Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe- Video
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RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe- Video
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RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2002 Ford Escape- Video
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RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Ford Fusion- Video
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Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2002 Ford Escape- Video
Today on our 2002 Ford Escape we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Forklift Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number y02098. Our Escape is equipped with a full factory roof rack so we're going to mount our Forklift directly to the factory crossbars. To do this we'll remove the skewer from the head of the bike rack first.We'll open up the clamp at the head of the bike rack and fit it around our crossbar then we'll tighten it down with the T-bolt and wing nut. Next we'll slide the cover back into place and then we can reinstall our skewer. At the back we'll need to slide the clamp over our rear crossbar and again we'll tighten it down with a T-bolt and wing nut. Now we're ready to load our bike.We'll pick our bike up and place the wheel into the wheel tray and place the front fork down into our skewer.more
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Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2002 Ford Escape- Video
Today on our 2002 Ford Escape we're going to be test fitting the Thule Domestique Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number th513. To mount the carrier to our roof rack we'll set it up on top of our load bars. We'll fit the head of the bike rack over our front load bar. We'll fit the bottom clamp around the bottom of our load bar and use the included Allen key to tighten down the Allen head bolts.At the rear of the carrier we'll fit the clamp around our rear load bar and use the Allen key to tighten it down as well. Once we've done that we can take our skewer and reinstall it. Now our bike rack is loaded and we're ready to load.more
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Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2002 Ford Escape- Video
Today we have a 2002 Ford Escape and we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Fork Style Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number s64710. Our Escape is already equipped with the full factory roof rack so we're going to go ahead and attach our fork down directly to our factory crossbars. We'll place the bike rack up on top of our crossbars. At the front we'll fit our two U-bolts around our crossbars and use the wing nuts to secure the front of the bike rack.Next we'll move to the back of the bike carrier, fitting the U-bolt through the carrier from the top. We'll take the clamp and the two wing nuts to clamp around the bar from the bottom. With that done our bike rack is secured and we're ready to load up our bike.more
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Whispbar Roof Mount Bike Rack Review- Video
Today we'll be reviewing the Whispbar Fork Mounted Roof Mount Bike Rack, part number wb-200. The main feature for this bike rack is that it is the only bike rack on the market that fits a 9mm and a 15mm thru-axle without an adapter. It also fits the standard 5mm quick release skewer as well. We can switch between the 9mm and the 15mm mount by using the switch inside the head.This bike carrier holds road bikes, mountain bikes and bikes with quick release 15mm thru-axle skewers and disc brakes. Another great feature of the Whispbar Fork Mounted Bike Rack is the quick dock technology for easy mounting into our crossbar channels. We open the arms, press the plates firmly into the channel and then turn the arms to secure it.more
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Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Hyundai Sonata- Video
Today on our 2013 Hyundai Sonata we'll be test fitting the Yakima FrontLoader Wheel Mount Bike Carrier, part number y02103. To begin our test fit we'll go ahead and place the bike rack onto the crossbars and we'll make sure that the front clamp here at the head of the bike rack goes around our front crossbar. We'll then move to the rear clamp where we'll make sure that the clamp runs underneath the rear crossbar adjusting it as necessary.We can then take the T-bolt, pass it through the clamp, twist it a quick 90 degrees and tighten down the wing nut securing the rear clamp to the rear crossbar. We'll move back to the head of the bike rack where we'll tighten down the wing nut here on the front clamping the front head to our front crossbar thereby securing our bike rack to the vehicle.We'll now go ahead and fold the front wheel hoop up and undo the strap for our rear wheel. We'll then place the bike into the carrier making sure that the front wheel rolls forward into the front wheel hoop. We'll also want to make sure that the rear front wheel hoop rolls up onto the wheel.more
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RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Mitsubishi Outlander- Video
