# 1
Thule Hitching Post Pro Bike Rack for 4 Bikes - 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches
Works great, easy to use, good value, great service
I received my bike rack quickly and as promised. It was easily installed, no issues there. Only a couple of comments- There were extra clips/clamps in the bag, but no clear instructions on how to use them or what they are for. I'm very mechanical, but couldn't figure out what to do with them. I also noticed that after driving a while, the clips on the tubes start slipping. With the wind, the bikes seem to move a bit. When you stop, the bikes aren't in the same position as when you started your trip. In any case, I think the price paid is certainly suitable for the unit. I would recommend it.
# 2
Thule Passage Trunk Bike Rack for 2 Bikes - Hanging Style
Great product. Simple to install with easy to understand instuctions. Holds bikes securely in place.
When we bought our 2013 Explorer, there was no bike rack available that would fit it. We were thrilled to find this rack for our car. The instructions were easy to follow and the rack performed as expected. During the 100 miles from home to college, we could see our child's bike out that back window sitting solidly in place.
# 3
Thule Passage 3 Bike Carrier - Trunk Mount
Great product. Simple to install with easy to understand instuctions. Holds bikes securely in place.
I bought the 3 bike carrier last minute for a trip we were taking from Mass to North Carolina. The bikes were secure the whole way and definiltey would recommend this product.
# 4
Swagman XTC4 Bike Rack for 4 Bikes - 2" Hitches - Frame Mount
Overall this is a very sturdy bike rack. Made from thick steel so I don't see how it'll break anytime soon. One flaw is that the bike placers/clamps, one of them does not work like its extremely difficult to slide up and down but the other three work perfectly fine. Also, you might need like 2 people to set it up it's quite heavy.
After reading several reviews I went with the Swagman for my 2014 Ford Explorer. It worked best for my family, as we have varying sizes of bicycles. Being able to adjust the wheel holders is nice and keeps the bikes secure on the rack. Let me say this is one of the easiest racks to load. Although my kids bikes have the foot pegs on front and back wheels we were still able to load all 4 bikes (2 adults/2 kids) with not much trouble. We did have to put the kids bikes on the outmost mounts due to the foot pegs, but other than that it was no trouble. I have a family of 6 so, we still had to rent two beach bikes when we reached out destination. The bike shop owner commented on the rack and said it was the easiest he had seen to load and unload. Now this is a guy that rents more than 200 bikes out at a time, so he has probably seen his share of bike racks. Overall I would give this rack 5 stars for ease of loading and unloading. If getting in and out of the back of your SUV is must with bikes loaded then this is NOT the rack for you. However, once the bikes are unloaded it is easy to raise and lower the rack to get access to the back hatch. etrailer.com did a great job delivering the rack and answer my questions. I would give them 5 stars!!
# 5
Swagman XTC2 Bike Rack for 2 Bikes - 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches - Frame Mount
Great as usual!
Carrier was fairly easy to assemble and holds 2 bikes nicely! Have not tried yet while traveling with our Explorer to see if any 'wobbling' issue as some other brand bike carriers seem to have but looks like it should be no problem as hitch has clamp that securely holds carrier in place. Overall like product very much so far and it is really nice quality & design!!
# 6
Swagman Upright Bike Rack for 1 Bike - Roof Rack Crossbars - Frame Mount
Great product. Easy to install. Went camping with the bikes on top of the vehicle. Travel approx 150 miles on State Roads and Interstate. No noise, no problems, no worries.
Planning on bringing bikes while camping. I mounted 2 of the Swagman bike racks to my new Sportrack on my pop-up camper. The bikes fit perfectly. The racks seem sturdy enough. Not heavy duty, but for my needs they should be fine. Assembly was relatively fast and easy.
# 7
Yakima FullBack 2 Bike Rack - Trunk Mount - Adjustable Arms
Great Experience! Fast Shipping! Rack fits perfectly on my car. Only thing, they could have mentioned that there is an adapter bar needed for lady bikes.
