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Thule Hitching Post Pro Bike Rack for 4 Bikes - 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches
The bike carrier attached perfectly to the hitch as installed. Assembly was easy. It is attached to my Acura MDX and we are "rollin". Thank you.
Top of the line bike rack. Fast delivery, all the parts were there. Easy install. Thanks
# 2
Swagman XTC4 Bike Rack for 4 Bikes - 2" Hitches - Frame Mount
Solid unit; fairly easy to put together. Placing 4 bikes (2 adults, 2 kids) on rack is tight, but workable with adjustments to wheel hoops.
So far I’ve just assembled it and took a quick test drive around the block. My initial thought is this thing is perfect. It’s super sturdy and easy to use. My only gripe and it’s not fault of the rack, but it’s heavy…
# 3
Swagman XTC2 Bike Rack for 2 Bikes - 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches - Frame Mount
First-time rack buyer / owner / installer. The rack arrived in a timely fashion, maybe a day or 2 ahead of schedule. It was well packaged. I’m LOVING this bike rack. It was easy to put together and to mount on my new Honda Passport. Thus far, no squeaks in my 2” receiver. Hardest part of initial set-up is figuring out the best way to position two bikes. Trial & error and some patience. The directions weren’t clear as to where the 2 left-over screws went. I found the answer in another review and have posted a pic in case others have the same problem (photo with pen pointing at screw). These screws go in the underneath side of both of the folding arms. They appear to keep the wheel wells from sliding off in case in you drive with an empty, un-folded rack, and forgot to tighten down the wheel wells. The folding arm push / pull pins can be difficult at times. I coated the tips with some lube. That and a little jiggling seems to solve that issue. I guess it’s better for the pins to be snug vs popping right out. I added a small Master lock to the hitch pin (in lieu of the provided cotter pin) as a theft deterrent. I read that a 3/16 shackle lock will fit into the bike clamp down arms to also act as a deterrent. I had an old 3/16 lock that did snugly fit and appeared to be locked. HOWEVER, I yanked on the lock and it came open as there isn’t quite enough clearance for the shackle to lock. I discovered that longer 3/16 shackle locks are hard to find. Have attached a photo of the lock that actually fits and works (Ace Hardware). One lock on the upper clamp down arm will secure both arms as the lower arm can’t be removed without removing the upper arm. The clamp down arms appear to be coated to prevent damage to your bike. I’ve tried a simple rag and ultimately settled on pool noodle pieces as a precautionary measure. I CAN NOT open my tailgate (regardless of whether or not the rack is fold up and in the bike carry position). If that’s a concern for you, then spring for the more costly titling version. My back-up camera still functions.
The Swagman XTC-2 platform bike carrier arrived very quickly from etrailer and in good shape, the actual carrier box is inside another shipper box, which I'm sure helped with its condition. Assembly was relatively quick and painless, even though the instructions could be a little more thorough. Installing the carrier on the back of our Jeep Patriot also was quick, it helps to have an extra ratchet & 3/4" socket laying around for just this purpose. Installing the bikes takes a little patience and trial and error the first time you try and put them on the carrier. It's easy enough to adjust the wheel holders to fit the wheelbase of your bikes, but for us at least, the challenge was trying to swing the vertical support bar up into position after putting on the first bike (closest to the Jeep). We couldn't angle the bike enough toward the Jeep to have the bar clear the bike. We learned that the easiest way to secure the first bike was to remove the ratcheting frame hooks altogether, put the bike in the carrier, swing up the vertical support bar, put in the pin, and then slide one of the frame hooks down on the bar. The outside bike is much easier because you can set the bike in the carrier at whatever angle you need, not being limited by the back of the vehicle. One thing we did to protect the bike frames was to use some foam pipe insulation as cushion between the frame hook and the frame (see pictures). Once you get a system for installing the bikes, it is very quick to load/unload them. The rack seems to be well made and doesn't wiggle excessively when traveling. All in all a good product for a good price, would definitely recommend it for anyone looking for a platform bike carrier.
