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Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Scion xB

Today on our 2014 Scion XB, we'll be doing a test fit of the Thule Sprint T-track roof mounted bike rack. That's part number TH569. This bike rack's designed to slide right into the T-channel of your Thule arrow blades. Generally what you'd want to do is you'd want measure out and cut where you'd want your bike rack to be placed in your rubber straps. For today's demonstration we're going to go ahead and just pull those rubber straps on out, so we can show you how it slides in. We'll just pull those right on out.



Thule Sprint Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Scion xB

Today on our 2014 Scion XB, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Thule Sprint rooftop mounted bike rack. As you can see, we've already got it up here on top of our vehicle, so you could see what it would look like once you have it installed. It's going to be part number TH528. First things we're going to do to remove the bike, as you would when you place it on, is going to be to undo that strap. Next, we'll move over to the lock set and unlock it. This will allow us to turn the dial on the front, to loosen up the skewer so we can fit the forks in. Now, if you notice, those skewers are pushing out, so if we turn it to the right the skewers are going to pull in, and it'll click once it's tight around your forks.



Yakima DoubleDown Ace Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2010 Scion xB

Today on our 2010 Scion XB, well be test fitting the Yakima Double Down Ace four bike carrier for inch and a quarter and two inch hitches, part number y02451. A quick note on this bike rack, it will work in both inch and a quarter and two inch hitches, however, when using a class I hitch you are limited to two bikes. Now weve already gone ahead and removed our two inch adapter, so well slide our bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole, and install the attached hitch pin. With the hitch pin in we can move to the back of the shank where well tighten the knob down securing our bike rack to the vehicle. Now well go ahead and give you a few measurements, our ground clearance at the bike rack is 10 inches, and from the closet point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is six inches. Well now go ahead and pull the pin on the back of the bike rack mast to allow the mast to tilt down.



Thule Vertex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2010 Scion xB

Today on our 2010 Scion XB, well be test fitting the Thule Vertex four bike carriers for an inch and a quarter and two inch hitches, part number th9029. A quick note on this bike rack it will work on both inch and a quarter and two inch hitches, however, when using with a class I hitch you are limited to two bikes. Now weve gone ahead and removed the two inch adapter sleeve from the bike rack shank, so well simply slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole, and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt, with our bolt tight our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. Now well going to go ahead and give you a few measurements, our ground clearance at the bike rack is 11-1/2 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is three inches, well now go ahead and pull the hitch switch down here at the bottom of the bike rack mast to allow the mast to tilt down, we can then open our cargo door and as you can see we can gain access to our cargo area opening the cargo door completely with this bike rack. Well now pull the hitch switch at the top of the mast which will allow us to bring out our duel arms, where we can then undo the straps to expose the cradles. Well place the bike into the cradles and bring our straps around securing our bike to the bike rack and thats it our bike is loaded and were ready to head on down the road and that completes our test fit of the Thule Vertex four bike carrier, part number th9029 on our 2010 Scion XB..



Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2010 Scion xB

Today on our 2010 Scion XB, well be test fitting part number th934xtr, this is the Thule hitching post pro folding and tilting four bike rack with anti-sway cradles for both inch and a quarter and two inch hitches. A quick note on this bike rack, it can be used in a class I through III hitch, however, when using with a class I hitch you are limited to two bikes. Now weve already gone ahead and removed the adapter for the two inch hitch from the bike rack, so all well need to do is slide the bike shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole and install and tighten down the anti-rattle bolt, with our bolt tight our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. Well now go ahead and give you a few measurements, our ground clearance at the bike rack is 10-1/2 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 7-1/4 inches. Well now go ahead and pull the pin at the bottom of the bike rack mast to allow the mast to tilt down, we can then open our cargo door, and as you can see we can gain full access to the cargo area opening the cargo door completely with this bike rack. Well now go ahead and pull the pin at the top of the mast to bring out our duel arms, where we can undo the straps to expose the cradles, well place the bike into the cradles, and bring the straps around securing our bike to the bike rack and thats it our bike is loaded and were ready to head on down the road and that completes the test fit of the Thule hitching post pro folding and tilting four bike rack with anti-sway cradles, part number th934xtr on our 2010 Scion XB..



Thule Doubletrack Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2010 Scion xB

Today on our 2010 Scion XB well be test fitting the Thule double track platform style two bike carrier for both inch and a quarter inch two inch hitches, part number TH990XT. Now to begin our test fit weve already gone ahead and removed the included adapter for the two inch hitch so well slide our bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt. With the anti-rattle bolt tight our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. Well now go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 10 inches. From the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 5 inches.



Swagman Titan Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2010 Scion xB

Today on our 2010 Scion XB, we'll be test fitting part number 63410, the Swagman Titan 4 Bike Carrier for 1-1/4-inch and 2-inch hitches. Now, we've already gone ahead and removed the adapter for the 2-inch hitch, so we'll simply slide our bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole, and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt. With our anti-rattle bolt tight, our bike is secured to the vehicle. We'll now go ahead and do a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 14 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 9 inches. We'll now go ahead and pull the switch at the bottom of the bike rack mast to allow the mast to tilt down.



SportRack EZ Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2010 Scion xB

Today on our 2010 Scion XB well be test fitting, part number a30901, this is the Sport Rack two bike hitch mounted bike rack for both inch and a quarter and two inch hitches. Now weve already removed the adapter for the two inch hitch, so well simply slide our bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt, with our bolt tight our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. Well now go ahead and give you a few measurements, the ground clearance at the back of the bike rack is 16-1/4 inches and from the closet point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 8-3/4 inches. Well now go ahead and unfold the bike rack platform, and open our cargo door, and as you can see we can gain access to the cargo area opening the cargo door completely with this bike rack. Were now almost ready to load our bike. Well need only to make sure that our wheel loop straps are undone and out of the way and that our vertical bar clamps are fully extended.



Kuat Sherpa Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2010 Scion xB

Today on our 2010 Scion XB well be test fitting part number S102, the Kuat Sherpa aluminum hitch mounted two bike rack with wheel mount cradles. Now weve already gone ahead and removed the two inch adapter from our bike rack shank so were ready to fit it to the vehicle. Well slide the shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole and install our hitch pin. Well then move to the back of the shank where well tighten the knob down securing our bike rack to the vehicle. Well now go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 11 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle with the platform is a stored position is 2 inches.





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