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Rhino-Rack Road Warrior Rooftop Bike Carrier - Fork Mount
This bike carrier has a clean design and it assembled and attached to the roof rack easily. A locking front cover prevents it from being detached from the roof rack and the tray has a cut out in the front for a disc brake if my next bike has one. Once everything is snug, the bike feels solid and there's no slop.
I'm not too sure how to rate this but I'm not happy with it. Everything that happened is no fault of etrailer. I've made many purchases from etrailer, they're a great distributor. The bike rack appears to be great. The problem seems to be that they changed the design. To start, UPS damaged the box in shipping and then tried to tape the package they sent me. After walking through the parts in the box with an etrailer rep on the phone, it seemed that no parts were missing. So I proceeded to connect everything up based on the instructions. As I put it together I noticed the mounting bracket in the rear doesn't have anything to remove the slop. The rear is literally resting on a slider, which means that it would rattle when driving around. Just for kicks I took it for a drive with my bike on top. It rattled like crazy! So I looked at the installation videos on etrailer and then youtube. Every one of them showed an extra rear mounting bracket with knobs to tighten. These were not listed in the install manual so I suspect Rhino thought they could cut cost by eliminating them. I contacted etrailer to see if they had any. They didn't. So I returned it. Sadly, I still had to pay a $25 restocking fee. I'm not sure why etrailer charged me. It's not like I bought the wrong thing and didn't want it. It's actually a really nice bike carrier. Just a flaw in the design that etrailer should catch when they test it out in their videos. If anything, I've helped them out with this. Hopefully etrailer will test out what I sent them, then reach out to Rhino about this new design flaw. Again, I like etrailer as a service but I wish they had caught this before selling to me (and others). I strongly suggest that you don't buy this until the bracket issue gets resolved. Also, take a look at the last pic of the Inno XA391 on the etrailer site. They resolve the rear bracket rattle by putting in a thumb screw.
# 2
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.
# 3
Rhino-Rack MountainTrail Rooftop Bike Carrier - Fork Mount
Love this bike rack! It fits perfectly with my Rhino Rack Cross Bars. I'm very impressed by the lack of wind noise. With the bike mounted on the rack, you can barely hear the wind noise at 60mph. With the sunroof open you can hear wind noise, but as long as the window is closed, you can only slightly hear anything if the radio is off and you are trying to hear it. Amazing! Can't wait to get more use out of it in the future!
I have used a lot of bike racks and this is the one I keep on my 4Runner. It just works. It is the easiest to take on and off, which is important for me because between me, my wife and kids I have 4 bikes that need to be rearranged often. We also use a roof box, kayak racks and a SUP rack so I am always taking things off and on. The front straps loop over the bar and tightens with an allen key, the back is a couple wing nuts. Since there are 2 straps up front the rack is very stable when a bike is on it. I like that it comes with locks and the skewer is super easy to adjust, clamp and unclamp. If it is cold, dark and damp at 6am and I am tired, late for a ride and still waking up this is the rack I go for because it is easy. There are a couple things to be aware of though... You will need to put a drop of oil in the skewer every 6 months or so to keep it opening and closing smoothly. Otherwise is can stick. Sometimes if the skewer is turned just right there will be a bit of whistle because of a hole in the clamping mechanism. If I turn it to a different angle the whistle stops. And after going through the car wash with the rack on my roof a dozen times or so the black paint began to have a bit of a rainbow sheen. Not sure if it is the bike rack or the soap my car wash uses.
# 4
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.
# 5
Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Carrier - Fork Mount
Goes together quickly, appears that it will fit my needs in terms of being cross-compatible on a variety of vehicles. Fit on a Subaru Outback factory crossbar and transported bike locally with no issues when I got it out to set up and test (not quite warm enough to ride much yet where I live). Instructions are not super, but the assembly is pretty straightforward so that is not a problem. At the price point, if this rack indeed holds up to swapping onto multiple vehicles and lasts me a few years, I'll be thrilled with the purchase.
