Kuat Piston SR Roof 1 Bike Rack Review - 2022 Toyota RAV4- Video

How's it going, everyone It's Ethan here with etrailer. Today we're gonna be taking a look at the Kuat Piston SR, on our 2022 Toyota RAV4. This is gonna be a premium option for if you want to get a bike, up to 67 pounds, where you need it to go, but you don't have a hitch, or maybe you're towing something already. This is going to hold on our bike by dual-wheel mounting, using two arms on either side that we can activate with these piston arms. There's no straps needed. Everything is done right there. more

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5/16/2023 10:34:10 AM

Yakima HighRoad Roof Bike Rack Review - 2022 Toyota RAV4- Video

How's it going, everyone It's Ethan here at etrailer. Today we're going to be taking a look at the Yakima HighRoad Roof Bike Rack on our 2022 Toyota RAV4. This is gonna be a good option to get a bike, in this case up to 45 pounds where you need it to go, in the event that maybe you don't have a hitch or you're towing something already, or, you know, you just don't wanna add space to the back of your vehicle, this is a great way to get it on top of the roof and get it to where it's gotta go. This bike rack holds onto our bike by the front tire using these two hoops, rather than making you take the front tire off, which is nice. In addition, there's no frame contact, so if you do wanna put a carbon frame bike up here, you can 'cause it won't damage the frame while you're driving. All you do is you load it up. more

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1/6/2023 9:34:59 AM

Rhino-Rack XTray Pro Cargo Basket and 2 Bike Carrier Review - 2022 Toyota RAV4- Video

Hi, everyone. Aiden here with etrailer.com. Today we're gonna be taking a look at the Rhino Rack Xtray Pro cargo basket here on our 2022 Toyota RAV4. Now this is going to be a really large and functional cargo basket, with the added feature of also being a two-bike carrier. If you do choose to use it in that way. We've got these mounts front for a through axle so you can get a bike and some cargo, just cargo, or two bikes up here. more

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9/20/2022 2:27:50 PM

Yakima HighSpeed Roof Bike Rack Review - 2017 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today I have my buddies 2017 Toyota RAV4 and we are taking a look at the Yakima HighSpeed roof mounted fork mounted bike rack. There are gonna be two HighSpeed roof rack kits on our website. The one we're looking at today gives us two options for mounting. Right now we're utilizing the T track on our aftermarket bars on our roof to get it secured down but it's not going to make it any more low profile than these straps that come on it. Normally these are very low profile but the one reason why the T slots are very nice is notice how it's mounted right above our tower. So we can fully utilize our roof rack system with the T slots. more

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6/6/2022 3:18:43 PM

Yakima HighRoad Roof Bike Rack Review - 2017 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on my buddy's 2019 Toyota RAV4 we're gonna be taking a look at the Yakima Highroad Roof-mounted Bike Rack. The Highroad is gonna be for you if you don't wanna modify your bike for it to go up and get secured down on a roof-mounted bike rack. I'm comparing this one to a fork-mounted option. You're gonna have to remove the front wheel and store that somewhere. With this one, you keep it as is, you put it up there, you tighten it down. When you're there, you can just take it right off and go ride on the trails a little bit quicker. more

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6/6/2022 3:16:46 PM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Toyota RAV4- Video

Hey everybody, Zack here at etrailer.com. Today, we're taking a look at the Yakima FrontLoader on our 2016 Toyota RAV4. This is gonna be a really popular roof mounted bike rack, and not just in the wheel mounted style like this, but just overall. This is, I see this one going down the road all the time. And I think what people really like about it, is they don't have to take their front wheel off like a fork mounted style. Those provide maybe a little bit easier loading, because you don't have to get it as high. more

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3/14/2022 11:06:32 AM

Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2020 Toyota RAV4- Video

Hi everyone, Aiden here at etrailer.com and today we're gonna be taking a look at the Yakima HighRoad roof mounted bike rack here on our 2020 Toyota RAV4. Now, a roof mounted bike rack is gonna be a way to haul your bike on your roof. As opposed to a hitch-mounted bike rack, there are some advantages to that. You can leave your hitch open for other accessories. So, whether you're going on a trip with your family, you wanna have a cargo carrier out there for extra space or maybe you're towing a small trailer. You wanna have that space open but still haul your bike. more

