Best 2016 Acura MDX Bike Racks

Does the Kuat Transfer V2 Bike Rack for 2 Bikes Suit Your 2016 Acura MDX

Hey everybody, welcome to etrailer.com. I'm Bobby, and today we're taking a look at the Kuat Transfer V2 2-bike platform rack on our 2016 Acura MDX. Now I really like the Transfer for a lot of reasons. It does things very, very well and very simply for us. Right out of the gate, you can see that we are gonna have a tire hold pattern here. So if you work in a way of getting those carbon frame bikes up on our rack system with you, this is gonna be a great option.

Install: Saris Door County Bike Rack for 2 Electric Bikes on a 2016 Acura MDX

Hi everyone, it's Evangeline here at etrailer. And today, we'll be taking a look at our Saris Door County two-bike rack, right here on our 2016 Acura MDX. So this is the Saris Door County or what I call the elevator bike rack. That's because if you power it with your 7-way system, it then lifts and lowers, making easier to move your bike onto it, especially when you have those heavy electric bikes, that makes that easier, and once it's all strapped down, you can then just lift the bike rack up and you're ready to ride. So we'll take a look at some of the different features, but focus on how it works with your Acura MDX and just some different things that would make it easier for you, but also possibly more difficult. This has a weight capacity of 60 pounds per bike.

Yakima TwoTimer Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Acura MDX

Jake: Hey guys, it's Jake here with eTrailer. Today we have a 2016 Acura MDX, and we're going to be taking a look at the Yakima TwoTimer Bike Rack. This is going to be a platform style bike rack that's going to hold your bikes by a hook on the top tube, and down strapped to two cradles.Now one of the biggest issues when hauling a hitch mounted bike rack on our SUV like we have here, is that you're not going to be able to access your rear hatch with any bikes loaded. But, with the feature on the TwoTimer, is you can lift up on the back here, pull out on this pin, and lower it down to tilt it away from our vehicle, to give us access to our rear hatch. This is going to allow us to get into our rear hatch and get any gear we may have forgotten, or while we're at the grocery store, if we stop somewhere closer to our destination, we're going to be able to tilt our loaded bikes away from our vehicle and load up the back of our car. Then when you're done, you just close up your rear hatch and tilt your bike back up into place.Let's go ahead and remove our bike.

RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Acura MDX RKY11404-3

Collin: Hey guys, Collin here at etrailer. Today, we have in here a 2016 Acura MDX, and we're going to do a test fit of the RockyMounts SplitRail LS 3 Bike Rack. This is a platform style rack. That's going to allow you to get three bikes loaded and get them to and from your destination. Now, basically when you get this bike rack, it's going to come in a two bike version, and then you're going to get an add on as well to convert it to three bikes. There is also an option to keep the iron off have it for two bikes, or even to get another add on and convert it to a four bike rack.

RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 acura MDX RKY10222

Today on our 2016 Acura MDX, we're going to be doing a test on the Rockymount's WestSlope platform style two bike rack.As you can see, I've already got it in place here, just give you a good idea what it looks like on our MDX.What's unique about this bike rack is it holds our bike only by its tire, there's no frame contact. We don't need to worry about any scratches or abrasions caused by any frame hooks or anything like that, it holds our bikes by their tire. In the rear, we've got a wheel strap going over that tire to keep that in place. Again, no frame contact. It's the perfect way to haul around a carbon fiber bike.It also tilts away so we can gain access to that rear hatch, like most premium style racks, we can pull out that pin, it tilts away, we've got more than enough room to remove any of that cargo gear, groceries, anything we might have with us on our trip. As you can see, it opens up, more than enough room.

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 acura MDX

Today on our 2016 Acura MDX, we're going to be doing a test fit on the Thule Helium Pro hanging style two bike rack. I've already got it in place here, just to give you a good idea of what it looks like. What's unique about this bike rack is it also will work with motor homes, so it's nice and solid, it's durable. It's going to hold out to those bumps that the motor homes have when heading down the road.Now, it's one of the only few out there that can actually be tilted away. Most motor home bike racks out there are built a little more solid, and then they can't tilt away. This one can.

Compatible? Yes! The Thule Helium Pro Bike Rack for 3 Bikes Fits a 2016 acura MDX

Today on our 2016 Acura MDX, we're going to be doing a test fit on the Thule Helium Pro three bike rack. It's a hanging style bike rack, as you can see. I've got it placed just to show you what it looks like. Now, what's unique about this bike rack is it can also be used on motor homes, and it's one of the only few out there that can actually be tilted away. So, on your vehicle, you're going to be able to access your rear hatch. On your motor home, it might come in handy for accessing that spare tire, or your ladder.But what's more important about that is you can not tilt it away with the bike loaded, so we'll show you in a little bit how that works.

