Most Popular Roof Bike Racks for Subaru Outback Wagon

Kuat Piston SR Roof 1 Bike Rack Review - 2023 Subaru Outback Wagon

Hey, it's Ethan here at etrailer. Today we're gonna be taking a look at the Kuat Piston SR Roof Bike Rack on our 2023 Subaru Outback Wilderness. So this might be a good option for you if you have something in your hitch already, if you don't have a hitch, or you just wanna store a bike on your roof rack. This is capable of holding a bike up to 67 pounds, and you'll save some room for other accessories on your crossbars. The SR holds onto our bike with this dual-wheel mounting structure, so it's not making any frame contact which is nice. In the event that you want to transport a carbon frame bike, you can do that.

Malone Roof Bike Racks Review - 2022 Subaru Outback Wagon

Hey everyone, Charles here at etrailer, and today we're taking a look at the Malone Pilot roof mounted bike rack on a 2022 Subaru Outback wagon Wilderness. This is gonna be a great way of transporting your bicycle especially if you don't have a hitch or anything like that. It is a front wheel mount, which I like because I don't have to worry about damaging a carbon frame style bike or having to worry about a custom paint or any of the odd shaped style frames. We're gonna have three attachment points holding the bike on the rack, a strap for each tire, and then the front wheel mount. Has a weight capacity of 33 pounds, just make sure to not exceed that. And the cradles do adjust left and right to accommodate those different wheel base sizes.

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2022 Subaru Outback Wagon

Hey everyone, Charles here at the etrailer and today we're taking a look at the INNO Tire Hold Roof-Mounted Bike Rack on a 2022 Subaru Outback Wagon Wilderness. So this is gonna be a dual tire-mounted bike rack which is gonna be great especially for those carbon frame style bikes, custom paint or odd shape style bike frames, because you're being held on by the tires. It's gonna be made out of aluminum and finished with a black powder coat, making it durable and rust resistant as well. To take the bike on and off is really simple compared to a lot of the other roof bike racks that I've worked on. So your main contact points are just these two wheel mounts and keeping a hand on the bike we can, after we unlock it, lift up on this latch and that is going to loosen up the back tire hole, but make sure you have a good grip because right now your bike is free and all we have to do is wheel it behind and grab it up and take it off the bike. To put it on, we're gonna start with the front wheel and then all we have to do is lift this up just a little bit, lock that into place and now all we have to do is, roll it forward until it stops clicking.

Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2022 Subaru Outback Wagon

Hey, everybody, welcome to etrailer.com, I'm Bobby. And today we're taking a look at the "Yakima HighRoad Roof-Mounted Bike Carrier", here on our 2022 Subaru Outback Wilderness. So you guys are wanting to get your bikes on your vehicle and maybe you don't wanna start tearing up the face here in the back of your Outback Wilderness or just don't wanna have to handle or mess with the messy old hitch on the back. This can be a nice way of actually getting your bike on the roof of your car. And all we're gonna need is some nice little crossbar. So you might have factory bars at home or aftermarket bars.

Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon

Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Subaru Outback wagon, we're going to be test fitting the Rhino Rack Mountain Trail Rooftop Rack Bike Rack part number RBC035. We already have a bike installed on our rack, so let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.How the bike is held into place, we're not going have any frame contact at all. Instead, we're going to have a front skewer mount here, which will grab your bike by its forks. Then, at the rear, we have this wheel strap, which is adjustable along the bike rack to accommodate bikes of different sizes. Back up to the skewer mount, there is a lock installed on it, so once you have this in place and secured, it can lock this, and now your bike is going to be secured to your bike rack. Also, on top, we do have this lock here, and once you lock that down your bike rack will be secured to your roof rack.

Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon

Speaker 1: Today we're with the 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon. We're going to be test-fitting the Yakima high speed bike rack, part number YZ2115. We already have a bike installed on the rack, so let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.How the bike is attached to the rack, we're not going to have any frame contact at all. Instead, we're going to have a fork mount up at the front with this clamp that holds it in place, as well as a strap towards the rear that ratchets into place and keeps that where it need to be.With everything installed as it is, we're not going to have any issues of clearance between the bike rake and our hatch, as you can see here. And also, at the back we have an integrated cable lock with an option to get a lock core, if you want to secure your bike to the bike rack. And there's also a lock towards the front here at this point because as you turn this, that's what keeps this fork mount in place and you can secure that to the bike rack as well.How it attaches to the roof-rack system, we're going to have these rubber-coated steel straps that wrap around and clamp into place up on top, like so.

RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on our 2017 Subaru Outback wagon we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts BrassKnuckles rooftop bike rack, part number RKY1202. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this bike attaches to the rack, we're going to have no frame contact at all. Instead we'll have this front wheel hook securing our front part of our bike. Then we'll have two wheel straps at the front and rear to hold those in place.

