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Honda CR-V Roof Bike Racks Installation And Review Videos

     

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2006 Honda CR-V- Video

Inno  Roof Bike Racks Review - 2006 Honda CR-V

Today on our 2006 Honda CR-V, we're going to be test fitting the Inno Fork Lock III Rooftop Bike Rack, part number INA391. We already have our bike installed on the rack, let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this bike is attached to the rack, we're going to have two points of contact with no frame contact at all. At the rear, we'll have this wheel strap here, which is adjustable along the length of the bike rack to accommodate bikes of different sizes. Then, up at the front, we have this skewer mount which will grip your bike by its fork mounts. With everything installed as it is right now, we're not going to have any issues of clearance between our rear glass hatch and the bike rack, as you can see here. So let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. more


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4/24/2017 11:57:06 AM



RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2006 Honda CR-V- Video

RockyMounts  Roof Bike Racks Review - 2006 Honda CR-V

Today in our 2006 Honda CRV, we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts BrassKnuckles Rooftop Bike Rack, part number RKY1202. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this bike attaches to the rack, we'll have three points of contact. We're going to have two movable wheel straps at the front and the rear, and it's movable to accommodate bikes of different sizes. Then we'll also have this wheel hook up at the front around our front wheel, and that'll hold that into place up there. more


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4/21/2017 9:17:12 AM



Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2006 Honda CR-V ina392- Video

Inno  Roof Bike Racks Review - 2006 Honda CR-V ina392

Today on our 2006 Honda CR-V, we're going to be test fitting the Inno Multifork Roof Top Bike Rack, part number INA392. We already have a bike installed on the rack, let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this bike is attached to this bike rack, excuse me, we're going to have two points of contact with no frame contact at all. Instead, we'll have a skewer mount up at the front that grips the forks of your bike, then at the rear we have this adjustable rear wheel strap to accommodate bikes of different sizes. With everything installed as it is, we're not going to have any issues of clearance between our rear glass hatch and the bike rack as you can see here. So let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. We'll start with the rear wheel strap, you push this tab at the top, in like so, that releases the strap. And moving up to the front, you'll notice that it's protected by this bracket here, which is actually locked into place, so not only is this locking the bike to the bike rack, but the bike rack is also secured to your roof rack as well. more


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4/21/2017 9:17:05 AM



Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2006 Honda CR-V- Video

Thule  Roof Bike Racks Review - 2006 Honda CR-V

Today on our 2006 Honda CRV 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. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this bike actually grips to the bike rack, we'll have two points of contact with no frame contact at all. Instead, we'll have a rear wheel strap which is adjustable the length of the bike rack to accommodate bikes of different sizes. Then up at the front here we have a skewer mount which will grip your bike by the fork mounts and secure it into place. The skewer is lockable, so if you we're to install the Thule lock core, you can actually secure your bike and your bike rack to the roof rack as well, because in order to take this off you have to remove the skewer. With everything installed as it is, we're not going to have any issues of clearance between the bike rack and the rear glass hatch, as you can see here. more


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4/18/2017 9:58:19 PM



RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2006 Honda CR-V rky1270- Video

RockyMounts  Roof Bike Racks Review - 2006 Honda CR-V rky1270

Today on our 2006 Honda CRV we're going to be test fitting the Rocky Mounts Switch Hitter Bike Rack, part number RKY1270. We already have a bike installed on the rack, let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How is this attached to the bike rack, we're going to have two points of contact with no frame contact at all. Instead we'll have a rear wheel strap which is adjustable to accommodate bikes of different size, and then we'll have this skewer mount at the front which is gripping our bike by the fork mounts. This top piece is lockable by adding a core in, so you could actually secure your bike rack to your roof rack. At the end here we do have an integrated cable lock as well, which also needs a lock core, so you can secure your bike to the bike rack as well. With everything installed as it is we're not going to have any issues of clearance between our rear glass hatch and the bike rack itself as you can see here. more


