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Swagman Upright Bike Rack for 1 Bike - Roof Rack Crossbars - Frame Mount
Planning on bringing bikes while camping. I mounted 2 of the Swagman bike racks to my new Sportrack on my pop-up camper. The bikes fit perfectly. The racks seem sturdy enough. Not heavy duty, but for my needs they should be fine. Assembly was relatively fast and easy.
We have used the Swagman Roof Rack a number of times when we have needed the additional bike carrying capacity. It took a couple attempts to get the initial spacing of the bike rack properly balanced on the van’s roof rack as recommended by the instructions. But it was easy to do and once set was very easy and quick to put on and take off. The rack works great, the bike is easy to put into place and secure. The bike and rack are very stable and quiet and haven’t required any mid-trip adjustments. We always put the cheapest bike on the roof (lol) but do use a bit of duct tape to protect the finish just Incase. We are very satisfied with the rack and consider it quite a deal for the money.
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Yakima FrontLoader Wheel Mount Bike Carrier - Roof Mount
Overall I am happy with these bike carriers. They mount to the racks over the bed of my Tundra TRD Pro. Installation is simple. I think they could be just a bit sturdier because there is just a bit of wobbling when driving on bumpy roads but I'm not too worried about them coming dislodged. Take note that although they come with a cable lock to attach the bike to the carrier, the key is sold separately.
Very good product. It holds the bike securely on the roof without contacting the frame. It is easy to adjust from my road bike to my 29er mountain bike. Our drives are all relatively short, so I like that I do not need to remove the front wheel to lock in the bike. It's also nice that the SKS locking system allows me to use the same key for this rack that I use for my Yakima roof box and hitch rack. This is my first roof rack and I chose this route for a couple reasons. Some of the roads we travel to get to our trail heads are a bit rough and with a roof rack I don't have to worry about bottoming out a hitch rack hanging off the back of the vehicle. Also, it takes up less room in the garage. Our vehicle is a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee with an additional 4 inches of ground clearance. That makes it a bit of a reach for my 5'4" wife, so we take our two-step along to help her. This is my third time purchasing from etrailer, and each experience has been very good. They are a very customer service oriented company. I really appreciate all the additional information they provide on their products, especially all the videos they produce to aid in reviews, assembly, and use.
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Toyota Sienna
Today on our 2014 Toyota Sienna were going to be test fitting the Yakima FrontLoader. This is a wheel mount roof bike rack, part number Y02103. With our Yakima RailGrab Roof Rack System already installed on the Sienna, well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbar. Here at the front, well want the two outer legs of our clamp to be in front of our crossbar, while the single middle one will be behind it. Well then tighten the black T-handle located at the front of the rack, and that will secure our front clamp. With the front secure we can move to the rear. Here were going to loosen the black T-handle, remove the T-bolt from the lower portion of the clamp, bring that portion around the underside of our crossbar, reinsert our T-bolt, and tighten that black T-handle back down. Its now time to load up our bike. Well begin by undoing our rear wheel strap and making sure that the larger portion of our front wheel clamp is fully extended.
Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Toyota Sienna
Today on our 2014 Toyota Sienna we are going to be test-fitting the Yakima Forklift, a fork-mount roof bike rack, part number Y02098. With our Yakima Rail Grab roof rack system already installed on the Sienna, we will begin our test-fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we are going to remove the skewer, which is reverse-thread. Slide back the black, plastic cover and loosen the black T handle. This will allow us to remove the T bolt from the lower portion of our clamp. We will then bring that portion around the underside of our load bar. Re-insert our T bolt and tighten down that black T handle to secure it.
Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Toyota Sienna
Today on our 2014 Toyota Sienna were going to be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth. This is a frame clamp style roof bike rack, part number TH599XTR. Weve got our Thule Crossroads roof rack system already installed on our Sienna, so we begin our test fit by placing our bike rack up onto our load bars. These are the clamps. This metal bracket portions going to come around the underside of our load bar, so well need to separate the T bolts from those clamps to allow it to do that. With our T bolts separated well now move our rack backwards, allowing those clamps to come around the underside of our bars.
Thule Sprint Fork Mount Bike Rack Review - 2014 Toyota Sienna
Speaker: Today, on our 2014 Toyota Sienna, were going to be test-fitting the Thule Sprint. This is a fork mount roof bike rack, part number TH528. Well begin our test fit by placing our bike rack up under a load bar. Here at the front, we want to bring the black rubber coated metal strap around the underside. Well then fit it right here into the head of the carrier. On the back side, well turn this black lever.
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Toyota Sienna
Today on our 2014 Toyota Sienna, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down. This is a fork mount roof bike rack, part number S64710. We've got the Thule Rapid Crossroads roof rack system that we've already installed on this Sienna, so we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly up on to our load bars. At the front, we're going to bring a U-bolt around the underside of our load bar and thread two wing nuts on to it. We've got a second U-bolt that we're going to fit on the front here. This one as well, we'll get two wing nuts threaded on to it. We'll then tighten down all four of the wing nuts to secure the front clamp of our rack here. All right. With that nice and secure, we can move to the rear.
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Toyota Sienna
Today on our 2014 Toyota Sienna, we're going to be test fitting the Rocky Mounts Tierod Stretch. This is a fork-mount roof bike rack, Part Number RKY1011. We already have the Thule Crossroads Roof Rack System installed on our vehicle. So, we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack up onto our load bars. As we do this, we'll want to bring the two black rubber-coated metal straps around the underside of our front-load bar. We can then remove the black cover. We'll bring the straps and fit them up into the appropriate slots here at the head of the carrier. Then we can take our Allen tool and tighten it down.
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Toyota Sienna
Today on our 2014 Toyota Sienna, we are going to be test fitting the Kuat Trio. This is a fork mount roof bike rack part number RU01. We have our thule rapid crossroad roof rack system already installed on our Sienna. We'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly up onto our load bars. At the front we are going to bring one of the black rubber coated metal u bolts and two of the cylinder knots. Place the u bolt up through the rack and then place the cylinder knot on top and just thread it on there.
Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Toyota Sienna
Today on our 2014 Toyota Sienna, we're going to be test-fitting the Swagman Upright. This is a frame clamp style roof bike rack, part number S64720. We've got our Thule Rapid Crossroads Roof Rack system already installed on this Sienna here, so we'll begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly up onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we're going to bring one of our U-bolts around the underside of our load bar and fit it up through the head of the carrier. We'll have a threaded portion coming out in front and behind our load bar. We'll then take a black wing-nut, thread it on here in the front and in the rear.
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