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Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon

Hey everyone. It's Colin here at Etrailer. Today we have a 2014 Subaru Outback. We're going to do a test fit of the Saris SuperClamp EX two bike platform rack and cargo carrier. And this is a unique design by Saris. They designed it so that you can haul two bikes to and from your destination, while still being able to get cargo on top of your carrier.



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon

Hey everyone, I'm Colin here at eTrailer. Today we have a 2014 Subaru Outback. We're going to do a test fit of a two wheel Helium Pro two bike hanging style rack. This is a hanging style rack that allows you to carry two bikes to and from your destination. It has a unique design and that is constructed out of aluminum. It comes in at just under 20 pounds so it's going to be very lightweight, easy to handle.



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon

Colin: Hey everyone. I'm Colin here at etrailer. Today, we have a 2014 Subaru Outback, and we're going to do a test fit of the Thule Apex XT 5 Bike . 4 Bike, excuse me, hanging-style rack. Now, this is a pretty cool bike rack. It's going to allow you to transport four bikes to and from your destination.



Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon

Colin: Hey, everyone. I'm Colin here at eTrailer.So we have a 2014 Subaru Outback, and we're going to do a test fit of the Saris SuperClamp EX two-bike platform-style rack. This is a platform rack that allows you to transport two bikes, to and from your destination.Now you don't see too many bikes out there that have four points of contact for the bike, so it's got a very good hold on the bike. You can literally hardly move it at all.The bonus of this is that there's no frame contact, so you don't have to worry about any type of scratches or abrasions occurring on the nice frame of your bike.Now, the four points of contact, we're going to have two of them. We're going to have one on top of the back wheel, another one on top of the front wheel, because the hooks are putting downward force on top of the wheels, forcing them down into the cradles.The other two points of contact are going to be the straps that are securing the bottom of our wheels into the cradles. Again, those four points of contact are just going to do a great job of making sure the bike does not go anywhere.Now, if the bike rack is fully loaded, and you need to gain access to the trunk, you can do so by tilting it away from the vehicle.



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on our 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon, we're doing a test fit of the Thule T2 Pro XTB Platform Style Two Bike Rack. That part number is TH9034XT. We already have our bikes secured down. We're first going to show you one of the key features. We're going to come here to the back where we have a conveniently placed handle and lever. We're going to squeeze that together and that allows us to tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle.



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today, on our 2014 Subaru Outback, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Roadway Hanging Style Platform Bike Rack. Part #TH912XTR. As you can see, we do already have everything loaded up on our vehicle. We're going to first show you how we strap down the bike. We've got two cradles holding the bike in place with three straps. Two on the frame here and then one as your anti-sway strap. That's going to keep that bike from swinging back and forth, and possibly damaging your vehicle. To release those, we just pull down and lift up. We save the anti-sway strap for last. We can just pull our bike straight off and set it off to the side. Now, it's a great habit to get into, to always replace your straps so you don't lose or damage any of them. That will just keep them in place whenever you're not the bike rack. All right. Now, let's take a few measurements. Overall to the vehicle, we're adding about 28 inches with our arms extended out.



Thule Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on our 2014 Subaru Outback we're doing a test fit of the Thule Raceway Pro 2 trunk mounted style 2 bike rack. Part number TH9001PRO. As you can see, we do already have that on a rack. We're going to show you some feature of the rack itself and also how we strap down our bike. The first thing we want to look at are our 2 cradles here. We've got 2 cradles and 3 straps. The 2 on the top frame here and 1 is your anti-sway strap from the back that's going to keep a lot of that shake and sway out of that bike as you're heading down the road. To release those we just pull down and lift up and we save our anti-sway strap for last. We can just pull off our bike and set it off to the side.



Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today, on our 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Inno Tire Hold rooftop mounted bike rack mounted to our factory cross-rails. This is what it's going to look like once you have it fully assemble and in place on your vehicle. This is going to be part number INA389. First off, let's go ahead and talk about how the bike is secured to the rack. You'll notice that it's only secured by the rubber on the tires instead of making contact with the frame of the bike. Let's go ahead and take the bike off, first thing to do.



Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on our 2014 Subaru Outback, we're test fitting the Swagman Dispatch. This is a platform-style two bike rack, it's been designed for use in two inch hitches, and it is approved for RV use.part number is S64684. This is a very safe, stable, very quiet rack. You'll see in the reviews a lot of people talk about just how nice and sturdy it is, and they really like the rack. It has a couple of ways to hold our bike .. We've got a front strap, rear strap, cradles on each of those, and also our center frame hook.



