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Rhino Rack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2011 Subaru Forester

Speaker 1: Today on our 2011 Subaru Forester, we're going to be test fitting the Rhino Rack 2 Bike Rack for two inch hitches, part number RRRBC045. We already have our bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look here.This does come with this strap included, and this is the stabilization strap for where you have even two bikes, you wrap it around the frames of the bikes into a tow point on the vehicle itself, and tighten it up, and that's going to help keep everything together while you're driving, and keep it from moving too far back and forth.Like most hanging style bike racks, the cradles here are adjustable back and forth, or side to side, and we have them pointed inward like you see here, and that's going to help out with loading and unloading our bike to the inside. At the ends of our arms, we do have reflective material, and that's going to help for better visibility at night, and how it actually grips the bike, it'll have three points of contact. It will have two straps on our top tube, and one off to the side, which is going to serve as an anti-sway cradle to keep the bike from moving too far back and forth. Now, as you see with the stabilization strap here, it's not going anywhere.Let's go ahead and remove the strap, and then we'll remove our bike.



Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2011 Subaru Forester

Today on our 2011 Subaru Forester we're going to be test fitting the Kuat NV 2.0 2-Bike Rack, part number NV22G. We already have a bike installed on the rack, let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. The first and most prominent feature of this bike rack is the fact that it can tilt away from the vehicle with the bike still attached. To do that we'll hold on to the bike rack as we do this, push in on this tab, let it come down gently, and now we have full access to our rear hatch to get whatever we need. To put it back in it's original position just lift up on the bike rack, never the bike, and you hear that click and it's locked into place. How this actually attaches to the rack, we're going to have two points of contact with no frame contact at all. Instead we'll have this padded wheel hook up at the front and this wheel strap at the rear, which can be adjusted along the arm here to accommodate different size bikes.



Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2011 Subaru Forester

Today on our 2011 Subaru Forrester we're going to be test fitting the Swagman XC2 Bike Rack, part number S64650. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go and take a closer look and show off some of the features. How it actually grips to the bike, we're going to have one point of contact and that's going to be this padded frame hook up at the top. Now it's padded so you're bike won't get scratched and marred up one you install it. We also have there wheel cradles along the bottom here. These are adjustable by loosening them up and moving them up and down the arms, which will accommodate different size bikes and assist with loading. The bike rack itself has this nice raised shank to it, so if you have a hitch that sits particularly low you're not going to have any ground clearance issues between the bike and the ground.



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2011 Subaru Forester

Today on our 2011 Subaru Forester, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Roadway Hanging Style 2 Bike Rack. That Part number is TH912XTR. We already have our bike secured down but first we're going to show you how we do that. We have two cradles in place with three straps. Two on our frame, and one as our anti sway strap in the back. We're going to pull down and lift up to release those.



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2011 Subaru Forester

Today on our 2011 Subaru Forester, we're doing a test fit Thule Vertex hanging style 4 bike rack. That part number TH9029XT. We already have our bike secured down, I'm first going to show you how we do that. We have two cradles in place with three straps, two on our frame, and one is right anti sway in the back. We're going to pull down and lift up to release those, and we can pull our bike off, and set it off to the side. Now we'll take a few measurements here, first is going to be overall what we're adding to our vehicle, we're to have about 34 1/2 inches.



Yakima FlipSide 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2011 Subaru Forester

Today on this 2011 Subaru Forester, we're going to do a test fit of part number Y02426 from Yakima, the FlipSide 4 Bike Carrier. One quick note about this bike rack is that it will work with 1-1/4-inch receiver hitches. However, it can only be in class 2 hitch. This will also work with class 3 receiver hitches with the included spacer. We'll go ahead and start off by installing the rack into the hitch, tightening down the anti-rattle bolt and putting the safety pin on the other side. Now, the bike rack does come with a tool to tighten down the anti-rattle bolt.



Thule Doubletrack Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2011 Subaru Forester

Today on this 2011 Subaru Forester, were going to do a test fit of part number th990xt from Thule, the Thule Doubletrack Platform bike carrier. This bike carrier will work on 1-1/4 receiver hitches, class one and class two, and will also work on a 2 receiver as shown here with the included bushing. We will start off by putting the bike rack into the hitch. Well tighten it down with the anti-rattle bolt, and then put the lock on the other side. Now the bike rack does come with tool to help tighten down the bolt, however wrench will work just as well. Next well give you some measurements to give you an idea of clearance between the bike rack and the vehicle, and the ground.



SportRack EZ Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2011 Subaru Forester

Today on this 2011 Subaru Forester were a30901 from SportRack. This is the two bike easy hitch mounted bike rack. One quick note is that this bicycle rack will work with inch and a quarter receiver hitches, class one and class two. We will be using it on a class three receiver hitch with the included spacer. We will start off by installing the bike rack into the hitch, we will tighten down the anti rattle bolt, and then put the safety pin on the other side. And we will be using a inch wrench to tighten everything down.



Rhode Gear Highway Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2011 Subaru Forester

install-rhodegear-highway-2011-subaru-foresteer-rg8015220 Alright today on this 2011 Subaru Forester, were going to do a test fit of part number rg8015220 from Rhode Gear, this is our highway 2 bike carrier. One quick note is that this bike carrier will fit 1-1/4 receiver hitches class one and class two. It will also work as we have here with 2 with the included spacer. Well go ahead and install the bicycle rack into the hitch; we will tighten down the anti-rattle bolt, and put the safety pin on the side. We will also use a wrench to tighten down the bolt. Alright next we will give you a couple measurements that will give you an idea of clearance between the vehicle and the bike rack, and the bike rack to the ground.





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