Today on our 2008 Mitsubishi Outlander we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number rky1014. To begin our test fit we'll go ahead and place our carrier on top of our load bars. We'll bring around the rubber coated steel straps to the front, fit them into position and then use the Allen key to secure the front part our carrier to the front load bar.Then we want to move to the rear and fit our bracket around our rear load bar. Then we use the wing nuts to tighten down that bracket and secure our rear part of the carrier to our rear load bar. Now we need to go ahead and make sure the skewer at the front of the carrier is open and that the rear strap at the rear is open as well. We'll grab our bike, place it into the wheel cradle and drop the front fork down into the skewer.We'll secure first by tightening the skewer and then we'll move to the rear of the carrier and use the wheel strap to tighten our real wheel.more
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Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Kia Sportage- Video
Today on this 2008 Kia Sportage well be test fitting the Thule Domestique Roof-Mounted Bike Carrier part number TH513. Our Sportage already has a full roof rack from the factory installed on it, so we can just go ahead and set our carrier on top of this roof system. Well fit the front clamp around our front bar and well use the included Allen key to tighten it down. Once weve done that we can go ahead and re-install our front skewer. At the rear well fit the clamp around our rear bar and again use the Allen key to tighten it down. Well set the rear wheel into the tray and position the front fork down into the skewer.more
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RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Kia Sportage- Video
Today on our 2008 Kia Sportage, we are going to be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number RKY1014. Our Sportage is already equipped with a full factory roof rack system, so were going to mount our tierod directly to the factory crossbars. To do this, well set the carrier up on top of the crossbars, well then take the rubber coated steel strap at the front of the carrier, wrap them around our crossbars and re-secure them to the head. At this point we can go ahead and tighten it down with an Allen key. At the rear of the vehicle we will take the clamp, fit it around our rear crossbar and use the wing nuts to tighten down the rear clamp. Once thats all done our bike rack is installed and were ready to start putting a bike on.more
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Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Mercury Mariner- Video
Today on our 2008 Mercury Mariner we're going to test fit the Thule Domestique Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number th513. To install this product we'll lay the carrier on top of our crossbars and fit the front clamp around the front bar. We'll use the included Allen key to tighten down our clamp and once the front clamp is secured we can put our skewer back in place. We'll fit the rear clamp around the rear bar and again use the Allen key to tighten it down. With the front and rear of the bike rack secured to the vehicle we're now ready to load up our bike. We'll undo the wheel strap at the back of the wheel tray, pick the bike up and set the rear wheel into the tray and position the front fork into the skewer.more
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Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford Explorer- Video
Today we have a 2013 Ford Explorer and we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Fork Style Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number s64710. To install the bike rack to the carrier place the bike rack up on top of our load bars. At the front we'll fit the two U-bolts around our load bars and use the wing nuts to secure the front of the bike rack.Next we'll move to the back of the bike carrier fitting the U-bolt through the carrier from the top. We'll take the clamp and two wing nuts to clamp around the bar from the bottom. With that done our bike rack is secure and we're ready to load up our bike. We'll make sure that the wheel strap at the rear of the bike carrier is undone and also make sure that the skewer at the front of the bike is open.We'll pick up our bike, place the wheel into the wheel tray and fit the front fork down into our skewer.more
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RockyMounts PitchFork Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford Explorer- Video
Today on our 2013 Ford Explorer we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts PitchFork Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number rky0438. To fit our carrier to the vehicle we'll set it up on top of our load bars. We'll put the front clamp around the front load bar and use the Allen key to tighten it down. Then at the rear we'll fit the clamp around the load bar using the wing nut to tighten it down. Now it's time to reinstall our skewer cover. At this time we can go ahead and prepare to load up our bike.more
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Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2008 Nissan Sentra- Video
Today on our 2008 Nissan Sentra we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Forklift Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number y02098. To install our carrier, we'll begin by placing it on top of our crossbars. We'll open up the clamp at the head of the bike rack and fit it around our front crossbar and then we'll tighten it down with the T-bolt and wing nut. After its tightened down we can go ahead and slide the cover back into place and we can reinstall our skewer. At the back we'll need to slide the clamp over our rear crossbar and again we'll tighten it down with a T-bolt and wing nut. Now we're ready to load our bike.more
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Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Nissan Sentra- Video