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1/28/2022 2:39:37 PM

Thule ProRide XT Roof Fat Bike Rack Review - 2017 Toyota RAV4- Video

Hello, everybody. Adam, here with the etrailer today, we have a 2017 Toyota Rav four, and we're gonna be taking a look at the Thule Proride XT roof mounted bike rack. So this is gonna be for your fat tire bikes. And when we're comparing these to some of the other ones that you have on the site, what really sets this one apart is this little arm. So if you do have fenders on your fat tire bike, this is gonna be one of the only options that you have to be able to lock it down. A lot of them do wheel hooks but with this it's actually really cool whenever you're ready to load up and just press that button and it's ready to go and you wanna tighten it down, you can tighten it down. more

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1/10/2022 2:12:22 PM

Thule FastRide Roof Bike Rack Review - 2017 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today, on our 2017 Toyota RAV4, we're gonna be taking a look at the Thule FastRide roof-mounted bike rack. When you're setting up your crossbar spread, we wanna make sure it's not gonna be any less than 18 inches from the center of your crossbar to the center of the other crossbar, and we don't want it to be any more than 36 inches. So whenever you're setting that up, it's usually gonna be about in the same bounds as your other accessories. So just make sure you do that, so that it's gonna be compatible. We are gonna be able to fit tire width up to three inches, so this isn't gonna be for your fat tire bikes, and it is relatively lighter weight since it's on the roof as typical with most roof bike racks. So we're gonna have a capacity of about 37 1/2 pounds. more

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8/19/2021 3:54:36 PM

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Toyota RAV4- Video

Hi everyone. It's Evangeline here at etrailer. And today we are looking at the Inno Fork Lock III roof mounted bike rack here on our 2017 Toyota RAV4. Do you want to carry around your bike And let's say you don't have a hitch or your hitch is used up like by a cargo basket. This is a good option for carrying your bike. Especially if you already have crossbars or a roof rack on your vehicle. more

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8/10/2021 8:34:37 AM

RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Toyota RAV4- Video

Hi, everyone. It's Evangeline here at etrailer. And today, we are looking at the RockyMounts SwitchHitter LS roof mounted bike rack here on our 2017 Toyota RAV4. If you wanna bring your bikes with you, like just get them to the trail head so you can start your adventure but let's say, you don't have a hitch or your hitch is already full with another hitch mounted accessory, this could be a good option for you, which is to put your bike rack onto your crossbar. So, if you already have crossbars as well or a roof rack, you can just clamp them around and let's take a look at how that works. So, this has a 35 pound weight capacity. more

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8/10/2021 8:33:24 AM

Thule TopRide Roof Bike Rack Review - 2017 Toyota RAV4- Video

Hey, everybody. Adam here with etrailer. Today, we have a 2017 Toyota RAV4, and we're gonna be test fitting the Thule TopRide roof-mounted bike rack. I really like this roof-mounted bike rack. One, because it's super quick and easy to get your bike locked-in in the front. And of course, with any other type of roof-mounted bike rack, we're gonna have a strap in the back. more

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8/3/2021 10:33:15 AM

Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Toyota RAV4- Video

Hey everybody, welcome to etrailer.com, I'm Bobby. Today we're taking a look at the Yakima HighSpeed Roof Mounted Bike Rack here on our 2017 Toyota RAV4. Now this can be a great way of getting your bikes off of the back of your vehicle and off onto the top. Well, that can be great for a lot of city living. Probably you just don't want that extra space on the back of the vehicle. This can be a great way of getting your bike to wherever you wanna go. more

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7/22/2021 12:37:34 PM

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Toyota RAV4 INA389- Video

Hey, everybody, welcome to etrailer.com. I'm Bobby and today we're taking a look at the Inno Tire Hold II roof-mounted bike rack, here on our 2017 Toyota RAV4. Now, this can be a great way of getting your bikes off the back of the vehicle and up on top, saving you a lot of room and maneuverability, as well as freeing up your hitch for some of those bigger accessories that we need to carry wherever we're going. This can be also a very great option if you're living in the city and don't have that much room in your parallel parking and that way you can go ahead and get it on the top roof of your car. One thing I would suggest with that, though, if you are going for that city parking, we have it on the driver's side here today. A couple of tricks though, you can put that on the passenger side just as easily, which is one thing that's great about the Inno Tire Hold II. more

