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Swagman Upright Bike Rack for 1 Bike - Roof Rack Crossbars - Frame Mount
Great product. Easy to install. Went camping with the bikes on top of the vehicle. Travel approx 150 miles on State Roads and Interstate. No noise, no problems, no worries.
Great product for the price. Pretty easy to set up. Only issue I have is my mountain bike, which is an XL frame with 27 inch wheels, is pushing the limits of the base. Wish this rack was just 4-5 inches longer that way you have the perfect overlap amount in the middle without pushing the current frame to the limits. With that said it does hold my bike just have to find the sweet spot. But this fits my son’s youth bike perfectly!
Fit Check: Rhino-Rack MountainTrail Rooftop Bike Carrier on a 2013 Ford Explorer
Today on our 2013 Ford Explorer we're gonna be test fitting the Rhino Rack MountainTrail rooftop bike rack, part number RBC035. We already have a bike installed on the rack, let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How the bike attaches to the rack, we're not gonna have any frame contact at all, instead we're going to have this wheel strap at the rear, which is adjustable the length of the bike rack to accommodate bikes of different sizes. Closer to the front, we have this skewer that will grip your bike by the fork mounts and hold it in place and this has a lock on it already so you can actually secure your bike to the bike rack once everything's installed properly. With everything installed as it is, we're not gonna have any issues of clearance between our rear hatch and the bike rack as you can see here, there's plenty of space. So, let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. To do that, we'll first release the rear strap by pushing in the top portion of the tab and pushing up. Then going up towards the front, while holding onto the bike so it doesn't fall into the vehicle, we'll release front skewer mount, like so, and grab our bike. How this actually attaches to the roof rack, we're going to have this padded bracket here with the two turn knobs to tighten up against our rear crossbar.
Setting up the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Carrier on your 2013 Ford Explorer
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.
What our customers are saying:
"Everyone that bought before me was right! I got my rack in time for my next days off and putting it together was fast too. And I'm a grandma!! Thank you for being fast and honest! You beat anyone in my town hands down!"