RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Kia Soul- Video

Today, on our 2016 Kia Soul, we'll be doing a test fit on the RockyMounts SwitchHitter Roof-Mounted Bike Rack, that's part number RKY1270. I've already got it loaded up and mounted to our Kia Soul's factory roof rack system. I'd just like to point out that it's going to work with your round, square, arrow, elliptical, and most factory roof rack systems as well. It secures our bike in two places. We have this rear wheel strap here, going over our rear wheel, and we also have this 9mm quick-release skewer. It's also going to work with your 12mm and 15mm through axles, so that's a really nice feature. I'd like to point out, with the way we have it mounted, we're going to able to gain a little bit of access to our rear hatch, about that high up. more

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7/28/2016 7:47:07 AM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Kia Soul- Video

Today on our 2016 Kia Soul we'll be doing a test fit on the Kuat Trio Roof Mounted Bike Rack. That's part number TR02. I've already got it loaded up on our Kia Soul just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it's going to work. I've got it attached to our factory roof rack system on our Kia Soul. I'd like to point out that it's going to work with your round, square, arrow, elliptical, and most factory roof rack systems as well. There is zero frame contact with our bike with this bike rack. more

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7/28/2016 7:46:54 AM

Rhino Rack Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Kia Soul- Video

Today on our 2016 Kia Soul, we'll be doing a test fit on the Rhino-Rack Hybrid Roof-Mounted Bike Rack. That's part number RRRBC050. I've already got it loaded up on the Kia Soul. I'm using the factory roof rack system that came with the Soul. I'd like to point out that it's going to work with a wide variety of roof rack systems, including your round, square, arrow, elliptical, and most factory roof racks system as well. Right away, one of the best features about this bike rack is that it has zero frame contact. It secures our bike in 3 places. We have a rear wheel strap here, we have a front wheel strap, and then we have a large wheel hook going over our front wheel putting down pressure on our front wheel into the wheel tray. I'd also like to point out that with the way we have it positioned on our roof rack, we can access our rear hatch. more

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7/28/2016 7:46:40 AM

Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Kia Soul- Video

Today on our 2016 Kia Soul, we'll be doing a test fit on the Rhino-Rack Mountain Trail Roof-Mounted Bike Rack, and that's part # RBC035. As you can see, we've already got it loaded up on our Kia Soul on its factory roof rack system. It's going to work with a wide variety of roof rack systems, your round, square, arrow, elliptical, and most factory roof rack systems, as well. I've got it loaded up. As you can see, it secures our bike in 2 spots. We've got this rear wheel strap here, and then we have a 9mm quick-release skewer here. The nice thing is, with the way we've got it loaded up on our Kia Soul, we don't have to worry about it coming in contact with our rear hatch when we open it up. We can still open it up all the way; got plenty of room to remove any cargo, gear, groceries, anything we might have with us on our trip. Let's take off our bike and take a closer look. more

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7/28/2016 7:46:28 AM

Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Kia Soul- Video

Today on our 2013 Kia Soul, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Sprint T-Track roof bike rack. That part number is TH569. Now we have a bike already on our rack. I'll show you a few features of it. Now this is a fork mounted bike rack. See we have the forks here in our skewer. more

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11/6/2015 2:01:06 PM

Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Kia Soul th535- Video

Today on our 2013 Kia Soul we're doing a test fit of the Thule ThruRide. Part number is TH535. Now, we already have a bike on our rack. I'll show you a few features about it. Now this is a fork mounted bike rack. See right here we have our skewer. more

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11/6/2015 10:41:48 AM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Kia Soul- Video

Today on our 2013 Kia Soul we're going to do a test fit on the Yakima FrontLoader. Now this is a roof-mounted wheel clamp-style bike rack. Part number on it is Y02103. Now we've already got our Rhino Rack Vortex Aero roof rack system installed on the Soul so we're going to begin our test fit by placing the bike rack right up onto our crossbars here. We want the two outer legs to come down on the front side of our crossbar, and the one middle leg to come around here on the center at the rear. We'll then tighten up the black t-handle that's located on the front. more

