Today we have a 2012 Jeep Compass and were gonna be test fitting the Rockymounts Euro Pitchfork Roof Mounted Bike Carrier part number RKY1103. To mount this bike carrier, the first thing we need to do is remove the rubber strip from the channel on top of our front load bar. We can either leave it out or trim it to fit to keep wind noise down. With the front rubber strip removed, we can go ahead and mount our bike carrier. Well slide the head of the bike carrier over the top of our front load bar making sure that our block fits into the channel in the load bar. Well also wanna make sure that we fit our rear clamp around the rear load bar.
Well use the included Allen wrench to tighten the bolts and block at the front of the bike carrier. Well use the wing nuts at the rear to secure the rear clamp. With that, our bike racks mounted and were ready to load up. Well open the skew at the front and open the wheel straps at the rear. Well place the bike into the tray and drop the front forks of the bike down into our skewer.
Well secure it up front first with our skewer and remove to the back and secure it with a wheel strap. With that, our bikes loaded and were ready to get on the road. That does it for our test fit of the Rockymounts Euro Pitchfork part number RKY1103 on our 2012 Jeep Compass. .
Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2010 Jeep Compass
Today on our 2010 Jeep Compass well be installing part #: TH513, the Thule Domestique roof mounted bike carrier. Now, to begin our test fit well simply place the head of the bike rack over the top of the front crossbar, we can then bring the clamp around the underside of the crossbar and secure it loosely with the alen bolts provided. Well then move to the rear mount of our bike rack, place it directly over the rear crossbar and bring the clamp underneath it and loosely fit it to the rear crossbar. With both our mounts in place well simply move back and forth tightening down the clamps, securing it to our bike rack. With our bolts tight, our bike rack is secured to the vehicle and we can install our skewer. Now that our front fork skewer is installed were ready to load our bike.
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2010 Jeep Compass
Today on our 2010 Jeep Compass well be test fitting part #: RKY1014, the Rocky Mounts Tie Rod roof mounted bike carrier. Now, to begin our test fit our vehicle is already equipped with the factory roof rack, so well need only to put the head of the bike rack over the top of the front crossbar and bring the rubber coated steel straps around and loosely secure them back to the head. Well then move to the back mount, put the back mount directly over the top of the rear crossbar and bring the clamp underneath and loosely secure it with the wing nut included with your bike rack. We can then tighten down both the rear mount and the front mount securing our bike rack to the vehicle. With the bike rack secured we can reinstall the cover on the head of the bike rack, well then make sure that the skewer is loose and that the rear wheel strap is undone and out of the way. we can then place the fork of the bike into the skewer and clamp it down.
Thule Sidearm Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Jeep Compass
Today on our 2012 Jeep Compass well be test fitting the Thule Sidearm Roof Mounted Bike Carrier part number TH5943XT. To mount the bike carrier up on our vehicle, well place it on of the roof rack, put the front clamp head over our front load bar and the rear clamp over our rear load bar. Well use the clamps and the included wing nuts to tighten down both contact points at the front and rear. Once weve done that, were ready to load our bike. Well set the bike in the wheel tray. Well take the side arm, bring it up and secure it around front wheel of our bicycle right by the brakes.
Thule Echelon Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Jeep Compass
Today we have a 2012 Jeep Compass and well be test fitting the Thule Echelon Roof Mounted Bike Rack part number TH518. To mount the Echelon to our Thule Roof rack, were going to fit the front clamp around our square load bar. Well use the included Allen wrench to tighten down the Allen head bolts and secure the front clamps around our front bar. In the rear, well take the wing nuts and the clamp, secure it around the bar and tighten down the wing nuts. With that, our bike rack is mounted up on the vehicle and were ready to load our bike. To load the bike, well place the front fork in the skewer and the wheel in the wheel tray.
Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Jeep Compass
Today on our 2012 Jeep Compass and were gonna be test fitting the Thule Domestique Roof Mounted Bike Carrier part number TH513. To mount the carrier to our roof rack, well set it up on top of our load bars. Well fit the head of the bike rack over our front load bar. Well fit the bottom clamp around the bottom of our load bar and use the included Allen key to tighten down the Allen head bolts. Once we have the head of our bike rack secured, we can move to the rear, position the rear clamp and again tighten it down with the included Allen wrench. Once weve done that then well take our skewer, reinsert it into the head.
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Jeep Compass
Today we have with us a 2012 Jeep Compass and were gonna be test fitting the Rockymounts Tierod Roof Mounted Bike Carrier part number RKY1014. To mount our bike carrier up on top o four roof rack, first well place it on top of our load bars. Well take the rubber coated straps at the head of the bike rack, fit them around our front load bar and resecure them to the head. Well then use the included Allen wrench to tighten down those straps. At the rear, well fit the clamp around our rear load bar and tighten it down with the wing nuts. Once weve done that, our bike rack is secured and were ready to load it up.