Today on our 2008 Nissan Sentra we're going to be test fitting the Thule Domestique Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number th513. To begin our test fit, we'll sit the head of the bike carrier on top of our front crossbar. We'll fit the clamp around and tighten it down with the included Allen wrench. At the rear of the bike rack we'll position the clamp over the rear crossbar and again use the included Allen key to tighten it down. With our bike rack secured to the roof rack we can go ahead and replace our skewer. We'll make sure that the wheel strap is open and then we'll be ready to mount our bike.more
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Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Nissan Sentra- Video
Today on our 2008 Nissan Sentra we're going to be test rating the Swagman Fork-Style Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number s64710. We'll place the bike rack up on top of our crossbars. At the front, we'll fit the two U-bolts around the cross bars and use the wing nuts to secure the front of the bike rack. Next we'll move to the back of the bike carrier. We'll fit the U-bolt through the carrier from the top this time. We'll take the clamp and two wing nuts to clamp around the bar from the bottom.more
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RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Nissan Sentra- Video
Today on our 2008 Nissan Sentra we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number rky1014. We'll go ahead and lift up the bike carrier and sat it on top of our crossbars. We'll feed the straps at the head of the carrier around our front bar and lock them back into the head and use an Allen key to tighten them down. At the back we use the clamp and tighten down with an Allen wrench as well. Once we've done that we're ready to load up our bike. We'll pick the bike up, place the rear wheel into the wheel tray and drop the front fork down into our skewer.more
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RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Nissan Sentra- Video
Today on our 2008 Nissan Sentra we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number rky1011. Now with our roof rack system already assembled and installed on the vehicle we'll sat the carrier onto the crossbars. It's important that the carrier is perpendicular to the crossbars and parallel to the vehicle to ensure that the brackets have a proper fit onto the crossbars. We'll bring the rubber-coated steel straps around the underside of the front crossbar and hook them into position. We'll then move to the rear of the carrier. This is where we'll loosen up the bracket, swing it around the underside of the rear crossbar and use the included Allen key to tighten it down.more
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RockyMounts PitchFork Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 GMC Acadia- Video
Today on our 2012 GMC Acadia, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts Pitchfork roof-mounted bike carrier, part number RKY0438. Now with our roof rack system already assembled and onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicle's cross bars. Note that you cannot access the Allen bolts on the front of the carrier without first removing the black plastic cap, as well as the skewer. We'll loosen up the Allen bolts at the head of the carrier, as well as the Allen bolts at the rear of the carrier, bringing both the brackets around the underside of each cross bar. We'll then use an Allen wrench to tighten down the bolts in the front and read of the carrier, securing the brackets to the front and rear cross bar. Once the carrier is secured to the vehicle, we're ready to load our bike.more
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Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Jeep Patriot- Video
Today on our 2014 Jeep Patriot, well be test fitting the Thule Domestique Fork mounted roof mount bike carrier, part number th513. Now with our roof rack system already assembled onto our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicle load bars. Well loosen up the front and rear bracket to bring the brackets around the underside of the load bars. Now for the front bracket, you must remove the skewer in order to have access to the front two Allen bolts. Well loosen up the Allen bolts to bring the bracket around the front load bar and then tighten them back in place. Then for the rear bracket well loosen up the Allen bolts and bring the bracket around the rear load bar and then tighten them down with the included Allen key and replace the skewer.more
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Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Jeep Patriot- Video
Today on our 2004 Jeep Patriot, were going to be test fitting the Swagman Fork style roof mounted bike carrier, part number s64710. To begin our test fit, well want to attach our bike carrier directly to our bars. Well place the bike rack up on top of our load bars. At the front well fit the tow U-bolts around our load bars and use the ring nuts to secure the front of the bike rack. Next well move to the rear of the bike carrier and well fit the U-bolt through the carrier from the top. Well take the clamp and two wing nuts to clamp around the bar from the bottom.more
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RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Jeep Patriot- Video