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 acura MDX TH9058

Today on our 2016 Acura MDX, we're going to be doing a test fit on the Thule Camber Hanging Style 2 Bike Rack. You could see I've already got it in place here, just to give you a good idea what it looks like. What's unique about this bike rack is that it will also work with motor homes, so it is motor home-approved. And it's one of the few out there that will actually tilt away, so it's nice and solid, and it tilts away. When it's on our vehicle, it's going to allow us access to our rear hatch. If it's on our motor home, it can allow us access to our spare tire or maybe even our ladder.

Does the Thule Range RV Bike Rack for 4 Bikes Suit Your 2016 Acura MDX

Randy: Hey, guys. It's Randy here at etrailer.com. We've got a few minutes, and we wanted to take a look at the Thule Range and see how it's going to fit on your 2016 Acura MDX.Now basics on the Range to start with, this is going to be a hanging four-bike-style rack. The benefit that we get here that we don't often get with other hanging racks is that this one has been designed for use with motor homes, so any RV type that has a motor and is drivable, we can use this on. That's going to work out really well for going on a camping trip and we want to take our bikes along with us, or if it's just some guys or gals loading up in the car to hit a local trail. It's going to give you some good adaptability there.Something else I like that sets this one apart's going to be our cradle spacing here.

Compatible? Yes! The Thule Camber Bike Rack for 4 Bikes Fits a 2016 Acura MDX

Randy: Hey, guys. It's Randy here at etrailer.com. Today we wanted to take just a few minutes and go over how the Thule Camber is going to fit on your 2016 Acura MDX. We'll start with talking about some of the features of the bike rack that kind of set is apart and of course this is going to be a standard-type hanging-style four bike rack. The biggest difference though that we have with this rack versus most of the other racks is going to be the spacing in our cradle. So these are spaced about seven inches from center to center.

Does the Thule Apex XT Bike Rack for 2 Bikes Suit Your 2016 Acura MDX

Randy: Hey guys, it's Randy here at etrailer.com. We're going to take a few minutes and test fit the Thule Apex XT4 bike rack. It's going to be on our 2016 Acura MDX. Now we've got the four bike version out here today. There's also a five bike version available.The measurements we give you to the end here are going to be the same length, and there's a two bike version available. It's going to be a little bit shorter, so several different options to fit the needs that you might have.There's several nice features about the rack that I really like.

Fit Verified: Yakima RidgeBack Bike Rack for 2 Bikes on a 2016 Acura MDX

Today we have a 2016 Acura MDX. We're going to be test fitting the Yakima RidgeBack bike rack, part number Y02457. This bike rack secures the bicycle by three points of contact, two on the top post, one on the seat post tube. They're secured by these clips. To install the bicycle on the rack, you would first remove all three clips, place your bike on the rubber cushions, and push down and secure the clips. To remove the bicycle, all you would need to do is remove all three clips and simply take it off the rack.

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Acura MDX TH9034XT

Today we have a 2016 Acura MDX. And we're going to be test fitting the Tooly T2 pro XTB, part number TH9034XT.This is a platform style bike rack and it uses two points of contact to secure the bike, none of which are on the frame. To install the bicycle, the first thing you would do is take the tire hook and extended it all the way forward as much as you can go. And the rear tire strap, go ahead and disconnect that and then do you'd simply set your bicycle in the rack, making sure that your front tire is in the larger cradle. And making sure that the rear cradle is centered on the rear tire like so.Now, while holding your bicycle, simply take your tire hook, move it as far forward as you can without hitting the break or your front forks. You simply push down on it and get it nice and tight.

Does the Hollywood Racks Trail Rider Bike Rack for 2 Bikes Suit Your 2016 Acura MDX

Hello. Today we have 2016 Acura MDX and we're gonna be test fitting the Hollywood Trail Rider dual back rack, part number HR200Z. Now we have the bicycle and the rack set up on this Acura to give you a nice idea of how things will look. For our first steps, we'll show you how to install the bicycle on the rack. The first thing you'd wanna do is adjust your cradles here with these knobs, they actually slide, for the length of your bike. You can snug those down.What you'd wanna do next is set the bicycle in the cradle, and using the top frame support go ahead and push down on it and it locks in to keep it nice and secure.

Hollywood Racks Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Acura MDX HR1450Z-85

Today on our 2016 Acura MDX, we're gonna be doing a test vid of the Hollywood Racks Sport Rider SE 2 Platform style Two Bike Rack with Cargo Carrier. That's part number HR1450Z-85. So I've already got it in place on the MDX just to give you a good idea of what it looks like. Now this is the cargo carrier is included. It's about a 52 by 15 inches by 5 inches deep, so it's gonna be more than enough room to carry all that gear along with your two bikes.Now with it attached to the bike rack, you have a 90 pound weight capacity, you can also use it by itself. So that increases the capacity to about 220 pounds.

Test Fit: Hollywood Racks Sport Rider SE2 Bike Rack for 2 Bikes on a 2016 Acura MDX

Today with our 2016 Acura MDX, we're going to be doing a test fit on the Hollywood Racks Sportrider SC-2 Platform Style Two-Bike Rack. That's part number HR-1450Z. I've already got it loaded up just to give you a good idea of what it looks like on our MDX.Like I said, it's going to hold two bikes. It holds them by their top tube. The frame boat goes over that top tube, puts down pressure on the bike and into the cradles. The hook and loop strap goes over our wheels, keeping our bike in place.