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9/10/2014 6:02:19 PM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Kia Soul- Video

Today on our 2013 Kia Soul, we're going to do a test fit on the Yakima ForkLift. This is a roof mounted, fork clamp style bike rack. The part number on it is Y02098. To begin our test fit, we'll just place the bike rack up here onto the Rhino Rack Vortex Aero Roof Rack system that we've got installed. We want to remove the front skewer. You will want to note that this is a reverse thread, so to remove it we'll have to turn it to the right like we we're tightening a standard bolt. more

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9/10/2014 5:45:00 PM

Swagman Upright Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Kia Soul- Video

Today on our 2013 Kia Soul we're going to do a test fit on the Swagman Upright. This is a roof-mounted, frame-clamp style bike rack. The part number on it is S64720. As you can see, we've already got our Rhino Rack Vortex Aero roof rack system installed on the Soul, so we're going to begin our test by placing our bike rack right up onto the roof rack system. We'll now take one of our u-bolts, bring it around the underside, and fit it up through the head of the carrier. We've then got two wing nuts that will thread on there. more

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9/10/2014 5:41:50 PM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Kia Soul- Video

Today on our 2013 Kia Soul, we are going to do a test mount on a Kuat Trio. This is a roof-mounted, fork-clamped style bike rack. In the black and chrome; it's part number is TR02. We also have this available in a nice gun metal gray and orange finish; it's part number RU01. To begin our test fit, you are going to place the Trio right up onto the roof line. I will move my rear clamp up a little bit, it was going to interfere with my bar there. We are just going to center the head of it; there is a small indention there. more

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9/10/2014 5:36:33 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Kia Soul- Video

Today on our 2013 Kia Soul we're going to do a test fit on the RockyMounts TieRod. This is a roof-mounted fork clamp-style bike rack. The part number on it is RKY1014. Now as you can see we've already got our Rhino Rack Vortex Aero roof rack system installed onto our Soul, so we're going to begin our test fit by just placing our rack up onto the roof. We'll remove the black cover over the front, and then take the two black rubber-coated metal straps out of the two slots that they fit in there on the front. We'll bring those around the underside of our crossbar. more

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9/10/2014 5:27:46 PM

Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Kia Soul- Video

Today on our 2013 Kia Soul we're going to do a test on the Rhino Rack Mountain Trail. This is a roof-mounted fork clamp-style bike rack. The part number on it is RBC035. Now we've already got the Rhino Rack Vortex Aero roof rack system installed on the Soul, so to begin our test fit we'll just place the rack onto the roof line of our vehicle. We're going to pull off our black plastic cover. This will allow us to then remove the two black rubber-coated metal straps. more

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9/10/2014 5:24:03 PM

Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Kia Soul- Video

Today on our 2014 Kia Soul we'll be test fitting the Swagman upright roof mounted bike rack, part number S64720. With a Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's crossbars. We'll go ahead and pull out our hardware and starting with the silver U-bolts, we'll go around the underside of the front bar, up through the pre-drilled holes of the head of the bike rack. We'll then take our black wing nuts to thread down onto the silver U-bolts. We'll then repeat the same process for the other U-bolt at the front part of the bike rack. With that done, we'll move to the rear where this time we'll be sliding the silver U-bolt down through the pre-drilled holes of the bike rack. We'll then take the black plate to go up on the bottom side of the rear cross bar and then we'll install our wing nuts onto the silver U-bolts. more

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4/9/2014 2:33:39 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Kia Soul- Video