Today on our 2014 Jeep Patriot well be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Carrier part #RKY1011. Now with the roof rack system already assembled on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicles load bars. Then we can go ahead and remove the black plastic cap to bring the rubber coated steel straps around the front load bar and hook them into position.We can then move to the rear load bar where well loosen up one of the Allen bolt to bring that bracket around the underside of the rear load bar. Well through the bolt back into the bracket and tighten it down securing the rear of the carrier to the rear load bar. Now that the carrier is secure to the vehicle we can go ahead and replace our front black plastic cap and get ready to load our bike. Well loosen up the rear tray strap and place our bike onto the carrier.more
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RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Jeep Patriot- Video
Today on our 2014 Jeep Patriot were going to be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mounted Bike Carrier part #RKY1014. Our Patriot is equipped with factory side rails and a Thule Roof Rack, so were going to mount the RockyMounts Tierod directly to our Thule Aeroblades. Well lift up the carrier and set it on top of our load bars. Next well go ahead and feed the steel straps at the head of the bike carrier around our front bar. Well lock them into the head and use an Allen key to tighten them down. Then we can go ahead and reinstall the cover that goes over the front head of our bike carrier.more
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RockyMounts PitchFork Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Jeep Patriot- Video
Today on our 2014 Jeep Patriot well be test fitting the RockyMounts Pitchfork Roof Mounted Bike Carrier part #RKY0438. Now to begin our test fit, our vehicle is already equipped with a roof rack system. So well begin by placing the bike rack on top of our crossbars. Well make sure that the head of the bike rack is directly over the front crossbar where well take the rear mount for our bike rack slide it over the crossbars and make sure that the carriage bolt within the bike rack slides into it. Well then go ahead and start he wing nut here on the other side of the carriage bold. Well leave it loose at this point.more
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Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Dodge Ram- Video
Today on our 2013 Dodge Ram pick-up truck 1500 we are going to be testing the Yakima FrontLoader roof mounted bike carrier for part number Y02103. To mount this bike rack up on top of our vehicle, we are going to set it on top of the front cross bars. Well use the hand knob on the front of the bike rack to tighten down the front clamp around the cross bar. In the rear, we are going to use the wing nut, T-Bolt and the clamp to secure the rear half of the bike rack around our rear bar. With both clamps secure our bike rack is mounted and were ready to load up. To load our bike the first thing we need to do is open up the front wheel hoop all the way.more
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RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 GMC Acadia- Video
Today on our 2012 GMC Acadia, well be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number RKY1011. Now with our roof rack system already assembled onto our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicles crossbars. Well then remove the black plastic cap on the front of the carrier to bring the rubber coated steel straps around the underside of the crossbar. Well loosen up the Allen bolts at the rear of the carrier to bring the bracket around the rear crossbar and tighten it down as well as tightening down the front bolt on the front of the carrier to secure the rubber coated steel straps to the front crossbar. It is important to make sure before completely tightening down the carrier that, the carrier is perpendicular to the crossbars. This will ensure that, the bracket and rubber coated steel straps fit correctly onto the crossbars.more
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RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 GMC Acadia- Video
Today, on our 2012 GMC Acadia, we'll be test fitting the Rocky Mounts Tire Rod Roof-Mounted Bike Carrier, part number RKY1014. To begin our test fit, we'll place the Carrier onto the vehicle's crossbars. We'll then remove the black plastic head on the front of the Carrier and bring the rubber coated steel straps around the front crossbar, and by loosing up the Allen bolts, we'll bring the back bracket around the underside of the rear crossbar. After hooking the rubber coated steel straps into position, we'll tighten on the Allen bolt on the front of the Carrier as well as the Allen bolts at the rear of the Carrier, securing the rear bracket to the rear crossbar and the rubber coated steel straps to the front crossbar. Now that our Carrier is secured to the vehicle, we're ready to load our bike. We'll loosen up the skewer, as well as the rear tray strap.more
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Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Volkswagen Passat- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Passat, we'll be test fitting the Thule Domestique roof-mounted bike carrier, part number TH513. Now to begin our test fit, we'll simply place the carrier onto the vehicle's cross bars. We'll then remove the skewer at the head of the carrier to access the Allen bolts. We'll then loosen up the Allen bolts to bring that bracket around the front cross bar. We'll then reinsert the Allen bolts into the threads and tighten them down, securing the head of the carrier to the front cross bar. We will then replace the skewer once the head of the carrier is tightened down.more
