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Thule Vertex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2009 Chevrolet Malibu

Today we have a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu, and we'll be test fitting the Thule vertex four hitch mounted bike carrier. Part number TH9029. To mount our bike rack on our vehicle, we'll fit the shank inside the receiver tube on the hitch. We'll line up the holes and then we'll insert and tighten down our anti rattle bolt. Now we'll give you a couple of clearance measurements. From the ground to the bottom of our bike rack, measures seven inches of ground clearance.

SportRack Escape 3 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2009 Chevrolet Malibu

Today on our 2012 Ford Fusion, we'll be test fitting part number A30403, the Sport Rack Escape three bike rack. Now to begin our test fit, we'll simply slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole, and install our anti rattle bolt. With our bolt tight, our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. At this point, we'll give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 10 and a half inches, and from the closest point of the bike rack mast to the back of the vehicle is seven and a half inches. We'll now pull the pin at the bottom of the mast to tilt the mast down and open our trunk.

Kuat Alpha Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2009 Chevrolet Malibu

Today we have a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu, and we're going to be test fitting the Kuat Alpha three-bike hitch mounted bike carrier. Part number A103-WHITE-114. To mount our carrier upon our vehicle, we're going to fit the shank into the receiver hitch. We'll line up the hitch pin holes and then we'll tie in the anti rattle device using the hand knob on the end of the bike rack shank. Once we've done that we can insert our pin and secure it with a lock. Next, we'll check for rear vehicle access.

Swagman Titan Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2009 Chevrolet Malibu

Today on this 2009 Chevrolet Malibu were gonna do a test fit of part number S63410 from Swagman. This is Titan 4 Bicycle rack. A few notes about this bike rack is that it will work with 1 -inch receiver hitches both class 1 and class 2. However, when you use it with a class two receiver hitch youre limited to just carrying two bicycles. This will also work with 2-inch receiver hitches with the provided spacer. Now on this car, well be working with a class 2 receiver hitch.

SportRack EZ Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2009 Chevrolet Malibu

Today on this 2009 Chevrolet Malibu were gonna do a test fit of part number A30901 from SportRack. A few things to know about this bike rack is that it will work with 1 -inch receiver hitches both class 1 and class 2. This will also work with 2-inch receiver hitches with the included spacer. On this particular vehicle, well be working with a class 2 receiver hitch. Well start off our test fit by installing the bike rack into the hitch, well tighten down the anti-rattle bolt and then put safety pin on the other side. Lets go ahead and unfold the bike rack and get some clearance measurements.

Rhode Gear Highway Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2009 Chevrolet Malibu

Alright, today on our 2009 Chevrolet Malibu, were gonna do a test fit of part number RG8015220 from Rhode Gear. This is Highway 2 bike carrier. Two things to know about this bike rack is that it will work with 1 -inch receiver hitches both class 1 and class 2. This will also work with 2-inch receiver hitches with the provided spacer. On this car, well be working with the class 2 receiver hitch. Well start off our test fit by installing the bike rack into the hitch and well go ahead and tighten down the anti-rattle bolt then put the safety pin on the other side.

Swagman XTC2 Wheel Mount Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Chevrolet Malibu

Today on our 2012 Chevy Malibu, well be test fitting the Swagman XTC2 Two-Bike Wheel Mount Carrier, part number S64670. With our vehicle already equipped with the 1-1/4 inch hitch and our bike rack already preassembled, were ready to go ahead and fit it to the vehicle. Well begin by sliding the bike rack shank into the hitch. Well line up the hitch pin hole. Well then insert our anti-rattle bolt. With our anti-rattle bolt in, well go ahead and tighten it down using our wrench.

Rhode Gear Highway Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Chevrolet Malibu

Today on our 2012 Chevrolet Malibu, well be test fitting the Rhode Gear Highway 2 Hitch Mounted Bike Carrier, part number RG8015220. With our vehicle already equipped with the 1-1/4 inch hitch and our bike rack already preassembled, were ready to go ahead and fit it to the vehicle. Well begin by inserting the bike rack shank into the hitch. Well line up the hitch pinhole and insert our anti-rattle bolt. With our anti-rattle bolt snugged up, we can go ahead and tighten it down using our wrench. Well also insert our safety pin.

Pro Series Q-Slot Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Chevrolet Malibu

Today on our 2012 Chevrolet Malibu, well be test fitting the Pro Series Q-Slot platform style bike carrier, part number PS63134. With our vehicle already equipped with 1-1/4 inch and our bike rack already preassembled, were ready to go ahead and fit it to the vehicle. Well begin by sliding the bike rack shank into the hitch, lining up the hitch pinhole and inserting our hitch pin. With our hitch pin in and our safety clip on, our bike rack is secured to the vehicle and were ready to go ahead and load the bike. At this point, well give you a couple of measurements. From the bottom of the bike rack to the floor is 11 inches.

