Best 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek Bike Racks

Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Inno Aero Light Four Bike Rack, part number INH640. We already have a bike installed on our rack. Let's go and take a closer look and show off some of the features.Starting at the end and working our way inward, at the very end of our first arm here, you can see we have this locking point along with a place for a key. This is what's going to hold the integrated cable lock so when all four bikes are installed, this wraps around all of them and attaches to this point here to offer some security for your four bikes as you travel. It does come with a set of two keys for this.Moving onto the cradles, we are going to have these padded ends here where the frame's going to rest in place. You can see that that's going to provide a nice point here to help protect your frame once you install it.

Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XP Crosstrek, we're going to be test-fitting the Inno Aero Light 2 Bike Rack, part number INH620.We already have a bike installed on the rack, so we're going to take a closer look and show off some of the features. This of course can carry up to 2 bikes. The cradles can be moved back and forth, as needed, to assist you with loading and unloading, and there is a padding on the cradles to make sure that the frame of your bike doesn't get damaged once it's installed.It holds your bike at 3 points. We'll have 2 strips up at the top, as well as one off to the side, and that's going to serve as anti-sway cradle to keep your bike from moving too far back and forth and causing bike to bike contact.Now with these anti-sway cradles, they can be pushed up out of the way, and this is going to make loading and unloading much easier, but when you fold the arms down you're going to want these folded all the way out, and we'll get to that in a second.Also, moving forward here, we do have an integrated cable lock that'll wrap around both the frames of your bike and attach to this point here and lock into place. It comes with a set of 2 keys to do so.Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. To do that, there are tabs on both sides of the strip here, just push them in at the same time and these come right out.

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Quad 2 plus 2 two bike and four bike platform rack for two inch hitches. This is going to be part number S64692.We already have a bike installed on this rack, and while this is rated for both motor homes and vehicles this means you can take it on the vehicle you may be towing behind your RV as well as the back of your RV as well. Plus, it has another interesting feature about it is when you see it in the four bike version here by removing a screw up at the front here you can take this rear portion out and convert this to a two bike version if need be. How it holds the bike into place, we're going to have three points of contact. At both tires we're going to have these straps, and then up at the top here we're going to have this padded frame hook. When it's padded it's going to make sure that the frame of your bike doesn't get scratched or damaged once this is being installed.

RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're going to be test-fitting the RockyMounts MonoRail Solo 1-Bike Platform Rack for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches, part number RKY10007. We already have our bike installed on here, so let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.One of the best features about this bike rack is the fact that it can fit a wide variety of bikes, especially fat bikes like you see here, and it does come with the extra strap so you can attach it to the rear mounting point. Also, unlike most of the other single bike racks out there, this can tilt away from the vehicle with a bike attached to get rear hatch access. The others either just fold up or are stationary. So, you go out and come to the front here to this blue handle, pull out slightly, let it come down, and now we have full hatch access to get what we need and more than enough space in between the bike rack and the bumper itself to do so. To put it back in position, you push up on the bike rack, never the bike, until you hear that click.How the bike is held into place: We're going to have two points of contact.

RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today with our 2014 Subaru XV CrossTrek, we're gonna be test fitting the RockyMounts Monorail Solo Two Bike Platform Rack for inch and a quarter and two inch hitches, part number: RKY10007-05. We already have a bike installed on our rack. Let's take a closer look here. One of the nicest features about this bike rack is the fact that it can fit a wide variety of bikes, mainly the fat bike that you see here, because it comes with an extra strap for the rear connection point here.This will also work with eBikes, as well as road bikes, mountain bikes, kids' bikes, and alternate frame bikes as well. One of the main features about this is that it can tilt away from the vehicle with the bike still attached to gain rear hatch access. To do that, there is a blue handle up at the front here.

Lets Go Aero Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today, on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be testing the Elliptical Aero BikeWing, T4 4-bike rack for two-inch hitches, part number B01458. We already have a bike installed on our rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look here.This is designed for up to four bikes, has a carry capacity of 160 pounds, so that, roughly, is going to be about 40 pounds per bike, give or take. This can hold road bikes like you see here, but it can also fit alternate frame bikes, kids bikes, mountain bikes, and fat bikes, and with an adapter, excuse me, that is sold separately.Now, the big advantage to this is how it grips the bike itself. It's going to have these two points of contact here, or really, four points of contact, with these straps, and once those are attached, they're going to stay in place. But the big advantage is, no bike adapter bar is going to be necessary with this installation process, as you would get with a lot of other platform-style racks on the market.Also, we do have this padding here, that is adjustable up and down, the arms here, to help protect the frame of your bike to make sure no scratches or abrasions get to it.

Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're going to be test fitting the Saris Glide EX 4 Bike Rack, for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches, part number SA774. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go take a closer look here. This is a pretty unique bike rack, when it comes to the hanging style. Now, if you want to gain rear hatch access with all four bikes attached, normally you would have to buy a model that you can swing out away from the vehicle to do that, because most of the hanging style, you'd have to take the bikes off, fold it down and then you can tilt it out of the way.With this, this actually glides out of way with all four bikes attached. To get that rear hatch access, to do that we'll come to this trigger here, at the backside, push out, and then we have that access that we need.

Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today with our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're gonna be test fitting the Thule upright roof top bike rack, part number TH599000. We already have it installed on our vehicle. We have a bike installed on it as well, so let's go ahead and take a closer look. This is a one bike bike rack that grips your bike by the wheels, so this is great for your carbon fiber bikes like you see here or other style bikes such as kid's bikes or alternate frame bikes.It grips your front tire at two points which is pretty unique, and these two pieces actually lock together on the other side here so it provides superior stability while you travel. At the rear, we're gonna have this strap here that does ratchet into place, and by ratchet, that actually literally ratchets into place. This is adjustable back and for bikes of different sizes and it also has an integrated cable lock at the rear here, although the lock is sold separately.

Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Outride roof top, bike rack, part number TH561020. We already have a bike installed on our rack. Let's go ahead and closer look and show off some of the features. This is going to grip your bike by the fork mount, so it's going to sit down like you see here. You will have to remove the front wheel. They do have front wheel holders that you can attach to your roof rack as well, that are sold separately.It grips it by the fork mounts here, using this lever, like so.

Yakima Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're going to be test fitting the Yakima HoldUp Evo 4-bike platform rack for 2" hitches, part number Y02479-2. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.This bike is already fat bike capable, able to carry bikes with a tire width up to 5". It also can carry ebikes, road bikes, mountain bikes, and most alternate frame bikes as well. It can tilt away from the vehicle with all four bikes attached. To do that we have this lever here at the front, which is a lot different than the previous model which had the pins that you would have to pull out on one side and one to pull out on this side as well.

Yakima Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV CrossTrek we're going to be test fitting the Yakima HoldUp EVO two bike platform rack for 2 inch hitches, part number Y02479. We already have a bike installed on the rack, let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. This can carry a wide variety of bikes. It's already capable to carry a fat bike, like you see here, so you don't have to get any aftermarket parts, like you would with other bike racks. It can also carry e-bikes up to 50 pounds, and has a 50 pound capacity per bike for this bike rack. Like most platform style bike racks, this can tilt away from the vehicle to gain full hatch access.

Hollywood Racks Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Hollywood Racks sport rider SE2 platform two bike rack with cargo carrier for fat bikes, part number HR1450-85-FB. We already have our bike installed on the rack as you can see here. And we do have our cargo carrier already installed as well. Like many platform style racks, this can tilt away from the vehicle with everything still attached to gain rear hatch access. That includes the cargo carrier fully loaded. To do that, you come up to the front here, you see this pin, this snap pin here.

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Semi 2.0 2-bike platform rack for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches, part number S64686. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. Like with most platform racks, this can tilt away from the vehicle with the bikes still attached to gain rear hatch access. To do that you come up to the front to this latch, lift up, let it tilt towards you, and you have full hatch access to get whatever you need. There is plenty of space on both sides to get what you need.To put it back into position, just simply lift up on the bike rack, never the bike, until you hear that click.

Swagman Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Race Ready roof bike rack, part number S64705. 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 is held into the place, we're not going to have any frame contact at all, so for bikes such as this one, where it's carbon frame, it'll grip it by your wheel instead, and protect everything else.It does come with a lock up at the front here, so once you have this pushed into place, you can lock it down and the bike will be secured to the rack. I would like to point out though, this does not have a lock to secure your bike rack to your roof rack. It does have wheel cradles on either side that can slide back and forth to accommodate bikes of different sizes.The wheel cradle here is adjustable back and forth as well, by loosening up the bolts on either side, and sliding it back and forth to accommodate wider wheel width. And while we do have a road bike on here, this will also fit mountain bikes, and fat bikes with an additional strap that you would have to replace.With everything installed as it is, we're not going to have an issue of clearance, between our rear hatch and the bike rack, as you can see here, there's plenty of space in between.

Swagman Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be testing the Swagman Enforcer Rooftop Bike Rack, part number S64704. This carries up to one bike. You can either carry it by the forks, as you can see here. Or you can also have this replaced with a 15-mm thru-axle, and carry it that way. The rear wheel strap is adjustable along the bike rack, to accommodate for bikes of different sizes. With this particular vehicle, we're not going to have an issue with clearance between the rear hatch and the bike rack.

