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Rhino-Rack MountainTrail Rooftop Bike Carrier - Fork Mount
Love this bike rack! It fits perfectly with my Rhino Rack Cross Bars. I'm very impressed by the lack of wind noise. With the bike mounted on the rack, you can barely hear the wind noise at 60mph. With the sunroof open you can hear wind noise, but as long as the window is closed, you can only slightly hear anything if the radio is off and you are trying to hear it. Amazing! Can't wait to get more use out of it in the future!
I have used a lot of bike racks and this is the one I keep on my 4Runner. It just works. It is the easiest to take on and off, which is important for me because between me, my wife and kids I have 4 bikes that need to be rearranged often. We also use a roof box, kayak racks and a SUP rack so I am always taking things off and on. The front straps loop over the bar and tightens with an allen key, the back is a couple wing nuts. Since there are 2 straps up front the rack is very stable when a bike is on it. I like that it comes with locks and the skewer is super easy to adjust, clamp and unclamp. If it is cold, dark and damp at 6am and I am tired, late for a ride and still waking up this is the rack I go for because it is easy. There are a couple things to be aware of though... You will need to put a drop of oil in the skewer every 6 months or so to keep it opening and closing smoothly. Otherwise is can stick. Sometimes if the skewer is turned just right there will be a bit of whistle because of a hole in the clamping mechanism. If I turn it to a different angle the whistle stops. And after going through the car wash with the rack on my roof a dozen times or so the black paint began to have a bit of a rainbow sheen. Not sure if it is the bike rack or the soap my car wash uses.
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Swagman Upright Bike Rack for 1 Bike - Roof Rack Crossbars - Frame Mount
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.
We have used the Swagman Roof Rack a number of times when we have needed the additional bike carrying capacity. It took a couple attempts to get the initial spacing of the bike rack properly balanced on the van’s roof rack as recommended by the instructions. But it was easy to do and once set was very easy and quick to put on and take off. The rack works great, the bike is easy to put into place and secure. The bike and rack are very stable and quiet and haven’t required any mid-trip adjustments. We always put the cheapest bike on the roof (lol) but do use a bit of duct tape to protect the finish just Incase. We are very satisfied with the rack and consider it quite a deal for the money.
# 3
Rhino-Rack Hybrid Roof Bike Rack - Wheel Mount - Clamp On - Aluminum
Great bike carrier! Etrailer always provides me with high quality products with fast deliveries.
I love the racks, instructions were understandable, one of my end caps came in bad, it can wiggle off after locking but I emailed etrailer and they arranged a replacement quick with rhino rack, pretty nice of them, comes with rhino rack decal and just have to decide where to put it, out my bike up and took it for a test drive and it was very nice, I love their package because it comes with locks and way cheaper than the competitors, very satisfied
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Inno Tire Hold II Roof Bike Rack - Wheel Mount - Clamp On - Aluminum
So close! This rack is great, with a few caveats... First, it's almost too small for an XL (21" frame, 29" tires) mountain bike. I had to completely remove the adjustable wheel holder thingy on the rear arm (brace? lever? support?) to be able to properly fit my bike. Not a deal breaker, but not really working as intended, I think. Second, the front mounting bracket is... middling. It doesn't have a lever like the rear, and so tightness is purely dependent on how hard you can twist the little knob. Also, there's only one in the front, unlike the double setup in the rear. The brackets, themselves, aren't designed particularly well. I'm not sure what crossbars they were using as a baseline, but the angles just don't make sense. (at least to me...what do I know) What I do know, is that they don't grip the factory Outback crossbars very well, and I found myself constantly adjusting and tightening them to where I wouldn't get any sliding left to right on the crossbar. (I did finally get it to where I was satisfied, but it took some doing, and I imagine it would be like that every time if you wanted to take the rack off occasionally.) TL,DR: Does the rack do what I need it to do? Yes. Is the fitment a bit frustrating? Kinda. Are there other similar options out there? Not many, and none that I could find at this price point. Would I recommend, or buy again? Yes and Yes.
The bike rack worked well until the ratcheting teeth on the track became worn. Now I can't tighten the tire hold levers. I contacted customer service in March, and they said they would contact me when the replacement part came in. It's now November, and I'm still without a working bike rack. Definitely inhibited my mountain biking this summer, which was a huge bummer.
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chevrolet Sonic
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Sonic we're going to be test-fitting the Thule Circuit XT Rooftop Bike Rack, part number TH526XT. 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 this bike actually attaches to the rack, we're not going to have any frame contact at all. Instead, it's going to grip it by the forks up here with a skewer mount. On the skewer mount here, you can replace this plastic piece here with a Thule lock core, so you can actually secure your bike to the rack and prevent theft and tampering. We also have this wheel strap here in the back that is adjustable the length of the bike rack to accommodate different size bikes.