Rhino Rack Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on our 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon we're going to be test fitting the Rhino Rack Hybrid Roof Top Bike Rack, part number RRRBC050. We already have a bike installed on the rack, let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this attaches to the bike rack, we're going t have no frame contact at all. Instead we'll have this wheel hook up at the front, and the two wheel straps at the front and rear tire to hold those in place as well. These are adjustable to accommodate bikes of different sizes, and with everything installed we're not going to have an issue of clearance between our bike rack and the hatch as you can see here. This also has two locks to secure your bike to the rack. We have one here as well as at this point on our wheel hook, and that's for an integrated cable lock, which is sold separately.

Yakima Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon y02114

Today on our 2017 Subaru Outback Wagon, we're going to be testing fitting the Yakima HighRoad Rooftop Bike Rack, part number Y02114. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this bike actually attaches to the rack, we're not going to have any frame contact at all. Instead, it's going to grip your bike by the front tire up here, as you can see. Then, at the back, we have this rear strap and this is adjustable along the length of the bike rack to accommodate bikes of different sizes. With everything installed, we're not going to have an issue of clearance between our rear hatch and the bike rack, as you can see here. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside.

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon

Speaker 1: Today on our 2016 Subaru Outback, we're gonna be testing the Inno Fork Lock III Roof Bike Rack. And that's gonna be part number INA391. As you can see we do have a bike installed, so let's take a closer look and show off some of the features.If we look at the bike, we're gonna see it's secured at two different points of contact. Not connecting with the frame at all. We're gonna see right here this wheel strap, it comes up and secures our rear wheel in place. This cradle right here is adjustable, back and forth along the bike rack to accommodate any length bike you might have.Up front, we're gonna have this clamping system that grips the front of our bike by its forks.

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on this 2016 Suburu Outback Wagon we're going to be testing the Kuat Trio roof bike rack, part number TR02. 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. We're going to have two points of contact to hold this doing, we're going to have a fork mount up at the front here, and it's controlled by this lever. We're also going to have a wheel strap in the back. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. Go ahead and push this tab in on the back wheel strap first, then we'll come up to the front and loosen up our fork mount, like so. You can tighten it by turning it to the right and left on the other side and then pushing this back down in place. Let's go ahead and lift the bike up. Put that back in place. Now how this actually attaches to the factory roof rack here, in back, we going to have this bracket here with two turn knobs.

Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on this 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Circuit XT Roof Bike Rack, part number TH526XT. 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. How it's attached to the rack, we're going to have 2 points of contact. We're going to have a wheel strap in the back here, and up towards the front, it grips it by the forks. Just loosen up this lever like so, you can pull the bike out. There's also a point here where you can take out this and install a lock core for additional security. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside.

Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on this 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon, we'll be test fitting the Rhino-Rack MountainTrail Rooftop Bike Carrier, part number RBC035. 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 how this actually attaches to the roof rack, we have two points of contact with absolutely no frame contact at all. We have a fork mount up at the front here, which is controlled by this lever here, which is lockable, so that adds a little bit of security to it and we also have this wheel strap in the back. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. Then start with the wheel strap, just push in this tab and the strap comes right out. The front, loosen up a handle here and you turn it to the right to tighten and the left to loosen, to wrap around the forks. Lift their bike off. Now with the rear wheel strap, I'm going to go ahead and put that back in place just so it doesn't flap around while I'm driving.

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2016 Subaru Outback Wagon ina392

Today on this 2016 Subaru Outback wagon, we're going to be test fitting the Inno multi-fork lock roof bike rack, part number INA392. We already have a bike installed on the rack, let's go ahead and show off some of the features. How it attaches to the rack, we're going to have two points of contact. We're going to have a wheel strap in the back here. And then it's going to hold up on the forks at the front. Now for added security, this front portion does lock down. With this covering this, you cannot actually take the bike off as it is here. Let's go ahead and take the bike off, though, and show you how that's done.

Yakima ForkLift Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon

Jake: Hey, guys, Jake here with etrailer. Today we have a 2015 Subaru Outback. We're going to be doing a test fit of the Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack. This is going to haul your single bike to and from the trails whenever you might be going riding by yourself. It's going to have two different attachment points. You're going to have a nice strap here in the back on our platform holding your rear tire in place, and on the front, it's going to have this pin that's going to lock your forks into the front here.

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on our 2014 Subaru Outback, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Inno Multi-fork roof rack mounted bike carrier. As you can see up here on the top of our vehicle, we already have the factory rails put in place. We're going to be putting part number INA392 up on top so you can see how it fits. All right. Once we get it set up here, we're going to do a few things. We're going to unlock the cover and shield. Flip up the front cover once we get it semi rotated up.

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on our 2014 Subaru Outback, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Kuat Trio. This is going to be your roof rack mounted bike rack. It's going to be part number TR02. If you look up on top of our Outback we do have our stock and factory roof rails already in place and we're going to be mounting this to it today. First step is going to be to slide in your screws and put on your thumb screws on the end of it or your bolt, slide in your bolts and put your thumb screws on the end of it with the ones already partially assembled, that way when you get it up here, all you got to do is slide it under. Next thing we're going to do is come up here on the front and looking at this you'd want to push it over just a little bit so you have clearance with your chrome tensioner and tightener here for the skewer. You have 2 U bolts, slide the U bolt underneath and into the holes.

