Video Transcript for RockyMounts Gigawatt 2 Bike Rack Test Fit - 2026 Ram 1500

Hi, I'm Daniel with etrailer, and today we're gonna take a look at the RockyMounts Gigawatt Bike Rack for 2 Bikes on our 2026 Ram 1500. A lot of people that own a truck will get a bike rack for their hitch because if they're going on long road trips, they wanna pack their bed full of their gear. And if you have a tonneau cover like our neighbor today, they're not gonna be able to fit a bike in here. Now a nice feature with this is all the touch points are gonna be blue, so they're really easy to locate, but it's gonna have a tilt feature so you can tilt this away and you can more easily get to the things in your bed. Now, open the tailgate and it is a really tight fit, so you wanna make sure that pedal's outta the way and get this open. And, as you can see, it's super-tight.

It is touching the tire a little bit. So if that's something you're concerned about, we do offer bike racks that will swing away, so you can just have that swinging away out of your way to get to your bed. All the attachments points are gonna be on your wheels, so if you have those carbon frame bikes with those nice paint jobs, you're not gonna have to worry about scratching anything. And a really nice feature is this comes with a ramp. So our hitch does sit pretty high off the ground like most trucks do.

So this is gonna be a huge game changer, especially if you have those e-bikes that are really heavy to get this on and off pretty easily. So you can see the back end is slanted down, so that'll help with it gradually coming off. And I'll show you how to take this off. You just wanna take the strap off the front, hold up, get that out of the way. Now that we've got everything detached, we can just simply roll this down and hit the trail.

Now I'll get you some measurements. So from the rear bumper to the farthest point on this bike rack, it's gonna be about 38 inches. And I'll tilt this up so it hugs the back of your truck here. We'll get that measurement again, and we're looking at right about 20 inches. And for ground clearance you have about 18 inches.

So for a truck this size, you're not really gonna have to worry about bottoming out. Now do keep in mind when it's folded up like this, you are impeding the vision of your license plate so that's just something to keep in mind. The shank on this bike rack is gonna be two inches by two inches, which is gonna be your standard. And it comes with a pin. And this has an anti-rattle function, but you will need a 19-millimeter socket to tighten this up. And it comes with two locks and they're gonna be key-to-like, so one's gonna be for your pin, and then the other lock is going to be for your cable to secure your bike. Now as far as weight capacities go for this bike rack, this is definitely a heavy-duty one. It's 80 pounds per bike. So again, if you have those e-bikes, no worries. I think this bike rack is a great fit for the Ram. It's gonna work for any of your applications. And that just about does it for the look at the RockyMounts Gigawatt Bike Rack on our 2026 Ram 1500.