RockyMounts JetLine Roof Bike Rack - Fork Mount - Aluminum - Black

Video Transcript for RockyMounts Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Nissan Altima

Today in our 2017 Nissan Altima, we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts JetLine Roof Bike Rack, part number RKY1320. We already have our bike installed on the rack, let's go and take a closer look and show off some of our features. How the bike attaches to the rack, we're going to have two points of contact with no frame contact at all. Instead, we're going to have this front skewer mount, which is going to grip your bike by the fork mounts. You can knock this out and actually install a lock cord to it so you can secure your bike to the bike rack. At the rear we have this wheel strap here. This is adjustable along the length of the bike rack to accommodate different size bikes.

With the bike rack in this position, there's not going to be any issues of clearance between the trunk and the bike rack as you can see here. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. We'll start with the rear strap. You just push up on the top of the tab here, which will release it, and bring it out. Then we'll come up to the front here and to release this all you do is pull that like so and at this point you can loosen or tighten it however you need, and take off your bike. How this actually attaches to your bike rack it's pretty easy. It actually installs in the T-slots of your crossbars here.

If you don't have the T-slots in your crossbars this does have other attachments available to attach to your crossbars. To tighten it down, we're going to have two screws up at the top here in the front and one off to the side here on the rear side. Also, with this cover, you can knock out this plastic piece here and replace it with a lock cord as well so you can actually secure your bike rack itself to the roof rack. There you have it for the RockyMounts JetLine Roof Bike Rack part number RKY1320 on our 2017 Nissan Altima. Here it is on our test course. We'll start by going through the slalom.

This is going to show us the side-to-side action which simulates turning corners or evasive maneuvers. Next we're at the alternating speed bumps, which will see the twisting action. This will simulate hitting a curb or pothole or driving over uneven pavement. Finally we have the full speed bumps where we'll see the up and down action which is just like driving out of a parking lot garage or driveway.