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7/22/2021 12:01:09 PM

Yakima HighRoad Roof Bike Rack Review - 2017 Toyota RAV4 Y02114- Video

Hey guys, welcome to etrailer.com. I'm Bobby and today we're taking a look at the Yakima Highroad single bike carrier on our 2017 Toyota RAV4. Now right away as we see we do have a nice wheel mounted platform design here. It's got a nice, sleek look. It's very low profile, sits right on our bars, and it looks really good. We're about to break it down, just how it sits on there. more

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4/29/2021 1:30:08 PM

Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2019 Toyota RAV4- Video

Hey guys, John here at etrailer.com. Today we have our 2019 Toyota RAV4 and we're test fitting the Yakima high speed bike rack. This is a great way to get our bike to our favorite destination, without having to try to fit it into our trunk or install a bike rack and put a, you know, a hitch on the back of our vehicle at extra length. Maybe our seating is all taken off and we have all of our cargo area full. We can still get our bike to where we need it to go. We do have our front wheel removed. more

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2/4/2020 4:57:59 PM

Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2019 Toyota RAV4 Y02114- Video

John: Hey guys, John here from etrailer.com. Today, we have our 2019 Toyota RAV4. We're test fitting the Yakima HighRoad Roof Mounted Bike Rack. This is a great way to get our bike to our favorite destination without having to figure out how to fit it into our rear hatch area or add a hitch and a hitch mount a bike rack to our vehicle. Since it mounts up on top, we still retain all of the carrying capacity of our vehicle whether we have all our seats full and cargo in the back or maybe we're just trying to avoid adding more length or vehicle. This is a great opportunity for you.The HighRoad can accommodate up to a 45 pound bike with a max wheel or tire width of 3 1/4 inches. more

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2/4/2020 4:57:39 PM

Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2019 Toyota RAV4- Video

Hey guys, John here from etrailer.com. Today we have a 2019 Toyota RAV4. We are test fitting the Thule UpRide roof mount bike rack. This is a great way to get our bike to our favorite destination without having to take the front wheel off and toss it in the trunk, or maybe add a hitch to the back and a bike rack in the back. You can toss an entire bike up here on the roof, out of the way.Since it is a wheel mount, we don't have to remove our front wheel. We just use the ratcheting arms to secure the whole bike. more

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2/4/2020 4:57:22 PM

Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2019 Toyota RAV4 TH535- Video

Hey guys, John here from etrailer.com. Today we have our 2019 Toyota RAV4 N and we are test fitting the Thule Thruride roof mount platform rack. This is an axle mount, as you can see, we have our front wheel removed. Simply toss this in the back, makes it easier to load our bike on top of our roof, without the weight of the front wheel. It would seem like it doesn't add that much, but it actually does. We've installed some up here that you have to lift the entire bike up and removing the front wheel does make a significant difference.This is a great way to get our bike to our favorite destination, without having to try to figure out how to fit it into the rear hatch area of her vehicle. more

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2/4/2020 4:57:06 PM

Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2019 Toyota RAV4 TH526XT- Video

John: Hey guys, John here from each trailer.com. Today, we have our 2019 Toyota RAV4. We are test fitting the Tooley Circuit XT roof mounted bike rack. This is a great way to get your bikes to your favorite destination without adding a hitch and a hitch Mount carrier to the back of our vehicle, or finding a different way to fit them into your vehicle. You just load up this bike rack on top of your roof rack, load your bike on, you're good to go. It also means that we only have to fit the front wheel of our bike into our trunk, instead of trying to fit, again, the entire bike back there.The circuit XT can accommodate up to a three inch wide tire. more

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2/3/2020 5:58:10 PM

Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2012 Toyota Rav4- Video

Speaker 1: Today on our 2012 Toyota Rav 3, we're gonna be test fitting the Rhino-Rack's MountainTrail Rooftop Bike Rack, that's gonna be 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. First and foremost, how it's actually attached to the rack. It's gonna grip your bike at the front here by your fork mounts, meaning you're gonna have to remove your front tire to install this. A bonus here is it does come with a lock included so once you have this installed and clamped into place, you can lock it down and secure your bike to the bike rack. There's also a lock on the top portion here, and that is keyed alike with our clamp lock here, so you can secure it both to the roof rack, as well as the bike to the bike rack.Moving to the rear, it's gonna have this rear wheel strap to hold this into place, and this is is adjustable back and forth along the length of the bike rack to accommodate for bikes of different sizes. more

