Saris Traps Fork-Block 3 Bike Rack - Single Track - 47" Long - 9-mm Skewer

Video Transcript for Saris Traps Fork-Block 3 Bike Rack Review

Colin: Hey guys, it's Colin here at eTrailer, and today we're going to take a look at the Saris Traps Fork Mounted Bike Carrier. This is a bike carrier that's going to be able to carry three bikes either in the bed of your pickup or the back of your SUV just using a small little track platform with three fork mounted bike rack blocks in the tracks. You're going to be able to take your front wheel off of your mountain bike, road bike, whatever you might have, and then mount it to the quick release nine millimeter skewer that comes on the block fork mount.Now, one thing I do want to point out is that if you plan on using this bike rack for the back of your SUV, one thing you're going to have to do is basically just flip the entire system backwards to where if your hatch is right here where I'm standing on the tailgate, then the base is going to be sitting right next to it and your back wheels will be more towards the front of the vehicle. That's just more than they're likely going to be the best way to fit it inside your SUV or your minivan.Now, my favorite thing about this rack is that this is eliminating the need for me to have to get a hitch mounted of bike rack, and it kind of solves my predicament I'm in because I have a truck. I want to use the bed, and I don't want to have to add any length to the back of my truck.Now, the other part of that is I don't want to just lay my bikes in the bed of my pickup. I don't want them getting scratched up, especially with my spray in bed liner.

This could really kind of scratch up and scuff up a nice bike frame, and I don't want them laying on each other either. So I'm kind of getting the best of both worlds right now. I've got my bikes mounted to their forks. They're very secure. They're not going to go anywhere, and I'm not adding any length to the back of my pickup.Let's go ahead and take a look at it on our test course.

Up first is going to be our inaudible 00:01:41, which is going to simulate side to side action like evasive maneuvering or taking a sharp turn. Now we're onto the solid speed bumps, which is going to simulate the up and down action like going over a speed bump or pulling into your driveway. And now our alternating speed bumps, which is going to simulate driving over uneven pavement like potholes.Now these quick release skewers are going to be nice and easy to use just like most other ones that you would find on a roof rack bike rack. Just flip open that clamp, and then we can loosen it up a little bit on this side. Get enough space in there to be able to get the forks out.

Once we have enough space, if you see that it's still kind of picking itself up, maybe loosen it a little bit more. From there you can see it comes right up and off.When you're ready to install it, you just get the forks onto the skewer and do the opposite. Tighten it down as far as you can. You want to make sure that the clamp is in the open position when you're tightening it down. It's still a little bit loose, so we'll tighten it up some more.

So we'll clamp that down. From there it's got a really solid hold of our bike.Now you can see here's one of the entry points to our track. The harbor here is going to come with your base carrier, and you'll get the fork block in its own package. With our bolts right here, we're just going to slide them into the track upside down. In this case, for optimal spacing of our bikes, we're going to kind of straddle the opening right there. We'll grab our fork block, put that over top. Grab a couple flat washers. Put it over top. And then take our cap nuts and put them on.And then from there we're just going to grab a seven sixteenths inch socket. Tighten it down all the way. Once you complete this with the other two blocks, you're going to be ready to load up your bikes and then hit the road.The base carrier does have a nice durable aluminum construction. It's also got a very nice black powder coat finish. It's going to help it resist rust and corrosion. You can see it's just very small and compact, which is something I really like about it. Makes it very easy to store. So if it's just sitting on our truck bed and it's empty, we could just take it and push it against the bulkhead of our pickup or we could even just toss it inside your truck. Fits under the seat very nice. Get all the way across. You can see it's out of sight. It's not going to be in the way.Overall, it's just going to be a very versatile bike carrier that's going to be a great choice for if you want to utilize your truck bed or just the space inside your SUV or a minivan rather than getting a hitch mounted bike rack.Well, thank you all for watching, but that's going to do it for our look at the Saris Traps Three Bike Carrier.