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Thule Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2016 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2016 Ford Explorer, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Raceway Pro Two Bike Rack, part number TH9001PRO. 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 would like to show is the integrated cable lock here. You pull it out, wrap it around the bike in the front, attach it to this point here and lock it for additional security to prevent theft and tampering. It grabs your bike by three points. You have two straps up at the top here and one out to the side.



Thule Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2016 Ford Explorer TH9006XT

Today, on our 2016 Ford Explorer, we're going to be test fitting a Thule Gateway XT2 bike rack, part # TH9006XT. 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 the bike is actually attached to the rack, we're going to have three points of contact with the bike's frame. We're going to have two straps, up at the top here and one off to the side. That's going to serve as an anti squeeze trap to keep the bike from moving too far back and forth and possibly damaging the bikes in front of it. Let's go and take that off and set that aside. With the bike in this position, I'm going to go ahead and give you a quick measurement.



Thule Archway Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2016 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2016 Ford Explorer, we're going to be test-fitting the Thule Archway XT 2-Bike Rack, part number TH9009XT. 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 it has this integrated cable lock here at the end. You'll pull the cable out, wrap it around the bikes, and put it back into this portion here, and then lock it into place, preventing theft and tampering. It grips the bike by 3 points.



Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2016 Ford Explorer

Today, on this 2016 Ford Explorer, we're going to be test-fitting the Yakima full-back three trunk mount bike rack. Part number Y0263. 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 attached to the rack, we have three points of contact with the bike's frame. We're going to have two zip trips up top here, and one off to the side, which is going to act as an anti-sway strap to keep the bike form moving too far back and forth, hitting either the rack, the vehicle, or the bikes in front in it. Also, at the end here, there is an integrated cable-lock. Pop that out.



Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2016 Ford Explorer Y02635

Today on this 2016 Ford Explorer, we're going to be taking a look at the Yakima HalfBack 3 Bike Rack, part number Y02635. 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, we're going to have three points of contact with the bikes frame. We're going to have two zip strips up in the top here, then one off the side here, which is going to act as an anti-sway strap to keep the bike from going too far back and forth hitting either the bike rack or the bikes in front of it. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside.



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 Y02634

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 th9001pro

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 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.



Thule Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2014 Ford Explorer we're doing a test fit of the Thule Raceway Pro trunk-mount 2-bike rack. That part number is TH9001PRO. 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 pull down and lift up to release those.



Thule Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Ford Explorer TH9006XT

Today on our 2014 Ford Explorer, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Gateway XT Trunk Mount Two-Bike Rack. That part number is TH9006XT. 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 is our anti-sway strap in the back. We're going to start by pulling down and lifting up to release those.



Thule Archway Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2014 Ford Explorer, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Archway XT Trunk Mount 2-Bike Rack. That part number is: TH9009XT. We already have our bike secured down; but flirts, let me show you how we do that. We have two cradles in place with three straps; two on our frame and one is our anti sway strap on the back. I'm going to start by pulling down and lifting up to release those then we'll be able to pull our bike off and set it off to the side. With our bike out of the way, we'll take a few measurements. First is going to be overall.



Thule Passage Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2014 Ford Explorer we're doing a test fit of the Thule Passage 2 trunk-mount bike rack. That part number is TH910XT. 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 going to pull down and lift up to release those.



Thule Gateway Trunk Mount Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2013 Ford Explorer, well be test fitting the Thule Gateway trunk binder two-bike rack, part number TH9006XT. With the fit dial set to number nine, according to the included instructions, place the bike rack up onto the vehicles rear hatch. Position the bottom part of the bike rack onto the upper tier of the rear bumper. The top portion of the bike rack should be around the center of the rear window. Keep in mind the rear windshield wiper may not be used while using this bike rack. Well take the top clips and hook it on the top portion of the rear hatch.



Thule Archway Trunk Mount Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2013 For Explorer, we'll be test fitting the Thule Archway Trunk Mounted 2 Bike Rack part number TH9009XT. Keep in mind, when using this bike rack, the rear windshield wiper may not be used. With our fit dial to fit number nine, we'll place the bike rack up onto the rear hatch of our vehicle. With the bike rack in position, we can take the top clips and put it to the top part of the rear hatch, as well as the side clips to the side part of the rear hatch, and the bottom clips to the bottom part of the rear hatch. We can now tighten down the straps and secure the bike rack to the vehicle. We'll now use the included hook-and-loop fasteners to secure the excess lock. With everything all tightened down and secure, we're ready to load up our bike.



Hollywood Racks Over-the-Top Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2013 Ford Explorer, well be test-fitting the Hollywood Over the Top, trunk mounted two-bike rack, for vehicle as spoilers, par number hrf2. Well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up unto the vehicles rear hatch. Well position the bottom part of the bike rack on the upper tier of the rear bumper, as well as the top portion of the bike rack to the upper part of the window, just below the rear light. We can do this by flipping out the middle set of two black levers. With the bike rack in position, well take the top clips, and hook it to the top part of the rear hatch, as well as the side clips to the side part of the rear hatch, and the bottom clips at the bottom part of the rear hatch. Well then tighten on the straps to secure the bike rack to the vehicle.Well now go ahead and secure the extra strap.



Hollywood Racks Gordo 2 Bike Carrier Review - 2013 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2013 Ford Explorer we'll be test fitting the Holllywood Racks Gordo trunk my-nah 00:05 2-bike rack for long wheel based bicycles, part number HRG2. We'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's rear hatch. The bottom portion of the bike rack should rest on the upper tier of the rear hatch, just below the license plate. The top portion should rest about the center of the rear window. Keep in mind when you using this bike rack you will not be able to use the rear windshield wiper. We'll now take the top clips to put it the top part of the rear hatch, and the bottom clips to the bottom of the rear hatch, as well as the side clips to the side part of the rear hatch.



Hollywood Racks Expedition Trunk Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford Explorer

Today on our 2013 Ford Explorer, well be test-fitting the Hollywood Rack Expedition, trunk mounted two-bike rack, part number hrf6-2. Well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up unto the vehicles rear hatch. Well position the bottom side of the bike rack on the upper tier of the rear bumper. With the new top set of levers to adjust the bike rack to fit around the rear hatch.Now, the top portion of the bike rack should rest at about the middle of the rear window. Once weve established this position we can then clamp down the black plastic levers. Well then hook the top clips to the top part of the rear hatch, the side clips to the side part of the rear hatch, and the bottom clips at the bottom part of the rear hatch.



Yakima QuickBack 2 Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford Explorer

Today, on our 2013 Ford Explorer, we'll be test fitting the Yakima QuickBack Trunk Mounted 2 Bike Rack part number Y02621. Keep in mind when using this bike rack the rear windshield wiper cannot be used. We'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's rear hatch. We'll place the top clips to the top part of the rear hatch, the side clips to the side part of the rear hatch, and the bottom clips to the bottom part of the rear hatch. We then can tighten down the straps to secure the bike rack to the vehicle. After securing the excess slack, we're ready to load up a bike.



Thule Passage Trunk Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford Explorer

Today, on our 2013 Ford Explorer, we'll be test fitting the Thule Passage Trunk Mounted 2 Bike Rack part number TH910XT. With the fit dial set to number nine according the included instructions, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up on to the vehicle's rear hatch. We'll then place the top clips to the top part of the rear hatch, the side clips to the side part of the rear hatch, and the bottom clips to the bottom part of the rear hatch. We can then tighten down the blue straps to secure the bike rack to the vehicle. After securing the excess slack, we're ready to load up a bike. We'll undo the cradle straps, place our bike into the frame cradles, and then secure it with the straps.





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