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Kuat Piston SR Roof 1 Bike Rack Review - 2021 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Hey, everyone, it's Evangeline here at etrailer, and today, we're taking a look at how the Piston SR Roof-Mounted Bike Rack fits on the 2021 Volkswagen Jetta. So for your Volkswagen Jetta, it is a really nice car, especially this one, because you have that GLI and you're sporty, but your options for carrying around a bike is limited, unless you have a hitch receiver. So if you don't have a hitch receiver, then your options are a trunk mount or a roof-mounted bike rack. If possible, please get a roof-mounted bike rack instead of a trunk mount, just because it's not a hassle, it doesn't take up your trunk area, and you're not dealing with straps and hooks in contact with your vehicle. Now, this is the Piston SR, which is definitely the more premium of your roof-mounted bike racks. So a quick overview of roof-mounted bike racks is most of them require that you take the front wheel off, so they're fork-mounted bike racks, and those are cool too, but then you do take up more time having to reinstall your front wheel once you're ready to hit the trails. more
5/18/2023 2:18:25 PM
Malone Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Zach: Hey, everybody. Zach 00:00:01 here at etrailer.com. Today, we're going to be taking a look at the Malone Pilot on a 2013 Volkswagen Jetta. This is going to be a wheel mounted style bike rack. So we don't have to take our front wheel off like a fork mounted style, and we don't have any frame contact. So if we did have a carbon bike up here, we wouldn't have to worry about that. more
6/9/2020 5:37:07 PM
RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we're doing a test fit of the Rocky Mounts Roof Mounted Brass Knuckles Bike Rack. That part number is RKY1202. I already have that connected to our bike. We're first going to show you how we do that. We have a ratcheting strap here, we're just going to press the black button and lift that up. That will release that back tire. This is actually adjustable along the length of your bike rack as well, so you can use that for different bikes that you may have. Then up at the front, we have a few different things holding this in place. We, again, have a ratcheting strap here. We have a wheel cradle in the back, which is just where your bike is going ... more
12/22/2015 4:36:06 PM
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta we're doing a test fit of the Thule Sprint T-Track Mounted Roof Bike Rack. That part number is TH569. We already have our bike loaded up. We're first going to show you how we did that. We've got a wheel cradle back here with a ratcheting strap. We also have a bushing on that strap. more
12/15/2015 1:19:48 PM
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta TH535- Video
Today, on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we're doing a test fit on the Thule-through-ride-roof-mounted bike rack. That part number is TH-535. Now, we already have our bike up there, we're first going to show you how we secure that down. Here in the back we have a ratcheting strap that you're going to see on most of your bike racks. We also have a bushing there that's going to just hold your smaller bikes higher .. Down in that cradle, just a little more secure. more
12/15/2015 1:19:33 PM
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we're doing a test fit of the Kuat Trio Roof-Mounted Bike Rack. That part number is TR02. Now we already have our bike connected. We're first going to show you how we strap that down, then we'll go over some features of the rack. So here in the back, we have a ratcheting strap holding our tire in place. We can just push on the button here and lift the strap out of the way. A great think about the cradle and the strap is that it does move up and down the length of your bike rack so you can adapt that for different bikes. Up at the front we have a skewer. more
12/11/2015 9:16:06 AM
Rhino Rack Road-Warrior Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, 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 on our rack. We're first going to show you how you strap that down and then we'll go over some other features. Back here in the back at our tire, we have a regular ratcheting strap. To release that, we're just going to push on the button and lift that out. Now a great thing about this is that it does move up and down the length of your rack so you don't have to worry about having a certain length rack or a certain length bike to use your bike rack. Up at the front, we have a locking skewer option. more
12/10/2015 12:07:23 PM
Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta 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 on the rack. First thing we are going to show you is how we secured that down. So starting here in the back we have a ratcheting strap on our back tire, that's just going to secure that in place and a great feature about that is that it does move up and down the length of your bike rack so you don't have to worry about having this specific style bike for this carrier. Now up at the front we have a locking skewer so that's going to protect your bike, it's also going to be for your fork mount as well. We can turn the handle one way or the other and it's going to loosen or tighten that skewer around your forks and when it's loose enough you can just pull your bike straight off and set it off to the side. With our bike out of the way, I always like to reconnect my straps so I don't lose or damage any of them and now we'll take a look at how the rack is connected down. We have a metal bracket here with a rubber coating on the top of it. more
12/10/2015 12:07:03 PM
Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we're doing a test fit of the Inno Fork Lock Roof Mounted Bike Rack. That part number is INXA391. Now we already have our bike strapped down. First, we're going to show you how we do that. Here in the back we have a lashing strap. To release that, we're just going to push the black button here and lift that up. The great thing about that is that it does move up and down the length of your carrier, so you can adjust it for different bikes you may have. Here in the front, we have a locking cover. more
