Best 2017 Ford Explorer Bike Racks

Yakima RidgeBack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Explorer

Hi, everyone. It's Evangeline here at etrailer. And today, we're gonna take a look at the Yakima Ridgeback four-bike hanging-style rack, here on our 2017 Ford Explorer. So if you're looking for a bike rack that can carry multiple bikes, let's say you have your Ford Explorer filled up with your friends, your family, you all wanna go for a bike ride, but you need something to carry your bikes as you get from point A to point B, this might be an option for you. This is the four-bike hanging-style rack, but it also comes in a five-bike version if you have extra bikes to carry around. So let's first take a look at the way our bike is mounted here.

Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Explorer

Hi everyone. It's Evie Angelina here at etrailer and today we're gonna take a look at our Kuat Sherpa 2.0 2-Bike Platform Rack here on our 2017 Ford Explorer. So if you're looking for a middle of the road bike rack, something that's really good with being compact as well as looks really good the Kuat Sherpa may be a good option for you, especially with the premium features you would expect in your more premium bike racks. So first, let's take a look at one of those features which is that this can tilt away. To do so, there's a lever right over here. You're gonna pull that lever and just drop this down to a tilt.

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Explorer

Hi everyone. It's Evangeline here at etrailer. And today, we're gonna take a look at the Swagman Chinook two-bike rack here on our 2017 Ford Explorer. So, this is a really good bike rack. If you're looking for something that has a little bit more weight capacity, then your average bike rack, even though it is made for a class one, class two and class three hitches. So, whether you have a smaller 1 1/4" hitch receiver or a larger 2" hitch receiver, this might be a good option for you.

Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Explorer

Hi everyone, it's Evangeline here at etrailer and today we're gonna take a look at our Kuat Transfer V2 two bike rack here on our 2017 Ford Explorer. So the Kuat Transfer has a very unique goal post design. I really like this design especially once you start getting more and more bikes onto your bike rack. This comes in an inch and a quarter and two inch shank version which is what we have here but you can also get the sod two inch shank and that creates or allows the opportunity to add more extensions to this bike rack. But anyways, first, we'll take a look at how this bike rack works on our Ford Explorer. We'll take a look at one of the features which is that it tilts away.

Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2017 Ford Explorer we're gonna take a look at the INNO four bike hanging style rack. Now I have the rack set up on our Explorer here to give you a nice idea of what it would look like. And the first thing I do wanna point out is with the rack installed, we do lose access to our rear hatch. But there is a solution to that and I'll show you in a minute.Now our bike is secured by its frame rails in two points. The frame rests on these rubberized cradles. And locking straps go around it, securing it into place.

Yakima Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2017 Ford Explorer we're doing a test fit of the Yakima Dr.Tray platform-style 2-bike rack. That part number is Y02473. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to come to the handle placed here at the back, which is easy to access. We're going to squeeze that together and tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle. Now we're able to do this with our bikes fully loaded, and we can gain full access into our back hatch.

Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2017 Ford Explorer, we're going to be test fitting the Inno Aero Light QM Two-Bike Platform Rack for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches, part number INH330. We already have our bike attached to the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. One of the biggest feature about this bike rack is the fact that it can tilt away from the vehicle with the bike still attached. To do that, we have a pin on the side here. Just pull the pin. We'll remove that and be able to tilt it away, although you have to lift a little bit on the bike rack to get it to loosen up. There we go.

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2017 Ford Explorer, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Dispatch Two Bike platform rack for two-inch hitches, part number S64684. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How the bike is attached to the rack, we're going to have three points of contact. We're going to have a padded frame hookup at the top and it's padded to make sure the bike itself doesn't get damaged or scratched once it's being installed. We'll also have two wheel straps on either tire. The wheel wells are adjustable by loosening and tightening these knobs to accommodate loading, but also to accommodate bikes of different sizes as well. It does have a raised shank to it so even if your hitch does sit particularly low to the ground, you're not going to have clearance issues. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside.

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2017 Ford Explorer, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Vertex Swing Four-Bike Rack for 2" Hitches, part number TH9031XT. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. The biggest feature about this bike rack is the fact that it can swing away from the vehicle, so you can have full rear hatch access with all the bikes still attached, which is pretty unique for a hanging-style bike rack. To do that, we'll undo this knob at the back all the way, like so. We'll pull this pin out. Pull up on the T-pin here. Start pushing it out till you reach about the 90-degree point, which will be right about here.