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4/18/2017 9:58:13 PM



Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2006 Honda CR-V- Video

Yakima  Roof Bike Racks Review - 2006 Honda CR-V

Today on our 2006 Honda CRV we're going to be test fitting the Yakima High Road Roof Top Bike Rack, part number Y02114. We already have a bike installed on the rack, let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this bike attaches to the bike rack, we're going to have a rear wheel strap here which is adjustable along the length of the bike rack to accommodate different size bikes. Then up at the front it's actually going to grip it by the front tire so you don't have to remove it for the skewer mounts as you would with other bike racks. With everything installed as it is right now there's not going to be an issue of clearance between our rear glass hatch and the bike rack as you can see here. We have an integrated cable lock at the rear, as well as a lock at our rear connection point. You will need to purchase Yakima SKS lock core separately, but they will be key alike for this application. more


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4/18/2017 9:58:02 PM



Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2006 Honda CR-V y02115- Video

Yakima  Roof Bike Racks Review - 2006 Honda CR-V y02115

Today on our 2006 Honda CRV, we're going to be test-fitting the Yakima HighSpeed rooftop bike rack, part number Y02115. We already have a bike installed on the rack, let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this bike is attached to the rack, we're going to have two points of contact with no frame contact at all. Instead we'll have a rear wheel strap which is adjustable to accommodate bikes of different sizes, then up at the front, we'll have this connector bar with forks with the skewer mount here. This can be removed and you can use this with through axles from 12, 15 or 20 millimeter or the Boost 110 axle as well. With everything installed as it is, we're not going to have any issues of clearance between our rear glass hatch and the bike rack, as you can see here. At the rear we do have an integrated cable lock as well as a lock in our rear connection point. more


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4/18/2017 9:57:55 PM



Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2006 Honda CR-V- Video

Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2006 Honda CR-V

Today, on our 2006 Honda CR-V, we're going to be test fitting the Rhino-Rack Mountain Trail Rooftop Bike Rack, part number RBC035. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this is gripped to the bike rack: We're not going to have any frame contact at all. Instead, it's going to grip it by the rear wheel here, with this strap that is adjustable to accommodate bikes of different sizes. Then, up at the front, it'll grip it by the fork mounts of your bike with this lockable skewer, so it's going to be secured to the bike rack, as well. With everything installed as it is, we're not going to have any issues of clearance between the rear hatch or if we open up the rear glass hatch, as well. more


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4/18/2017 9:57:50 PM



Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Honda CR-V- Video

Yakima  Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Honda CR-V

Today on our 2016 Honda CRV, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima HighSpeed Roof Bike Rack, part number Y02125. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this connects to the bike rack, we're going to have two points of contact with no frame contact at all. We'll have a rear wheel strap, which is adjustable to accommodate different sized bikes. Then up at the front, we have this fork-mount, which will grip it by the fork mount and also has this skewer in the center here. Now this can be removed and you can use this also with Thru-Axles if need be. more


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3/21/2017 8:27:31 AM



Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Honda CR-V y02114- Video

Yakima  Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Honda CR-V y02114

Today on our 2016 Honda CRV we're going to be test fitting the Yakima HighRoad Roof Bike Rack, part number Y02114. We already have the bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this bike is actually attached to the rack, it grips the bike by the two tires, so there's no frame contact at all. We have this wheel mount up at the front, and then this wheel strap at the rear which is adjustable to accommodate bikes of different sizes. Now an advantage to this is that you don't have to remove your front wheel as you do with most other bike racks which will grip it by the fork mounts. more


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3/21/2017 8:27:25 AM



Rhino Rack Road-Warrior Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V- Video

Rhino Rack Road-Warrior Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V

Today on our 2015 Honda CRV 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 loaded up. We're first going to show you how we do that. Here in the back we have a ratcheting strap that fits around our tire. We're pushing the black button here and pull that strap through. more


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5/19/2016 11:16:06 AM



Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V- Video

Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V

Today on our 2015 Honda CRV, we're doing a test fit of the Rhino rack mountain trail rooftop bike rack. That part number is RVC035. Now we already have our bike secured down. First we are going to show you how we secure that in place. In the back here we have a latching strap that is going to fit between our tire spokes. A great thing about our straps is that it does move up and down the length of our bike rack to accommodate different bikes you may have. As for the front, we have a locking skewer, so it will prevent any theft or tampering of your bike while it's on your rack. more


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5/18/2016 9:36:06 AM



Rhino Rack Road-Warrior Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Honda CR-V- Video

Rhino Rack Road-Warrior Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Honda CR-V