I purchased two of these racks, along with another rack that is meant to hold bikes with both tires still installed. I am extremely happy with all three of them. This rack specifically is very sturdy. Installation was sort of a pain, but that was mostly due to me installing it on the top of my 2004 GMC Yukon XL...it is so high that it was a little hard to install. But now that it's installed, it's actually very simple to take the bikes on and off. I've made one round trip with these racks, so I've put the bikes up there and removed them twice. Both trips (about 100 miles each way) they bikes were super sturdy and I had no concerns about them falling off or anything like that. I would definitely recommend this rack if you're looking for a fork down roof mounted bike carrier. In fact, I will very likely get another one when we add another bike to the family. I think I'll be able to fit four racks on the top of my Yukon easily. One last note - I was initially concerned about the height of my vehicle when bikes were on top of them. I brushed a couple of tree limbs when pulling into my camping spot, but it was no big deal. I think the total height of my load was about 10 feet, which was lower than the camper that I was pulling.
Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Focus
Today on our 2015 Ford Focus, we're doing a test fit of the Inno fork lock roof mounted bike rack. That part number is INXA391. We already have our bike secured down, first going to show you how we do that. Here in the back, we have a ratcheting strap. We're just going to release that. A great thing about this strap is that it does move up and down the length of your rack.
Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Focus
Today on our 2015 Ford Focus, we're doing a test fit on the Inno Multi-Fork Lock Roof Mounted Bike Rack. That part number is INA392. We already have a bike secured down, and first we're going to show you how we do that. Here on the back at our wheel cradle, we have a ratcheting strap. The great thing about our wheel cradle is that it does move up and down the length of our bike rack to accommodate different bikes. Up at the front, we have our locking cover here. We'll just remove that out of the way, and then we have our anti-theft and tampering device, and we've got our skewer. We'll open up this side with the back lever, and we can loosen and tighten that skewer using the opposite side.
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Focus
Today on our 2015 Ford Focus, we're doing a test fit of the Kuat Trio roof mounted bike rack. That part number TR02. Now, we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that. On our ratcheting strap here on the back, we're just going to release that. A great thing about this strap is that it does move up and down the length of the bike rack to accommodate different bikes.
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Focus
Today on our 2015 Ford Focus we're doing a test fit of the Thule Sprint T-Track Mounted Bike Rack, that part number is TH569. Now we already have out bike secured in place but first I'm going to show you how we do that. Here in the back we have our ratcheting wheels strap with that pushing that's going to protect the lower portion of our tire and then we also have this wheel cradle back here that's adjustable up and down to accommodate different bikes you may have. Here are at the front we have our skewer, it does have a lock on here. Now this is a little different than other skewers, to loosen it we're going to rotate this knob at the end toward us and then to tighten it we'll rotate it away from us. We'll know it's completely tighten when it pops just like that. We'll just loosen this up a bit and we'll be able to remove our bike.
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Focus
Today on our 2015 Ford Focus, we're doing a test fit of the Thule ThruRide roof-mounted bike rack. That part number is TH535. Now, we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that. Here at our wheel cradle, we have a bushing to protect this portion of our bike from scratches and abrasions, and we have our ratchet strap. We're going to start by removing that, and then at the front, we have a skewer, although this is a different type of bike rack.
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Focus
Today, on our 2015 Ford Focus, we're doing a test fit of the Thule circuit XT roof mounted bike rack. That part number is TH526XT. We already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that. Here in the back, we have our cradle with our bushing and ratcheting strap. This bushing's there just to prevent any scratches and abrasions on this portion of our bike.
Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Focus
FemaleAnnouncer: Today on your 2015 Ford Focus we're doing a test fit of the Rhino rack mountain trail rooftop bike rack. That part number is RBC035. We already have our bike secured in place and we're first going to show you how we do that. Here in the back we have a ratcheting strap that is going to fit around our bike tire. What's great about this strap is that each side moves up and down the length of the bike rack to accommodate different bikes you may have. In the front we have a locking skewer so this is going to protect your bike from theft and tampering. We are able to open that up and then we'll rotate it towards the back of your vehicle to loosen it and towards the front to tighten it.
Rhino Rack Road-Warrior Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Focus
Today on our 2015 Ford Focus, we're doing a test fit of the Rhino-Rack Road Warrior roof mounted bike rack. That part number is RBC036. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that and then we'll go over some features of the rack itself. Here in the back, we have a ratcheting strap that you're going to see on most of our Rhino-Rack roof mounted bike rack. It also goes up and down the length of the bike rack to accommodate different style bikes you may have.
