Most Popular Truck Bed Bike Racks for Ford F-150

Yakima GateKeeper Tailgate Pad Review - 2023 Ford F-150

Hi Matt with etrailer. Today we're gonna be talking about the Yakima Gatekeeper tailgate pad, on the back of the 2023 Ford F-150. Now this is gonna be the five bike version, but you can also get this as a six bike version. And if you're not a fan of the blue, you can also get it in black. So let's take a closer look at it. Now this will be a great option for you because unlike with a hitch-mounted bike rack, it's gonna save you on a lot of space.

Swagman Paramount Full-Size Trucks Tailgate Pad Review - 2023 Ford F-150

Hi, Matt with etrailer, and today we're gonna be talking about the Swagman Paramount Tailgate Pad on the back of our 2023 Ford F-150. Let's take a closer look at it. Now this is gonna be a great option for you if you have a family, or if you're planning on carrying a lot of bikes 'cause you're riding with a lot of people. Now this is gonna be a better option, as opposed to just throwing in your bikes willy-nilly in the back of your bed. This is a much more efficient way to load up your bikes. We're gonna have one main point that secures it down and that's gonna be this hook and loop system that straps around the frame.

Yakima GateKeeper Tailgate Pad and Bike Carrier Review - 2020 Ford F-150

Hey, everybody welcome to etrailer.com. I'm Bobby. And today we're taking a look at the Yakima gatekeeper tailgate pad here in the back of our Ford F150, 2020. Now it's going to be an excellent option of getting your bikes to the trail head wherever you want to go. One thing that's great about it. You're going to get a lot of bikes here in the back of your vehicle.

Swagman Truck Bed Bike Racks Review - 2020 Ford F-150

Hey everybody, welcome to eat trailer.com, I'm Bobby. Today we're taking a look at the Swagman TailWhip Tailgate Cover Pad here on our 2020 Ford F-150. Now this can be to be an excellent way of getting your bikes up that trail, wherever you guys are going. This can be an excellent option as you can get up to five bikes here in the back of our truck, as it comes with five included straps. So you guys can see too, it is going to be adjustable on this strap length. So these little cook and loop guys are able to be adjusted, so say we had too many on this one, I can go ahead, take that out, and shift it down to the further spot on my pad.

Thule Truck Bed Bike Racks Review - 2020 Ford F-150

Zach: Hey guys, Zach here at etrailer.com. And today we're going to be taking a look at the Thule GateMate Pro 60 inch version on our 2020 Ford F-150. This is going to be a tailgate pad for full-sized trucks. And I think it's going to have a really nice setup for you, especially if you're looking to move bikes. There are a lot of tailgate pads out there, and they all do a really good job of protecting your tailgate and getting bikes moved around the way we have this one set up. But where this one separates itself is it has a lot of really good padding here when it's sitting on top.

Thule Truck Bed Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ford F-150

Today in our 2017 Ford F-150, we're going to be test fitting the Thule GateMate tailgate pad and bike rack for full size trucks. Part number TH824. We already have our bike installed on it. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. Now normally this is how you would have the bike set up on the tailgate pad. You can fit at least one other bike on here, or you could also put say a surfboard or a stand-up paddle board. We have these points here on the top, which you can use as tie down points, which you can purchase those separately and secure your bike, or your paddle board or surfboard, to the actual tailgate pad itself. Let's go and take the bike off and set it aside. It just lifts up and off like that, very easy. Another feature about this, it has this flap here with hook and loop straps, which you can open up and have easier access to your tailgate latch like so.

Thule Truck Bed Bike Racks Review - 2016 Ford F-150

Today in this 2016 Ford F-150, we're going to be test-fitting the Thule Bed Rider II bike rack for truck beds, part number TH822XTR. Now, how this works is it'll actually grab your bikes by the forks, and you do have space for additional fork mounts here, should you need them. To open them up, you simply pop this loose, and you can unscrew it from both sides to gain more space to lift up and out of the way. When you're ready to go, you simply push it back down, and these are lockable, so your bikes will be secure while you travel. The bike rack itself is lockable, but I'll show that later. Let's go ahead and take the bike out, and I'll lift it up and out of the way. Go ahead and close that back up. Now, the skewers themselves are also adjustable. Slide back and forth where you need them to by loosening these two screws here and just adjusting it as needed. Also, the other lock I was talking about is on this latch here, which is essentially how this hooks into your truck bed. You lift this up, which loosens it up, and then you spin the whole thing to either tighten it or loosen it to your specifications. Now, when you're ready to go, simply push it down, lock it up, and you're ready to travel. And there you have it for the Thule Bed Rider II bed bike rack for your truck bed, part number TH822XTR on our 2016 Ford F-150. First, we'll take it on our slalom course.

