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Swagman XC2 Bike Rack for 2 bikes - 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches - Frame Mount
This rack is a very good design, easy to assemble, and great value. The assembly instructions are a bit weak but the design is simple and intuitive. Very fast shipping from etrailer. I ordered Sunday afternoon and received the product Thursday. Excellent transaction and customer service followup. I highly recommend etrailer and will return to them on future purchases.
This rack was exactly as advertised, and a considerable bargain versus the $350 alternatives. Easy to assemble, great instructions, easy to mount on the car and easy to load. I drove around, hit some bumps, made some turns, etc. and the bikes were as solid as I when I loaded them. It also held my wife's bike securely (it has a low bar), which was a big concern of mine. Can't speak to longevity since I just got it, but it is well constructed and the pieces fit snugly ... it "feels" well made. Attached to a Ford Edge with a 2" hitch.
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Swagman XTC2 Bike Rack for 2 Bikes - 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches - Frame Mount
Arrived quickly and was simple to install. Easy to fit to my bikes. Very solid and well made.
We bought the Swagman Doubletrack hitch bike rack a year ago to use with our 2013 Ford Edge. Etrailer shipped it out right away and the assembly was very straight forward. The actual use of the bike rack is very easy with 2 clamps that slide down to lock the bikes in position and 4 bungees which lock the wheels in. The rack keeps the bikes secure (even on bumpy roads) and the upright bar swings down and out of the way so we have access to the back of the Edge without removing the rack from the hitch. Just a very good solid design.
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Swagman Chinook Bike Rack for 2 Bikes - 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches - Frame Mount
The rack shipped fast, thank you! Assembly was easy and rack looks very sturdy. I did have to disassemble and switch position of the locking arms to accommodate our bikes, but this was easy to do. I bought this rack to take our bikes to Florida for our 2 month winter break. Fits our 2015 Ford Edge great and tilt feature allows for easy access to rear cargo area. Very happy so far with the Swagman Chinook, the upcoming trip will be the true test of the rack. Thanks etrailer.com for a trouble free online shopping experience.
Still getting spacing sorted out, but so far it's a good carrier. It's stable in my Class 1 receiver and seems to keep the bike from bouncing around. I slipped an old sock over the locking arm to prevent frame rub some people have claimed. While the bike is held securely for travel to/from the trails, I can't get the locking arm to sit in the lowest point of the top tube by the seat post - the safest spot regarding anti-theft - without my bike being shifted to the extreme edge of the carrier. My solution was to get a security cable similar to this - https://www.etrailer.com/Bike-Locks/Master-Lock/72DPF.html - and padlock it to the receiver for trips where I plan to be away from the car/bike for more than a couple minutes. Why I knocked off a star: One of the supplied carriage bolts is 1/8-1/4" too short out of the box, making it impossible to thread the nut on the end with the split-lock washer in place. And perhaps I don't know my own strength, but I over-torqued one nut and snapped the bolt, sending it flying. I replaced all 4 assembly bolts and split-lock washers with some Grade 5, zinc-plated, 5/16-18 carriage bolts in sizes (1) 2", (1) 2.5", (2) 3". M8-1.25 also works.
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Yakima RidgeBack Bike Rack for 4 Bikes - 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches - Tilting
Check out my other review on the hidden hitch for a 2015 BMW 4 Series for the majority of the review, but this thing is great. Easy setup and install, does all the things it's supposed to do. Mounting and removing bikes is a snap with the included clips (big difference from some of the cheaper variants with nylon ratchet straps). Fits very snugly in my 2" receiver, and pretty solid on the highway and over bumpy roads.
This is a great bicycle rack that is well built. When I received the rack, the box was damaged from shipping and the lock keys were missing. I contacted the staff at etrailer and they were incredibly quick to provide a solution. Awesome customer service! Will gladly do business with etrailer again.