Ford ExplorerExcellent product, couldn't be happier with the choice of rack. Fits my explorer well and is easy to put on/take off. Protects bikes and vehicle well
# 8
Curt Bike Rack for 5 Bikes - 2" Hitches - Tilting
It was obvious that we received a product that was returned by someone else when the box was overly taped shut, a support collar was broken, and most of the pieces were out of their ripped plastic bags. However, it was a great price to hold 5, 26" and/or 27" Trek bikes. I used a piece of the broken collar and went ahead and assembled the rack. Due to the weight of the 5 bikes it did not wobble that much when driving, as one of the bike tires was up against my car. I can only imagine that if we received an untampered product that this review would have been 5 stars. The picture is a little hard to see, but there are 5 Trek bikes on the rack on my 2020 Toyota Seinna.
We received a damaged box, damaged items, no instructions, the nuts and bolts are completely stripped and not inside a bag. This was obviously used, returned, not checked for quality and sent out. We are extremely upset.
# 9
Yakima FullBack 3 Bike Rack - Trunk Mount - Adjustable Arms
Great Experience! Fast Shipping! Rack fits perfectly on my car. Only thing, they could have mentioned that there is an adapter bar needed for lady bikes.
Ford ExplorerExcellent product, couldn't be happier with the choice of rack. Fits my explorer well and is easy to put on/take off. Protects bikes and vehicle well
# 10
Swagman Trailhead Bike Rack for 2 Bikes - 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches - Tilting
Excellent product. Very sturdy. Met my needs perfectly. I had a particular need for a single bike rack that I could use at different times for two different vehicles. One with a 1 1/4" receiver, and the other a 2" receiver. Also, ground clearance was a concern with the lower receiver level of my Mazda 3. The other vehicle is a Ford Explorer and both are hatchback models. Preston, the customer service rep, did a great job making sure that the rack would fit both vehicles, and that ground clearances, and bumper and hatchback door clearances would not be a problem. Fine job and Quality product!
Very sturdy built bike rack. Assembles to the 1 1/4 " hitch on my Explorer quickly. I would recommend for any SUV.
# 11
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.
# 12
Rhino-Rack Bike Rack for 2 Bikes - 2" Hitches - Tilting
Looks great, appreciative of all of the videos for the various parts I purchased.
I purchased this bike rack a year ago and I use it A LOT. I had to buy and install a stabilizer because without it, the unit would sway back and forth even without a bike on it (very noisy). This makes removal more cumbersome but since I keep the hitch on year round it doesn't matter to me. The tilting function is fabulous allowing easy use of my RAV4 hatchback. I can even tilt it down with a bike on it. I got the 2 bike hitch. Plenty of room for two bikes to fit without rubbing. Lastly, the hitch has a sizable through-hole on the bottom to thread a good sized cable so I can lock my bike up. Sturdy. I highly recommend.
# 13
Swagman Trailhead Bike Rack for 4 Bikes - 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches - Tilting
i received my bike rack last night and tried it out for the first time. I think that so far it is great.. i was even able to get a girls bike to work without using the adapter. shipping was pretty fast also. overall very happy with my experience and the products i ordered. i won't hesitate to order from etrailer again. thank you for the pleasant transaction.
Wow. This bike rack is solid. I have it installed on my truck for now and will move it to the back of our Jayco 1207 before our trip.
# 14
Rola TX-104 4-Bike Rack for 2" Hitches - Tilting
Decent 4-bike rack for the price. Stable side-to-side with the screw-in hitch pin (2 inch receiver version). Gets some fore-aft rocking over bumps at speed (inherent to the tilting design). Bikes need bungee cords to keep them from swinging (typical for this style of rack). I used this with two bikes, and really struggle to see how four full-size bikes could be added. Maybe if seats were removed? I added bumpers and some padding for the vertical post, and will probably relocate the retainer pin lanyard so the rack can be completely collapsed for storage. A few design improvements for 5 star rating would be: 1 - Add some bumpers for the fully lowered position, 2 -Add some padding on the vertical post for bike contact or accidental vehicle hatch lifting when in the raised position, 3 - Mount the retainer pin lanyard to one of the through-bolts or move the lanyard hole - collapsing this rack chews up the retaining lanyard. etrailer.com service was great - well packaged, and quickly shipped!