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8/29/2018 2:47:22 PM

Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2012 Toyota RAV4- Video

Speaker 1: Today in our 2012 Toyota RAV4, we're going to be test-fitting the Yakima HighRoad rooftop bike rack. That's going to part number Y02114. Now, a unique feature about this bike rack is that it does grip it by your front wheel as opposed to the fork mounts or your through axle, so you don't have to worry about if you have either of those. This can match either style.It has two points of contact with our wheel here, and it does have this tightening down point at the front, which has an acu-tight . Or excuse me, a tensioning tool to it to let you know that it's tightened enough, where it will snap like that so you don't over-tighten it or overdo it with your tire.We also have a rear wheel strap here, and this is adjustable the length of the bike rack to accommodate for bikes of different sizes. Moving to the back, we do have an integrated cable lock. more

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8/14/2018 7:58:12 AM

Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2012 Toyota RAV4 Y02115- Video

Speaker 1: Today on our 2012 Toyota Rav 4, we're gonna be test fitting the Yakima High Speed Roof Bike Rack. It's gonna be part number Y02115. As you can see, we already have a bike up and installed on the rack, so let's take a look at some of the features. Now something unique about this bike rack is it can accommodate to any type of fork mounted bikes or even through axle bikes, whatever you prefer. The bike itself is secured by two different points of contact on the bike rack. As you can see on the back, we have a sliding platform that can accommodate to any length of bike that you might have. more

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8/14/2018 7:57:59 AM

Rhino Rack Roof Bike Racks Review - 2012 Toyota RAV4- Video

Speaker 1: Today on our 2012 Toyota RAV4, we're going to be test fitting the Rhino-Rack Hybrid Roof Bike Rack. It's going to part number RRRBC050.As you can see, we already have a bike installed on the rack, so let's take a look at some of the nice features. As for the bike being secured to the rack, it's going to be secured at three different points of contact. It's going to have two plastic straps, both on the back wheel, and the front wheel. What's nice about these straps in the cradles is that they can slide up and down the rack to accommodate any type of width of bike that you might have. It also is secured by the third point of contact with a wheel hook that folds up over your front wheel, and just secures it down. more

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8/14/2018 7:57:44 AM

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2012 Toyota RAV4- Video

Speaker 1: Today on our 2012 Toyota RAV4, we're going to be test fitting the Inno Fork Lock III Roof Mounted Bike Rack, and that's going to be part number INA391. We already have the bike installed on our rack, so let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of our features.How the bike is held into place starting at the front here, it's going to grip your bike by the fork mounts. What's nice about this bike rack is that once this is in place, and it does come with the lock already at the top, everything is secure from the bike rack to the roof rack, as well as the bike to the bike rack because you can't remove the bike rack without this being open and unlocked, and you can't loosen it without that being loosened and unlocked as well with the latch here. We'll get to that a little bit later.Moving to the rear, we do have this rear wheel strap that does ratchet down into place, and this is adjustable the length of the bike rack to accommodate for bikes of different sizes. Now, you see that at the back here this does stick out pretty far past where our hatch is. However, since this particular model does open from the side here out, clearance is not going to be an issue for this bike rack.So, let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. more

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8/14/2018 7:57:34 AM

RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2012 Toyota RAV4- Video

Speaker 1: Today in our 2012 Toyota Rav4, we're gonna be test fitting the RockyMounts SwitchHitter Rooftop Bike Rack, part number RKY1270. This is a pretty unique rooftop bike rack in that it grips your bike at two points, but you do have choice when it comes to the front mount here. Right now we have a 9mm skewer mount that you see here grips your bike by it's fork mounts, but this will also work with Thru-Axles as well, so that works with either 12 or 15mm . Thru-Axles. There's another adaptor for a 20 that is sold separately.On the rear here, we do have this strap that'll hold the rear tire in place, and this is adjustable the length of the bike rack, to accommodate for bikes of different sizes. For security, we do have an integrated cable-lock although the lock-core is gonna be sold separately, and you can find that on etrailer.com so you can make this keyed alike with other accessories, or another roof rack if you wanted to.With everything installed as it is, you can see this sticks out pretty far back over our actual rear hatch, but since the Toyota Rav4, it's rear door opens out instead of up, that's not gonna be an issue with this particular rack. more

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8/14/2018 7:57:22 AM

RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota Rav4 we're doing a test fit of the RockyMounts BrassKnuckles Roof Mounted Bike Rack. That part number is RKY1202. Now we already have our bike secured down. First going to show you how we do that, and then we'll go over some features of the rack itself. Here at the back tire we have a ratcheting strap, to release that I'm just going to push on the black button, lift up, and set that strap off to the other side. Up at the front we have another ratcheting strap. more

