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Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat

Hi everyone, Adam, with etrailer.com. Today we're going to be taking a look at the Saris Glide EX2 bike rack on our 2014 Volkswagen Pastas. So this is going to be able to hold up to two bikes with three tie-down points per bike. You're going to have two zip tie style straps up top and one anti-sway cradle. And what that's going to do, it's going to limit that bike to bike contact that you get when you're going down the road.The main thing with this bike rack that sets it apart from most of the others is it's tilting feature. You can keep these bikes on the rack, pull this trigger and lean it away from your vehicle.



Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat

Adam: Hi everyone, Adam from etrailer.com. Today we're going to be taking a look at the Swagman Current electric bike rack on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat. This is going to be able to hold up to two electric bikes and one of the main features that I want to show you is it's tilting feature.So all you got to do is just pull this green lever towards the back, and what that's going to do it's going to allow you to tilt these with the bikes installed, which is very convenient and nice. And then you can grab anything out of your trunk, whether it be a backpack, helmets, maybe even a lunch or two. Whatever may be in there that you need access, with your bikes installed you won't have an issue.And then whenever you're really done you just got to push it back up into place, it'll snap to let you know it's nice and secure. So let me go ahead and show you how easy it is to take this off the rack.



Hollywood Racks Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat

Hi, everyone, Adam, with etrailer.com. Today, we're going to be taking a look at Hollywood Racks Sport Rider SE2 on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat. This is going to be able to hold up to two electric bikes. And one of the main features with this bike rack is you can actually tilt with these heavy electric bikes installed.All you got to do is you just got to undo this pin and clip down here. You might have to push up on this lever a little bit, pull that out and pull this little pressure pin.And that's going to do, it's going to allow you to access your trunk of your Passat without anything hitting or anything like that. You can grab your book bag, your lunches, your helmets, whatever you need.



Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat

Colin: Hey everyone, it's Colin here at etrailer. Today we have a 2014 Volkswagen Passat, and we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Trailhead two bike rack. This is hanging style bike rack, which allows you to transport up to two bikes to and from your destination. It's going to be connected at four different points. We're going to have three thick rubber straps on our top two right here. There'll be two over here, more towards the handlebars, another one that is right by the seat post, you can see I kind of have it diagonally across the cradle.The fourth point of contact is going to be our anti sway cradle, with a strap coming through it.



Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat

Colin: Hey everyone, I'm Colin, here at etrailer. Today we have a 2014 Volkswagen Passat. I'm going to do a test fit of the Thule Hitching Post Pro 4 Bike Hanging Style Rack. Now this is a very nice hanging style rack, and you're really just getting you bang for your buck when you have this rack. It's going to install on your inch and a quarter by inch and a quarter receiver or two inch by two inch receiver of your vehicle. On our Passat we have an inch and a quarter, but if you have another vehicle in your household it'll work for that one as well.Now, we have three different points on our hitching post where our bike is secured.



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat

Colin: Yeah, everyone. I'm Colin here at eTrailer. Today we're going to do a test fit of the Thule Camber 4 Bike Rack on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat.Now this four bike hanging style rack is a great way to transport up to four bikes to and from your destination. It's going to do a great job of holding your bikes very solid. We have three different points of contact on our bike. We have two straps on the top tube right here.



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat

Colin: Hey, everyone. I'm Colin, here at etrailer. Today, we have a 2014 Volkswagen Passat. We're going to do a test fit of the Thule Helium Pro Two-Bike Rack.Now, this is a hanging style bike rack that allows you to transport up to two bikes to and from your destination. We're going to have an on-board cable lock, which comes from the mast of the bike rack, right here. Bring it over the frames of your bikes.



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat

Colin: Hey everyone, I'm Colin here at etrailer. Today we have a 2014 Volkswagen Passat, and we're going to do a test of the Thule Apex XT 4 Bike Hanging Style Rack.Now this bike rack is going to allow you to haul up to four bikes to and from your destination. It's nice being able to get a four bike rack on a sedan like our Passat because you don't see too many four bike platform racks having that 1-1/4" adaptability which is the hitch that fits this Passat. So it's pretty nice if you have a Passat, you want to be able to carry a family of bikes or even if you want to go out with your friends, you can fit four on here.We have an onboard cable lock which comes from the mast of the bike rack. Bring it over your bikes, and it goes into the lock right there. You just use your included key to lock it up, and it's going to be a great theft deterrent.



RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat

Colin: Hey everyone, I'm Colin here at etrailer.Today we have a 2014 Volkswagen Passat. WE're going to do a test fit with the RockyMounts WestSlope 2 Bike Platform Rack. Now the WestSlope is going to be able to haul up to 2 bikes, to and from your destination.It's got two different points where it's going to grip your bike. The back one, we have a strap securing the rear wheel onto the cradle right here and up front, we're going to have a wheel hook that is putting downward force on top of our front wheel forcing it down into the wheel tray down there.Now what's really cool about all four of the wheel cradles, we come to this empty one right here, is that it actually has a slot right here, which is going to be able to securely fit your road bike tires, which is what we have loaded right now. And then as you get wider, it'll be for your wider mountain bike tires, you'll be able to put mountain bikes tires up to three inches wide on this bike rack.Now another really cool feature about the WestSlope is it's got a tiered loading system, meaning that as we get from the first bike to the second bike, it's actually going to sit a bit higher and that's going to help drastically improve your ground clearance.So, if we take a measurement, we'll measure our ground clearance at the back of the rack. That's going to be 26 inches of ground clearance, which is a lot better due to having a sedan, because it does sit lower to the ground, you want something that's going to be able to clear any inclines you go up or speed bumps or curves and stuff like that.



Saris Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat

Hey everyone. Today, we have a 2014 Volkswagen Passat, and we're going to do a test fit of the Saris Bones EX 3 bike rack. Now this bike rack mounts to the trunk of your vehicle, it allows you to get three of your bikes transported to and from your destination.A benefit of having a trunk mounted rack is that you're not going to have to worry about investing in a hitch mounted rack and if you don't even have a hitch yet, then you have to invest in the hitch as well, or even a roof rack, plus a bike rack to be able to get your bike from point A to point B.With the bike, it's attached at three different points, we're going to have two straps on our top tube right here, securing it into the cradles and we're also going to have an anti-sway cradle securing the seat post too, just taking out a lot of the unnecessary movement. You see, it's still moving a little bit right there, but not near as much as it would without this strap. It's going to help prevent a lot of bike to vehicle contact and bike to bike contact.Now let's go ahead and take the bike off. It's going to be pretty easy to do.



Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat

Hey guys, today we have a 2014 Volkswagen Passat, and we're gonna do a test on the inner vertical hang 4-by hang style rack. Notice the hitch mounted bike rack, that's gonna allow you to carry up to four bikes to and from the trails, has a unique way of holding your bikes for a hanging style rack. Rather than having two of the support posts right here, being parallel to the ground, it's gonna have two vertical posts at a perpendicular to the ground. And where it grips your bike, it's gonna be at the top, right here we have a cradle, kind of wedged up between the junction of the down tube and the top tube right here, it's kind of wedged up in there. You pull it down, it's not moving too much, and then we just use that strap to secure it. Then down here we're gonna have support on the center part of our down tube.



Hollywood Racks Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat. We'll be doing a test fit on the Hollywood Racks Trail Rider two bike platform rack, part number HR200Z. Now with the bike installed, let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. Unlike most platform racks, this one cannot tilted away from your vehicle. However, you can still gain access to your trunk depending on the bike you have installed. If we open it up, you see it still clears the handlebars right there.



Hollywood Racks Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat

Speaker 1: Today, on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat we're going to be doing a test fit on the Hollywood Racks Sport Rider 2, two-bike platform rack. Part number HR1000Z. Now, we have a bike installed. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. To start, like most platform racks, we can tilt this away from our vehicle to gain access to our trunk. We're going to come down in here to the base.



Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat

Speaker 1: Today, on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat, we're going to be doing a test on the Saris SuperClamp EX two-bike platform rack, part number SA4025F. Now, as you can see, we have a bike installed. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.Now, to start, like most platform racks, this can tilt away from your vehicle to give you access to your trunk. There's a handle right here. We're just going to pull on it. Then we can tilt the bike rack away like so.



Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat

Speaker 1: Today in our 2014 Volkswagen Passat, we're going to be doing a test-fit on the Kuat transfer 1 bike platform rack. Part Number TS01B. Now let's take a closer look, and show off some of the features.To start, like a lot of platforms racks, this can tilt away from your vehicle to give you access to your trunk. You've just gotta push down on this foot petal right there, and we can tilt it away like so. Then you can slide in and open up your trunk, and get whatever you might need, and be on your way. I would like to point out that maybe if you are limited on space, maybe you've backed into a parking spot and there's a wall, and you can't tilt it away.



Yakima RidgeBack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat, we're going to be doing a test fit on the Yakima RidgeBack 2 Bike hanging style rack. Part number Y02457. Now with the bike installed let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.On the ends of our two arms right here we are going to have bottle openers that Yakima likes to put on a lot of their products. Our cradle is, though they are stationary, do have this nice rubber TPE padding. Once we come in close we're going to see these little bumps right there. They're going to act as shock absorbers for the frame of your bike while you're traveling.



Kuat Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat we're gonna be doing a test fit on a Kuat Highline Three Bike Trunk Mount Rack. That part number's HIT3S.Now we have the silver installed right now, however it does come in black under part number HIT3B.This is a trunk mounted bike rack that mounts to the trunk of your vehicle, and it can carry up to three bikes. This is gonna be one of the nice hybrid versions of a trunk mount bike rack. It's very light, so it's gonna be very easy to install, but it's also gonna be durable and be able to support your bikes very well.If we look at the bike and how it's attached to the rack, excuse me, we're gonna see we have to ratchet straps on the top of our bike frame securing it into the cradles. We also have a third point with an anti-sway cradle and a strap. Once we secure that, that's gonna prevent our bike from swaying too much while we're traveling.