Excellent service and fast shipping by etrailer. Bike rack itself was easy to put together and install. It came in with a few scratches. It works well with large bikes. Slight problems started with the smaller bikes. The rack's arms are wide enough to accommodate the bikes, but the slides are not designed for smaller frames. If you have smaller bikes you might have to purchase the bike frame adapter bar for each bike. It's not a huge problem for us since the kids are growing up fast and soon they will have to graduate to the large frame bikes. In the mean time I will have to use extra straps to hold them together.
Kuat NV 2 Base 4-Bike Platform Rack Review - 2015 Ford Explorer
Jake: Hey everybody, it's Jake here with etrailer. Today we have a 2015 Ford Explorer, and I'm going to show you how the NV 2.0 Base Bike Rack is going to work with your car.This bike rack is going to get your four bikes to and from the trails in a safe manner. If you only have two bikes, we do have it available in just the two bike rack. Here we have it with the two-bike extension on it. Right here in the middle you'll see the joint. You can see with our bike loaded you're not going to be able to have very much space to be able to open up your rear hatch to get rear hatch access, but Kuats solved that by putting a tilting feature.
Thule Apex XT 4 Bike Rack Review - 2015 Ford Explorer
Jake: This is Jake here with eTrailer. Today we're going to be taking a look at the Thule Apex XT 4 hanging style bike rack on our 2015 Ford Explorer.This is going to be a great choice to get your four bikes to and from the trails, whether you're with friends or family.It's got a mount by the top tube and one on the down tube of your bike to keep it from swaying too much.So for your piece of mind, when you're out on the trails, or you stop into a store to grab some quick groceries, you're going to be able to lock up your bikes with the integrated cable lock that's going to store in the upright post of your bike rack and lock into the end of the two outer posts, to be able to lock up your bikes so that you don't have to worry about them.Here are our cradles. You can see it has a nice soft, rubber composite material so that it's not going to damage your top tube and your bike's not going to move around too much while in transit.It's also going to have these nice grooves in it to be able to accommodate for your brake lines.Now we can go ahead and remove our bike. Just push down on that tab, pull up on the strap. Now you'll notice on the inside of the strap, it is going to have two rubber strips to help, again, with not damaging your top tube when your bike is strapped in.Now anytime you have a multi-bike rack, it's going to be a little difficult, but this one does give you enough room to get that bike off. Once your bike is removed, I always like to replace my straps so they're not flopping around.
Saris Glide EX 5 Bike Rack Review - 2015 Ford Explorer
Jake: It's Jake here with eTrailer. Today, we're going to be taking a look at. And I'm gonna show you some of the cool features on a Saris Glide EX 5 Bike Rack. We're working with a 2015 Ford Explorer today. This is going to be a hanging style bike rack that's going to get your five bikes for your family to and from your destination. Right off the bat, I want to point out the feature that's going to set us apart from other bike racks.
Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2015 Ford Explorer
Jake: Hey guys, it's Jake here with etrailer. Today we're going to be taking a look at and I'm going to show you some of the cool features about this Thule Hitching Post Pro on our 2015 Ford Explorer.This bike rack's going to get your four bikes to and from your destination safely. It's going to have three points of contact. You're going to strap it in with two straps up here on the top tube and on your down tube you're have your anti-sway cradle, that's going to help take away some of the side to side movement. My personal opinion on the Hitching Post Pro is that it's going to have a very simple and practical design. It's going to get your four bikes to and from the trail safely.
Saris Glide EX 2 Bike Rack Review - 2015 Ford Explorer
Jake: Hey guys, it's Jake here with etrailer. Today we have a 2015 Ford Explorer, and we're going to be test fitting the Saris Glide EX 2 Bike Hanging-Style Rack. This rack is going to hold your bike at three different points of contact. You're going to have two up here on the top, and one on the anti-sway cradle. This anti-sway cradle is very, very important to keep your bike from shifting too much when on a hanging-style rack.Now, with most hanging-style racks you're not going to be able to tilt your bike rack away from your vehicle to be able to gain access to your rear hatch. As you can see now, we do not have hardly any room to open that up to get any gear or anything inside our car.