Today on our 2016 Honda CRV, 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 secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that and then we'll go over some features. Here on the back, we have our ratcheting strap that you're going to see on most of your Rhino Rack bike racks. We're just going to push on that button there and pull that through. more


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3/1/2016 1:11:18 PM



Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Honda CR-V- Video

Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Honda CR-V

Today on our 2016 Honda CRV, we're doing a test fit of the Rhino Rack Mountaintrail roof top bike rack. That part number is RBC035. Now, we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that and then we'll go over some features of the rack itself. Here in the back, we have a ratcheting strap that's going to hold our tire in place. We'll just push on our button and feed that through. more


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3/1/2016 1:11:06 PM



Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V- Video

Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V

Today on our 2015 Honda CRV, we're going to take a look at the Thule ThruRide Roof Bike Rack. The part number to that is TH535. We have a bike already in our rack and we have our rack hooked up to our vehicle. I'm just going to show you a few things on it. This is a fork mounted bike rack. Yo see here we have our skewer that's engaged, so it's got our forks locked down nice and tight. How we disengage that, we just pull the lever here. more


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1/8/2016 1:14:55 PM



RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V- Video

RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V

Today on our 2015 Honda CRV, we're going to take a look at the RockyMounts BrassKnuckle Roof Mounted Bike Rack. Part number is RKY1202. Now we have a bike on our rack, and we have our rack hooked to our vehicle. I just like to show you a few features of it. The first feature I would like to show you, like I said, brass knuckles. See up here, you can grab it like so. That's how you would engage your frame hook here over your front tire. more


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1/8/2016 1:14:02 PM



Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V th569- Video

Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V th569

Today on our 2015 Honda CR-V, we're going to take a look at the Thule Sprint T-Track Roof Bike Rack. That part number is TH569. I have a bike on our rack, and we have our rack hooked up to the roof. LEt's go ahead and show a few features of it. This is a fork-mounted bike rack. See it has the skewer engaged, and how to disengage it, you turn it towards you to loosen it, but you turn it towards your driver's side. As soon as you start hearing the clicking, it's nice and snug. more


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1/8/2016 1:11:06 PM



Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V- Video

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V

Today, a 2015 Honda CRV. We're going to do a test fit of the Kuat Trio Roof Bike Rack Fork 9. Part number is TR02. Now I have a bike on the rack. And we have our rack hooked to our vehicle. I just want to show you a few features of it. more


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1/8/2016 8:22:31 AM



Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V- Video

Inno  Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V

Today on our 2015 Honda CR-V, we're going to take a look at the Inno Multi-Fork Lock Roof Bike Carrier. That part number is INA392. Now I have a bike on a rack, and we have our rack hooked to our vehicle. I'm just going to show you a few features of it. Now this is a fork mounted bike rack as you can see. Right here, we have our anti-theft guard that protects our skewers. That's an extra feature. more


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1/7/2016 9:01:50 AM



Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V INA391- Video

Inno  Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V INA391

Today on our 2015 Honda CRV we're going to take a look at the Inno Fork Lock 3 bike carrier, part number is INA391. I have a bike on our rack and we have our rack hooked to our vehicle. Let me show you a few features of it. This is a fork mounted bike rack. We have our forks already here. We have our skewer engaged. I'm going to show how we get to it. more


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1/7/2016 9:00:56 AM



Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V INA387- Video

Inno  Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Honda CR-V INA387

Today on our 2015 Honda CRV we're going to take a look at the Inno Slim Fork roof-mounted bike rack. Part number is INA387. Now I have a bike on our rack, and we have the rack hooked up to our vehicle. Just going to show you a few features of it. This is a fork-mounted bike rack. See right here, I'm just going to lift up our cover here. more


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1/7/2016 9:00:24 AM



Thule Sprint Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V- Video

Thule Sprint Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Honda CR-V

Today on our 2014 Honda CRV we're going to be doing a test fit of the Thule Sprint. This is going to be your roof-top mounting fork bike rack. As you can see, we've already got our Thule arrow blades up here and installed in the vehicle. We're going to show you how this fits up there and looks with a bike on it. This will be part number TH528. Let's get it up here and show you how it's done. more