# 4
Yakima RidgeBack Bike Rack for 4 Bikes - 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches - Tilting
Very good product
Check out my other review on the hidden hitch for a 2015 BMW 4 Series for the majority of the review, but this thing is great. Easy setup and install, does all the things it's supposed to do. Mounting and removing bikes is a snap with the included clips (big difference from some of the cheaper variants with nylon ratchet straps). Fits very snugly in my 2" receiver, and pretty solid on the highway and over bumpy roads.
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Yakima FullBack 3 Bike Rack - Trunk Mount - Adjustable Arms
Performed perfectly on a 140 mile round-trip in my 2017 Acura MDX. It took me a few tries to position the anchors inside the top of the hatch, but I got the hang of it and the rack did not shift at all while driving 50-60 mph on the highway.
Excellent quality! Bike rack comes fully assembled. Cam locks hold the upper support and the bike arms in position and are very easy to use.fairly useless included cable lock. Will only work if you always carry 3 bikes. I just used my cable lock and had no problems transporting my bike to the trails.
# 6
Thule Passage Trunk Bike Rack for 2 Bikes - Hanging Style
Fits the car well. Easy to install. However, my bike and my son's bike do no t fit the rack. They are heavy framed mountain bike with an angled crossbar and the bars on the rack are two wide to commodity these bikes. we will make due as my wife's bike fits but it is disappointing that these common bless do not fit on the rack
Excellent and prompt customer service! When I first ordered my product it wasn’t in stock— staff were quick to let me know and offered me comparable products. I ended up waiting for my original order and shipping quick and they stayed in touch with ideas! Thule: The instructions could be a little more detailed. I ended up watching YouTube videos to help me instal. Overall it was easy, and this was the first rack I’ve ever installed and I did it by myself! I was surprised to learn the bike rack is in no way secured inside your vehicle, so.. I store it in my garage when it’s on.
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Thule Passage 3 Bike Carrier - Trunk Mount
Fits the car well. Easy to install. However, my bike and my son's bike do no t fit the rack. They are heavy framed mountain bike with an angled crossbar and the bars on the rack are two wide to commodity these bikes. we will make due as my wife's bike fits but it is disappointing that these common bless do not fit on the rack
Ford EdgeFits perfectly on our Lexus CT200h. Only on the old LS400, the side straps have to be fastened to the wheel arch edge, since the upper trunklid gap is to narrow for inserting the strap hooks. Mounting of two bikes is (with some routine) quickly done, and they stay safe even for longer and faster routes. For transporting three (mountain) bikes, though, the design doesn't seem big and robust enough. Nevertheless, the price-benefit-fun ratios are way better than reasonable.
# 8
Kuat Beta Bike Rack for 2 Bikes - 2" Trailer Hitches - Tilting
This product does the little details that make it a great carrier. It has a snug adapter for the receiver that allows you to crank it tight to remove any wobbling along with others at the hinges that tighten the whole unit up solid. Very light for my wife to use. Beautifully finished, you would hate to see any scratches ever occur on it. Highly recommended.
I did a lot of research and decided this was the rack for me. I was totally correct. First, it has all the most important features but only weighs about 14 lbs. I was concerned as a senior lady with arthritis issues. I can use it well and it performed perfectly with an adapter bar for my Electra Townie. I have had compliments from several seasoned riders and a bike shop owner here at the beach who said it was great quality and I got a great price. Also purchased a locking trailer hitch pin with bike cable from etrailer. All over satisfaction with products and etrailer who provided enough videos to help me.
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Yakima HoldUp Bike Rack for 2 Bikes - 2" Hitches - Wheel Mount
Works well for transporting two 29" wheeled mountain bikes. However, after one year it's starting to rust in several areas (see attached photos), and the front wheel arms are becoming increasingly difficult to raise and lower. Finally the locking cable is extremely rusty as you can see in the attached photo. I'm not sure how durable this rack will be long term.