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Explorer
Hey guys, it's Jake here with etrailer. Today, we're going to be taking a look at the Thule Helium Pro 2 hanging style bike rack. Now this bike rack is going to hold your two bikes by the top tube and the down tube. You're going to have an anti-sway cradle here that's going to take away all that shake of your bike, while you're traveling down the road. Now what's going to set this bike rack apart from other bike racks in its field, is it's going to be just around 20 lbs., which is where it gets that name helium from. It's going to be constructed of a high strength aluminum, so you're not going to have to worry about that rust and corrosion.
Yakima HoldUp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Explorer
Today on our 2015 Ford Explorer, we're doing a test fit of the Yakima HoldUp platform-style 2 bike rack. That model number is Y02443. We already have our bike secured. I'm first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to lift up at the back and then come here to the side and pull out on our red pin. That's going to allow us to tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle. Then, we'll open up our hatch door.
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Explorer
Today on our 2015 Ford Explorer we're doing a test fit of the Kuat Beta hanging-style 2-bike rack. That part number is B202-2. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that. We have two cradles in place with three straps, two on our frame and one as our anti-sway strap in the back. We're just going to push on the black tab and pull through to release.
Hollywood Racks Over-the-Top Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Explorer
Today on this 2015 Ford Explorer, we're going to be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Over the Top Two Bike Rack, part number HRF2. 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 the bike is attached to the rack, you're going to have three points of contact with the bike's frame. You're going to have two straps up top here, plus one strap off to the side, which is going to serve as anti-sway strap, which will keep the bike rack from moving back and forth, possibly hitting the bike rack, or the bike in front of it. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside for the time being. Now once you remove the straps it's a good habit to actually put them back in place. You don't want them flapping around while you're driving, more importantly you don't want to lose them while you're driving.
Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Explorer
Today on our 2015 Ford Explorer we're doing a test of the Yakima HalfBack Trunk Mount 2 Bike Rack, that part number is Y02636. Now we already have our bike secured down but first I'm going to show you how we do that and then we'll go over some features. We have 2 cradles in place with these straps also known as the ZipStrip, we have 2 on our frame here and we've got other anti-sway. We're going to start by removing our bike and setting it off to the side and then I suggest that you replace your ZipStrip so you don't lose or damage them. With those out of the way we'll take some measurements here. First looking the overall what we're adding to our vehicle with our arms hanging out. It's going to be 24 and a quarter inches.
Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Explorer
Today on our 2015 Ford Explorer, we're doing a test-it of the Yakima FullBack 2 Trunk Mount Bike Rack. That part number is Y02634. We already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that. We have two cradles in place with three straps, also known as zip strips. We've got two on our frame here, and one is our anti-sway.
Thule Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Explorer
. This 2015 Ford explorer, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Gateway XT2 bike rack, part number TH9006XT. As you can see, we have a bike already attached to the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. Now, how the bike is actually attached to the rack, you're going to have three points of contact. You're going to have 2 straps up at the top, plus 1 off to the side, which is going to access an anti-sway strap keeping it from moving back and forth, hitting either the rack, or the vehicle, or the bike in front of it. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. Now, it's always good practice once you remove the straps, to put them back in to place, because you don't want to lose them while you're driving.
Thule Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Explorer
Today on our Ford Explorer, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Raceway Pro 2 bike rack, part number TH9001PRO. Now, as you can see, we already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. Now, how the bike actually attaches to the rack, you're going to have 3 points of contact with your bikes frame. You're going to have 2 straps up top here, plus one strap off to the side, which serves as an anti-sway strap, which keeps it from going back and forth possibly hitting the bike rack, or the bike in front of it. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. Once you remove the straps it's always good practice to go ahead and put them back in to place because you don't want to lose them while you're driving.
Thule Passage Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Explorer
Today in this 2015 Ford Explorer, we're going to be test fitting the tulli passage two bike carrier, part number TH910XT. 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. How the bike is actually attached to the rack, you're going to have three points of contact with the bike's frame. We're going to have two straps up top here, plus one off to the side here, which is going to serve as an anti-sway strap that keeps it from moving back and forth, hitting either the bike rack or the bike in front of it. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. Now, once you remove the straps, it's always a good habit to actually put them back into place, once you've done that, just so you don't lose the straps while you're driving. All right.