12/10/2015 11:56:23 AM
Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta INA392- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we're doing a test fit of the INNO Multi Fork Roof Mounted Bike Rack. That part number is INA392. We already have our bike on our vehicle. We're first going to show you how we strap that down. We have a ratcheting strap here. That's going to hold it in place. We'll just push the black button at the top and remove that. more
12/10/2015 11:56:06 AM
Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta INA391- Video
Today, on our 2013 Volskwagen Jetta we are doing a test fit of the INNO Fork Lock III bike rack. That part number is INA391. This is going to be our roof mounted bike rack and it is going to be a fork mount as well. The first thing I am going to do is go over how we strap that down. Here in the back we have a ratcheting strap, we are just going to push in the black button and pull that out. The great thing about this is that it is adjustable. more
12/10/2015 11:46:28 AM
Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta INA389- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we're doing a test fit of the Inno Tire Hold Roof Mount and Bike Rack. That part number is INA389. Now we already have our bike strapped down . we're first going to show you how we connect that and then we'll go over some features. The first thing we'll look at is our front tire hold. Now we're going to have a wheel cradle that our wheel fits perfectly into. If you have bigger wheels, they can always fit in the larger cradle area but with those smaller ones, they'll fit right nice in the center. Now with our tire hold portion, it's just going to be a straight regular tire hold with an adjustable piece there which will adjust for your different size bike tires so you can use that for different bikes that you may have. more
12/10/2015 11:46:06 AM
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth Roof-Mounted Bike Rack, part number TH599XTR. With a Thule traverse track system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by first placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's load bars. Starting at the front, we'll position the L-brackets to go around the underside of the front bar. We'll then insert the T-bolt into the slot of the L-bracket. We'll then loosely tighten the black wing nuts. We'll now move to the rear, where we will remove a wing nut to position the bracket around the underside of the rear bar. We'll then re-install our black wing nut, making sure it is loose. more
2/17/2014 1:06:08 PM
Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test fitting the Swagman upright roof mounted bike rack, part number S64720. With our thule rapid traversed roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicles load bars. Starting at the front, we'll take the silver U bolts to go in the underside of the front bar and up through the predrilled holes to the front of the bike rack. We'll then take our black wing knots to thread down onto the silver U bolts. We'll then repeat the same process for the other side. Now moving through the rear of the bike rack, this time we'll take the silver U bolt and slide it down through the predrileld holes of the bike rack. We'll take the black plate to go on the underside of the rear bar and use our black wing knots to tighten it down. more
2/6/2014 3:50:03 PM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test fitting the Swagman fork down roof mounted bike rack, part number S64710. With the thule rapid traversed roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicles load bars. Starting at the front, we'll take the silver U bolts to go on the underside of the front bar up to the predrilled holes to the front of the bike rack. We'll then take our black wing knots to thread down onto the silver U bolts. We'll repeat the same process for the other side. Now moving to the rear, we'll take the silver U bolts to go on top of the bike rack through the predrilled holes. We'll take the black plate to go on the underside of the rear bar and we'll use the black wing knots to tighten it down. more
2/6/2014 3:49:46 PM
SportRack Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Jetta we'll be test fitting the Sportrack Roof Mounted Bike Rack, Part #SR4622. With a Thule rapid reverse roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto to the vehicles load bars. Here at the front of the bike rack, we'll take the rubber coated U-bolts to go around the underside of the front bar, up through the pre-drilled holes at the head of the bike rack. We'll then take our black wing nuts to thread down onto the U-bolt. We'll then repeat the same process for the other side. Here at the rear of the bike rack, we'll take the black bracket which will go in between the top of the rear load bar and the bottom of the bike rack. We'll then insert our black bolts through the pre-drilled holes of the bike rack and the bracket. We'll take the rubber coated steel bracket around the underside of the rear bar, making sure the bolts go through the pre-drilled holes. We'll then use the black wing nuts to thread onto the bolts and tighten it down. Now we're ready to load our bike. more
2/6/2014 3:49:22 PM
SportRack Frame Mount Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today our 2014 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test fitting the sport rack roof mounted bike rack part number Sr4611. With the Thule rapids reverse roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's load bars. Starting there at the front, we'll take the rubber coated U-bolts around the underside of the front bar, up through the pre-drilled holes of the bike rack. We'll then take our black ring nuts to threat down onto our U-bolts. Now moving to the rear, we'll take the thick black bracket to go in between the bottom of the bike rack and the top of the load bar. We'll then take our black bolts to go down through the pre-drilled holes of both the bike rack and the bracket. We'll then take the rubber coated steel plate to go on the underside of the rear load bar and use the wing nuts to tighten it down. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. more