Does the Hollywood Racks Sport Rider SE Bike Rack for 4 Bikes Suit Your 2016 Acura MDX

Today on our 2016 Acura MDX, we're going to be doing a test fit on the Hollywood Racks Sport Rider SE4 platform style four bike rack. That's part number HR1400Z.I've already got it loaded up just to give you a good idea what it looks like. Now, as I said, it does hold four bikes. It holds them by their top tube. The frame hook goes over that top tube, puts down pressure into the wheel cradles, and then a hook and loop strap keeps our bike in place. A great way to hold your four bikes.

Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 acura mdx

Today in our 2016 Acura MDX we're going to be test fitting the CURT 4-bike platform rack, part number C18086. We already have a bike installed on the rack, let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. Now the first and most prominent feature about this bike rack is the fact that this can tilt away from the vehicle with all the bikes attached. To do that you'll come up to the front here and you'll see that there's two pins and clips on the inside. You're going to remove those and then it will be able to tilt. So lift up just a little bit, remove the larger pin and do the same with the smaller, let it tilt away. And with that, you now have full access to our rear hatch to get whatever we need and plenty of space on either side to do so, thanks to the distance between the bumper and the bike rack itself.

Does the Kuat NV 2.0 Bike Rack for 2 Bikes Suit Your 2016 Acura MDX

Today on our 2016 Acura MDX, we're doing a test fit of the Kuat NV 2.0 platform-style 2-bike rack, part number NV22G. Now we already have this installed. We're first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to hang onto our rack down here at the bottom and we're going to pull our lever towards us. That's going to allow us to tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle with our bikes fully loaded. We can gain full access into our back hatch area, which is great because this is an automatic hatch so we don't have to worry about it making contact with our bike at all.

Fit Test: Yakima HoldUp Bike Rack for 2 Bikes with 2016 Acura MDX

Today on our 2016 Acura MDX we're doing a test fit of the Yakima HoldUp Platform Style 2 Bike Rack. That part number is Y02443. 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 lift up at the back of our bike rack here. We're just going to pull our pin out on the side.

RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Acura MDX

Today on our 2016 Acura MDX we're doing a test fit of the RockyMount SplitRail platform style bike rack. That part number is RKY1140. We already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you one of the main features of this rack. We're going to come to the back here and pull out on the level at the very bottom and we're able to tilt our rack away from our vehicle with our bikes fully loaded. What's great about this, especially since we have this automatic door, is that we're going to be able to gain full access into our back hatch area to get anything in or out that we may need. Since we do have that automatic door, we're not going to have to worry about making contact with our bike at all.

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Acura MDX

Today on our 2016 Acura MDX, we're going to be test fitting the Thule T2 Pro 4 bike platform style rack, part number TH9034-36. Now we have a bike loaded up on our rack as you can see. It's going to attach at 2 points the tire in the front and across the rim at the back. It's not going to make any attachment to our frame therefore we're not going to harm our frame rails. Now one nice thing about this rack is once it has bikes on it you can tilt it down simply squeezing in on this gray release and you're going to let it down and that will allow us access to the back of our hatch. Now if you've got everything out of your hatch close it back up. Now you want to keep in mind if you have 4 bikes on here you definitely want to grab with 2 hands and you're going to lift it back up into position, listen for that snap and that's going to let you know that it is locked in position. Now we can go ahead and take our bike off.

Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Acura MDX

So, today in our 2016 Acura MDX, we will be doing a test for the Thule Circuit XT roof-mounted bike rack. That is part #TH526XT. So, I have already got it loaded up on the Acura MDX just to give you a good idea what it looks like and how it is going to secure a bike. There's no frame contact, first off. It secures our bike in 2 spots. We have a 9 mm quick release skewer, here up front, securing the forks.

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Acura MDX TH9031XT

Today on our 2016 Acura MDX we'll be doing a test fit of the Thule Vertex Swinging 4 bike rack. That's part number TH9031XT. I've already got it loaded up on the MDX just to give you a good idea of what it looks like. It secures our bike in 3 spots. We have 2 straps for our top tube, and then for our seat post tube, we've got our anti-sway cradle and our anti-sway strap. It's going to help prevent a lot of the sway in the bike while we're on the road as well as prevent bike to bike contact, and bike to vehicle contact. One of the main features about this bike rack is it has the ability to swing out so we can gain access to our rear hatch.

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Acura MDX

Today on our 2016 Acura MDX, we'll be doing a test fit of the Swagman Dispatch Platform Style 2-Bike Rack, that's part number S64684. I've already got it loaded up on the back of the MDX, just to give you a good idea what it looks like. Another nice thing you might like to know about the dispatch is, as it is, RV approved. You can take it out on your RV if you'd like. It secures our bike in three spots. We have this nice, big frame hook here that puts down pressure on our top tube and to our front and rear cradles.