Today, we're going to show you how the Rhode Gear Highway 2 Bike Carrier, product number RG8015220, looks and fits on our 2011 Honda Accord. Our Honda Accord is equipped with an aftermarket inch and a quarter class 2 trail hitch so we'll need to remove the 2-inch adapter from our Rhode Gear rack. To install the rack, we simply insert the shank of the rack into the receiver of the hitch. We'll line up the threaded hole in the rack with the pin hole in our hitch, and install the anti-sway bolt and tighten it down. After we tightened down our anti-rattle bolt, we'll go ahead and install our safety clip. With the rack now installed, we'll go ahead and give you a couple of measurements.
From the lowest point of the rack to the ground, we have about 9 inches of clearance, and from the back of the vehicle to the upright of the rack, we have 6 and a half inches of clearance. Now, this bike rack does have a falling feature so we can remove the pin at the base and pull the rack away from the vehicle which allows us full access to the trunk. With this vehicle, however, we can access the trunk with the rack in its upright position. The final thing we want to show you is how easy it is to install a bike on our rack. Next, we'll take the hook and the fasteners and secure the bike to the rack, and with that, just a few easy steps, we can now have our bike rack installed in the vehicle and our bike secured to the rack.
And that will conclude the test fit of our Rhode Gear Highway 2 Bike Carrier, product number RG8015220 on our 2011 Honda Accord.
Kuat Alpha Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2010 Honda Accord
Today on this 2010 Honda Accord were going to do a test fit of part number a103-white-114 Kuat Alpha bicycle rack. A couple of things to know about this bicycle rack that it is designed for an inch and a quarter receiver hitches, both Class I and Class II. Now well start off our test fit by installing the bike rack onto the hitch and then well install the hitch pin and the lock, then well go ahead and tighten down the anti-rattle knob, and then well go ahead and get some clearance measurements. As closet point from the bike rack to the bumper will be about four inches, with the anti-rattle knob left horizontal the clearance is going to be about 10 inches to the ground or about the same as the hitch. Now well go ahead and unfold the bike rack arms to get an overall measurement, the overall length added is about 38 inches. Now well go ahead tilt the bike rack out of the way and check access to the trunk, okay that looks good.
Thule Vertex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2010 Honda Accord
Today on this 2010 Honda Accord well be test fitting the Thule Vertex Hitch Mounted Bike Carrier part number TH9029. To mount this carrier into our vehicle, well insert the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch, well line up our hitch pinholes, thread in our anti-rattle bolt and tighten it down using a wrench. Next well go over some clearance measurements. Weve got about 9 inches of ground clearance from the bottom of the bike rack to the ground. We got 2 inches of clearance between the closest part of the vehicle and the closest part of the carrier. Overall, weve added about 13 inches of additional length to the rear of the vehicle when the carrier arms are folded down.
Swagman XTC2 Wheel Mount Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2010 Honda Accord
Today on this 2010 Honda Accord, were going to do a test fit of part number s64670 from Swagman; this is our xtc2 bicycle rack. A few things to know about this bicycle rack that it will work with an inch and a quarter receiver hitches, both class I and class II, this will also work with a two inch receiver hitch lifting clear spacer. Today well be working with a class I receiver hitch. Lets start off with test fit by installing a bike rack into the hitch, well tighten down the anti-rattle bolt and then install the safety pin on the other side and then well go ahead and get a few clearance measurements. The bike rack to the car will be about 5-1/4 inches, the ground clearance to the back will be around 13 inches, overall the length added to the vehicle will be about 22 inches. Now well go ahead and unfold the arms on the bike rack, well also lower our center post out of the way and check for access to the back of the vehicle that looks good.
Swagman Titan Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2010 Honda Accord
All right, today on this 2010 Honda Accord, we're going to do a test fit of part number S63410 from Swagman. This is their Titan Bicycle Rack. A few things to know about this bike rack that it will work with 1-1/4-inch receiver hitches both class 1 and class 2. This will also work with 2-inch receiver hitches with the included spacers. One other thing to remember also is that when you use this bicycle rack with a class 1 receiver hitch, you're limited to carrying just two bicycles and that's what we'll be working with today. We'll start off our test fit by installing the bike rack into the hitch.
SportRack EZ Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2010 Honda Accord
Today on our 2010 Honda Accord well be test fitting the Sportrack 2 Hitch Mounted Bike Carrier part number A30901. To mount the carrier to our vehicle, well insert the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch, well line up our hitch pinhole then thread in our anti-rattle bolt. Well tighten it down using our wrench and move on to take some clearance measurements. We got about 10 inches of clearance from the bottom of the bike rack to the ground. We have 7 inches of clearance between the closest part of the bike rack and the closest part of the vehicle. Overall, weve added about 24 inches of additional length to the rear of the vehicle.
Kuat Sherpa Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2010 Honda Accord
Today on this 2010 Honda Accord, were going to do a test fit of part number S102. This is the Sherpa Bicycle rack from Kuat. A few things to know about this bicycle rack is that it will work with 1 receiver hitches both class one and class two and this will also work with 2-inch receiver hitch with the included spacer. Today well be working with the class 1 receiver hitch. Well start off our test fit by installing the bike rack into the hitch and then well go ahead and install the pin and the lock, then well go ahead and tighten the anti-rattle knob, then well go ahead and get some clearance measurements. With the bike rack folded up, this closest point to the bumper will be 1 inches.