Today, on our 2014 Kia Soul, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman fork down, a fork mount, roof bike rack, part number S64710. With our Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack already installed on our Soul, we're going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bar. We'll bring one of the U bolts around the underside of our load bar, up through our carrier, and we'll hold it in place using one of our wingnuts. Do the same thing on the other side in the front, and then we'll tighten down all four wingnuts to secure the rack to the vehicle. We'll now move to the rear. This time we're going to take one of the U bolts and put it down through the rack. We'll want one side coming out on each side of our load bar. more

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4/9/2014 2:33:02 PM

SportRack Frame Mount Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Kia Soul- Video

Today on our 2014 Kia Soul, we're going to be test-fitting the SportRack rooft-mounted bike rack, part number SR4611. With our Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System already installed on our Soul, we're going to begin our test fit by placing the rack directly onto our load bars. At the front, we'll bring one of the black rubber-coated U bolts around the underside of our load bar, fit it through the front of the carrier and secure it in place using two of the wing nuts. We'll repeat the same process for the other side of the front of the carrier and then we'll want to snug down all four of our wing nuts to secure our rack to our load bar. With our front secure, we'll move to the rear. At the rear, we're going to take two carriage bolts, place them through our rack. Being sure that they come out on each side of our load bar, we'll then put in the black plastic spacer that will go between the rack and our load bar. more

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4/9/2014 2:32:19 PM

Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Kia Soul- Video

Today on our 2014 Kia Soul, we'll be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth roof mounted bike rack, part number TH599XTR. With a Thule Traverse roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the Big Mouth directly up onto our vehicle's load bars. Starting at the front, we're going to position the L brackets around the front and bottom sides of the load bar, and position the T bolts into the slots of the L brackets. Then we'll tighten down the black wingnuts just a little bit to keep the T bolts from falling out of the slots. We'll then move to the rear, remove one of the black allen bolts, position the black plate on the under side of the rear bar. And insert the remaining bolt into the hole in the plate and reinstall the wingnut. Now we can fully tighten those down and move back to the front to finish tightening the front black wingnuts as well. With everything all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up a bike. We'll need to undo the front and rear ratcheting strap and pull back on the black handle, which will loosen up the frame clamp. more

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4/7/2014 8:50:26 AM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Kia Soul- Video

Today on our 2014 Kia Seoul, we're going to be test fitting the Kuat Trio, a fork mount roof bike rack, part number RU01. With our Thule rapid diverse roof rack system already installed on the Seoul, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll bring one of the black, rubber coated metal u-bolts around the underside, fit it up to the head of the carrier and hold it in place by threading on two wing nuts. We'll then repeat that same process for the second black, rubber coated metal u-bolt here at the front. We'll now tighten down all four wing nuts and that will secure the front of our rack to our load bars. We can now move to the rear. more

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4/7/2014 8:47:39 AM

SportRack Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Kia Soul- Video

Today on our 2014 Kia Soul, we're going to be test fitting the SportRack Fork-Mount roof-mounted bike rack, part number SR4622. With our Thule Rapid Traverse roof system already installed on our Soul, we're going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. At the front of the rack, we'll bring one of the black rubber-coated U-bolts around the underside of our load bar, up through the head of our carrier and we'll use two wing nuts to hold it in place. On the other side of the front carrier, we'll do the same thing: Bring the rubber-coated black U-bolt around the underside, up through our carrier and hold it in place using the two wing nuts. We can now tighten down the four wing nuts in the front. With those secure, we'll move to the rear. We're going to take two carriage bolts, they'll go down through the rack. more

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4/2/2014 12:57:50 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Kia Soul- Video

Today, on our 2014 Kia Soul, we're going to test fitting the Rocky Mounts Tierod Stretch, a fork mount roof bike rack. Part # rky1011. With our Thule Raptor Traverse Roof Rack already installed on our Soul, we're going to begin the test fit by placing the rack directly onto our load bars. At the head of the carrier, remove the black plastic cover. This will allow us to bring our black rubber coated metal straps around the underside of our load bar, and fit them into the head of the carrier. We'll then use an Allen key on the Allen Bolt to secure the straps around our bar. When we have these tight, we can replace our black plastic cover, then we'll move to the rear. more

