Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Dodge Dart- Video

Today, on our 2016 Dodge Dart, 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 go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. The first feature of this is that there's absolutely no frame contact whatsoever to attach the bike to the bike rack. Instead, we have this fork mount here at the front, and this lockable skewer to hold it in place. Now, when you lock it down, your bike rack will be secure to the bike rack. more

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11/28/2016 9:17:23 AM

Rhino Rack Road-Warrior Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Dodge Dart- Video

Today, on our 2016 Dodge Dart, we're going to be test fitting the Rhino Rack Road Warrior Rooftop Bike Rack, part number RBC036. We already have a bike installed on the rack, let's go ahead and take a closer look, and show off some of the features. Now how this has actually gripped to the bike rack, you're going to notice, there's absolutely no frame contact at all, so your bike frame itself won't get scratched up. Instead, it actually grips it by the fork mounts, here, by this lockable skewer, so your bike is actually secured to the rack once it's installed. We also have a wheel strap, here at the rear, to keep that secure in place, and with everything attached right now, I'm going to go ahead and show you that there's absolutely no interference whatsoever between the bike rack itself or the trunk. Let's go ahead and take our bike off and set it aside. We'll start at the rear wheel strap, here. more

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11/28/2016 9:17:17 AM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Dodge Dart- Video

Today on our 2013 Dodge Dart we'll be test fitting the Yakima FrontLoader Roof Mounted Wheel Mount Bike Carrier, part number y02103. Now with the Yakima Round Bar Roof Racking System already assembled onto our vehicle we'll begin our test fit by placing the FrontLoader onto the vehicle's crossbars. Well slide the front part of the carrier onto the front crossbar and tighten it down with the T-handle securing the front of the carrier to the front crossbar.We'll then bring the rear bracket around the rear crossbar, insert the T-bolt into the bracket and turn the black wing nut to tighten it down to secure the rear bracket to the rear crossbar. Now with the carrier secured to the vehicle we're ready to load up our bike. We'll unfold the first part of the wheel hook and undo the tray straps.We'll place the bike onto the carrier rolling it forward bringing the back part of the wheel hook onto the rear tire. We'll then tighten down the red knob pinching the wheel hooks together securing the front tire and then we'll move to the rear of the carrier securing the back tire with the tray strap.That completes today's test fit for the Yakima FrontLoader Roof Mounted Wheel Mount Bike Carrier, part number y02103 on our 2013 Dodge Dart. more

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6/13/2013 3:31:00 PM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Dodge Dart- Video

Today on our 2013 Dodge Dart we'll be test fitting the Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number y02098. Now with our Yakima Round Bar Roof Rack System already assembled on our vehicle we'll begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicle's crossbars. In no specific order we'll loosen up the brackets on the front and rear of the carrier to bring around the front and rear crossbar.We'll loosen up the black wing nuts to position the T-bolts into the brackets and tighten them down. Note that depending on the thickness of your vehicle's crossbars you may need to position the brackets accordingly. Once we have the carrier tightened down we can remove the skewer to slide the black plastic cap up behind the black T-handle at the front of the carrier and slide the skewer back through it.Now with the carrier secured to our vehicle we're ready to load our bike. We'll loosen up the skewer and undo the tray strap at the rear. more

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6/13/2013 3:24:33 PM

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Dodge Dart- Video

Today on our 2013 Dodge Dart well be test fitting the Thule Domestique roof-mounted, fork mount bike carrier, part number TH513. Now, with our vehicle already equipped with the Thule AeroBlade roof racking system well begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicles loadbars. We will then loosen up the Allen bolts at the head of the carrier. Quick tech tip that in order to access the two front Allen bolts you will first need to remove the skewer. Well then bring the front bracket around the front loadbar as well as loosening up the Allen bolt at the rear of the carrier to bring the rear bracket around the rear loadbar. Well then use the Allen key to tighten the Allen bolts to secure the front of the carrier to the vehicles loadbar. more

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5/31/2013 12:58:08 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Dodge Dart- Video

Today on our 2013 Dodge Dart well be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch roof-mounted bike carrier, part number RKY1011. With our vehicle already equipped with a roof rack system well begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicles crossbars. We will remove the black plastic cap at the head of the carrier to bring the rubber coated steel straps around the underside of the front crossbar. Well then loosen up the Allen bolts at the rear of the carrier to bring the rear bracket around the underside of the rear crossbar. Well then reinsert them and tighten them down. Well then move back up to the front of the carrier where we will replace the straps in the head of the carrier and tighten down the silver bolt securing the front of the carrier to the front crossbar. more

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5/31/2013 12:56:56 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Dodge Dart- Video

Today, on our 2013 Dodge Dart, we'll be test-fitting the RockyMounts tie-rod roof-mounted bike carrier, part number RKY1014. Now, with our vehicle already equipped with the roof rack system, we'll begin our test-fit by placing the carrier off of the vehicle's crossbars. We'll remove the black plastic cap at the head of the carrier to bring the rubber-coated steel straps around the underside of the crossbar.We'll then loosen up the Allen bolts at the rear of the carrier to bring the bracket on the rear crossbar. We'll then tighten down and then move back up to the front of the carrier where we will put the straps back into the head of the carrier and, with a wrench, turn the silver bolt to tighten down the straps at the front cross bar.Now, with the carrier secure to the vehicle, were ready to load up our bike. We'll replace the black plastic cap and make sure the skewers loosened up. We'll then loosen up the tray strap, place our bike onto the carrier, slide the forks unto the skewer and secure them, finally securing the back tie with the rear tray strap. more

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5/31/2013 12:56:24 PM

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