2/6/2014 3:48:43 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test fitting the Rockymounts TieRod roof mounted bike rack, part number RKY1014. With the Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto our vehicle's load bars. We'll start off by removing the black plastic cover at the front of the bike rack and bring the rubber coated straps around the underside of the front bar. We'll then hook them into the connection points, and move to the rear of the bike rack. We'll use the included Allen wrench to remove one of the Allen bolts to position the rear bracket around the underside of the rear bar. We'll then reinstall our Allen bolt and tighten down using an Allen wrench. Moving back up to the front, we'll use the included Allen wrench to tighten down the silver bolt to tighten down the straps up against the front bar. more
2/6/2014 3:48:08 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test-fitting the Rockymounts Tierod Stretch roof-mounted bike rack, part number RKY1011. With a truly rapid traverse roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test-fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's load bars. Starting at the front, we'll remove the black plastic cover to position the rubber-coated steel straps around the underside of the front bar. We'll then hook them into the connection points and move to the rear of the bike rack. We'll use the included allen wrench to remove one of the allen bolts to position the rear bracket around the underside of the rear bar. We'll reinstall our allen bolt and tighten it down with the allen wrench. Moving back up to the front, we'll use the included allen wrench to tighten down the silver bolt to tighten down the straps up against the front bar. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. more
2/5/2014 11:34:26 AM
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test fitting the Kuat Trio Roof Mounted Bike Rack, Part #RU01. With a Thule Rapic Traverse roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicles load bars. Starting at the front, we'll take the rubber coated u-bolts to go on the underside of the front bar. They'll go up through the pre-drilled holes at the head of the bike rack. We'll then use the cylindrical black nuts to thread down onto the black u-bolts. We'll then repeat the same process for the other side. We'll then go ahead and use the included tightening tool to tighten down the nuts to secure the front part of the bike rack to the front bar. Now, moving to the rear we'll remove one of the black wing nuts and position the rear bracket on the underside of the rear bar. We'll reinstall the wing nut and tighten it down. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. more
2/5/2014 11:33:58 AM
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we will be test fitting the Yakima Frontloader wheel mounted bike rack, part number Y02103. To begin our test fit, we will place the rack directly onto our bars. We will now turn the T handle on the front of the bike rack to tighten the clamp around our front bar. We will now loosen the rear T handle, pull the clamp around our bar, insert the T bolt through the appropriate slot, and secure by tightening our T handle. We will now loosen the rear wheel strap and open up our front wheel cradle. We will now place our bike on our bike rack, sliding it forward into the front wheel cradle. We will secure the front wheel cradles by tightening the red knob. We will now move to the rear wheel and secure it with the strap. That will complete today's test fit of the Yakima Frontloader, part number Y02103, on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta. more
1/30/2014 1:21:06 PM
Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we will ll be test fitting the Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number Y02098. To begin our test fit, we will place our bike rack directly onto our bars. We will loosen the T handle, bring our clamp around our bar, insert the T bolt through the appropriate slot, and secure it by tightening the T handle. Now, we will remove our skewer, slide our slotted bracket forward to where it goes around our T handle, and reinsert our skewer being sure it goes through our slotted bracket. At the rear, we will loosen the T handle, bring our clamp around our bar, insert the T bolt through the appropriate slot, and tighten with the T handle. We will loosen our rear wheel strap and our skewer. Now, we're ready to grab our bike. We will place our bike on our rack, dropping our front fork onto our skewer. more
1/30/2014 1:19:45 PM
SportRack Frame Mount Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, we will be test-fitting the Sportrack Roof Bike Rack part number SR4611. With the Sportrack Roof Rack, already installed on our vehicle, we will begin our test-fit by placing our bike rack directly on to our bars. At the front we will take the two rubber-coated U-bolts around the underside of our bar. Up through our front platform and secure them with the four wing nuts. At the rear, we will drop our two bolts through our platform making sure that we have one on either side of our bar. We will then take our black rubber-coated portion of our clamp bringing it around the bar being sure that two bolts go through it and then secure those with the wing nuts. more
1/29/2014 12:08:54 PM
Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2007 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2007 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test fitting the Swagman rooftop bike rack, part number S64720. With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack system assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike directly onto our load bars. Here at the front platform, we'll take our U bolts, bring them up around the underside of our load bars, and tighten in place with the wing nuts. We'll do this for both sides of thefront carrier. Here at the rear, we'll take our U bolt and drop it through the top of the bike rack, placing it through the holes to make sure that it goes around our rear load bar. We'll then fit our black clamp through our U bolt and tighten it in place with two wing nuts. With the front and rear of our bike rack secured, we're now ready to undo the rear and front wheel straps and open up our frame jaws. We'll grab our bike and place it onto our bike rack. We'll secure it first by raising up our frame jaws, placing it around the lower part of our frame, and tightening it with a hand knob. more