Inno Truck Bed Bike Racks Review - 2016 Ford F-150

Today this 2016 Ford F150, we're going to be test fitting the En Velo Gripper Bike Rack for truck beds. Part number INRT201. As you can see we already have the bike attached to the racks. Come over to the side here, we'll go ahead and take the bike off and show you how everything fits. It has two points of contact with the bikes frame. At here and here with the front and rear wheel frames. Go ahead and push this button in to loosen that up.

Thule Truck Bed Bike Racks Review - 2016 Ford F-150 TH501

Today, in our 2016 Ford F150, we've got out the Thule Instigator. We're going to test if it for you, and show you how it fits in the back of the vehicle, here. Now the Instigator is a very quick way of installing a bike rack in the bed of your truck, with no tools required, at all. At 17 1/2" wide, you should be able to get three across the back of your Ford pickup. Now to use it, what we're going to do is set the Instigator right here at the rear of the vehicle. You'll see the T-straps have already gone down into their location where we'll want those to be. It's going to be in the gap between the tailgate and the bed of the truck.

Swagman Truck Bed Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford F-150

Today on our 2015 Ford F150, we are doing a test fit of the Swagman Tailwhip Tailgate Pad and bike Rack for full sized trucks. The part number for that is 64760. So we have already set it down on our tailgate. We are going to show you how to install it and then we will show you what kind of things we can put on to our tailgate pad. So we have a nice hook and loop strip here, which will allow you to open the flap to get to your handle there. Now, because I have shorter arms, I do have to open my tailgate all the way, and feed my straps through underneath.

Swagman Pick Up Truck Bed Bike Racks Review - 2014 Ford F-150

Today on our 2014 Ford F-150, we're test fitting the Swagman truck bed mounted tube bike rack. This is designed to hold our bikes by the fork. Part number on it is S64702. Now this one of my favorite truck bed mounted bike racks out there, really quick, easy to use. We've got nice, heavy duty rubber brackets on either end here that are going to go right onto the side of the truck bed there. This is going to give us a lot of room.

Thule Truck Bed Bike Racks Review - 2014 Ford F-150

Today in our 2014 Ford F-150, we're going to be testing the Thule Gate Mate. This is a 62 inch tailgate pad. It's designed to slide right over top of the tailgate just like this to give us a great area to load up bikes, kayaks, surfboards, anything along those lines. Part number on it is TH824. Now the Gate Mate, very durable material. It's got a heavy, super heavy duty foam pad here on the top where everything is going to be resting. Then additionally, good foam pads on both the front and the back to fully protect our tailgate. As you can see we've got three straps.

Swagman Paramount Tailgate Pad Review - 2013 Ford F-150

Hey everyone, it's Evangeline here at etrailer And today we have the Swagman Paramount tailgate pad. We're gonna be taking a look at how it fits our 2013 Ford F-150. This is gonna be a great middle of the road tailgate pad where it allows you to carry around a lot of bikes without taking up a lot of space or spending a lot either. Now this is still gonna be technically an entry level tailgate pad at its price point, but it does have some extra features to it that are worth taking a look at. And we're gonna focus though on our F-150 here. The main thing here is that with this being a full-sized tailgate pad, it does fit very well on the F-150 with how much it covers.

Kuat Huk Curved Full-Size Truck Tailgate Pad Review - 2013 Ford F-150

Hi, everyone, it's Evangeline here at etrailer. And today, we have the Kuat Huk full-sized tailgate pad. We're gonna take a look at how it fits and how it works on our 2013 Ford F-150. So if you're looking to carry around a lot of bikes without taking up a lot of space, the Kuat Huk is gonna be your premium tailgate pad option. It has a bunch of extra sleek features to it to make for a very nice looking tailgate pad that you can leave on your tailgate if you want, but also very functional to carry up to six bikes with your F-150. Now the version I have here is the full size curved version.