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Explorer
Today on this 2015 Ford Explorer we're going to be test fitting the Thule Roadway 2 Bike Rack, part number TH912XTR. As you can see we have a bike already installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. How the bike is actually attached to the rack, you're going to have three points of contact to your bikes frame. You're going to have two straps up top here, as well as one off to the side which is going to act as an anti-sway strap to keep it from moving back and forth possibly hitting the bike rack or the bike in front of it. Let's go ahead and remove the bike and set it off to the side.
Thule Archway Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Explorer
Today on this 2015 Ford Explorer, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Archway XT 2-Bike Rack, part number TH9009XT. As you can see, we already have a bike on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this bike is actually attached to the rack, you're going to have three points of contact. You're going to have two straps up on top here, as well as one strap off to the side, which is going to serve as an anti-sway strap, which keeps it moving back and forth either hitting the bike rack or the bike in front of it. Let's go ahead and take the bike off, set it aside.
Rhino Rack Road Warrior Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Explorer
Today on our 2015 Ford Explorer we are doing a test fit of the Rhino Rack Road Warrior Rooftop Bike Carrier. Part number is RBC036. Now, we already have a bike on our rack, so I am just going to show you a few features on it. This is a fort mounted bike rack, you can see our skewers here. It has a lock for anti-theft. To the back all we have is strap over our back wheel, sitting in our wheel cradle.
Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Explorer
Today on our 2015 Ford Explorer, we're doing a test bit of the Rhino-Rack MountainTrail Bike Carrier. Part number is RBC035. Now, we have the bike on our rack already. Show you a few things here. This is a fork mounted bike. See there, we have our skewer here, and it has a lock on here for you. Anti-theft.
Thule EasyFold Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Explorer
Today on our 2015 Ford Explorer police interceptor, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Thule Easy Fold 2. This is going to be your platform style 2-bike rack, specifically designed for your e-bikes, because it's a terrific weight capacity. It has 132 max pound weight capacity. Capable of carrying 66-pounds per bike per side. It is going to be compatible with your 2" and you 1-1/4" receivers and it will be part # TH9032. As you can see we've already got a bike up here. It is not a new bike but it is so you can see what it looks like with a bike on it.
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Explorer
Today on our 2015 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor, we're going to be doing a test fit of the SportRack Ridge 5. This is going to be your hanging-style 5-bike rack. It's also going to be part number SR2405. It does come with your two-inch shank for your two-inch hitches only. And as you can see we already got it up here installed on our vehicle so you can see what it looks like. First thing we're going to do is go through a few measurements, first one being our closest distance first. In that case it's going to be from our receiver to this bracket on the front side.
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Explorer
Today on our 2015 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor, we're going to be doing a test fit of this SportRack 3. This is going to be your hanging style 3-bike rack for 1-1/4-inch and 2-inch receivers. It's going to be part number SR2403. If you look up here, you can see that we already have it installed in our vehicle, so you can see where it looks and how it fits. First things we're going to do is get some measurements. Starting with our closest distance first, which is going be from the receiver to the front side of this bracket. It's going to be about 3-3/4 inches.
Kuat NV Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Explorer
Today on our 2015 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor we're going to be doing a test fit of the Kuat NV 4. This is going to be your platform-style 4-bike rack. It's going to be part numbers N105-107, and just because of the combination of making a 2-bike into a 4-bike at the connection point here. As you can see, we already have the bike up here on the rack and installed on the vehicle so you can see how it looks and fits. Our first thing we're going to do is get a few measurements, starting with our closest distance first, which in this case is going to be from the front of the bike rack to the bumper of the vehicle. That's going to be about 6-3/4". Overall distance that we've added to the vehicle is going to be about 48-1/2" to the very back back here.
Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Explorer
Today on our 2015 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor we're going to be doing a test fit of the CURT Premium 4. This is going to be your hanging-style 4-bike rack. It's going to be part number C18064. This bike carrier only comes with a 2" shank for your 2" hitches only. As you can see, we've already got it up here on our rack and on our vehicle so you can see how it looks and fits. First thing we're going to do is get a couple measurements, first measurement being our closest distance, which is going to be from the front of the t-handle there to the back of the bumper at about 5". Our overall distance with it fully extended and the bike on is going to be about 34-1/2", with a rear ground clearance of about 13".
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