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're doing a test fit of the Swagman Chinook Platform Style Two Bike Rack. That part number is S64683. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to come around back here behind our bike, and we're going to lift up on our spring loaded lever, and we're able to tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle with our bikes fully loaded. In this position, we are going to gain that full access into our Crosstrek, and we have plenty of room to stand in between our bike rack and our vehicle to get out larger or smaller items.

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today in our 2014 Subaru Crosstrek we're doing a test fit of this Swagman G10 Platform Style Two-Bike Rack. That part number is S64682. Now we already have our bike secured down. I'm first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. If we come around here behind both of our bikes we're going to have our black handle. If we lift up slightly on our bike rack and pull up on that spring load lever.We're going to be able to tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle with our bikes fully loaded.

Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Curt 4x platform rack for 2-inch hitches, part number C18087. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.One of the features of this bike rack is the fact that it can tilt away from the vehicle with all four bikes still attached. To do that, we'll come up to the front here. Going to see these two pins, smaller and larger. We'll remove the smaller pin first.

RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test-fitting the RockyMounts Split Rail three-bike rack, part number RKY1140-3. This is a platform-style rack and we already have a bike installed on the rack, so let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.One of the more prominent features of this bike rack is the fact that it can tilt away from the vehicle with all three bikes still attached to gain rear hatch access. To do that, we'll come underneath right here, pull towards us, let it come down, and now we have access to our rear hatch to get what we need. There's enough space on either side to come in and do so. To put it back in its original position we'll simply lift up until you hear that click.A bike that's held in place will have two points of contact with no frame contact at all. Instead, we'll have a rear wheel strap here, which is adjustable to accommodate bikes of different sizes, and up front here, we have this wheel hook.

RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts SplitRail Four-Bike Platform Rack for 2" Hitches, part number RKY1140-4. We already have a bike installed on the rack, so let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.One of the main features of this bike rack is the fact that it can tilt away from the vehicle with all four bikes still attached. In some cases you may need to ask for assistance as the handle is pretty far up here, and that can be kind of a hindrance at times. Plus, with all four bikes, it's going to be pretty heavy, so once you pull this, you want to make sure that someone is there to catch it so it doesn't come crashing down on you.We'll pull out like so, let it come down, and now we have full access to our rear hatch, and we do have space on both sides to get what we need. To lift it back into position, it's very simple. You just take it, bring it back up till you hear that click, and now it's back into its normal position.How it holds the bike in place, we're not going to have any frame contact at all.

RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts MonoRail Two-Bike Platform Rack for 2" Hitches, part number RKY10004. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.More prominent feature about this bike rack is the fact that it can tilt away from the vehicle with both bikes still attached to gain rear hatch access. To lower it down, we have this switch up at the front, which is pretty nice because a lot of bike racks that do tilt away, the switch is going to be up towards the front here, which can be kind of difficult to get to when you're trying to have it with two bikes on there come down.So, we'll come to this blue handle here. Simply pull out holding onto the bike rack while we do this. We'll let it come forward, and now we have full hatch access, and we have enough space in between the bike rack and the vehicle to get what we need.

RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're doing a test of the RockyMounts MonoRail platform-style 3-bike rack. That part number is RKY10004-10005. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to go over one of the key features, which is the our tilting feature. We're going to come here in between our second and third bike and we'll have our lever. We're going to pull out on that lever and then we can tilt our bike rack down away from our vehicle with our bikes fully loaded.

RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're going to be test-fitting the RockyMounts Backstage two bike platform rack for two inch hitches, and this is a swinging model, meaning that this will actually completely swing away with both bikes attached to it so you can gain rear hatch access, and that is pretty unique for a platform style bike rack. Normally, you would be seeing this on hanging styles.To swing it out, you start here at this blue handle at the base. Turn it to the left to loosen until it's all the way loosened up. Then you come to this blue handle on the inside, the circular blue handle. Pull up, which will release it from the edge here. Then we'll get to about a 90 degree point such as this area here.

Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're gonna test fitting the Saris Freedom SuperClamp EX 4-Bike platform rack for 2 inch hitches, part number SA4026F. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. The first feature about this is the fact that it can tilt away with all bikes still attached. To do that, we'll first come to base here and remove this pin like so. Then come up to the front.

Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Saris SuperClamp EX Two-Bike Platform Rack for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches, part umber SA4025FWe already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look, and we're going to show off some of the features. What's really nice about this bike rack is the fact that it can tilt away with the vehicle with both bikes still attached. To do that, we'll come up to the front to this lever here where it says "Pull." We'll pull it out, let it come towards us, and now we have full hatch access and plenty of space on either side to get what we need.Put it back in position. We'll grab by the bike rack and push holding onto our bike as we do so until you hear a little bit of a click. It does come with integrated cable locks on either side, and you have to push down these tabs to release them.