Thule Gate Mate Tailgate Pad and Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150

Today on our 2013 Ford F150 we'll be test fitting the Thule Gate Mate tailgate pad and bike rack for full-sized trucks, part number th824. We'll begin our test fit by placing the Gate Mate onto our vehicles tailgate. We'll then lift up the hook and loop access pad to expose the tailgate handle. We'll pull down the tailgate handle and shove the three straps on the underside of the tailgate. We'll then close the tailgate and get inside of the bed. Again, we'll open up the tailgate which will allow us to get our fingers down in between the tailgate and the truck bed to pull the straps up through.

Swagman Pick-Up Truck Bed Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150

Today on our 2013 Ford F150 we'll be testing the Swagman Pickup Truck Bed Mounted 2 Bike Carrier, part number S64702. We'll begin our test fit by placing one end of the rack onto one side of the bed rail of our truck. We'll then use the silver lever to extend out the bike rack to fit the width of our bed rails. Now what you'll want to do is make the rack a little bit longer than the distance between each bed rail and then insert the bike rack at a diagonal and push it in position, making sure the bike rack is perpendicular to the bed rails of our F150. Now with everything secured and tightened down were ready to load up our bike. We'll double check to make sure the skewer is loosened and we'll place our bike into our truck bed.

Thule Truck Bed Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford F-150

Today on our 2012 Ford F-150, we've got out Thule Insta-Gater and we're going to test that in here and just kind of get you a look at how it works. The Insta-Gater's a bike rack designed to fit right in the channel or the gap that's going to run between the tailgate and the bed of the truck. Just position it just like so. We're going to allow both of the, see the T-straps there We're going to allow those to go down, so right in between the bed and the gate itself, and then as we close that up and that gap narrows, it's going to hold those in position for us, just like that. Now we'll need to get in the truck. You'll see our chrome levers there.

Kuat Truck Bed Bike Racks Review - 2011 Ford F-150

Hi, everyone, Aidan here at etrailer. Today, we're gonna be taking a look at the Kuat Huk Tailgate Pad for Full-Size Trucks and seeing how this fits on our 2011 Ford F-150. Now, a tailgate pad is a great way to carry, on this one, up to six bikes with you in your truck. It's great, because it utilizes the space in your truck bed while still keeping the bikes organized, because sure, you can throw six bikes in the back of your F-150, but they're gonna be banging around together, all in a big pile, potentially damaging each other, and they're not very secure. And this is going to hold them upright, side by side with one another, and the only thing that's gonna end up overlapping is the tires over your forks, which some people might not be super fond of, in those cases, maybe I'd recommend a hitch-mounted rack that keeps your bikes more separated, but for this, it's a great effective way to get a lot of bikes with you quickly and relatively inexpensively. This is definitely a more premium tailgate pad, just know that there's a reason for that.

Swagman Pick-Up Truck Bed Bike Rack Review - 2011 Ford F-150

Today on this 2011 Ford F-150, we're going to do a test fit of the Swagman Bicycle Rack product number S64702. A couple of quick notes, this will mount across the top of any truck bed and it can carry up to two bikes. It also comes with an integrated lock to secure the rack through the truck bed. Now, we're going to go ahead and set up our rack. We'll set it on top of the bed rails with our pivot point opening. We extend out the arm to reach the passenger side and we'll push it down on our pivot point to lock into place.

Thule Gate Mate Tailgate Pad and Bike Rack Review - 2008 Ford F-150

Today on our 2008 Ford F150 well be test fitting the Thule Gate Mate tailgate pad and bike rack for full-sized trucks, part number th824. Well begin our test fit by placing the Gate Mate onto our pickup trucks tailgate. Well then take the three straps and shove them on the bottom side of the tailgate in between the tailgate and the rear bumper. I have found that it is easiest to get inside of the truck bed, open the tailgate from the outside and hold the tailgate with one arm while pulling the straps through the slit between the tailgate and the pickup truck bed. Once all three straps are pulled up, we can then close the tailgate and insert the straps through the black plastic buckles on the back side of the pad. We then can tighten them all down.

Swagman Pick-Up Truck Bed Bike Rack Review - 2008 Ford F-150

Today on our 2008 Ford F150 well be test fitting the Swagman pickup truck bed mounted 2-bike carrier, part number s64702. Well begin our test fit by placing one end of the carrier on one side of the vehicles truck bed. We can then push in the silver lever to allow us to extend the bar outward. Well make the width of the carrier just a little bit wider than the width of the bed rails. Now with everything all secured were ready to load up our bike. Well double check to make sure the skewer is loose, and well place our bike inside the truck bed.