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RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Volkswagen Passat- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Passat, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod roof-mounted bike carrier, part number RKY1014. Now to begin our test fit, we'll simply place the carrier onto the vehicle's cross bars. We'll then remove the front black plastic cap at the head of the carrier to allow us to bring the rubber-coated steel straps around the underside of the front cross bar. You may need to loosen up the silver bolt to give you enough slack to bring them around to hook them into the head of the carrier. Once they're hooked into position, we can use the Allen key to tighten down the silver bolt, securing the straps to the front cross bar. We can then replace the front black plastic cap at the head of the carrier.more
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RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Volkswagen Passat- Video
Today on our 2013 Volkswagen Passat, well be test fitting the RockyMounts Tie Rod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number RKY1011. To begin our test fit, well simply place the carrier onto the vehicles crossbars. Well then remove the black plastic cap to allow us to bring the rubber coated steel straps around the underside of the front crossbar and hook them back into the head of the carrier. Now you may need to loosen up the silver bolt to give you enough strap to come around the front crossbar. Well then use the Allen key to tighten down the straps to secure the front of the carrier to the front crossbar. Well then replace the front black plastic cap and move to the rear of the carrier. Well loosen up the Allen bolts to bring the black bracket around the rear crossbar.more
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Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Chevrolet Equinox- Video
Today on our 2011 Chevy Equinox, we'll be test fitting the Thule Domestique Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number TH513. Now with our Thule roof rack system already assembled onto our vehicle, we'll set the carrier onto the load bars and we can use the Allen key to tighten them both down. In order to tighten down the front part of the carrier, you must remove the skewer first. It's important the carrier is perpendicular to the load bars and parallel to the vehicle to ensure that the brackets have the proper fit onto the load bars. Once you have the brackets tightened down and secured to the vehicle, we're now ready to load our bike. We'll undo the wheel strap at the rear and insert the skewer into the front of our bike rack.more
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RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2013 Honda CR-V, we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number RKY1014. Our CR-V is already equipped with a factory roof rack so we're going to mount the RockyMounts TieRod directly to the factory cross bars. We'll lift up the carrier and set it on top of our cross bars. We'll feed the straps at the head of the bike carrier around our front bar. Lock them back into the head and use an Allen key to tighten them down. Then we can reinstall the cover on the head of the bike rack.more
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RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Chevrolet Equinox- Video
Today on our 2011 Chevy Equinox, we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number RKY1014. To install the carrier, set it on top of our load bars. Feed the straps at the head of the bike carrier around of the front bar, lock them back into the head, and use an Allen key to tighten them down. Now, it's time to reinstall the cover on the head of the bike rack. At the back, well use a clamp and we'll tighten it down by using the Allen key. Once we've done that, we're ready to load up our bike.more
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Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2013 Honda CRV, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Domestique roof-mounted bike carrier, part number TH513. To mount the carrier to our roof rack, we'll set it up on top of our cross bars, and then we can fit the head of the bike rack over our front load bar. We'll lift 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. We want to position the rear clamp and again tighten it down with the included Allen wrench. Once we've done that, we'll take our skewer and reinsert it into the head.more
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Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Cruze- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevy Cruze, well be test fitting the Yakima Front Loader Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number Y02103. Now with our roof rack system already assembled onto the vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicles crossbars. Well set the front of the carrier around the front crossbar and loosen up the rear bracket to bring it around the rear crossbar. Well then tighten down the rear bracket and move back up to the front of the carrier where we will turn the black T-handle to tighten down the front of the carrier to secure it to the crossbar. Now with the carrier secured to the vehicle, were ready to load our bike. Well first undo the rear strap and sat our bike onto the carrier.more
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Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chrysler 200- Video
