Today on our 2010 Kia Sorento, well be test fitting the Rhode Gear Highway 2 Bike Carrier, part number RG8015220. Now our vehicle is already equipped with the 2-inch hitch, so well need to use the 2-inch spacer block provided with the bike rack. This bike rack is also capable of being used with the 1 inch hitch as well. With our bike pre-assembled, were ready to go ahead and fit it to the vehicle. So well simply insert the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pinhole and insert our anti-rattle bolt. With our anti-rattle bolt in, we can now tighten it down using a wrench.
Now that our anti-rattle bolt is tight, we can insert our safety pin which will complete the fit of the bike rack and we can go ahead and give you some measurements. Now the bike rack does have 10 inches of ground clearance. It also is 6 inches from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle. Now well go ahead and attempt to gain cargo access. Well fold the bike rack down and open the cargo door.
As you can see, we can gain full access to the cargo area so were now ready to load our bike. We do need to make sure that we open up the hook and loop straps exposing the cradles. Once the cradles are exposed, we can then simply set our bike into the cradles and bring the hook and loop strap over the top bar, securing it to the bike rack. And with that, our bike is loaded and were ready to hit the road. And that completes our test fit of the Rhode Gear Highway 2 Bike Carrier, part number RG8015220 on our 2010 Kia Sorento..
Yakima StickUp 2 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Kia Sorento
Today on our 2012 KIA Sorento, we'll be test fitting the Yakima StickUp Platform Style 2-Bike Carrier, part number Y02420. To begin our test fit, we'll simply slide the shank of the carrier into the opening of the hitch, line up our pin holes, throw on our anti-rattle bolt through the pin holes, and tighten with a wrench. Now with our Yakima StickUp secured to our KIA Sorento, we'll go over a few clearance measurements to see how the two fit together. With the platform folded up, we have about 12 inches of ground clearance to the rear of the carrier. Closest part of the carrier to the closest part of the vehicle here at the rear bumper is about 2 inches. We've added about 8-1/2 inches to the overall length of our Sorento.
Thule Helium Aero Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Kia Sorento
Today on our 2012 KIA sorento, we'll be test fitting the Thule Helium Aero Hitch-Mounted 2-Bike Carrier, part number TH9042. To begin our test fit, we'll simply slide the shank of the carrier into the opening of the hitch, allowing the spring loaded integrated hitch pin to fall into place, and we'll then turn the black knob to engage the anti-rattle device, securing our Thule Helium Aero to our KIA Sorento. We'll now go over a few clearance measurements to see how they fit together. We have about 15 inches of ground clearance to the rear of the carrier. Closest part of the carrier to the closest part of the vehicle here at the rear bumper is about 6 inches. We've added about 16-1/2 inches to the overall length of the vehicle.
SportRack Super EZ Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Kia Sorento
Today on our 2012 KIA Sorento, we'll be test fitting the SportRack Super EZ Platform Style 2-Bike Carrier, part number SR2901LR. To begin out test fit, we'll slide the shank of the carrier into the opening of the hitch, line up our pin holes, throw on our anti-rattle bolt through the pin holes, and secure the lock on the other side. We can then tighten with a wrench to secure the bike rack to the vehicle. Now that our SportRack Super EZ is secured to our KIA Sorento, we'll go over a few clearance measurements to see how the two fit together. We have about 13-1/2 inches of ground clearance at the rear of the carrier. Closest part of the carrier to the closest part of the vehicle here at the rear bumper is about 8 inches.
Softride Dura Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Kia Sorento
Today on our 2012 KIA Sorento, we'll be test fitting the Softride Dura Parallelogram Tilting Forward Bike Carrier, part number SR26247. To begin our test fit, we'll simply slide the shank of the carrier into the opening of the hitch, line up our pin holes, throw on our anti-rattle bolt through the pin holes, and tighten with a wrench. Now with our Softride Dura Parallelogram secured to our KIA Sorento, we're ready to go over some clearance measurements to see how the two fit together. We have about 11 inches of ground clearance. Closest part of the carrier to the closest part of the vehicle here at the rear bumper is about 2 inches. Edge of the top of the mast to the rear cargo door is about 2 inches, as well.
Prorack Platform Style Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Kia Sorento
Today on our 2012 KIA Sorento, we'll be test fitting the ProRack Hitch-Mounted 2-Bike Carrier, part number PR8062400. To begin our test fit, we'll simply slide the shank of the carrier into the opening of the hitch, line up our pin holes, throw on our anti-rattle bolt through the pin holes and tighten with a wrench. Now with our ProRack bike carrier secured to our KIA Sorento, we'll go over a few clearance measurement to see how the two fit together. We have about 15 inches of ground clearance. Closest part of the carrier to the closest part of the vehicle here at the rear bumper is about 5 inches. We've added about 21 inches to the overall length of the vehicle.