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Ford Focus
Today on our 2014 Ford Focus, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Thule Sprint. This is going to be your T track mounted, roof bike rack and as you can see we already have our Thule Aeroblades up here and we're going to be sliding it into these T tracks here. This is going to be part number TH569. First step we're going to do in placing it on the vehicle is to remove the end caps and for your application, you're going to need to actually cut this strip here and pull it out, measure or put it up on top. What I would do would be to mark it with either a paint pen or something of that sort and then once you pull it out, you only need to pull the one side, slide your bike rack in there and then slide the other side in. But for this application, we'll go ahead and pull it out, that way you can see how it goes in. I'll set these off to the side.
Thule Sprint Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Ford Focus
Today on our 2014 Ford Focus we're going to be test fitting the Thule Sprint. This is a roof-mounted fork-clamp-style bike rack. Its part number is TH528. Now we've already got our Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack system installed on the Focus so we're going to begin our test fit by placing our front clamp directly on top of our front bar. We'll make sure that that black rubber-coated strap comes around the underside. We're then going to slide rearward on our rear clamp, get that positioned over top of our load bar here, and with that in the correct spot and with the strap going underneath we can go back up to the front. Here we're going to place the strap into the two indentations that are located here.
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Ford Focus
Today on our 2014 Ford Focus we're going to be test fitting the Kuat Trio. This is a roof-mounted bike rack. It's designed to hold your bike through using the fork clamp. This in the black and chrome is part number TR02. We also have this available in a gray and orange. Its part number is RU01. We've got the Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack system that we've already installed on the Focus so we'll begin our test fit by placing the rack right up onto the crossbars.
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Ford Focus
Today, on our 2013 Ford Focus, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Sprint T-Track roof bike rack, that part # is TH569. We have a bike already on our rack, I'd like to show you a few features of it. First, I'd like to just show . Like I said, this is a fork-mounted bike rack, our knob up here tightens our skewer or unloosens it. Toward our back, we have our cradle with a strap around our back wheel, so let's go ahead and take that off. See that it has a nice little bushing on it to protect your wheels at all times. You take this off, like I said, just unscrew it toward yourself, but to tighten it up, you go to your out the way, and over here it clicks, that's when you know it's real tight.
Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Ford Focus
Today on our 2013 Ford Focus, we're doing a test fit on the Thule Thruride Roof Bike Rack. Part number is TH535. We have a bike on our rack already. I'd like to show you a few features of it. Like I said, this is a Ford mounted bike rack. We have our skewer here, it has that fork nice and secure. We go to the back, we have out little wheel cradle here, with our strapper mounted to protect our spokes and tires.
RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Ford Focus
Today on our 2013 Ford Focus we are doing a test fit of the Rocky Mountain's Brass Knuckle Roof Mounted Bike Rack. Part number is RKY1202. We have a bike already on the rack, I would like to show you a few features of it. Like I said it's called Brass Knuckles as you can look here they high bar this is pretty much a wheel frame hook that holds down our front wheel plus we have two straps and our wheel cradles that hold down our tires so we will take those off first. All right set those off. Like I said to disengage this you just press the blue lever here, bring up and if you want to engage it you grab it like brass knuckles and just bring it down.
Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Ford Focus
Today on our 2013 Ford Focus we're doin' a test fit of the Rhino Rack Mountain Trail Rooftop Bike Carrier. That part number is RBC035. We already have a bike on our rack. Let's show you a few features. Now this is a fork mounted bike rack. You see that we have our skewer here, our mounted fork.
Rhino Rack Road-Warrior Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Ford Focus
Today on our 2013 Ford Focus, we're doing a test fit of the Rhino-Rack Road Warrior Rooftop Bike Carrier. That part number is RBC036. We already have a bike on the rack. I'd like to show you a features of it. Now, this is a fork mounted bike rack, you see we have a skewer here. Now, toward the back, we just have our back wheel, and our wheel cradle with a strap around it.
