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Tailgate pad converts your tailgate into an easy-to-use 5-bike rack. Integrated bike cradles and closure straps keep your bikes stable and secure. Tuck-away flap provides access to tailgate or rearview camera. Attaches to tailgate with straps.
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Hi. Matt with etrailer. Today we're gonna talk about the Yakima Tailgate Pad on the back of the 2023 Chevrolet Colorado. Now, this is gonna be a great option for you if you want something at that entry level price and something that's gonna be able to organize and keep your bikes secured on the back of your Colorado. Now, it's also gonna be a great option for you if you don't wanna invest in getting a hitch, or you wanna use your hitch for something else and you don't wanna get that bike rack too. It's gonna be really easy to use.
So let's take a closer look at it. So today we have a small frame bike in the back of here and we also have a tonneau cover. And as you can see, it barely fits in here. We have about an inch to spare, so keep that in mind if you do have tonneau cover that you can't remove, you might not be able to get some of your larger bikes back here. But the way our bike is gonna sit on here, it's gonna sit directly on the pad just with its frame making contact, and we're gonna have this strap that goes across, only making one point of contact.
So since we are sitting this on its frame, I don't recommend using any carbon frame bikes. Another thing to add to that, if you have any really heavy bikes like an e-bike, I wouldn't recommend that too unless you're a stronger person, because it's gonna be a pain lifting up that high. And on the front side, you're just gonna have your forks resting in the front of it, and the front of your wheel might kind of block some of your taillight too. That's something else to keep in mind, if you're on some really bumpy roads, this might bounce around a little bit and it could make contact with your taillight, just depending on how you put it on here. And if you look at this, depending on the size of your wheels, might kind of dictate how many bikes you can get on here too.
On the back, we're gonna have five points where you can put five different bikes on, but depending on the size of your bikes and the size of their wheels, they might interfere with one another. Now to take a closer look at the tailgate pad, lastly you're gonna have to take off the bike, and it's really straightforward. All you have to do is loosen up one of these straps, and once it's loosened up, you can take this clamp out or this hook out, and just lift up on the bike. And this is one of those reasons why I recommend getting a regular bike and not an e-bike, because that's gonna be a heavy lift. With your bike off, you can take it for a ride.
Then taking a closer look at it, we're gonna have this flap on the front, and we just have to pull on that to take it off, and it's gonna be secured down by three different points. We're gonna have these two grommets, and then we're gonna have this hook and loop system on it too. And it's also really nice, because it has this nice felt material so it won't scratch up anything underneath. But now we're gonna open up our tailgate and take a closer look at the other side. As you can see, we do have those five points to hook down to. And underneath those straps, you can take a closer look at that padding. That padding is gonna be pretty thick, and it's gonna be kind of designed to fit your frame in the center. And down below, we're also gonna have three straps that go around to the other side. And all you have to do to tighten them down is just pull on it. So that's really nice too, because it's gonna be really easy to take off. And the last thing on this side that I really like about this one in particular is it has this hole, and that eyelet there. It's gonna be great for if you have any cable locks with you or chains with you, if you wanna secure this down so no one can take it off. And you're gonna have plenty of great tie-down points, either being these two eyelets here, or on the other side too. Now how it's gonna interact back here is it's really only gonna block your backup camera. And as you can see here, this flap doesn't secure down anyway. So if you're not riding with any bikes on, that's one of the downfalls with this. With a lot of other tailgate pads, you can secure this down as you're driving without your bikes on, where you can still use that backup camera. But everything else, that being your back window, tail lights and license plates, won't be obstructed by this, unlike a lot of bike racks. Now, for the overall texture and color, we're gonna have this blue design to it, and it's gonna have these mount seeds and the Yakima symbol on it. I'm not a big fan of this design or color on our truck today. Now, if you're not a big fan of that either, you can go on our website and find this in a black version too. Our pad's gonna be constructed from nylon material, and what that's gonna do is make it more weather resistant, but also it's gonna make it more scratch resistant too. So that's great for when you do go out riding and you have a lot of rocks and dirt stuck on your tires, there's gonna be less likely to scratch up your pad when you put them on here. Overall, this will be a great option for you if you're looking at hauling your bikes in a secure fashion and you don't want to throw them in the back of your bed where they can get a little messy, or kind of just scratched up. This is gonna hold them upright and make them look good too. And it's also gonna be great if you don't wanna invest in getting a hitch bike rack system on the back of your vehicle, because one, they can be more expensive, and two, if you want to use your hitch for something else, that's gonna take that away from you. But if you liked everything you saw today, that's just a look at the Yakima Tailgate Pad on the back of our 2023 Chevrolet Colorado.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (83 Customer Reviews)
Tailgate pad converts your tailgate into an easy-to-use 5-bike rack. Integrated bike cradles and closure straps keep your bikes stable and secure. Tuck-away flap provides access to tailgate or rearview camera. Attaches to tailgate with straps.Perfect for hauling around my bikes. Super easy to setup on my 2020 Chevy Colorado.