Today on our 2013 Chrysler 200 will be test fitting the Yakima Front Loader Roof Mounted Wheel Mount Bike Carrier, Part number Y02103. Now the roof rack system already assembled on to the vehicle. Well start off our test fit by setting the carrier on to the vehicle cross bars. Well put the front part of the carrier on the front cross bar sliding the cross bar in between the three brackets in loosening up the rear bracket on the rear of the carrier. Well swing the bracket around the rear cross bar and the turn the black T-handle. We will then move to the front of the carrier where we will tighten down the black T-handle to secure the carrier to the vehicle.more
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Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Cruze- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevy Cruise, we'll be test fitting the Yakima Forklift roof mounted bike carrier, part number Y02098. Now with the roof rack system already assembled on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicle's cross bars. We'll bring the front bracket around the front cross bar and tighten down the black wing nut to secure the front of the carrier to the cross bar. We'll then move to the rear of the carrier, where we will tighten down the black wing nut to secure the rear of the carrier to the vehicle. We'll then move back up to the front of the carrier, where we will remove the skewer. After tightening the wing nut, slide the black plastic cap back onto the carrier, and slide the skewer through.more
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RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Cruze- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Cruse, well be test fitting the RockyMounts Tierod Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number RKY1014. Now with our roof rack system already assembled onto the vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicles crossbars. Well remove the front black plastic cap to swing the rubber coated steel straps around the front crossbar and well then use the on wrench to tighten them down to secure the front of the carrier to the vehicle. Well then replace the black plastic cap and move to the back of the carrier where we will loosen up the Allen bolts to bring that bracket around the rear crossbar. Well then tighten that down to secure the carrier to the vehicle. Now were ready to load our bike.more
Watch Video3/28/2013 2:39:49 PM
RockyMounts PitchFork Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Cruze- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevy Cruze well be test fitting the Rockymounts Pitchfork roof mounted bike carrier, part number RKY0438. Now, with the roof rack system already assembled on the vehicle, well being our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicles crossbars. Well first remove the black plastic cap and the skewer to access the two Allen bolts. Well use and Allen wrench to loosen up the Allen bolts to bring the bracket around the front crossbar. Well then tighten it down to secure the front of the carrier to the front crossbar. Well then move to the rear of the carrier where we will loosen up the wing nut, bring the bracket around the rear crossbar and tighten it down.more
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Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chrysler 200- Video
Today on our 2013 Chrysler 200 well be test fitting the Yakima Forklift Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number y02098. Now with our roof rack system already installed to the vehicle well begin our test fit by setting the carrier onto the vehicles crossbars. Well slide the front bracket of the carrier onto the front crossbar and then the rear bracket of the carrier onto the vehicles rear crossbar. Well tighten down the rear bracket using the black wing nut. We will then move to the front of the carrier and remove the skewer, slide back the black plastic cap and tighten down the wing nut to secure the carrier to the vehicle. Well then bring up the black plastic cap and insert our skewer.more
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RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chrysler 200- Video
Today on our 2013 Chrysler 200, well be test fitting the RockyMounts Tie Rod Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number RKY1014. Now with the roof rack system already assembled on the vehicle, well place our carrier onto the vehicles crossbars. Well bring the rubber coated steel straps around the front crossbar and then bring the rear bracket around the rear crossbar. Well tighten up the allen bolts on the rear bracket to secure the rear of the carrier to the rear crossbar. Well then use an allen wrench to tighten up the rubber coated steel straps to secure the front of the carrier to the crossbar. Now that the carriers secure to the vehicles crossbars were ready to load our bike.more
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RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chrysler 200- Video
Today on our 2013 Chrysler 200 well be test fitting the Rocky Mounts Tierod Stretch roof mounted bike carrier, part number RKY1011. With our roof rack system already assembled onto our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicles crossbars. Well bring the rubber coated steel straps around the front crossbar and loosen up the Allen bolts at the rear of the carrier to bring the rear bracket around the rear crossbar. Well then tighten up the Allen bolts to secure the rear of the carrier to the vehicles rear crossbar. Well move back up to the front of the carrier where we will place the rubber coated steel straps into position and tighten it down to secure the front of the carrier to the vehicles crossbars. Now with the carrier secured to the vehicle were ready to load our bike.more