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1/27/2016 11:16:06 AM

Thule Sprint Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota Rav4, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Sprint roof mounted bike rack, part number TH528. It's going to be a fork mounted bike rack. We do already have our bike on the rack. We're going to show how we secure the bike to the rack itself and also how we secure the rack to the roof system. First thing I'll show you is the back tire here. We've got a strap holding that down with some cushion here to adjust for the thinner tires and bigger tires. more

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11/6/2015 10:45:25 AM

Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota Rav4, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Sprint T-Track mounted roof bike rack. Part number TH569. Now, we already have our bike on the rack. I'm going to show you how we strap it down and also how we strap or attach our bike rack to our crossbars. You got a strap back here with a cushion on it. That's going to secure that back wheel into place. more

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11/6/2015 10:45:15 AM

SportRack Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota Rav4, we're doing a test fit of the Sportrack Down Shift roof mounted fork mount bike rack, part number SR4623. Now, we do already have our bike on the rack. We're going to show you how we strap it down and also how we strap the rack itself to the crossbars. At the back here, we have a simple strap that's going to hold that wheel down to your bike rack. It's secure enough that it's just going to push it down and secure it there so you won't have to worry about your tire flying up. Then in the front here, we've got a skewer holding down those forks. more

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11/6/2015 10:42:57 AM

Rhino Rack Road Warrior Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota RAV4 we're doing a test fit of the Rhino-Rack Road Warrior rooftop bike carrier, part number RBC036. Now we do already have our bike on the rack. We're going to show you how we strap it down and also how we secure the rack to the crossbars themselves. If we take a look at the back wheel here, we've got a strap holding that in. That just secures it down into the carrier. Then up at the front we've got a skewer. more

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11/6/2015 10:35:59 AM

Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota Rav4, we're doing a test fit of the Rhino Rack Mountain Trail Rooftop Bike Carrier, part number RBC035. Now, we do already have our bike on the carrier. We're going to show you how we strap everything down. The first thing we want to look at is our back wheel. Got just a regular strap there. Just push down the black lever and feed the strap through and just pull on it to tighten it down. more

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11/6/2015 10:35:42 AM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota Rav4, we're doing a test fit of the Kuat Trio roof mounted bike rack, part number TR02. Now, we do already have our bike on the rack. Let me show you how we strap the bike to the rack and also how we strap the rack to the crossbars. Back here on the wheel, we've got just the strap here. Just push it in and pull out the strap. At the front, we've got the skewer, pull up on the silver lever and then on this side, that knob over here is going to tighten and loosen as you turn it. more

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11/6/2015 10:34:12 AM

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota Rav4, we're doing a test fit of the Inno Fork Lock Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number INXA391. Now, we already had everything strapped down. We're just going to show you have we strap down the bike and then also the carrier. The first thing I'll take a look at is our back wheel. We have a strap holding that wheel in and we want to make sure we have it between the spokes so we don't damage them. Then up here at the front, we got a locking cover and we have a skewer holding in the fork mounts. more

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11/6/2015 10:33:34 AM

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4 ina392- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota RAV4 we're doing a test fit of the Inno Multi-Fork Lock roof-mounted bike rack, part number INA392. Now we do already have our bike strapped to the rack. We're going to show how we connect the bike down and then also how we strap the rack to the crossbars. If we take a look back here, we've got a wheel mount. You're going to have a nice strap holding that in and a cradle here that's going to secure that bike to the rack. Then up here at the front we've got a locking cover, an anti-theft bar here, and then we also have the skewer that's going to hold those forks in. more

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11/6/2015 10:33:20 AM

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4 INA389- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota Rav4, we're doing a test fit of the Inno Tire Hold roof bike rack, part number INA389. Now, we've already got our bike on the rack. We're going to show you how we secure that to the rack and then also how we secure the rack to our crossbars. First thing we'll do is step up into our vehicle. We've got these great tire holds here that are going to secure that bike down to the rack and keep that firmly against the cradles that we have here in the back and in the front. Now, with our front cradles just a regular wheel hold here or wheel mount and then the back it's ratcheted down by this center piece here which is also locking so you can secure your bike to your rack without worrying about theft or tampering. We'll just unlock our cover and lift up. more