9/13/2013 11:50:42 AM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2007 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2007 Volkswagen Jetta we'll be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rick part number S64710. With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System assembled on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the Swagman Fork Down directly onto our load bars. Here at the front we'll take our U-bolts, bring them around the underside of our front load bar, and up through our front platform. Once we have those through we can then install the wingnuts to tighten them down. We'll do this for both sides of the front platform. We'll move to the rear and drop our U-bolt through the holes from the topside of our bike carrier making sure that our U-bolt goes around our rear load bar. We can then place on our black bracket and tighten in place with the wingnuts. With the front and rear secured we'll undo the rear wheel strap and make sure the skewer at the front is loose. more
9/13/2013 11:49:16 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2007 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2007 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test-fitting the Rockymounts Tierod Stretch roof-mounted bike rack, part number rky1011. With a Tule rapid reverse roof rack system assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the TierodStretch directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll bring our rubber-coated straps around our front bar, and remove the black plastic cover. We'll fit the straps into the head of the carrier, and then tighten the Allan bolt with an Allan key, which will tighten our straps around our front bar. We can then replace the black plastic cover. Here at the rear, we'll loosen up the Allan bolts to bring our rear clamp around our rear bar. more
9/13/2013 11:47:51 AM
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2007 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2007 Volkswagen Jetta, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mounted bike rack, part number RKY1014. With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack system assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the TieRod directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll remove the black plastic cover and bring the rubber-coated straps around our front bar. We'll fit them back into the head of the carrier, and then, we'll use an Allen key to tighten the Allen bolt, which will tighten our straps around our front bar.Once we have that done, we can replace our black plastic cover. We'll move to the rear and loosen up the Allen bolts to bring our rear clamp around our rear bar. We'll feed the bolts back through the clamp and tighten them down with an Allen key. With the front and rear secured, we can undo the rear wheel strap and make sure the skewer at the front is loose. We'll grab our bike and place it onto our bike rack. We'll then drop the front forks down onto our skewer. more
9/13/2013 6:47:26 AM
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today we have a 2012 Volkswagen Jetta and we're ready to test fit the Yakima FrontLoader Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number Y02103. We already have our bike rack together. Now we're ready to mount it up on the vehicle. We'll start by laying the bike rack up on top of our roof rack. We'll position the front head over the front crossbar and we'll position the rear clamp above our rear crossbar. We'll then turn the T handle on the front to tighten the front mount and we'll tighten the wing nut on the rear to tighten the rear clamp. more
3/29/2012 10:38:00 AM
Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2012 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today we've got a 2012 Volkswagen Jetta and we'll be test fitting the Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number 702098. We've got our bike rack assembled and now we're ready to mount it up on the vehicle. The first thing we need to do is remove the front skewer for the bike rack and move the cover out of the way. Once we've done that we can place the bike rack up on top of our roof rack. We'll fit the head of the bike rack and wrap the clamp around the front bar. We'll then take the wing nut and tighten down the front clamp. more
3/29/2012 10:37:56 AM
Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today we have a 2012 Volkswagen Jetta, and well be test fitting the Thule Domestique Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number TH513. We already have our bike carrier assembled, so well place it up on top of our roof rack. Well need to remove the front skewer so that we can access the bolts to attach our clamp at the front. With our front clamp attached, we can move on to the rear. Well use the included Allen wrench to secure the clamps at both the front and the rear. With our secure back in place and our rear wheel strap undone, were ready to fit our bike. more
3/27/2012 1:16:38 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Volkswagen Jetta- Video
Today on our 2012 Volkswagen Jetta, we're going to do a test fit of the RockyMounts TieRod Bike Rack, product number RKY1014. This will be on top of our Rhino Rack Aero Bar Roof System. We've already got our bike rack set up so let's go ahead and mount it on the vehicle. To install our bike rack, we'll simply take two rubber straps, run them underneath the front bar, and then tighten them down with the Allen bolt. Once we've got the front tightened down, we'll go ahead and move to the rear attachment point using the wing nuts to tighten it down. It's best to tighten it down evenly from front to rear. more
12/7/2011 10:23:40 PM
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