We have had this bike rack for one year and use it every week-end. My wife has a Trek e-bike (52 lbs) and I have a regular Trek hybrid (23 lbs). The rack is very sturdy and I have no issues driving at highway speeds, there is no movement of the bikes. Very easy to load and unload.
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2011 Acura MDX
Today on our 2011 Acura MDX we're doing a test fit of the Kuat NV 2.0 platform-style 2-bike rack. That part number is NV22G. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we show you one of the key features of this rack. If we come here to the side we're going to pull down on this tab. That's going to allow us to tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle with our bike fully installed.
Yakima HoldUp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2011 Acura MDX
Today on our 2011 Acura MDX, we're doing a test fit of the Yakima Holdup Platform-style Two-bike Rack. That part number is Y02443. With our bike installed, I'm first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. If we grab here at the back and then pull out on our red pin, we're able to tilt that away from our vehicle, and we're going to gain full access into our back hatch area to get anything in or out that we may need. You may notice it comes a little close to our handlebars. We've got a couple inches here.
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2011 Acura MDX
Today on our 2011 Acura MDX, we're doing a test fit of the Swagman XT2 platform style, 2-bike rack. That part number is S64650. Now, we already have our bike in place. We have a frame hook here holding it down into our wheel cradles. To release that, we're just going to lift up. What's great about this is that we can accommodate different bikes that we may have, of different heights.
Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2011 Acura MDX
Today on this 2011 Acura MDX, we're going to be test-fitting the Saris Bones 2-Bike Rack, part number SA882. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. How it attaches to the rack, you're going to have 3 points of contact with your bike's frame. We're going to have 2 straps up top here and one off to the side which is going to act as an anti-sway strap to keep it from hitting onto the bike rack or the bikes in front of it. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. To do that, just push down on this little tab here and then just pull it out.
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2011 Acura MDX
Today on our 2011 Acura MDX, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Sprint T-Channel Mounted Bike Rack. This is a roof-mounted bike rack, part number TH569. Now we already have it secured down. First, take a look at the back here. You'll see we have a ratcheting strap that you're going to see on most of your roof-mounted bike racks. Then at the front, we have a skewer.
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2011 Acura MDX
FemaleAnnouncer: Today on our 2011 Acura MDX we're doing a test fit of the Thule ThruRide roof mounted bike rack. That part number is TH535. I already have our bike secured down. I'm first going to show you how we do that. Here in the back we have a ratcheting strap that you're going to see on most of our Thule bike racks. Quick and easy to release and then at the front we have a different style skewer.
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2011 Acura MDX
Today on this 2011 Acura MDX, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Roadway 2 Bike Rack, part number TH912XTR. As you can see, we already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. Now, how this is attached, you're going to have 3 points of contact with your bikes frame. We're going to have 2 straps up top here and 1 off to the side here which is going to actually as an anti-sway strap to keep it from going back and forth, possibly hitting the bike rack or the bikes in front of it. Let's go and take the bike off and set it aside.
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2011 Acura MDX
Today on this 2011 Acura MDX we're going to be test-fitting the Thule T2 Pro 2 Bike Rack. Part number TH9034. As you can see we already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. The first feature I'd like to show off is the tilting feature which means you can tilt the bike rack away from the vehicle with the bikes still installed. You go to the handle at the front here, you pull in like so, and gently let it down. Then we have access to our rear hatch without having to remove the bikes. With plenty of space on both sides to get whatever we need.
Rhino Rack Road-Warrior Roof Bike Racks Review - 2011 Acura MDX
Today on our 2011 Acura MDX, we're doing a test fit of the Rhino Rack Road Warrior roof-mounted bike rack. That part number is RBC036. While we have our bike loaded up, we're first going to show you how we do that. Got our ratchet strap here in the back that you're going to see on most of your Rhino Rack roof-mounted racks. Push that off to the side and in the front we have a skewer with the lock option on here. I would highly suggest you use that to prevent any theft or tampering. To release our bike we're just going to pull out on our black handle and we'll turn it to loosen and tighten.
Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2011 Acura MDX
Today on our 2011 Acura MDX we're doing a test fit of the Rhino-Rack Mountain Trail Rooftop bike rack. That part number is RBC035. We already have our bike secured in place, we're first going to show you how we do that. Here in the back we have our ratcheting strap that you're going to see on most of our Rhino-Rack bike racks. We'll just push that off to the other side. At the front we have a locking skewer. This is going to be great to prevent theft and tampering of your bike. To remove our bike, we're just going to pull our on the black handle and we'll use this to loosen and tighten the skewer around our bike. Then with that loosened, we can pull our bike off of our rack and take it off to the side.
Thule Vertex Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2011 Acura MDX
Today on our 2011 Acura MDX, we are going to be test fitting the Thule Vertex, this is a tilting and folding 4 bike style rack. We can use it in 1 1/4 and 2 inch hitches. It's part number is TH9029. Now to begin our test fit we are going to slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we do this, we are going to want to look through the window or the pin hole in the side of the hitch to see when we have our holes lined up. With them lined up there, we'll take our anti rattle bolt, thread that in, and then we'll tighten it down with our wrench.
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2011 Acura MDX
Today on our 2011 Acura MDX we're going to be test fitting the platform-style 4-bike rack from Sport Rack. Its part number is SR2902. Now to begin our test fit we're going to slide the shank of the bike rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. Now as we do this we want to keep an eye through the pinhole there in the side of the receiver tube to determine when the hole in our rack is lined up with it. With those lined up we're going to take our bolt - it's our anti-rattle bolt - we're going to slide it in. On this particular rack you'll want to slide it in from the right to the left.
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2011 Acura MDX
Today on our 2011 Acura MDX we're going to be test fitting the Sport Rack tilting 3-bike rack. It's designed for use in both 1-1/4" and 2" hitches. Its part number is SR2403. We're going to do our test fit in real time so you can see exactly how long it takes to get your bike loaded up on your vehicle. To begin our test fit we're going to slide the shank of the rack into the receiver tube of our hitch. We're going to keep an eye out; we've got two holes to choose from.
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2011 Acura MDX
Today on our 2011 Acura MBX, we're going to be test fitting the Kuat Beta. This is a tilting and folding 2-bike rack designed for use in 2-inch hitches. Its part number is B202-2. We'll do our test fit in real time today so you know exactly how long it's going to take or at least roundabout how long it's going to take to get your bike installed on your vehicle. We'll take the shank of the rack, slide it into the receiver tube of our hitch. We're going to want to line up our pinholes.
Hollywood Racks Traveler Tow n Go Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2011 Acura MDX
Today on our 2011 Acura MDX we're going to be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Traveler Tow 'n Go. This is a 3-bike rack designed for mounting on standard 2" ball mounts. Its part number HR135. Today we've got the Tow 'n Go mounted on a Hidden Hitch extra-long shank ball mount. This is sold separately, as well as the ball here on the back. You can check out our website for more details on this part.
Softride Dura Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2011 Acura MDX
Today on our 2011 Acura MDX we're going to be test fitting the Softride Dura Parallelogram. This is a tilting 4-bike rack designed for use in 2" hitches. Its part number is SR26247. Now to begin our test fit we're going to slide the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we slide it in we want to keep and eye through the window. As you can see, there's no holes on this side so we got the two holes on this side.
Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2011 Acura MDX
Today on our 2011 Acura MBX, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Hitching Post Pro. This is a folding 4 bike rack, designed for use in 1 1/4 and 2 inch hitches, part number TH934XTR. To begin our test fit, we're going to slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we slide this in, we want to be sure that we get the pin hole that's in the rack, or the threaded hole in the rack, lined up with the pin hole in our hitch tube. With those lined up, we're now going to take our anti-rattle bolt, we're going to thread that in, and we'll tighten it down using our wrench. The closest point of the rack to the back of our Acura is going to be here. Looks like about 6 3/4 of an inch away.
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