Saris Freedom Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on our 2014 Subaru Outback, we're going to be test fitting the Saris Freedom. This is a folding and tilting 4 bike rack. It's been designed for use in 2" hitches and it's a platform style. Its part number is SA4414B. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. We want to slide it in far enough so that our threaded hole lines up with our hitch pin hole.



Softride Element Hitch Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on our 2014 Subaru Outback we're going to be test fitting the Softride Element Parallelogram. This is a tilting 4-bike rack. It's designed for use in 2" hitches. Its part number is SR26248. To begin our test fit we need to slide the shank of the rack into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we do this we need to line up one of the two threaded holes that we have here on the passenger side.



Thule Vertex Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on our 2014 Subaru Outback, we are going to be test-fitting Thule Vertex. This is a folding and tilting 4 bike rack. It's been designed for use with both the inch and a quarter and the two inch hitches. It's part number is Th-9029. 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 slide it in, we want to line up the threaded hole with out hitch pinhole. We are going to take our anti-rattle bolt and we'll thread that in. Once we have it hand-tight, we'll finish it off with a wrench. As you can see, with our anti-rattle bolt tight, it's going to take play out of the connection point there. Now, we'll go a set of measurements.



Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on our 2014 Subaru Outback we're going to be test fitting the Thule Hitching Post Pro. This is a folding and tilting 4-bike rack. It's been designed for use with the 1-1/4" or 2" style of hitch. Its part number is TH934XTR. Now 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 line up the threaded hole with the hitch pinhole, then take our anti-rattle bolt and thread it in.



Thule Helium Aero Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on our 2014 Subaru we're going to be test fitting the Thule Helium Aero. This is a folding and tilting 2-bike-style rack. It's designed for use in 1-1/4" and 2" hitches. Its part number is TH9042. Now 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 it in we're going to hold out on the black attached pin that's here on the right and guide it in so it falls into our pinhole on our rack.



Softride Dura Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on our 2014 Subaru Outback we're going to be test fitting the Softride Dura Parallelogram. This is a tilting-style 4-bike rack. Its part number is SR26247. To begin our test fit we need to slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. Over here on the passenger side we've got two threaded holes: one here and then one in just a little bit further. I'm going to use that first one to give us as much clearance room as we can.



Saris Freedom SuperClamp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on our 2014 Subaru Outback, were going to be test fitting the Saris Freedom SuperClamp. This is a platform style two bike rack. Its designed for use in both the 1-1/4 and 2 inch hitches. Its part number is SA4025. To begin our test fit, well slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. Well slide it in far enough so that the threaded hole lines up with the hitch pin hole.



Saris Axis Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on our 2014 Subaru Outback we're going to be test fitting the Saris Axis. This is a folding and tilting 2-bike rack. It's been designed for use in both the 1-1/4" and 2" hitches. Its part number is SA832. To begin our test fit we're going to slide the shank of the rack into the receiver tube of our hitch until we get our pinholes lined up. We'll then thread our anti-rattle bolt in from the driver side to the passenger side.



Yakima FullTilt 4 Bike Rack Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on our 2014 Subaru Outback we're going to be test fitting the Yakima FullTilt. This is a folding and tilting 4-bike rack. They've designed it so we can use it in both the 1-1/4" and 2" hitches. Its part number is Y02462. Now to begin our test fit we need to slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we slide it in we want the small attached pin to go into the pinhole in our rack.



Saris Axis 3 Bike Rack Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on our 2014 Subaru Outback we're going to be test fitting the Saris Axis. This is a folding and tilting 3-bike rack. They've designed it for use in the 1-1/4" and 2" hitches. Its part number is SA843B. To begin our test fit we need to slide the shank of the rack into the receiver tube of our hitch far enough so our threaded hole lines up with the pinhole. We'll then slide in our anti-rattle bolt and tighten it down hand tight.



Swagman Titan Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on our 2014 Subaru Outback we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Titan. This is a folding and tilting 4-bike rack. They've designed it so you can use it in both the 1-1/4" and 2" hitches. Its part number is S63410. Now to begin our test fit we're going to slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. We're going to slide it in far enough so it lines up with our hitch pinhole.





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