Thule Sprint Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on our 2014, Subaru Outback, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Thule Sprint. This will be our roof-rack mounted bike carrier, for your forks. If you look up here on the vehicle, you can see that we already have our factory roof-rack and rails in place. This will be part #TH528. Now, let's see how it fits on the vehicle. First thing you're going to do is slide that rubber strap underneath the front bar. The back one here, will adjust to wherever we need it, so let's get it there as well.

Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on our 2014 Subaru Outback we're going to be doing a test fit of the Rhino Rack Mountain Trail roof rack mounted bike rack. This is going to be Part Number RBC035 and we're going to be mounting it up here onto our factory roof rails that we already have in place. Let's show you how it's done. The first thing you're going to do is make sure that the cover is unlocked and remove it. Once you have the cover removed, make sure the tensioner is loose and you'll be able to get those straps out. Once you have the rubber straps out of the way, we'll sit it up on top of the vehicle and slide those straps underneath while the rack sits on top of the rail. Once you have the rubber on top of the rail and the straps around, we're going to put these in the grooves here. The straps will sit right there like so.

Inno Roof Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today, on our 2014 Subaru Outback Wagon, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Inno Tire Hold rooftop mounted bike rack mounted to our factory cross-rails. This is what it's going to look like once you have it fully assemble and in place on your vehicle. This is going to be part number INA389. First off, let's go ahead and talk about how the bike is secured to the rack. You'll notice that it's only secured by the rubber on the tires instead of making contact with the frame of the bike. Let's go ahead and take the bike off, first thing to do.

SportRack Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on our 2013 Subaru Outback, we're going to be test fitting the Sportrack Roof Mounted Bike Rack with part number SR4622. Bike rack's made to fit onto the roof rack of your vehicle and offers a fork clamp style connection point here at the front. To begin our test fit, we'll bring one of our black, rubber coated, metal U-bolts around the underside of cross bar and thread two wing nuts onto it. We just going to get these hand tight for now. We'll go through our final tightening process once we have them both in place. Bring our second one up through now, thread the wing nut done onto it and one more here at the rear. We'll get it positioned where we want it, we'll have this skewer centered just about over the top of our crossbar and then we'll tighten both of our wing nuts down on each of the U-bolts. All right with the front secure, let's move to the rear.

Inno Multi-Fork Lock Bike Rack Review - 2012 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today, on this 2012 Subaru Outback wagon we're going to show you the Inno Multi-fork bike carrier, part number INA392. This is what it looks like when it's installed on our vehicle. Now our vehicle does have the factory roof rack installed with the factory cross bars as well. Our Inno bike rack actually clamps directly to these bars. Now in this typical set up here we have a row bike installed in our bike carrier. This will haul a variety of different style bikes. We can go ahead and take a closer look. We'll go ahead and take our rear bike and just move it out of the way for now. We'll loosen up a strap by simply pushing on the top part of this lever here.

Thule Sprint Fork Mount Bike Rack Review - 2011 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on our 2011 Subaru Outback were going to be test fitting the Thule Sprint. This is a fork mount style roof bike rack, part number TH528. With the factory roof rack already installed on our Subaru well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack right up onto our crossbars. As we do this were going to want to guide the black rubber coated metal straps around the underside of our crossbars. With those going around the underside were going to bring the front one around, were going to place it into the small indentions that are located here underneath the front head of the carrier. Then well tighten it down with the black lever located here behind our foot pack. For your initial tightening process you want that lever pointed straight out so it acts like a screw.

Rhino-Rack Mountain Trail Bike Rack Review - 2011 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on our 2011 Subaru Outback Wagon, were going to be test fitting the Rhino-Rack Mountain Trail. This is a fork clamp style roof bike rack. Its part number is RBC2035. With the factory roof rack already on our Subaru, were going to begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly up onto our crossbars. As we do this, we want to be sure that the two black rubber coated metal straps come around the underside of our crossbar. We can then remove the black plastic cover.

Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2011 Subaru Outback Wagon

Today on our 2011 Subaru Outback Wagon we'll be test fitting the Swagman upright roof-mounted bike rack, part number S64720. We'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack onto the vehicle's crossbars. We'll bring out our hardware to go underneath the front bar into the pre-drilled holes in the front part of the bike rack. We'll then thread on our black wingnuts and secure the front part of the bike rack to the front crossbar. We'll then move to the rear where this time we'll slide the sliver bracket down through the pre-drilled holes taking the black plate up on the underside of the rear bar and threading on our black wingnuts. We'll then tighten everything down to secure the bike rack to the vehicle. Now with everything all tightened down and secured we're ready to load up our bike. We'll double check to make sure our jaws are lose and we'll undo the front and rear strap. We'll place our bike up onto the bike rack maneuvering the frame hook up around the sprocket. Quick tech tip, if you bike has a very large diameter downward portion of the frame, it may not fit into the jaws of the bike rack. With our bike in place we can tighten on the black knob to secure the claws up against the bottom portion of the frame. We can then secure the front and rear tire with the red straps. Now that our bike is all loaded up that will complete today's test fit for the Swagman upright roof-mounted bike rack, part number S64720 on our 2011 Subaru Outback Wagon. .