Thule Vertex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2011 Chevrolet Malibu

Today on this 2011 Chevrolet Malibu, were gonna do a test fit of part number TH9029 from Thule, the Vertex 4 Bike Carrier.One quick note about this bike carrier is that you can use it with 1 -inch hitches both class 1 and class 2. However, when you use it with a class 1 application, youre only good for 2 bikes. And this work with 2-inch receiver hitches with a provided spacer.Well go ahead and start off our test fit by installing a bike rack into the hitch then tightening down the anti-rattle bolt.Alright, with the bike installed, lets get some clearance measurements. The clearance between the bike rack and the bumper is going to be 1 inches and ground clearance is gonna be 7 inches. Now well go ahead and check trunk access with the bike rack fold up. About 1 of room.Now well go ahead and tilt the bike rack back and show how much room we gained.

Thule T2 Platform Style Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2011 Chevrolet Malibu

Alright, today on this 2011 Chevrolet Malibu, were gonna do a test fit of part number TH917XTR from Thule. This is a Thule T2 Bike Rack.Now this bicycle rack will fit to 1 receiver hitches only both class 1 and class 2.Well start off our test fit by installing the bike rack into the hitch and well tighten down the anti-rattle bolt and install the lock on the other side. With the bike rack installed, lets get a few measurements. With the bike rack unfolded, at the closest point, we have a distance of 1 . Ground clearance from the hitch is going to be 8 inches. The clearance to the very back of the hitch is going to be 14 .Now I found during our test fit that our bike rack cannot be folded up due to interference with the bumper and well show that here.So at this point, lets go ahead and load up the bike.

Thule Helium Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2011 Chevrolet Malibu

Today on this 2011 Chevrolet Malibu, were gonna test fit part number TH970xt, Thules Helium Bike Carrier.One note about this bicycle rack is that it will work an 1 receiver hitches both class 1 and class 2. This will also work with 2-inch receiver hitches with a provided spacer.Okay, well start off out our test fit by installing the bike rack into the hitch. Well line up this hitch pinholes and then well go ahead and install our safety pin. Now that it is keyed, we can install it and then give it a turn and then well pull the hitch back just a little to have a little bit of a bind and then well go ahead and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt.Ok, with the bike rack installed, lets go ahead and get some clearance measurements. Now the closest point to the bike rack and the bumper is gonna be 3 inches. Ground clearance is gonna be 7 inches.Alright, with the bike rack folded up, well go ahead and check access to the trunk.

Thule Apex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2011 Chevrolet Malibu

All right, today on this 2011 Chevrolet Malibu, we're going to do a test fit of part number TH9025 from Thule, the Apex 4 Bike Carrier. Some notes about this bike rack is that it will work with 1-1/4-inch receiver hitches both class 1 and class 2. However, in a class 1 application, you're only limited to two bikes. It will also work in a 2-inch receiver with the provided spacer. We'll start off our test fit by installing the bike rack into the hitch. We'll pull out the integrated hitch pin and slide in the hitch into the bike rack and allow it to snap back into the hitch pin hole.

Swagman XTC2 Wheel Mount Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2011 Chevrolet Malibu

All right, today on this 2011 Chevrolet Malibu, we're going to do a test fit of part number S64670 from swagman. This is the XTC-2 bike carrier. A couple of notes about this bike carrier that will work of 1-1/4" receiver hitches both class 1 and class 2 and this will also work with 2-inch receiver hitches with the provided spacer. We're going start off our test fit with the bike rack already installed into the hitch so all we're going to do is tighten down our anti-rattle bolt and put a safety pin on the other side. All right, with our bike rack installed let's go ahead a couple of clearance measurements. From the bike rack to the bumper as closest point would be 2 and 1/4 inches.

SportRack EZ Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2011 Chevrolet Malibu

Today on this 2011 Chevrolet Malibu, we're going to do a test fit of part number A30901 from SportRack. We'll go ahead and start off our test fit with the bicycle rack installed in the hitch so we just add our anti-rattle bolt, tighten it down, and put the safety pin on the other side. Okay, with the bike rack installed, we'll go ahead and give you a couple of measurements for clearance. As its closest point to the bike rack to the bumper, we're looking at 4-1/2 inches. The ground clearance by the hitch is going to be 8-3/4 inches. Ground clearance at the very back of the rack will be 13-1/2 inches.

Rhode Gear Highway Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2011 Chevrolet Malibu

Alright, today on this 2011 Chevrolet Malibu we're going to do a test fit of part number RG8015220 from Rhode Gear their Highway 2 Bike Carrier. Ok, a couple quick notes about this bicycle rack is that it will work with class I and class II receiver hitches. It will also work with 2-inch receiver hitches with the provided spacer. We'll start our test fit by installing the bike rack into the hitch. Then we'll tighten down the anti-rattle bolt and put the hitch pin on the other side. Ok, with the bike rack installed let's get some clearance measurements.

