Most Popular Hitch Bike Racks for 2012 Ford Escape

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford Escape

Today on our 2012 Ford Escape, we'll be doing a test fit of the Thule T2 Pro platform style 4 bike rack. That's part number TH9034-9036. I've already got it loaded up on the Escape just to give you a good idea on what it looks like and how it's going to hold our bikes. It actually secures our bikes in 2 spots. We have this nice big wheel hook here in the front putting down pressure on our front wheel into this large wheel cradle here and then we have a rear wheel strap going over our wheel here keeping that in place. All in all there is no frame contact. One of the key features about this bike rack is its ability to tilt away from the vehicle with 4 bikes loaded up.

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford Escape TH912XTR

Today on our 2012 Ford Escape, we'll be doing a test fit of the Thule Roadway hanging style 2 bike rack, that's part number TH912XTR. I've already got it loaded up on the Escape with our bike loaded up as well just to give you a good idea on what it's going to look like and how it's going to hold our bikes. It secures our bikes in 3 spots. We have 2 straps going over our top tube and then 1 for our seat post tube. This one is going to be our anti sway strap. It's going to prevent a lot of the sway in the bike while we're on the road as well as prevent bike to bike contact and bike to vehicle contact. Let's go ahead and take our bike off.

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford Escape

Today, on our 2012 Ford Escape, we'll be doing a test fit of the Swagman XC2 Platform-Style Two Bike Rack. That's part number S64650. I've already got it loaded up on the Escape, just to give you a good idea of what it's going to look like and how it's going to secure our bikes. It secures our bike in one big spot, and that's going to be this top tube here. We've got this hook going over our top tube, putting down pressure into our front and rear cradles. All in all, it's nice security for our bike. It's quick and easy. Let's go ahead and take our bike off.

Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford Escape

Today on our 2012 Ford Escape we're test fitting the Kuat Transfer Three Bike Platform style rack. This rack is adaptable for inch and a quarter or two inch hitches. The part number for that is TS03G. Now, as you can see, we do already have our bike mounted. We're going to show you some features of the bike rack, itself, and then also how we strap down the bike. The first thing we're going to show you is the tilting feature. Now, with this platform style we are able to tilt it away from the vehicle with the bike still on the rack itself.

Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford Escape

Today on our 2012 Ford Escape, we are test fitting the Curt Premium Tilting 4 Bike Rack designed for 2 inch hitches. And part number for that is going to be C18064. Now as you can see here, we do already have our bike on our rack. We're going to show you how we strap the bike down and then also some features of the rack itself. Now as you can see here, we've got two cradles holding in our bike and 3 straps, 2 on the frame here and then 1 back here. That's going to be your anti-sway strap and cradle. That's going to keep the bike from swaying back and forth and possibly hitting your vehicle.

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford Escape TH9031XT

Today on our 2012 Ford Escape, we're test fitting the Thule Vertex Swinging Style Four Bike Rack. This bike rack is designed to work with 2" hitches and the part number for that is TH9031XT. As you can see we do already have our bike on our rack. We're going to show you how we strap the bike down and then also some features of the rack itself. The first thing we're going to do is show you the swing away feature. You're first going to pull up on this T-pin right here, set that off to the side.

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford Escape TH9029XT

Today on our 2012 Ford Escape, we're test fitting the Thule Vertex 4-bike rack. It's a hanging style bike rack and it also is tilting. Part number for that is TH9029XT. Now, great feature about this bike rack is that does work with 1 1/4-inch and 2-inch hitches. It's got an adapter for those 2-inch hitches. As you can see, we do already have our bike hooked onto our carrier.

Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford Escape

Today on our 2012 Ford Escape we're going to be test fitting the Thule Hitching Post Pro. This is a folding and tilting 4-bike rack. It's been designed for use with the 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. Its part number is TH934XTR. To begin our test fit we're going to slide the shank of the rack right up into the receiver tube of our hitch. We'll slide it in far enough so that our threaded hole will line up with our hitch pinhole. We'll then take our anti-rattle bolt and we'll slide that in.

Thule Helium Aero Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford Escape

Rate your transcript OrderClientKevin BrossRef #20521Order #TC0905523020 Today on our 2012 Ford Escape, were going to be test fitting the Thule Helium Aero. This is a folding and tilting two bike rack. Theyve designed it for use with the 1-1/4 or 2 inch hitches. The part number is TH9042. Now to begin our test fit, were going to slide the shank of the rack into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we do, well hold out on the black pin.

Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford Escape

Today on our 2012 Ford Escape we're going to test fit the Yakima FullTilt. This is a folding and tilting 4-Bike rack. It's been designed so you can use it with either an inch and a quarter or a two inch hitch. Part number on it is Y02462. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we slide it in, you want to make sure the silver anti-rattle device goes in and then we'll slide it in far enough until our silver pin appears here in our hitch pin hole. We'll then come to the rear and tighten the red triangle shape knob.

Thule Vertex Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford Escape

Today on our 2012 Ford Escape, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Vertex. This is a folding and tilting four bike style rack. We can use it with both 1 1/4 and 2 inch hitches, part number is TH9029. To begin our test fit, we're just going to slide the shank of the rack into the receiver tube of our hitch. We're then going to line up our threaded hole with our hitch pin hole. Once we get those in line, we'll take our anti-rattle bolt and thread that in.

Swagman Titan Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford Escape

Today on our 2012 Ford Escape we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Titan. This is a folding and tilting 4-bike rack. It's been designed for use in a 1-1/4" or 2" hitch. Its part number is F63410. To begin our test fit we're going to slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. Want to slide it in far enough to line up our pinhole with our hitch pinhole.

Kuat NV Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford Escape

Today on our 2012 Ford Escape we're going to be talking a look at the Kuat NV, a platform-style 4-bike tilting rack. Now they've designed this for use in 2" hitches and chrome part number is N105-107. We also have this in a gun metal gray and orange; that part number is N101-103. To begin our test fit we need to slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we do this we want to line up our pinhole here with our hitch pinhole. We'll then slide through the provided pin and secure it on the other side with our provided lock. It just slides right on the end. Now that we've got our pin in place we're going to turn the black knob that's located here at the rear.