Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Kia Sportage- Video

Today on our 2017 Kia Sportage, we're gonna be test fitting the Rhino-Rack MountainTrail Rooftop Bike Rack, part number RBC035. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this actually attaches to the rack, we're not gonna have any frame contact at all. Instead, it's gonna grip it by two points. That's gonna be this rear wheel strap, which is adjustable to accommodate different size bikes, and this front skewer mount, which is gonna grip it by your fork mounts on your bike. This is lockable, so once this is installed, this will be secured to your bike rack as well. With everything installed as it is, we're not gonna have any issues of clearance between our rear hatch and the bike rack itself, as you can see here. more

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4/3/2017 8:57:06 AM

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Kia Sportage- Video

Today on our 2015 KIA Sportage, we will be test fitting the Yakima Front Loader Wheel Mount Bike Rack. That's part number Y02103. With our Yakima roof rack system already installed, we can go ahead and throw this on our crossbars. You'll want to place it like so, so it's in between both grabbers there. Once you get that lined up and parallel with the vehicle here, we can tighten that down. Just about there. All right, I think we've got it and then for the back, we'll slide this one into place until it's centered. more

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12/19/2014 9:41:53 PM

Yakima ForkLift Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Kia Sportage- Video

Today on our 2015 Kia Sportage, we will be test fitting the Yakima Forklift roof mounted bike rack. That's part number Y02098. With our Yakima roof rack system already installed, we can go ahead and put this on our crossbars. We'll place it like so, make sure our pads are lined up on front and back. If you can evenly space them on our load bars so it runs parallel with the vehicle. You'll want to take your bottom plate. more

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12/19/2014 9:37:29 PM

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

Today on our 2013 Kia Sportage, well be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof-Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64710. We'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack onto the vehicle's crossbars. We will then bring out our hardware starting with the front well take the silver bracket to go in underside of the front crossbar and insert them into the pre-drilled holes at the front of the bike rack. We will then thread on our black wing nuts and repeat these steps for the other side.We will then move to the rear, where this time we will just slide the silver bracket down through the predrilled holes in the bike rack and bring the black plate up against the underside of the rear crossbar, again using the black wing nut to tighten it down. We will then make sure all of the wing mats are fully tightened down and were ready to load our bike. We will double check to make sure our skewer is loose at the front and will undo the strap.We will place our bike onto the bike rack, sliding the forks down onto the skewer. more

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8/14/2013 11:46:57 AM

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

Today on our 2013 Kia Sportage we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number rky1011. We'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack onto the vehicle's crossbars. We'll loosen up the Allen bolts at the rear to bring the rear bracket on the underside of the rear crossbar.We'll then move to the front where we'll remove the black plastic cover and bring the rubber-coated steel straps around the underside of the front crossbar and hook them into the connection points. We'll then use the included Allen key to tighten down the silver bolt to bring the straps tightly up against the front bar.We'll then move to the rear to finish tightening down the Allen bolts for the rear bracket. Once everything is all tightened down and secured we're ready to load up our bike. We'll replace the black plastic cover at the front and double check to make sure our skewer is loose so our forks can slide down onto it.We'll undo the tray straps at the rear and place our bike onto the bike rack. more

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8/12/2013 4:05:58 PM

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Kia Sportage- Video

Today on this 2008 Kia Sportage well be test fitting the Thule Domestique Roof-Mounted Bike Carrier part number TH513. Our Sportage already has a full roof rack from the factory installed on it, so we can just go ahead and set our carrier on top of this roof system. Well fit the front clamp around our front bar and well use the included Allen key to tighten it down. Once weve done that we can go ahead and re-install our front skewer. At the rear well fit the clamp around our rear bar and again use the Allen key to tighten it down. Well set the rear wheel into the tray and position the front fork down into the skewer. more

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5/11/2013 11:44:08 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Kia Sportage- Video

Today on our 2008 Kia Sportage, we are going to be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number RKY1014. Our Sportage is already equipped with a full factory roof rack system, so were going to mount our tierod directly to the factory crossbars. To do this, well set the carrier up on top of the crossbars, well then take the rubber coated steel strap at the front of the carrier, wrap them around our crossbars and re-secure them to the head. At this point we can go ahead and tighten it down with an Allen key. At the rear of the vehicle we will take the clamp, fit it around our rear crossbar and use the wing nuts to tighten down the rear clamp. Once thats all done our bike rack is installed and were ready to start putting a bike on. more

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5/11/2013 11:42:09 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2007 Kia Sportage- Video

Today on our 2007 Kia Sportage, well be test-fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof-Mounted Bike Carrier part number RKY1014. Now we begin our test fit by placing our bike rack on top the crossbars and well make sure that the rubber coated steel straps at the head of the bike rack move underneath the front crossbar. Well loosely clip them back to the head of the bike rack where well then move to the rear crossbar and put the clamp underneath the crossbar and secure it using the wing nuts. Well move back up to the head of the bike rack while were tying down the Allen bolt securing the rubber coated steel straps to the front crossbar. We can then open up our front skewer preparing our bike rack for the front fork of our bike, then well move back to the rear wheel strap while were under the strap to make sure its out if the way. Well place the bike in to the carrier making sure that the front fork falls into to the skewer. more

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9/11/2012 9:05:17 AM

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