Rola Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat, we're going to be taking a look at the Rola Convoy 2 Bike Platform Rack, and that's going to be part number 59307-2.As you can see, we do have a bike installed, so let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. Now, this is a modular style platform rack, meaning that this second edition we have for our two-bike rack can be taken off if you choose to convert to a one bike rack. The tools will be provided in your bike rack to be able to do that.If we take a closer look, we're going to see how our bike is installed. We're going to have this back wheel cradle that's going to be able to slide back and forth to accommodate bikes of different lengths. Up front, we're going to have this nice wheel cradle right here. The back can pivot left and right to accommodate any size wheels you might have.



Rola Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat, we're going to be taking a look at the Rola Convoy One Bike Platform Rack. And that's going to be part number 59307. As you can see, we do have a bike installed, so let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. Now, this is a modular style bike rack. Meaning that if you choose .. You can't purchase and add-on to convert it to a two bike rack.



Malone Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat we're gonna be taking a look at the Malone Runway two bike platform rack for inch and a quarter to two inches, and that's gonna be part number MPG2149.As you can see, we do have a bike installed, so let's take a closer look and show off some of these features. As we see, we have two wheel trays for each bike we would have installed. These wheel trays are adjustable side to side on the bike rack. You simply loosen inside it to meet the specific length of bike you might have. These trays right here can accommodate wheel sizes from 20 to 29 inches and wheel widths of up to three and a half inches. Each tray is gonna have a hook and loop strap to secure your bike wheel into the tray.If you look up here, we're gonna see this nice padded frame hook that is securing the top of our frame down into the wheel trays.



Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat we're going to be test fitting the Inno Aerolight 4-bike rack for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches. That's going to be part number INH640. We do have a bike installed. So let's take a closer look at some of the features.If we start at the outside and work our way in we're going to see this nice integrated cable lock system that comes out from the base of the bike rack, wraps around the frame of your bikes and simply goes into this slot right there. You will get a set of keys with your bike rack so when you want to unlock the cable you simply slide up this little tab right here, and you have the insert for your key to unlock your cable and then you can unload your bikes. This cradles we have are adjustable left and right, and back and forth along the bike rack.



Hollywood Racks Express Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat, we're gonna be testing the Hollywood Racks Express three bike carrier. That's gonna be part number HRE3. As you can see, we already have a bike installed, so let's take a look at some of the features.These cradles can pivot left and right, and back and forth, with a little bit of force up and down on the bike rack to provide any type of spacing needs you might have between your bikes, or between your vehicle and bike. Our bike is connected to two different points of contact. We have these rubber straps that are coming around and simply latching onto this little notch right there. The bike rack also does come with a stabilization strap, so when all three bikes are loaded, simply just undo the strap, wrap it around your bikes, and come back to the strap and up and through it.



Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat

Speaker 2: Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Hangout 2 Bike Rack, part number Y02637. As you can see we already have a bike installed, so let's take a look at some of the features.Id we look at these cradles, we can see that they are adjustable side to side and back and forth as needed on the bike rack, so that's going to be pretty nice for any type of spacing you might want between your bikes or any type of frame of bike you might have. Each cradle has has a rubber strap that simply goes around the little notch right there and secures your bike down. If we look at the bike, we see it's connected at three different points of contact. We have two straps on the top. We simply pull the straps over and hang them on the little notches so they're secure.



Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat

Speaker 1: Today, on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat, we're going to be test-fitting the Yakima Fullback two-bike rack. That's going to be part number Y02634. As you can see, we already have a bike installed, so let's go ahead and take a look at some of the features.Now, starting from the outside and working our way in, we have this integrated cable lock system, which you pull it out, wrap it around the frame of bike and insert it on a little notch right there. Once you're done, you simply stick your key in there, unlock it, and then you're ready to unload your bikes.If you look at these cradles, they can't pivot back and forth or move side to side, but they do have this nice rubber TPE padding. You see these little notches coming up from the padding. That kind of acts as shock absorber for your bike frame during travel.



Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Volkswagen Passat

Today on our 2014 Volkswagen Passat, we're going to be testing the Yakima Halfback 2-bike rack, and that's going to be part number Y zero two six three six. As you can see, we already have a bike installed, so let's go ahead and take a look at some of the features.Now, starting from the outside, we see on both of these ends, we have the bottle openers, which are on most Yakima bike racks. If we look at the cradles, we see each cradle comes with a zip strip, that's used to secure your bike down and the cradles have this nice rubber TPE padding. Now, what that means is these little notches that come out from the padding, they're going to act as shock absorbers for the frame of your bike while you're in travel, it's going to protect it from any type of abrasions or scratches.If you come and see how our bike is connected, we see we have two points of contact on top of the frame. We have these two zip strips that come down in and strap it into the cradles. If we look down here, we have a third point of contact, it's this anti-rattle cradle.





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