The concept is good and the materials seem fine. The wheels ocme off with the design for attaching it to the tailgate (moves around) and managing the flap. I'm not even sure why there's a flap (useless). The straps/buckles for attaching the bikes are not the best choices.
Simple, affordable, gets the job done. I would recommend this to anyone with a pickup truck who wants to take bikes with them.
Right product delivered ahead of schedule during the holiday ordering season. Couldn't be happier with the product and service. Outstanding!
I love shopping at etrailer.com. They seem to test their products and make sure they are compatible with my exact year of truck. I purchased a tailgate pad from Yakima. This is the second one I bought. the first one was from cyclingdeals that I bought from [online vendor] and After doing lots of research I thought it would work with my back up camera. Well once I received it I learned that it wouldn’t work with my back up camera. I returned it and started googling again. etrailer.com came up with a pad that they said would fit my truck and work with my backup camera. I ordered it, tried it out and it works great. thank you etrailer.com.
I purchased this Yakima gatekeeper due to the large flap that allows access to the tailgate handle and rear camera. Bike straps are solid and the little extra padding for the downtube is nice.
2017 F250
We hav a Ford F150 quad cab.
This gatekeeper fits perfect.
It does take 2 of us to maneuver the gatekeeper and the tailgate to get the middle strap attached but we love the product. We’ll figure out a way, I’m sure, to do this solo.
Highly recommend.
Very rugged product and well not scratch your tailgate!!! Holds 1 or 6 bikes with ease!!
Great shopping experience (much more straightforward than amazon), product exactly as expected. Based purchase on very helpful etrailer [online] video.
Yakima GateKeeper Tailgate Pad - timely service/shipping and product is excellent-- far better than my bike rack that mounted in the truck bed between the bed rails--securing the bikes is now a 3 minute effort and no climbing into the truck
Fits perfectly on my 2500HD. Looks nice and works great. First impression is it's high quality and will hold up well.
To me it was average after 1 year, which I feel is a better review of an item anyway. Withen 1 or 2 weeks of having it , one of the plastic rings holding the straps broke. etrailer was very good at wanting to replace it, but ,I didn't feel like sending it back( one thing the box it came in was huge), which is on me. I could fix it myself.
It held 2 of my wifes bikes , and one of mine which way over 28 lbs. each. I purchased a carbon bike about a year agoand it always falls to the side when strapped in . I've bunge corded to help that out, it still doesn't hold it tight. I even tried old wash rags around straps,but to no avail.
After 1 year the velcro is still good, but where it attaches to the strap is worn and is very hard to keep tight, we've only use it everyother weekend and never when the temp goes under 45 degrees.
the material it's made of is still in very good shape. The only other con is it would be nice if the flap coud be velcrod open so you can see out of the backing camera
The Yakima GateKeeper Tailgate Pad works great. It's easy to put on and take off as needed and protects the tailgate and bikes we carry. Perflect for an old Ranger or hopefully soon the a new Maverick.
THIS YAKIMA TAILGATE BIKE CARRIER IS
VERY WELL MADE. THE CRADLES TO SET
YOUR FRAME IN ARE NICELY PADDED. THE
VELCRO STRAPS KEEP THEM SECURE DURING
TRANSPORT. THIS IS GREAT PRODUCT.
ETRAILER ALWAYS HAS THE BEST PRICES
AND SERVICE. THANKS ETRAILER!
The cradle straps do not have enough flexibility to provide a secure tight fit for smaller diameter framed road and hybrid type bikes. Just a poor design of the straps as there is only about half inch of the velcro actually securing the strap when fully tightened while the remaining velcro (over an inch) not making any contact. Product is really only for larger tubed bikes such as mountain bikes and child bikes. My bikes would be more secure just laying them down in the bed of the truck with a couple bungee cords.
Works great. Very convenient. Leaves a good amount of bed space for other items like camping equipment etc. Easy tailgate access to the Tundra through the handle access flap. Would definitely recommend.
Great bike carrier! We carry 4 bikes and this keeps them secure even on dirt and bumpy roads. It takes a few minutes to get it on the tailgate correctly, but once on it works great!
Easy to put on and take off the tailgate. Keeps bikes completely secure.
With a little tuck you can even still use the reverse camera!
its a quality made product, but doesn't fit a 2017 RAM tailgate very well. A RAM tailgate is wider in the middle which causes the tailgate cover to have a big wrinkle on either side of center caused by the cover being tighter on the ends than in the middle where the tailgate is wider. My bikes didn't sit very well on the tailgate, I believe mostly because of the wide RAM tailgate. I tried on the outside and in the middle, which didn't make a difference.
The Gatekeeper has performed as expected in a 2017 Ram 2500. 5 Stars always goes to etrailer. They are an outstanding company that always exceeds expectations with customer service.
We ordered for a family vacation where we pull a travel trailer with our pickup and needed a place for all the bikes. It works really well and kept all bikes stable and with no damage over a very long trip. Great product!
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3/26/2024
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