Most Popular Roof Bike Racks for 2013 Toyota Tacoma

How to Install the Yakima FrontLoader Wheel Mount Bike Carrier on a 2013 Toyota Tacoma

Today on our 2013 Toyota Tacoma we're going to be test fitting the Yakima FrontLoader, a wheel-mount roof bike rack with part number Y02103. With our Yakima Q Towers roof rack system already installed on the Tacoma we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. As we do this as our front crossbar we'll want the two outside arms to be in the front of the bar and the single middle bar to be behind it. We can then tighten down our black t-handle to secure the front of the rack to the front of our vehicle. With the front secure we'll now move to the rear. Here we're going to loosen the black t-handle, remove the t-bolt from the slot, bring the clamp around the underside of our crossbar, reinsert the t-bolt, and tighten down the black t-handle to secure it. With our rack secure it's now time to load up our bike. We'll first undo our rear wheel strap and then extend out the large portion of our front wheel clamp.

Install: Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Carrier on a 2013 Toyota Tacoma

Today on our 2013 Toyota Tacoma, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Forklift, a fork mount roof bike rack, with part number Y02098. With our Yakima Q Towers roof rack system already installed on the Tacoma, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we're going to remove the skewer, slide back the black cover, and loosen the T handle. This will allow us to remove the T bolt from the lower portion of our clamp. We'll then bring that lower portion around the underside of our crossbar, re-insert the T bolt into the appropriate slot, and tighten down our T handle. This will secure the front of our rack to our crossbar. We can then slide the black plastic cover forward, and re-insert our skewer. With the front secure, we'll move to the rear. Here at the rear, we'll loosen the black T handle, remove the T bolt from the slot, bring the clamp around our bar, re-insert the T bolt, and tighten down that T handle. With the front and rear secure, it's now time to load our bike.

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Toyota Tacoma

Today on our 2013 Toyota Tacoma we're going to be test-fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch, a fouk-mount roof bike rack with part number RKY1011. With our Thule Rapid Diverse Roof Rack System already installed on the Tacoma, we're going to being our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto the load bars. Here at the front we'll bring the black, rubber-coated metal straps around the underside of our load bar, remove the black plastic cover and fit them into the head of the carrier. We'll then use an Allen key to tighten the Allen bolt and secure the front of our rack. With it secure, we can replace that cover, then move to the rear. Here at the rear we're going to remove one of the Allen bolts from our clamp, bring it around the underside of our load bar, reinsert the Allen bolt and tighten both Allen bolts down with an Allen key. With our rack secured to our vehicle, it's now time to load up our bike. We'll begin by undoing our rear wheel strap and making sure that our front skewer is loose and open. We'll grab our bike, place it onto the bike rack.

Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Toyota Tacoma

Today on our 2013 Toyota Tacoma, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth, a roof mounted bike rack, with part number TH599XTR. With our Thule Traverse Roof Rack System already installed on the Tacoma, we're going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front we're going to remove the T-Bolt from both clamps, bring the clamps around the underside of our load bar, reinsert the T-Bolt, and tighten down both wingnuts to secure them. With the front secure, we can move to the rear. Here we're going to loosen both wingnuts and remove one completely, we'll bring one of the bolts down on both sides of load bar, bring the metal portion of the clamp around the underside of our load bar, place the bolt back through it, and re-thread on the wingnut. We'll then tighten down both wingnuts to secure the rear of our rack. It's now time to load our bike.

Setting up the Swagman Upright Bike Rack for 1 Bike on a 2013 Toyota Tacoma

Today on our 2013 Toyota Tacoma we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Upright Roof Bike Rack, part number S64720. With our Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System already installed on the Tacoma, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we're going to bring two of the U bolts around the underside of our load bar, fit them up through the head of our carrier and hold them in place with the four wing nuts. We'll now tighten down all four wing nuts to secure the front of the rack to our load bars. With the front secured, we'll now move to the rear. Here we'll bring a U bolt down through the rack, being sure that one of the threaded portions comes out on both sides of our load bar. We'll then put on the flat black metal portion of our clamp, and hold it in place with two wing nuts. We'll then tighten down both wing nuts to secure this rear clamp to our load bar.

DIY Install: Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Carrier on your 2013 Toyota Tacoma

Today on our 2013 Toyota Tacoma, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down. A fork mount roof bike rack, with part number S64710. With our Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System already installed on the Tacoma, we'll begin our test fit by placing our roof rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we're going to bring two of the U bolts around the underside of our cross bars, up through the head of the carrier and we'll hold them in place with two wing nuts. With all four of our wing nuts started, we'll go ahead and tighten them down. This will secure the front of the rack to our load bars. We'll now move to the rear.

SportRack Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2013 Toyota Tacoma

Today on our 2013 Toyota Tacoma, we're going to be fitting the SportRack roof mounted bike rack. Part number SR4622. With our Yakima Q Tower roof rack system already installed on the Tacoma, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front we're going to bring one of the black rubber coated metal U-bolts around the underside of our crossbar. Fit it up through the head of our rack, and hold it in place with two black wing-nuts. We'll take the second black rubber coated U-bolt and repeat that process. We can now tighten down all four wing-nuts, this will secure the head of our carrier to the crossbars on our rack.

Thule Sprint Fork Mount Bike Rack Review - 2013 Toyota Tacoma

Today on our 2013 Toyota Tacoma, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Sprint, a fork mount roof bike rack with part#TH528. With our Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack system already installed on the Tacoma, we're going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. When we do this, we'll be sure to bring the black rubber coated metal straps around the underside of our load bars. Here, at the front, we'll fit the strap into the head of the carrier. Then we'll turn the black lever to secure it in place. With the front secure, we can now move to the rear.

Test Fit: Kuat Trio Roof Bike Rack on a 2013 Toyota Tacoma

Hi. Randy at Etrailer.com. Today on our 2013 Toyota Tacoma, we're going to be test fitting the Kuat Trio, part number Ru01. To begin our test fit, we're going to place the bike rack up on our two load bars. We're going to take one of the black rubber-coated metal U-bolts, go around the underside of our load bar, and fit it up into the head of our carrier. We'll then take one of the cyllinder nuts with the hex-shaped pattern, up; bring it down onto our U-bolt, and then the second one.