Today on our 2012 Ford Edge, we'll be test fitting the Yakima StickUp 2 Bike Hitch Mounted Folding Bike Rack for both 1-1/4 and 2-inch hitches, part number Y02420. Now to begin our test fit, we'll simply slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole, and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt. And with the bolt tight, our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. We'll now go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 11 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 2 inches. We'll now go ahead and unfold the bike rack platform and open our cargo door.
And as you can se, we can gain full access to the cargo area, opening the door completely with this bike. Now, to load our bike, we'll need to bring the vertical bar up on our bike rack. We'll pull the pin, brign the bar up, and allow the pin to lock the bar in place. We'll then need to make sure that our top bar clamp is fully extended and that our wheel loop strap is undone and out of the way. We can then place the bike into the bike rack and bring out top bar clamp down over the top bar of our bike.
We'll move back here to the wheel mount where we'll put the strap through the wheel and secure it on the other side. And there you have it, our bike is loaded and we're ready to head on down the road. And that completes our test fit of the Yakima StickUp 2 Bike Hitch Mounted Folding Bike Rack, part number Y02420 on our 2012 Ford Edge.
Yakima DoubleDown Ace Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2008 Ford Edge
Today on our 2008 Ford Edge well be test fitting the Yakima Doubledown Ace four bike carrier for inch and a quarter and two inch hitches, part number Y02451. With the adapter already removed from the bike rack shank, well slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole and install the attached hitch pin. Well then tighten the knob down here at eh back of the shank, securing the bike rack to the vehicle. At this point we can give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance here at the bike rack measures 11 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle here at the mast measures four inches. Well now pull the pin here on the back of the mast which will allow ups to tilt the mast down.
Thule Vertex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2008 Ford Edge
Today on our 2008 Ford Edge well be test fitting the Thule Vertex four bike carrier, part number TH9029. With our adapter for the two inch hitch removed well go ahead and slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole and install and tighten down the anti-rattle bolt. With the bolt tight our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. At this point well give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance here at the bike rack measures 12 inches, and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle measures three inches. Well now go ahead and pull the hitch switch here at the bottom of the mast which will allow us to tilt the mast down and we can now open our cargo door.
Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2008 Ford Edge
Today on our 2008 Ford Edge well be test fitting the Thule Hitching Post Pro folding tilting four bike rack with anti-sway cages, part number TH934XTR. With our two inch adapter already removed from the bike rack shank, well slide the shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt. Now that the bolt is tight, our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. At this point well give you a few measurements. Here at the back of the bike rack our ground clearance is 11 inches. From the closest point of the bike rack here at the mast to the back of the vehicle measures five and a half inches.
Thule Apex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2008 Ford Edge
Today on our 2008 Ford Edge well be test fitting the Thule Apex four bike carrier, part number TH9025. To begin our test fit weve already gone ahead and removed the two inch adapter from the shank, so well slide the bike rack shank into the hitch and allow the integrated locking hitch pin to fall into the hitch pin hole. We can then move to the anti-rattle knob where well tighten the knob down, securing our bike rack to the vehicle. At this point we can give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance here at the bike rack is 12 inches, and from the closest point of the bike rack here at the anti-rattle knob to the back of the vehicle measures two inches. Well next pull the hitch switch here at the base of the bike rack and allow the mast to tilt down.