Rhino Rack Road Warrior Roof Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford Focus
Today, on our 2012 Ford Focus, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Rhino-Rack Road Warrior Rooftop Mounted Bike Carrier. This is going to be for your fork mounting setup onto your roof rack of the vehicle. You can see that we already have the Rhino Rack Vortex Aero Blades installed. We're going to show you how this gets mounted to that. First thing you're going to need to do is unlock the end cap using the key that you we're provided, which is going to look like so. It's going to have little teeth on the inside and you're just going to turn that and make sure it's unlocked.
Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford Focus
Today on our 2012 Ford Focus, we are going to be doing a test fit of the Rhino Rack Mountain Trail Rooftop Mounted Bike Rack. This is going to be for your single bike to be fork mounted on top of your rack system. As you can see we've already got our Rhino Rack Vortex Arrow Bars installed. This bike rack is going to be part number RBC035, and we're going to set it up here and show you exactly how it's fitted, and what it looks like with a bike on it. First thing we're going to do is make sure that we've got the rubber straps on the inside undone to where we can lay them underneath the bar, and rest the pad on top with the straps coming underneath. Unlock the cover, and remove it. Place the T shape of the rubber strap into the slots and groves here.
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Ford Focus
Today on our 2012 Ford Focus we're going to be test fitting the Swagman fork-down roof-mounted bike carrier, part number S64710. We already have our carrier assembled according to the instructions and now we're ready to mount it up on top of our vehicle. We'll set the bike carrier up on top of our crossbars. We'll fit the U bolts around our front crossbar, through the head of the bike rack and tighten them with our wing nuts. Once we've done that, we'll take the rear U bolt, fit around our rear crossbar and use the clamp plate and the last two wing nuts to secure the rear of the bike carrier. With that done, our bike carrier is all secured to our roof rack and we're all ready to mount up our bike.
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Ford Focus
Today on our 2012 Ford Focus we're going to be test fitting the Rocky Mounts tie-rod roof mounted bike carrier, part number RKY1014. We already have our carrier assembled according to the instructions, so now we're ready to mount it up on top of our vehicle. First we'll lay the carrier up on top of our crossbars. We'll fit the front straps around the crossbar, back to the head of the bikerack and use the included allen key to tighten the straps down. Once we've done that, we can reinstall our front cover. Next, at the rear of the bike rack, we'll fit the rear clamp around our crossbar and use the wing nuts to tighten it down.
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Ford Focus
Today on our 2011 Ford Focus, well be test fitting the Yakima front loader wheel mount bike carrier, part number y02103. Our vehicle is already equipped with the Yakima roof rack system and our bike rack is already preassembled, so we are ready to go ahead and fit it to the vehicle. We will simply clamp the front of the bike carrier to the front cross bar, well then slide the rear clamp over the rear cross bar, and clamp it down using the wing nut. In those few short simple steps our carrier is secured to the cross bars and were ready to go ahead and load our bike. Well go ahead and give you an overall height measurement added to the vehicle, there is 11 of overall height added to the vehicle with the bike carrier in the stored position. To begin loading our bike, well need to open up the top wheel loop, well then loosen up the rear tire strap with the top wheel loop open and our strap loose and we can go ahead and load the bike into the carrier.
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Ford Focus
Today on our 2011 Ford Focus, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof-Mounted Bike Rack, product number RKY1014. Our vehicle is already equipped with the Akima Roof Rack System and our bike rack already pre-assembled. We're ready to go ahead and fit it to the vehicle. This is a very simple fit. We'll start by sliding the rubber-coated steel straps on the head of the bike rack underneath the front bar. We'll then lower the rear mount over the rear bar and secure it to the roof rack.
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2010 Ford Focus
Alright today on this 2010 Ford Focus, we are going to do a test fit the Yakima Bike Rack, part number y02103, this is our front loader. Okay we have this car equipped with the Yakima Roof Rack System already installed. We will go ahead and install the bike rack on top of the crossbars. We will do our first attachment point on the front cross rail, and then we will slide the rear catching point onto the back of the cross rail, and then we will go ahead and tighten them down. The front attachment has a knob in the front that you could twist and it clamps into place, and on the back it has a similar procedure as well. Next well go ahead and loosen up the rear strap, make sure it is out of the way, and then we will make sure that the front wheel holder is in its appropriate spots.
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