Most Popular Roof Bike Racks for Subaru Forester

Fit Test: Kuat Piston SR Bike Rack for 1 Bike on a 2020 Subaru Forester

Hey everyone, it is Evangeline here at etrailer and today we have the Kuat Piston SR with a hitch adapter. And we're gonna take a look at how it fits on our 2020 Subaru Forester. So the Kuat Piston SR, super cool bike rack has a dual wheel mount design which means it's super fast to get your bike on there and to take it off but most importantly it has 100 pound weight capacity. So whether you have a heavy electric bike, a step through bike, a mountain bike, a road bike, this can carry pretty much any of the bikes. Now focusing on our Subaru Forester here let's talk about things like how it fits, ground clearance, stuff like that. Now usually a bike rack would tilt away and fold up.

RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Forester

Today on our 2016 Subaru Forester we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts JetLine Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1320. One of the first features about this is the fact that it doesn't grip it by the bike's frame at all. Instead it uses two other points such as the rear wheel strap here. Then we have the locking front skewer here. You knock this out and you can attach a lock to add some additional security and to prevent theft and tampering. Move back here to the hatch.

RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Forester RKY1270

Today on our 2016 Subaru Forester, we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts SwitchHitter Rooftop Bike Rack, part number RKY1270. One of the main features about this bike rack is that it doesn't grip it by the frame at all, so you won't have any scratches or dings on your bike once you install it. Instead, it has two points of contact. We have a rear wheel strap here at the back, as well as a skewer at the front, that locks it by your bike's forks. Let's go back to the hatch here. As you can see, there's plenty of space between the bike rack itself and the hatch, so you won't have any problems there.

Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester

Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're going to be test-fitting the Thule Big Mouth Roof-Mounted Bike Rack, part number TH599XTR. With the Thule Crossroads Roof Rack System already assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test-fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we want to go ahead and bring our front clamps around our front bar and we'll get our rear ones set as well. All you've got to do is undo one of the little knobs. We'll loosen up the other one a little bit and we'll make sure that we have each bolt around the rear load bar. Then we can place the plate back into position and hold it down with the wing nuts. We're just going to go ahead and get that snug for a nice little secure fit, then we can move back up to the front of our bike rack. Here, we want to take our clamps and bring them around.

Compatible? Yes! The Yakima FrontLoader Wheel Mount Bike Carrier Fits a 2015 Subaru Forester

Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we are going to be doing a test fit of the Yakima Front Loader, this is a roof mounted wheel clamp style bike rack, part number on it is Y02103. Now we've already got the Yakima Rail Grab system that we've installed in the Forester here, we'll begin our test fit by just placing the rack right up onto the crossbars here. At the front there is a large black T handle, as that is tighten down, it draws the rear portion of the clamp forward, we'll have, let me show you quickly here, the two outer clamps got to the front, the rear clamp goes to the back and as you tighten it, that comes together. It's really is one of the easiest clamps I think that there is on the market as far as getting the front done, really easy to get on there, wait till it makes contact, give it a couple of good turns and really guys it's all there is to it, nice and secure. Now we can come around to the rear here and we'll clamp the other way or strap other way. As you can see we've got a two piece clamp here, we need to first remove that T bolt, pull that down through the slot, it's going to allow us to separate that lower portion, that will come out completely. This is going to give us one, two and three different positions to start that clamp in with the round bars, I usually use that first one and get this close, as close as we can get to start.

Is the Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Carrier Compatible with the 2015 Subaru Forester?

Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're going to be doing a test fit on the Yakima ForkLift. This is a roof-mounted fork clamp-style bike rack. Part number on it is Y02098. Now we've already got our Yakima RailGrab roof rack system that we've installed on the Forester, so I'll begin the test fit by just placing the rack right up onto our load bars here, crossbars. We'll now want to remove the skewer from the front. This is reversed threads so you'll want to act as though you're tightening it for it to actually loosen.

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester

Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we're going to do a test fit on the Rocky Mounts Tie Rod. This is a roof mounted fork clamp style bike rack, part number on it RKY1014. To begin our test fit, we've already got our Rhino Rack Vortex Aero Roof Rack System installed, so we'll bring the black rubber straps on the head of the carrier around the underside of that bar. We'll then pull off the black cover, bring our straps around, fit them up into the head of the carrier. There's two indentations located here on each side. These straps are made to fit right up into them here, as you can see. We've then got a single bolt here on the front.

Does it Fit? Testing the Rhino-Rack MountainTrail Rooftop Bike Carrier on a 2015 Subaru Forester

Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're going to do a test fit of the Rhino Rack Mountain Trail. This is a roof-mounted fork clamp-style bike rack. Part number is RBC035. Now we've already got our Rhino Rack Vortex Aero roof rack system installed onto Forester so we'll begin our test fit by placing our rack right onto the roof line. As we do, the two black rubber-coated metal straps, we want to bring those around the underside of our front crossbar. We'll then remove the black cover.

Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester

Rate your transcript OrderClientKevin BrossRef #20670Order #TC0686652956 Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're going to be doing a test fit of the Thule Paceline. This is a roof-mounted fork clamp-style bike rack. The part number on it is TH527. Now we've already got our Rhino Rack Vortex Aero Roof Rack System installed, so we're going to begin our test fit by simply placing the rack right up onto the crossbar. With the front we need to lift up on the black and gray knob, then lift up on the small black lever. This will allow us to separate our clamp here at the front. We can then shift the whole rack backwards, placing the upper portion of our clamp just over top of our crossbar. We'll then bring the under portion around.