Hollywood Racks Sport-Rider-SE Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2017 Ford Explorer we're going to be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Sport Rider SE 4-bike rack for 2" hitches, part number HR1400. We already have a bike installed on the rack so let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. One of the most prominent features about this bike rack is the fact that this can tilt away from the vehicle with all the bikes still attached. To do that we'll come to the base here, remove this large pin. You may have to lift the rack up just a little bit to loosen it up. Again we'll have this knob on the side we'll pull out and let it tilt away. Now we have full access to our rear hatch to get what we need and plenty of space on either side to do so, as you can see.

Swagman XTC4 Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2017 Ford Explorer we're going to be test fitting the Swagman XTC 4 bike rack for 2" hitches, part number S64665. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. The wheel cradles are adjustable along the arms here back and forth by loosening and tightening these knobs here. This is to accommodate loading but also to accommodate bikes of different sizes. It will grip your bike at three different points. We're going to have two wheel straps here and then we'll have this padded frame hook up at the top.

Softride Element-Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2017 Ford Explorer we're going to be test fitting the Softride Element Parallelogram tilting 4-bike rack for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches, part number SR26248. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. The most prominent feature of this bike rack is the fact that this can tilt away with all the bikes still attached to get rear hatch access, which is pretty unique for a hanging-style bike rack. To do that, we'll come to this knob at the end here, pull it out, and just let it tilt towards us. Now we have full access to our rear hatch to get what we need and plenty of space on either side to do so as you can see here. To push it back in its original position is very easy.

Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2017 Ford Explorer we're doing a test fit of the Kuat NV 2.0 Base platform-style 2-bike rack. That part number is BA22B. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to come here to the middle and pull down on our lever. That's going to allow us to tilt our bike rack with our bikes fully loaded away from our vehicle.

Rhino Rack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Explorer

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2017 Ford Explorer we're doing a test fit of the Swagman XC platform style 2 bike rack. That part number is S64650. Now, we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we secure it in place. we have a front and rear wheel cradle that's going to hold our bike tires in place. Here in the center we're going to have a frame hook, and this is what holds our bike down into our wheel cradles. We're going to push on the tab on our hook and just lift it straight up.

Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2017 Ford Explorer 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 one of the key features of this rack. We're going to come here and pull down on our lever. That's going to allow us to tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle with our bikes fully loaded.

Yakima SwingDaddy Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2017 Ford Explorer we're doing a test fit of the Yakima SwingDaddy hanging-style 4-bike rack. That part number is Y02464. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to come here to the back and we're going to start by loosening up our handle. We'll loosen that completely until it hangs loose.

Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2017 Ford Explorer we're doing a test fit of the Kuat Transfer platform-style 2-bike rack. That part number is TS02G. 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. We're going to slightly move our wheel hook out of the way and we're going to push on our foot pedal there. That will allow us to fold our bike rack out of the way with our bikes fully loaded.

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2017 Ford Explorer we're doing a test fit of the Thule Doubletrack Pro platform-style 2-bike rack. That part number is TH9054. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we secure it in place. We have our cradles back here with our cam buckle straps. We'll just push on the cams on the outside.

Hollywood Racks Sport-Rider-2 Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2017 Ford Explorer we're doing a test-fit of the Hollywood Rack's Sport Rider 2 Platform-Style 2-Bike Rack, that part number is: HR1000. Now we all ready have our bike secured down, we're first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to come here to the back portion and we're going to remove our pins and clips. We've got two of them here, larger one on top and the smaller one on bottom. Might help if you lift up slightly whenever pulling out that smaller pin. Now we can tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle with our bikes fully loaded. We'll check our hatch door here. We'll see we have plenty of clearance.

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Explorer

Today with the 2017 Ford Explorer we're doing a test fit of the Thule T2 Classic Platform Style 2 Bike Rack. That part number is TH9044. Now we already have our bike secured down, we're first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to come here to the back, and we're going to pull out on our pin. Then we'll pull down on our lever . and we can push our bike rack with our bikes fully loaded, away from our vehicle. In this position, we are going to gain that full access into our back hatch to get anything in or out that we may need. What's great about this, is we don't have to worry about removing our bikes or bike rack, and we're able to get larger or smaller items.

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2017 Ford Explorer we're doing a test fit of the Thule T2 Pro XTB platform-style 2-bike rack. That part number is TH9034XT. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to come back here to our handle, which is easily located at the back and easy to use. We're going to squeeze that together and tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle with our bikes fully loaded.

Yakima HoldUp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2017 Ford Explorer, we're doing a test set of the Yakima Holdup Platform Style Two Bike Rack. That part number is Y02443. We already have our bikes secured down. We're first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. I'm going to come here to the back and pull out on our red pin here, and we can tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle with our bikes fully loaded. What's great about this is that we're going to gain access into our back hatch area. You'll see we have just enough room between our handlebars.