move to the rear. Here we're going to completely remove one of the wing nuts, bring our clamp around our bar, replace our wing nut, and tighten both of them down. With our rack secured to our vehicle, it's now time to load 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 our bike onto our rack. more

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4/15/2014 8:56:48 AM

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