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5/4/2015 5:42:00 PM



RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Honda CR-V- Video

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Honda CR-V

Today on our 2011, Honda CRV, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number RKY1011. To begin our test fit, we simply place the carrier onto the vehicle's crossbars and in no specific order, bring the rubber-coated steel straps through the underside of the front crossbar and bring the back, black bracket around the underside of the rear crossbar. We'll then use the Allen bolts to tighten on the rear bracket as well as hooking the rubber-coated steel straps in the head of the carrier and tightening it down with the Allen key. Once both brackets are tightened down, our RockyMounts TieRod is secured to our Honda CRV. Now, we're ready to load up our bike. We'll loosen up the skewer and undo the rear tray strap. more


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11/7/2013 4:19:04 PM



RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Honda CR-V- Video

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Honda CR-V

Today on our 2013 Honda CR-V, we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number RKY1014. Our CR-V is already equipped with a factory roof rack so we're going to mount the RockyMounts TieRod directly to the factory cross bars. We'll lift up the carrier and set it on top of our cross bars. We'll feed the straps at the head of the bike carrier around our front bar. Lock them back into the head and use an Allen key to tighten them down. Then we can reinstall the cover on the head of the bike rack. more


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4/10/2013 3:02:31 PM



Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Honda CR-V- Video

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Honda CR-V

Today on our 2013 Honda CRV, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Domestique roof-mounted bike carrier, part number TH513. To mount the carrier to our roof rack, we'll set it up on top of our cross bars, and then we can fit the head of the bike rack over our front load bar. We'll lift the bottom clamp around the bottom of our load bar, and use the included Allen key to tighten down the Allen head bolts. Once we have the head of our bike rack secured, we can move to the rear. We want to position the rear clamp and again tighten it down with the included Allen wrench. Once we've done that, we'll take our skewer and reinsert it into the head. more


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4/8/2013 9:46:09 AM



Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda CR-V- Video

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda CR-V

Today on our 2012 Honda CRV well be test fitting the Swagman roof mounted bike carrier part #: S64710. To mount the bike carrier onto our roof rack well set it in place on top of our load bars. Well fit the U-bolt clamps around our crossbars and then tighten them down using the included wing nuts. Well feed the clamping bar around our rear crossbar and again tighten it down with our wing nuts. With that done were ready to load our bike. Well drop our front fork into position on the skewer, well secure the bike by the front first and then well move back to the rear and tighten it down with the wheel strap. more


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5/30/2012 9:06:42 AM



RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda CR-V- Video

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda CR-V

Today on our 2012 Honda CRV well be test fitting the Rocky Mounts Tie Rod roof mounted bike carrier part #: RKY1014. To mount our bike carrier up on top of our roof rack well set it up on top of our crossbars first. Well fit the rubber coated steel straps on the front head around our front crossbar. Well fit them back into the head and tighten them down using the included Alan key. In the rear well fit the clamp over our rear crossbar and use the wing nuts to tighten it down. With that done our bike racks installed on our roof rack and were ready to load our bike. more


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5/30/2012 6:41:28 AM



Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda CR-V- Video

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda CR-V

All right, today on this 2012 Honda CR-V, we're going to do a test fit of part number Y02103 from Yakima. The front loader wheel mount bike carrier. Our Honda's already been equipped with a Yakima roof rack system. Okay, we'll start off with our roof rack already been assembled according to the instructions. So we'll start off by putting the front half onto the front crossbar and attaching it loosely. And then we'll go ahead and make sure if our clamp for our rear crossbar is slid in position and then loosely clamped down as well. more


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4/20/2012 11:30:28 AM



Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda CR-V- Video

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda CR-V

All right, today on this 2012 Honda CR-V, we're going to do a test fit of part number Y02098 from Yakima. This is the forklift roof mounted bike carrier. Now our Honda's already been equipped with a Yakima roof rack system and a bicycle rack who's already been assembled according to the instructions so all I got to do is place it on the roof rack. We'll start off by placing the front half of the bicycle rack with your front bar and then we'll go ahead and put the clamp onto it and route it underneath the bar and then loosely secure it. Then we'll go ahead and do the same process for the clamp at the back bar. All right, now we'll go ahead and take a second to make sure the roof rack is in the spot we wanted and make sure it's even in a straight line going front to rear. more


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4/20/2012 11:30:17 AM



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