Video Transcript for Fit Test: Yakima HighSpeed Roof Bike Rack with 2018 GMC Acadia

Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 GMC Acadia, we're going to be test-fitting the Yakima HighSpeed Roof Bike Rack, part number Y02115. We already have a bike installed on it; let's take a closer look. It grips your bike at two points, with no frame contact at all. We're going to have a fork mount up at the front; it has a skewer that's going to attach into the fork mounts of your bike. We'll also have this wheel strap at the rear, which is adjustable to accommodate for bikes of different sizes. And at the end here, we'll also have an integrated cable lock, which you can remove the lock core here, so you can secure your bike to the bike rack as well.

There's also going to be a lock core where the attachment comes at the front here, which is going to secure your bike rack to the roof rack, and there's also a lock core at the top here to secure your skewer mount up at the front as well.With everything attached as it is, we're not going to have an issue of clearance between our hatch and the bike rack. As you can see here, there's more than enough space. So let's go ahead and take the bike off. We'll start with our rear strap here. You push this top portion of the gray tab in, like so.

That'll release that. And then, while holding onto the bike rack, we'll release our skewer mount by bending down this lever here into the open position, and then you can turn it to the right or left to loosen it up. Then we'll lift up and take our bike off.How this attaches to your roof rack system, we're going to have rubber-coated steel strap that wraps around the rear here, that's attached with these clamps up top, which are lockable, and that's going to be the same for the two straps up at the front as well. And the bike rack itself is slim enough to where you could have fit at least three more of these up on your roof rack system, should you need them, or maybe even more so, if you we're to have more space with your bars. And there you have it for the Yakima HighSpeed Roof Bike Rack on our 2018 GMC Acadia.Here on our test course, we'll start by going through the slalom.

This is going to show us the side to side action. This simulates turning corners or evasively maneuvering. Once we get to the full speed bumps, we'll see the up and down action. This will be just like driving in and out of a parking lot, parking garage, or driveway. Once we get to the alternating speed bumps, we'll see the twisting action.

This will simulate hitting a curb or pot hole, or driving over uneven pavement.