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RockyMounts PitchFork Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chrysler 200- Video
Today on our 2013 Chrysler 200 well be test fitting the Rocky Mounts Pitchfork roof mounted bike carrier, part number RKY0438. With the roof rack system already assembled on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicles crossbars. Well remove the black plastic cap and the skewer to access the Allen bolts to loosen up the bracket to bring it around the front crossbar. Well then move to the rear of the carrier where we will loosen up the wing nut, bring the bracket around the rear crossbar and tighten it down with the wing nut. Now moving back up to the front of the carrier well finish tightening down the front bracket, replace the skewer and the black plastic cap. Note that you will not have access to the Allen bolts without removing the black plastic cap and the skewer.more
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Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda Civic- Video
Today on our 2012 Honda Civic sedan, we'll be test fitting the Yakima front loader roof mounted wheel mount bike carrier, part number Y02103. Now with the roof rack system already on our vehicle, we'll start off our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicle's cross bars. In no specific order, we'll loosen up the back bracket and the front bracket to bring the back bracket around the rear cross bar and the front clamps around the front cross bar. We can then turn the black T handle at the rear of the carrier to secure the rear bracket to the rear cross bar, and turn the black T handle at the front of the carrier to tighten down the jaws on the front cross bar. Now that the carrier is secured to the cross bars, we're ready to load up our bike. We'll unfold the front part of the wheel mount and undo the tray strap.more
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Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2012 Honda Civic- Video
Today on our 2012 Honda Civic sedan well be test fitting the Yakima Forklift roof mounted bike carrier, part number Y02098. To begin our test fit well simply place the carrier onto the vehicles cross bars and in no specific order loosen up the front bracket as well as the rear bracket to bring the brackets around the underside of the front and rear crossbar. Youll want to make sure that the bike carrier is perpendicular to the vehicles crossbars to ensure that the brackets fit correctly on the crossbars. Once weve established this position we can then tighten down the black T handle at the rear of the carrier to secure the rear crossbar to the vehicle, as well as tightening down the black T handle at the front of the carrier to secure the front of the carrier to the front of the crossbar, that when loosening up or tightening the black T handle, you may need to remove a skewer from the head of the carrier in order to remove the front black plastic safety cap. Once we have the carrier secured to the vehicles crossbars were ready to load up our bike. Well loosen up the skewer at the front of the carrier and move to the rear of the carrier and undo the tray strap.more
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Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee- Video
Today on our 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee, well be test fitting the Thule Domestique Fork Mounted Roof Mount Carrier, part number TH513. Now with our roof rack system already assemble and onto our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicles crossbars. In no specific order, well loosen up both the front and rear bracket to bring the brackets around the underside of the crossbars. Note that for the front of the bracket, you must first remove the skewer in order to have access to the front two Allen bolts. Well then loosen up the Allen bolts to bring the bracket around the front crossbar; well then tighten them down and replace the skewer. Then for the rear bracket well loosen up the Allen bolts and bring the bracket around the rear the crossbar and then tighten them down with the included Allen key.more
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RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee- Video
Today on our 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee, well be test fitting the Rocky Mounts Tie Rod, Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number RKY1014.Now with the roof rack system already assembled and onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the carrier onto the vehicles crossbars. We'll then remove the black front plastic cap on the front of the carrier to bring the rubber coated steel straps around the underside of the front crossbar and hook them into position.We can then move to the rear of the carrier where we will loosen up the allen bolt to bring that bracket around the underside of the rear crossbar and tying it down.We can then move up to the front of the carrier, where with the included allen wrench, we can tighten down the allen bolt, tightening the straps to the front crossbar, securing the carrier to the vehicle. After replacing the front black plastic cap, were ready to load our bike.We'll loosen up the tray strap and place the bike onto the carrier. We'll slide the forks onto the skewer and tighten it down and secure the back tire with the tray strap.That completes todays test fit for the Rocky Mounts Tie Rod, Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number RKY1014 on our 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee.more
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