Thule Sprint Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Forester

Rate your transcript OrderClientKevin BrossRef #20594Order #TC0581384122 Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're going to do a test fit on the Thule Sprint. This is a fork clamp style, roof mounted bike rack. Part number on it, TH528. We've already got our Rhino Rack Vortec Arrow Roof Rack System installed onto the Forester, so we'll begin our test fit by placing our rack directly onto our bars. As we do, we'll hold down on the black, rubber coated metal straps. This is going to allow them to come around the underside of our crossbar.We can then push up and we'll fit it into the indention located right there at the front. Now let's move to the rear. We'll slide this clamp rearward until it's resting directly on top of our crossbar.

Does it Fit? Testing the Kuat Trio Roof Bike Rack on a 2015 Subaru Forester

Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we're going to do a test fit of the Kuat TRIO. This is a roof-mounted, fork-clamp style back rack in the black and chrome, as we have here today. The part number is TR02. This is also available on a gun metal gray and orange. That part number is RU01. To begin our test fit, we're going to place the rack right on top of the Rhino Rack, Vortex Roof Rack System that we've got installed. At the front, we've got two black U-bolts that are rubber coated.

How to Set Up Your Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Carrier on a 2009 Subaru Forester

Today, on our 2009 Subaru Forester we will be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64710. With the Thule Rapid Podium Roof Rack system on our vehicle we will begin our test fit by placing the Swagman Fork Down directly onto our load bars. Here at the front platform we will want to bring our u bolts around the underside of our load bar, feeding them up through the platform and securing them by installing the two wing nuts. Once we have those tight we can repeat that process for the other side of our front platform. We will move to the rear and drop our u bolt through the top of our bike rack. Making sure that the bolts go around our rear load bar, we will want to fit our bracket around our bolts and then secure it by tightening down our wing nuts. With the front and rear secure we can go ahead and undo the rear wheel strap and make sure the skewer at the front is loose. We will grab our bike and place it onto the bike rack.

Installing the Swagman Upright Bike Rack for 1 Bike on your 2009 Subaru Forester

Today on our 2009 Subaru Forester, we'll be test fitting the Swagman rooftop bike rack, part number S64720. With a Thule Rapid Podium roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the Swagman bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front platform, we'll take our u-bolts, and bring them around the underside of our load bars. We'll feed them back up through the platform, and secure it by tightening the wing nuts. We'll move to the other side of the platform and repeat this process. Here at the rear, we'll take our u-bolt and drop it through the top of our bike rack, making sure that the bolts go around our rear load bar. We'll then fit the bolts through the bracket and secure it by installing our wing nuts. With the front and rear secure, we can go ahead and undo the wheel strap here at the rear and the wheel strap at the front. We'll also loosen up the hand knob for our frame jaws. We'll grab our bike and place it onto our bike rack.

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2009 Subaru Forester

Today on our 2009 Subaru Forester we'll be test fitting the Rockymounts Tierod roof mounted bike rack, part number RKY1014. With the Thule Rapid Podium Roof Rack System on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing our tierod bike rack onto our load bars. Here at the front we'll remove the black plastic cover and bring our straps around our front bar. We can then fit the straps back into the head of the carrier and use an allen key to tighten the allen bolt which will tighten our straps around our front bar. Once we have that tight we can replace our black plastic cover. Here at the rear, we'll undo an allen bolt so we can bring our rear clamp around our rear bar. We'll drop the allen bolt back through and tighten it in place with an allen key. With the front and rear secure, we'll go ahead and undo the rear wheel strap and make sure the skewer at the front is loose. We'll grab our bike and place it onto our bike rack, dropping our front forks down onto our skewer. We'll secure the bike first by tightening our skewer and then move to our rear and tighten with the wheel strap. That completes today's test fit of the Rockymounts Tierod roof mounted bike rack, part number RKY1014, on our 2009 Subaru Forester. .

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2009 Subaru Forester

Today on our 2009 Subaru Forester, well be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch roof-mounted bike rack, part number RKY1011. With the Thule Podium Style Roof Rack System on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the RockyMounts Tierod Stretch directly onto our load bars.Here at the front well bring the rubber-coated straps around the front bar and remove our black plastic cover. Well fit the straps into the head of the carrier and then use an Allen key to tighten the Allen bolt, which will secure our straps around our front bar. We can then replace our black plastic cover.Here at the rear well loosen up an Allen Bolt to bring our rear clamp around our rear bar, well drop the Allen Bolt back through and tighten them down using an Allen key.With the front and rear secure, well go ahead and undo the rear wheel strap and make sure the skewer at the front is loose. Well grab our bike, place it onto the bike rack and drop our front forks down onto our skewer. Well secure the bike first by tightening our skewer and then move to the rear and tighten with the wheel strap. With our bike loaded up.

Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2009 Subaru Forester

Today on our 2009 Subaru Forester, well be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number TH599XTR. With the Thule crossroad roof rack system assembled on to our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up on to the vehicles bars. Starting at the front, well bring the bracket around the underside of the front bar and insert the T-bolt into the designating spots. We can then turn the black wing nuts to tighten down the clamps up against the front bar. Now Im moving to the rear, well remove one of the wing nuts to bring the rear bracket around the underside of the bar. Well then reinstall our wing nut to secure the rear part of the bike rack to the bar.