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Rhode Gear Highway Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2009 Toyota Yaris

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Review of the Rhode Gear Highway Hitch Bike Rack on a 2009 Toyota Yaris


Alright, today, on a 2009 Toyota Yaris, we're going to do a test fit of product number RG8015220 from Rhode Gear. This is our Highway 2 Bike Carrier. A couple of quick notes about this bicycle rack, it has a well worked up inch and a quarter receiver hitches, bolt class 1 and class 2, and also work with two-inch receiver hitches which include spacer. We're going ahead and start test fit by installing the bike rack into the hitch, and then we'll go ahead and install our anti-rattle bolt and put the safety pin on the other side. Alright, next, we'll give you some measurements. I'll give you an idea of clearance between the bicycle rack and the car and the ground.

It looks like clearance between the post and the bumper is going to be 6 inches and ground clearance will be 10-1/2inches, ok Let's go ahead and tilt the bike rack back and we'll check for access to the back of the vehicle. Alright, that looks good. Now, let's go ahead and load up a bike. The first thing we want to do is make sure the cradles that we're going to use, his straps are on the way, then we can load up the bike, ok We put our bike on. Let's balance it over the cradles and we run the straps over in the top tube.

Alright, in a few easy steps, our bike is already loaded up and ready to go. Alright, and with that, that'll finish for our test fit of product number RG8015220 from Rhode Gear, the Rhode Gear Highway 2 Bike Carrier on our 2009 Toyota Yaris.








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