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11/6/2015 10:33:07 AM

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Toyota RAV4 INA387- Video

Today on our 2015 Toyota RAV4 we're doing a test fit of the Inno Slim Fork roof-mounted bike rack, part number INA387. Now we do already have it on our crossbars. We're going to show you how we mount it to the crossbars and then also how we mount our bike up. Now taking a look at our back wheel here, instead of the usual strap that you'll see, we have a little sandwich here. Two separate pieces that are just going to clamp together and hold your back tire in place. Then up at the front we've got a skewer. more

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11/6/2015 10:32:54 AM

Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2007 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today, on our 2007 Toyota RAV4, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Paceline Roof Mounted Bike Rack. Part number TH527. We'll begin our test fit by resting the rack on top of our vehicle. We're test fitting this today on the vehicle's factory roof rack system. I'll stand here in the door jamb, just to have a little bit more height. We're going to start by removing the T-bolt here, out from under the strap. That's going to allow us to move this around. We'll get it underneath there. more

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8/21/2014 11:58:41 AM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Racks Review - 2007 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2007 Toyota RAV4, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Front Loader. This is a Wheel Mounted Roof Bike Rack part number Y02103. We'll start by setting the rack on top of our vehicle. This rack requires quite a bit of height on the installers part, so I went ahead and setup a ladder here. You'll definitely need the height when you're putting the bike on. That's kind of, the more important part where you're going to need the height. What you'll do, you'll fix the front bracket up snug to the crossbar and then twist the T-handle, which is going to pull the back jaw forward on to it. Once it snugs up there, you can go ahead and tighten it down. With the front secure, we'll secure the back portion. I'm going to slide the, or pull the longer of the 2 hoops, up into position for when we load the bike and that just gets it out of the way of our bracket here. You'll notice this one's got the lower bracket with the T-bolt and the wing nut on top. We'll slide this forward around our crossbar, fix the T-bolt through and you're going to twist it so that it lines up in the slot so it won't come out. more

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7/16/2014 12:27:57 PM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Bike Racks Review - 2007 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2007 Toyota RAV4, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Forklift, Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number Y02098. We'll begin our test fit by placing the rack on top of our vehicle. For our test fit today, we'll be using the RAV4 factory roof rack system. We'll start by securing the front part of the rack, what you'll need to do is line the T-bolt up so that it slides out of the slot, bring the bracket underneath of the crossbar and then line the T-bolt back up. You're going to need to try and get that T-bolt twisted sideways so that it secures in there. It's a little difficult just 'cause you don't have a lot of clearance. There we go. We're going to remove our skewer and it's important to keep in mind that this is cross threaded or reversed threaded, excuse me, so you want to make sure you're twisting it the opposite of what you normally would that we don't just end up tightening it down. Like I'm doing right now. more

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7/16/2014 10:33:15 AM

Thule Sprint Roof Bike Racks Review - 2007 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2007 Toyota Rav4 we're going to be test fitting the Thule Sprint. This is a roof mounted bike rack part number TH528. We'll begin our test fit by resting our bike rack on top of the roof rack on the vehicle. We're doing our test fit today on the factory mounted roof rack. I'm going to stand on the door jam here just so I have some more height. What we're going to do, we're going to take the steel rubber coated strap, slide that underneath of the bar. more

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7/16/2014 10:27:43 AM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Racks Review - 2007 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2007 Toyota Rav4 we're going to be test fitting the Kuat Trio in black, part number TR02. This is also available in gunmetal gray and orange, part number RU01. This is a roof-mounted bike rack. So we'll go ahead and begin our test fit by placing the rack on top of our vehicle. We're using the Rav4's factory roof-mounted rack system today to test fit this on. So we'll want to position the pad here over top of the bars. And it comes with the two U-bolts and four cylinder nuts. more

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7/16/2014 9:42:45 AM

Swagman Upright Roof Bike Racks Review - 2007 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2007 Toyota Rav4, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Upright roof-mounted bike rack, part number S64720.Well begin our test fit by placing the rack on top of the vehicle. For our test fit today, we'll be using the Rav4's factory roof rack system. With it up here, the big bracket is going to set on top of the front crossbar.The rack comes with two U-bolts with four wing nuts. We'll take our one U-bolt, thread it underneath here, and place it through the holes. You'll line the holes up, then take your wing nut and get it started back on there so you can tighten it down. I'm just going to get it snug for now, and we can get the other U-bolt on here. more