Fit Check: Testing Kuat Sherpa 2.0 Bike Rack for 2 Bikes on a 2016 Ford Edge
Hey, everybody, welcome to etrailer.com. I'm Bobby, and today we're taking a look at the Kuat Sherpa 2.0, here on our 2016 Ford Edge. That's gonna be an excellent way of transporting your more lightweight bikes on a nice stable platform style rack to wherever you need to go. Now, what I mean by that lightweight capacity So, we are only about 40 pounds capacity per bike on the Sherpa here, today. Which makes it excellent for, yes, transporting your carbon frame bikes as they are lightweight. And since we do have a nice little tire hold format here on our platform rack, becomes an excellent option for these guys, as you're not needing that high weight capacity.
Will the Kuat NV 2.0 Bike Rack for 2 Bikes Fit Your 2016 Ford Edge?
Hey, everybody. Welcome to etrailer.com. I'm Bobby and today we're taking a look at the Kuat NV 2.0 here on our 2016 Ford Edge. Now this is giving me an amazing way of getting some bikes to the trailhead wherever you go. The Kuat NV definitely one of the more premium platform style carriers or tray carriers that's giving me a great way of getting your bikes there because we have a couple of great, awesome features here. Right out of the gate, you are seeing you're getting a nice tire hold format on this guy.
Thule Doubletrack Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2016 Ford Edge
Today on our 2016 Ford Edge we're going to be taking a look at the Thule double track two bike platform rack, part number TH990XT. Now the way we have our bike mounted here is there's going to be three points of contact. We're going to have a frame hook right here and we're going to have a strap going over each wheel. Now the way we take these off, if we take the silver tab and we lift up and push in on the black button, feed our strap through, and we'll do the same thing on the back side. Now as we come to our frame hook here, if we push in on the gray button we can move our hook up and remove our bike. I always just like to put the straps back that way we don't have to worry about them getting damaged. Here on our frame hook it is going to make contact with the frame, but it does have a nice, soft foam coating so we don't have to worry about any scratches on our bike.
Thule Apex 4 Swing Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2016 Ford Edge
Today on our 2016 Ford Edge, we're going to be taking a look at the Thule Apex swing four bike rack, part number TH9027. Now one of the really nice features of this bike rack is that we can actually move our bike rack out of the way to gain access to our back hatch without having to remove the bike itself. If we come down here to think knob, it's going to be located directly behind the mast, we loosen this knob and we come up this lever here and we pull on this lever, we're going to actually swing our bike rack out of the way and we can gain full access to our back hatch to get anything in or out that we may need. Now to put our bike back into position, simply swing the bike rack back around, lift up on this lever and we can tighten down our knob again. Now if we take a closer look at how our bike is mounted to our bike rack, we're going to have three points of contact. We're going to have two straps on our cross bar here and we're going to have one on the vertical support acting as our anti sway cradle. Now to take the bike off, simply pull on the rubber straps releasing them and our bike can come right off.
Thule Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2016 Ford Edge
Today on our 2016 Ford Edge we're going to be taking a look at the the Thule Vertex 4-bike rack, part number TH9029XT. Now the way we're going to secure our bike to our bike rack, there's going to be three points of contact. We're going to have two straps coming over the top crossbar here. Then we're going to have a rubber strap and our anti-sway cradle here. Now to take the bike off, simply pull the straps off. Once all the straps are removed, we can pull our bike right off. Now where our bike is going to meet the bike rack, it's going to have these nice grooves so it's going to have a secure grip on it as well, as the rubber-coated straps so we're not going to have to worry about any scratches or abrasions on our frame.
Today on our 2016 Ford Edge we're going to be taking a look at the Thule Hitching Post Pro 4 Bike Rack, part number TH934XTR. Now, we already have our bike on our bike rack, and the way it's going to mount is we're going to have three points of contact. Two on the top crossbar here, and one on the vertical support that's going to act as the anti-sway cradle. Now, the way that we're going to take these off, simply just pull the straps off and our bike will come right off. Now, as you can see the grooves in our cradle are going to provide a nice secure grip for our bike, and the heavy duty straps have a rubber coating on them. So we're not going to have to worry about any scratches or abrasions on our bike frame. Now with the bike out of the way I'd like to give you a few measurements.
What our customers are saying:
"great experience!!! I've been looking for a hitch. With the experience I just had with the bike rack, I;kk definitely come back and order the hitch when I have a little more $$$. delivery was quick! the product was awesome!!! Frank"