Today on our 2012 Honda CRV were going to be test fitting the Kuat Alpha 3 bike hitch mounted carrier part #: A103-white-114. To mount our bike carrier to the vehicle well insert the shank of the rack into the hitch and line up the hitch pinholes. Well use the hand knob at the base of the bike rack to tighten up our anti-rattle device, then well secure the bike rack with the pin and lock. Next, well check some clearance measurements. Weve got about 7 inches of clearance between the furthest point of our vehicle and the closest point of the bike rack. Weve added about 15 inches of overall length to the rear of our vehicle and we have about 13 inches of ground clearance of ground clearance from the bottom of the bike rack to the ground.
With our measurements done well check for rear vehicle access. Well pull the pin at the bottom of the bike rack to tilt the upright mast down. Well open the cargo door of our CRV and make sure we can still access the cargo area. With that done well put the bike rack back up and prepare for loading a bike. Well remove the pin at the top of the mast and fold out the arms.
Well undo the straps over the cradles closest to the vehicle. Next, we can feed our bicycle over the arms of the rack and set it into the cradles securing it again with the rubber straps. With that our bike rack is all loaded up and were ready to hit the road. That does it for our test fit for our test fit of the Kuat Alpha 3 hitch mounted bike carrier part #: A103-white-114 on our 2012 Honda CRV.
Yakima DoubleDown Ace Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda CR-V
Today on our 2012 Honda CRV well be test fitting the Yakima DoubleDown Ace 4 Bike Carrier part number Y02451. Now to begin our test fit well slide the shank of the carrier into the opening of the hitch, line up our pin holes and insert our pin with the red knob into the pin holes and turn the black knob at the back side of the carrier to engage our anti-rattle device. Now that the carrier is secured to the vehicle, well go ahead and go over a few measurements. We have about 11-1/2 inches of ground clearance and the closest part of the carrier to the closest part of the vehicle here at the rear bumper is bout 6-1/2 inches. With the cradle arms folded down weve added about 12 inches to the overall length of our vehicle. To access the cargo area, well lift up the red knob at the base of the carrier and tilt the mast down.
Thule Apex 4 Swing Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda CR-V
Today on our 2012 Honda CRV, well be test fitting the Thule Apex Swing Four Bike Carrier, part number TH9027.We'll begin by sliding the bike rack shank into the hitch and allow the integrated locking hitch pin to fall into the pin hole. We can then move to the anti-rattle knob where we'll tighten down the knob, securing our bike rack to the vehicle.We'll now go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance for this bike rack is 12 and a half inches and the closest point of the bike rack to the back of our vehicle measures six inches. In its folded position, we add about 14 inches of additional length to the rear of our vehicle.Now we can go ahead and pull the hitch switch at the top of the mast and bring out our dual arms where we'll undo the straps to expose our cradles. We'll place the bike into the cradles and bring the straps around securing the bike to the bike rack.Now the advantage to the Apex Swing is that it does have the ability whether a bike is loaded on it or not, to swing out towards the passenger side of the vehicle, completely out of the way of the cargo area. We'll undo the knob here at the back of the mast where we can then pull the T-handle and begin swinging the bike rack out.
Softride Dura Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda CR-V
Today on our 2012 Honda CRV well be test fitting the SoftRide Dura Parallelogram part number SR26247. We are going to begin our test fit by simply sliding the bike rack shank into the hitch. We will 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 well go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance here at the bike rack is 12 inches.
Pro Series Eclipse 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda CR-V
Today on our 2012 Honda CRV were going to do a test fit of the Pro Series Eclipse 4 Hitch Bike Rack product number 63124. To mount our bike carrier, well slide the shank of the bike rack into our hitch. We can then line up our pin holes and install our anti-rattle bolt and tighten it down. This will make sure that our bike rack is secured to our vehicle. Now we can go ahead and go over a few measurements. Our ground clearance is 12 inches and we have 6 inches from the closest part of our vehicle to the closest point on our bike rack.
Kuat Beta Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda CR-V
Today on our 2012 Honda CRV well be test fitting the Kuat Beta Aluminum Folding 2 Bike Hitch Mounted Bike Carrier for 2-inch hitches part number B202-2. Now to begin our test fit well slide the shank into the hitch, line up the pin holes and install the included hitch pin. Well put the clip on the other side of the pin where well move back to the back of the shank and tighten the knob down securing the anti-rattle device and the bike rack to the vehicle. At this point well go over a few measurements. Our ground clearance is 10-3/4 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the closest part of the bike carrier 5 inches. With the bike rack in its folded position weve added about 13 inches of length to the rear of our vehicle.
Hollywood Racks Traveler 5 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda CR-V
Today on our 2012 Honda CRV well be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Traveler 5 Bike Carrier part number HR9200. To begin our test fit well slide the shank of the carrier into the opening of the hitch, line up our pin holes and then thread our anti-rattle bolt through the pin holes and tighten with a wrench. Now well go ahead and go over a few measurements to see how the bike carrier and this vehicle come together. We have about 12 inches of ground clearance and the closest part of the carrier to the closest part of the vehicle is about 8-1/2 inches. With the cradle arms folded down weve added about 17 inches to the overall length of the vehicle. To access the cargo area well pull the pin at the bottom of the mast and tilt the carrier down.