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7/15/2014 6:14:39 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Racks Review - 2007 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2007 Toyota RAV4 we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Mounted Roof Rack, part number RKY1011. We'll begin our test fit by placing the rack on top of our vehicle. We're doing our test fit today on the RAV4's Factory Roof Rack System. We'll start by taking the straps, these are steel, rubber coated straps and we'll thread them underneath, or slide them underneath, the crossbar. You'll then want to remove the cover and take the T on the strap and put them into the cradles. With that done you'll take your Allen wrench and tighten down the bolt here in the center, which is going to pull those straps tight. As you tighten this down it's going to help center this block here over top of your cross bar front to back. With that tightened down we'll move to the back here, after we replace our cover. more

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7/15/2014 6:11:27 PM

Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2013 Toyota Rav4, we will be test fitting the Thule Big Mount Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number TH599XTR. With the Thule crossroad roof rack system assembled on to our vehicle, we will begin our test fit by placing the bike rack directly on to our load bars. Here at the front, well bring the clamp around the front bar, drop the T-bolt through the appropriate slot and use the wing nut to tighten it in place. Well do this at both sides at the front platform to secure the front of our bike rack. At the rear, well loosen up the wing nut and bring our bracket around the rear bar. Well drop the bolt through the hole in the bracket and tighten both the wing nuts.With our bike rack securer, we can undo the wheel straps and get ready to load our bike. more

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12/3/2013 9:12:08 AM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2011 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2011 Toyota Rav4 we'll be test fitting the Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number Y02098. With the factory roof rack system assembled on our vehicle we'll begin our test fit by placing the ForkLift directly onto our cross bars. Here at the front we'll bring our front clamp around our front bar, drop our T-bolt through the appropriate slots, and tighten it in place. We'll then remove the skewer and then slide our T-bracket around our T-handle. Now we can re-install our skewer making sure we leave it open for when we're ready to load our bike. Here at the rear we'll bring the rear bracket around the rear bar, drop the T-bolt through the appropriate slot, and tighten it in place. We'll go ahead and undo the rear wheel strap and grab our bike. more

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9/12/2013 12:55:51 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2011 Toyota Rav4 we'll be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64710. With the factory roof rack system on our vehicle we'll begin by placing the Swagman Fork Down directly onto our cross bars. Here at the platform we'll bring out U-bolts around the underside of our cross bar, fitting them back up through the holes in the platform, and securing it with the wing nuts. We'll do this for both sides of the front platform. Here at the rear we'll take our U-bolt and drop it through the holes on the top side of our bike rack, making sure our U-bolt goes around our rear cross bar. Then we can install our black metal bracket and secure it with two wing nuts. more

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9/12/2013 12:49:36 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2011 Toyota Rav4 we'll be test fitting the Rockymounts Tierod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1011. With a factory roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the tierod stretch directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we'll bring the 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 use an allen key to tighten the allen bolt which will tighten our straps around our front bar. We can then replace our black plastic cover. Here at the rear, we'll loosen up the allen bolt and bring our rear clamp around our rear bar. We'll feed the bolts back through the appropriate holes and tighten with an allen key. more

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9/12/2013 12:47:19 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2011 Toyota Rav4 we'll be testing the Rockymounts Tierod Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1014. With a factory roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the tierod directly onto our cross bars. Here at the front, we'll bring the rubber coated straps around our front bar, remove the black plastic cover, and fit the straps into the head of the carrier. We can then use an allen key to tighten the allen bolt, which will tighten our straps around our front bar. With the front secured, we'll move to the rear where we'll need to undo the allen bolts to rear our rear clamp around our rear bar. We'll feed the bolts back through the clamp and then tighten with an allen key. We'll undo the rear wheel strap and loosen our skewer. more

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9/12/2013 7:45:46 AM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Toyota RAV4- Video

Today on our 2013 Toyota Rav 4, we'll be test fitting the Yakima FrontLoader roof-mounted bike rack, part number Y02103. We'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack onto the vehicle's crossbars. We'll then loosen up the large black T handle at the front of the carrier to loosen up the front bracket to go around the front crossbar. We'll then move to the rear, where we can also loosen up the black wing nut t put the rear bracket around the underside of the rear crossbar, and slide in the sliver T bolt and tighten down the wing nut. We can then move back up to the front to finish tightening the front bracket. Now with everything all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. more

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7/29/2013 10:20:36 AM

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