Rhino Rack Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chevrolet Sonic
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Sonic, we're going to be test fitting the Rhino-Rack Hybrid Rooftop Bike Rack, part number RRRBC050. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go and take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this actually attaches to the bike rack, we're going to have three points of contact with absolutely no frame contact at all. We're going to have this wheel hook up at the front here and then two wheel straps for either tires. What's unique about this is you can actually keep the entire bike together as opposed to a lot of other bike racks where you'd have to remove the front wheel and secure it by the fork mounts. With the bike on here, I'll go ahead and open up the trunk real quick to show you have absolutely no clearance issues whatsoever between the bike rack and the trunk or hatch. The wheel hook itself is lockable, so once you actually secure your bike up here you can lock it down and there will be no theft or tampering of your bike. Let's go ahead and take it off and set it aside.
Rhino Rack Road-Warrior Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chevrolet Sonic
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Sonic, we're going to be test fitting the Rhino-Rack Road Warrior rooftop bike rack, part number RBC036. We have the bike already installed on the rack so we're going to take a closer look and show off some of the features. Now first, how this is actually gripped onto the bike rack, there's going to be no frame contact at all. Instead we have a fork mount connection point up here with this skewer, and it is lockable. You can see on the side here. Once you have this installed, you can lock this in place and your bike is secured onto the rack. At the rear hear, we have a wheels strap, and I'll secure that as well.
Thule Sprint Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chevrolet Sonic
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Sonic we're going to do a test fit on the Thule Sprint. This is roof-mounted fork clamp-style bike rack. Part number on it is TH528. Now as you can see we've got our Rhino Rack Vortex Aero roof rack system that we've already installed, so we're going to begin our test fit by bringing our rack, placing it right up onto our load bar. We want to be sure as we do we bring our black rubber-coated metal strap around the underside. We'll fit it in to the two indentions that are located right there on the front. Now if you do have a lot of slack in your strap that may pop out on you.
Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chevrolet Sonic
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Sonic we're going to do a test fit on the Rhino Rack Mountain Trail. Now this is a roof-mounted fork clamp-style bike rack. The part number is RBC035. As you can see, we've got our Rhino Rack Vortex Aero roof rack system that we've already installed on the Sonic, so we'll begin our test fit by removing the black cover that's here at the front of the rack. This allows us to remove the two black rubber-coated metal straps. We'll then bring these around the underside of our crossbar.
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chevrolet Sonic
Today, on our 2014 Chevrolet Sonic, we're going to do a test fit on the Yakima Frontloader. This is a roof mounted, wheel clamp style bike rack. Part number on it is Y02103. Now as you can see, we've got our Rhino-Rack Vortex Aero roof rack system on our vehicle. We've already installed that. To begin our test fit, we're going to have two outer portions of our clamp on the front side of our bar. Then, we're going to have the one single portion of our clamp on the rear side of our bar.
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chevrolet Sonic
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Sonic, we're going to do a test fit on the Swagman Fork Down. This is a roof-mounted four clamp style bike rack. The part number on it is S64710. To begin our test fit we simply need to place it up onto our roof rack. We've already got our Rhino Rack Vortex Aero Roof Rack system installed there so we'll place it up there. We want to kind of center the front of the carrier to be sure we've got it kind of lined up right over the middle. Then we'll bring our U-bolt around the underside and we're going to thread on two wing nuts. We're just run these down until we get the slack out of them, just to kind of hold them in place.
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chevrolet Sonic
Today, on our 2014 Chevrolet Sonic, we're going to do a test fit on the Rocky Mounts Tie Rod. This is roof-mounted fork-clamped style bike rack. The part number on it is RKY1014. To begin our test fit, we need to place the rack onto the roof line of our vehicle. As you can see my rubber straps are already separated. If they're not, just simply remove the cover, and that will allow you to pull them out. We're then going to bring the straps around the underside of our crossbar.
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chevrolet Sonic
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Sonic we're going to do a test fit on the Kuat Trio. This is a roof-mounted fork clamp-style bike rack. The part number in the black and chrome is TR02. We also have this in a nice gun metal gray and orange; part number on that is RU01. As you can see, we've already got our Rhino Rack Vortex Aero roof rack system installed on the Sonic, so we'll begin our test fit simply by placing the rack up onto the roof. We're then going to take one of our black rubber-coated metal u-bolts, going to bring it around the underside of our crossbar, fit it up into the head of the carrier, and then we're going to thread on one of our cylinder nuts to hold it in place. Now that we have that one threaded on we'll continue with the second cylinder nut.
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