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4/2/2014 12:55:26 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Kia Soul- Video

Today on our 2013 Kia Soul we'll be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number s64710. We'll begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicle's crossbars. Now starting at the head of the carrier we'll insert the silver brackets starting from the underside of the front crossbar and bring them up and insert them into the holes at the front of the carrier.We'll then thread on our wing nuts onto the two ends of the silver bracket. We'll then do this for the other side. We'll then move to the rear of the carrier where this time we will slide the silver bracket on top of the bike rack so where the threaded ends are facing down towards the roof. We can then either adjust the tray to accommodate the length of your crossbar spread or use the larger of the two brackets.After sliding it in through the top of the bike rack we'll then insert the black metal plate up against the bottom side of the rear crossbar and thread on our black wing nuts. more

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6/26/2013 2:51:29 PM

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Kia Soul- Video

Today on our 2013 Kia Soul, we'll be test fitting the Thule Domestique roof-mounted bike carrier, part number TH513. We'll begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicle's crossbars. We'll remove the skewer to expose the two front Allen bolts at the head of the carrier. With an Allen wrench, we'll loosen up the three Allen bolts, to bring the bracket around the front crossbar. We'll then tighten the bolts loosely and move to the rear of the carrier. We'll then loosen up one of the Allen bolts to bring the black bracket around the rear crossbar. more

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6/26/2013 9:38:44 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Kia Soul- Video

Today on our 2013 Kia Soul, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts Tierod Stretch roof-mounted bike carrier, part number RKY1011. We'll begin our test fit by placing our carrier onto the vehicle's crossbars. We'll bring the rubber-coated steel straps around the underside of the front crossbar, and loosen up the Allen bolts for the rear bracket, to bring the rear bracket around the underside of the rear crossbar. We'll then thread in the bolts using an Allen wrench for the back bracket, and using an Allen wrench we'll tighten down the silver bolt at the head of the carrier to bring the straps up around tightly around the front crossbar. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. We'll double-check to make sure our skewer is loose, as well as undoing the rear tray strap. more

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6/26/2013 9:26:39 AM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Kia Soul- Video

Today on this 2012 Kia Soul, well be test fitting the Swagman fork style roof mounted bike carrier, part number S64710. To begin our test fit, well set the carrier onto the load bars, position the U bolts, and secure with the wing nuts. To load the bike, well undo the tray strap, loosen up the skewer and set the bike onto the tray. Well position the fork into the skewer, tighten down the forks with the skewer, and secure with the wheel strap. And that concludes todays test fit for the Swagman fork style roof mounted bike carrier, part number S64710, on our 2012 Kia Soul. . more

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1/10/2013 10:35:13 AM

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Kia Soul- Video

Today on our 2012 Kia Soul well be test fitting the Thule Domestique fork mount bike carrier, part number TH513. To install the roof mounted bike carrier, set the bike carrier onto the cross bars and use the Allen key to tighten the brackets against the cross bars. To load the bike first undo the wheel strap at the back of the carrier. Then insert the skewer and loosely tighten the silver knob on the other side. Lift the bike and place it into the carrier with the forks on the skewer. Tighten the forks down with the silver bolt and the black handle at the front of the carrier and then secure it with the cradle strap. more

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1/9/2013 2:11:51 PM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Kia Soul- Video

Today on our 2012 Kia Soul we'll be test fitting the Rocky Mounts tie rod roof mounted bike carrier, part number RKY1014. To mount our carrier to the vehicle we'll sit it up on top of our load bars. We'll fit the head of the carrier over our front part and feed the straps around the bottom side of the bar. We'll fit the strap ends back into the head and use the Allen key to tighten down the bolt. Then we can reinstall our head cover. At the rear we'll fit the clamp around the rear bar. more

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1/9/2013 2:11:35 PM

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