Kuat NV Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2011 Chevrolet Malibu

Today on our 2011 Chevy Malibu, were going to do a test fit of the Kuat 2 Bike Platform Style Bike Carrier, part number N102. With a 1-1/4-inch hitch on the vehicle, well be able to slide our 1-1/4-inch shank directly into it, lining up the hitch pinholes, inserting the locking pin. Then well use the hand knob at the back of the rack for an additional security to the hitch and as an anti-sway device. Lets go ahead and install the bike rack into the hitch now. Now with our bike rack installed, that's what it will look like in the stored position. Lets go ahead and check for rear cargo access in this position.

SportRack Evader Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Chevrolet Malibu

Alright, today on this 2012 Chevrolet Malibu, were going to do a test fit of a sport rack evader 3 bike carrier. A few quick notes about this bicycle rack, it does work with and inch and receiver hitches, class 2 only and also work with 2 inch receivers with included spacer. This bicycle rack does come with anti rattle bolts for the hitch and it does have anti sway cradles for the bikes, this rack will tilt back out of the way for access to the trunk. Alright, well go ahead and get started, well install the rack into the hitch and well go ahead and tighten down the anti rattle bolt. Ok next Ill give you some measurements that will give you an idea of clearance between the bicycle rack and the car and the ground. Ok between the bike rack and the car closest point is going to be 3 and inches.

Thule Helium Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Chevrolet Malibu

Today it's 2012-chevrolet-malibu. We're going to it in Thule Bike Rack part number TH970XT. This is a Helium Aluminum 2 Bike Carrier. A few quick notes about this bike rack is that it will work with Class 1 and Class 2 1"-1/4 receiver hitches and it also works on 2" receiver hitches with the included spacer. We'll go ahead and start off by installing the bike rack into the hitch. We'll install the key pin into the side, it's keyed so it will turn 90-degress, then it we'll pull back on the rack to get some tension and then tighten down the entire rattle knob.

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Chevrolet Malibu

Today on our 2011 Chevrolet Malibu, we'll be test fitting the Thule Domestique Fork Mounted Bike Carrier, part number TH513. We can take our carrier and set it up on top of our vehicle. We'll fit the front clamp around the bar and use an Allen key to tighten the bolt at the rear. We can then also snug up the front tube bolts as necessary. Now, we can reinstall our skewer and prepare to mount our bike. We want to make sure that the skewer is open and the wheel strap at the back of the carrier is also open.

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Chevrolet Malibu

Today on our 2011 Chevrolet Malibu, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number RKY1014. To mount our carrier to the vehicle, we'll set it up on top of our load bars. We'll fit the rubber coated steel straps at the front around the front bar and fit them back into the head. We'll use an Allen Key to tighten the bolt and pull the straps snugger on the bar. We can then reinstall our front cover. We also want to make sure that our skewer is unlocked and open.

RockyMounts Euro PitchFork Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Chevrolet Malibu

Today on our 20011 Chevrolet Malibu we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts Euro Pitchfork Roof Mounted Bike Carrier part number RKY1103. Now before we can mount the carrier to the vehicle we'll need to remove the rubber strip on the T slot of our front bar. The Euro Pitchfork uses a block in the front that will slide into this slot. We'll slide our front block into the slot and position the bike rack where we want it. Then we'll take our Allen key and snug up those bolts. At the rear, we'll fit the clamp around our bar and use the included wing nuts to tighten it down.

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Chevrolet Malibu

Alright, today in this 2012 Chevrolet Malibu, we're going to test fit the TieRod Bicycle Rack from RockyMounts, product number RKY1014. This bike rack will fit a variety of low bars. In this case, we'll be using elliptical-shaped bars. This will also work with round and square bars. So they're easy-to-install racks so we'll get right to it. We'll take the front end of the rack and slide the straps underneath the crossbar until it catches on the other side, and then we'll install a clamp on the back crossbar.

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Chevrolet Malibu

Alright, today in this 2012 Chevrolet Malibu, we're going to do a test fit of the Thule Domestique Bicycle Rack, product number TH513. A couple of quick notes about the bicycle rack is that will fit square bars, fit round bars and electrical bars as well. In this case on our car, we already have a Thule Roof Rack installed with the square bars. We'll go ahead and start off with our bike rack assembled according to instructions and we're going to put it into place. We'll take the front clamp, put around the front crossbar, and then we'll slide the second clamp over the second crossbar, ok. And then we'll go ahead and get the hardware started to clamp it to the back as well as to the front.

Hollywood Racks Expedition Trunk Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Malibu

Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Malibu well be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Expedition two bike carrier with adjustable arms, part number HRF6-2. Now with our bike rack already preassembled were ready to fit it to the vehicle. Well simply place it on top of the rear deck lid where we can take the two top straps and secure them to the deck lid just behind the rear window. Well now go ahead and pull them snug to help us hold the bike rack to the vehicle while we install the other four straps. Well now install our two bottom straps here on the side where we can allow them to fold down to the bottom attaching to the deck lid just above the rear bumper cover. Well again pull them snug.