Today on our 2012 Chevy Suburban, were going to do a test fit of the Rhode Gear Highway 2 Bike Carrier for 1-1/4-inch and 2-inch hitches, part number RG8015220. With our vehicle already equipped with a 2-inch hitch and our bike rack already preassembled, were going to go ahead and slide the bike shank directly into the receiver tube of the hitch and line up the hitch pinhole then well go ahead and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt and clip. As you can see with the anti-rattle bolt tighten down, it really takes out any movement between the bike rack shank and the receiver tube. Now, lets go ahead and take a couple of measurements. From the upright of our bike rack to the nearest point of the bumper is 8-1/2 inches. From the very back of the bike rack to the ground, we have 21-1/2 inches of ground clearance.
Now, we can go ahead and pull the pin at the base of the bike rack and tilt the bike rack away from the vehicle to gain rear cargo access. As you can see with the bike rack tilted away from the vehicle, it gives us plenty of rear cargo access. Now, well go ahead and prepare to load up our bike. First one, do the hold-down straps so we can set our bike directly into position. Now, were ready to go ahead and load our bike.
Then well go ahead and secure the bike with the hold down straps. And there you have it. Our bike is now secured to the bike rack. In just a few simple steps, weve gone ahead and secured the bike to the bike rack and the bike rack to the vehicle. Now, were ready to hit the road.
And that does it for our test fit of the Rhode Gear Highway 2 Bike Carrier for 1-1/4-inch and 2-inch hitches, part number RG8015220, on our 2012 Chevy Suburban.
Thule T2 Platform Style Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Chevrolet Suburban
Today on our 2012 Chevrolet Suburban were going to test fit the Thule T2 platform style 2 bike 2-inch hitches part no TH916xtr. With the vehicle equipped with the 2-inch and our bike rack already pre assembled. We can go ahead and slide the bike rack shank directly into the receiver tube of the vehicle. Then well line up the hitch pinholes and install our anti+rattle bolt and lock. Alright with our anti rattle bolt tightened down. You can see it really takes out any movement between the bike rack shank and the receiver tube.
Yakima SwingDaddy 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Chevrolet Suburban
Today on our 2012 Chevy Suburban were going to test fit the Yakima Swing Daddy 4 bike hitch mounted bike carrier part #: y02422. With our vehicle equipped with a 2 inch hitch and our bike rack already preassembled well go ahead and slide the bike shank directly into the receiver tube lining up the hitch pin hole, installing and tightening down our anti-rattle bolt and safety clip. Alright, with our anti-rattle bolt tightened down, you can see it really takes out any movement between the bike shank and the receiver tube. Now well go ahead and put our carrying arms down so we can see what our bike rack will look like in the stored position. This is what our bike rack will look like in the stored position. Now lets go ahead and take a couple of measurements.
Yakima StickUp 2 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Chevrolet Suburban
Today on our 2012 Chevy Suburban were going to test fit the Yakima stick up 2 bike hitch mounted folding rack carrier part #: y02420. With our vehicle already equipped with a 2 inch hitch and our bike rack already preassembled with our 2 inch bushing installed we can slide the bike rack shank directly into the receiver tube of the hitch. Well like up the hitch pin holes and ten install and tighten down the anti-rattle bolt and clip. As you can see with the anti-rattle bolt secured it really takes out any movement between the receiver tube and the bike rack shank. This is what our bike rack will look like in the stored position. Now lets go ahead and take a couple of measurements.
Yakima Holdup Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Chevrolet Suburban
Today in our 2012 Chevrolet Suburban were going to test fit the Yakima Holdup 2 Hitch Mounted Bike Carrier Part No. Y02433. With our vehicle equipped with the 2-inch hitch and our bike rack already preassembled, well go ahead and slide the bike shank directly into the receiver tube line up the hitch pinholes and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt and lock. With our anti-rattle bolt tightened down, you can really see that it takes out any movement between the bike rack shank and the hitch. This is what our bike rack will look like in its stored position. Next, will pull the finger trigger at the base of the rack and tilt the platform down.
Pro Series Eclipse 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Chevrolet Suburban
Today in our 2012 Chevrolet Suburban were going to do a test fitting the Tow-Ready 4 Hitch Mono Bike Hitch Carrier for 2 inches Hitch Part No. 63124. With our vehicle car equipped with the 2-inch hitch and our bike rack already preassembled , we can slide the bike shrank directly into the receiver tube plank the inch pinch holes and install tightened down our anti-rattle bolt and clip. As you can see with our anti rattle bolt securing the bike rack to the hitch, it really takes out any movement between the bike rack shank and the receiver tube. Now lets go ahead the take a couple of measurements. From the upright of out bike rack to the nearest point of the bumper is 5 inches.
Thule Vertex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Chevrolet Suburban
Today on our 2012 Chevrolet Suburban we will be test fitting the Thule Vertex 4-Bike carrier part number TH9029. To begin our installation we install the bike rack shank in to the hitch, line up the hitch pinhole and insert our anti-rattle bolt. We can then tighten down with a wrench and that will secure our bike rack to the vehicle and we can go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 22 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 4 inches. Well now go ahead pull the hitch switch at the bottom of the bike rack to tilt it down and we will go ahead and open our cargo door. And as you can see we can gain a full cargo access with this bike rack.
