Best 2013 Ford Focus Bike Racks

Fit Test: Swagman XTC2 Bike Rack for 2 Bikes on a 2013 Ford Focus

Speaker 1: Today, on our 2013 Ford Focus. We're going to be doing a test fit on the Swagman XTC2 platform style bike rack. That's part #S64670. So, I've already got it loaded up on the Focus. Just to give a good idea of what it looks like. And, how it's going to hold our bikes.

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Ford Focus

Today on our 2013 Ford Focus we're gonna be taking a look at the Thule Roadway 2 Bike Rack, Part Number TH912XTR. Now our bike's gonna be held onto our bike rack at three points. We're gonna have two straps. They're gonna go over our cross tube here on the top and then right here on our vertical support we're gonna have another strap that's gonna act as our anti-sway. Now the way we're gonna remove it is we're just gonna pull on the straps and release it from the holder right here. Now these are rubber straps so we won't have to worry about scratching our bike or in the paint on it. With all the straps loosened we can take our bike off and take a closer look at our bike rack. The cradles here are gonna have several grooves in them and that's to help keep our bike secure.

Does it Fit? Testing the Swagman XC2 Bike Rack for 2 bikes on a 2013 Ford Focus

Today in our 2013 Ford Focus, we're going to be test-fitting the Swagman XC2 bike rack for inch and a quarter and two inch hitches, part number S64650. 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. First off, how the bike is actually attached to the rack, we're going to have one point of contact. That's going to be this padded frame hook up at the top. It's padded to make sure the bike does not get scratched up once you have it installed.

Hollywood Racks Sport-Rider-2 Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Ford Focus

Today on our 2013 Ford Focus, we're going to be test fitting the Hollywood Rack Sport Rider 2-Bike Rack for inch and quarter and 2 inch hitches, part number HR1000. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go and take a closer look and show off some of the features. One of the more prominent features of this bike rack is the fact that this can tilt away from the vehicle with bikes actually still attached to it. To do that, you come to the base here and you'll see 2 pins. We'll go ahead and remove the smaller of the 2 pins first, while holding onto the bike rack.

Hollywood Racks Trail-Rider Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Ford Focus

Today on our 2013 Ford Focus, we're going to be test-fitting the Hollywood Racks Trail Rider 2-bike rack for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches. Part number HR200. We already have a bike installed on the rack, let's go and take a closer look and show off some of the features. First off how the bike is actually attached to the rack, we're going to have three points of contact. We're going to have this padded frame-hook up at the top and it's padded so once you install your bike its frame won't get scratched up. You have two hook-and-loop straps on either tire and the wheel-holders themselves are adjustable along the arms here by loosening and tightening these knobs. They're adjustable to accommodate different-sized bikes but also to assist with loading. The bike rack does have this nice free shank so even if your hitch sits pretty low to the ground, you're not going to have any clearance issues between the bike rack and the ground. Let's go and take the bike off and set it aside.

Fit Test: Kuat NV 2.0 Bike Rack for 2 Bikes with 2013 Ford Focus

Today on our 2013 Ford Focus, we're going to be test fitting the Kuat NV 2.0 2-Bike Rack for 1-1/4" hitches. Part number NV12G. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go and take a closer look and show off some of the features. The most prominent feature of this bike rack is the fact that it can tilt away from the vehicle with the bike still attached. To do that, you come to the front here, to this latch, pull towards you while holding onto the bike rack, let it come down, and now we have full access to our rear hatch to get what we need. We'll lift it back up into its position until you hear a click. How the bike is actually held into place, we're going to have two points of contact with no frame contact at all. We'll have a wheel hook up at the front, and then we'll have this wheel strap at the rear.

Fit Test: Kuat Beta Bike Rack for 2 Bikes on a 2013 Ford Focus

Today on our 2013 Ford Focus we'll be doing a test fit on the Kuat Beta hanging style two bike rack. That's part number B202-114. I've already got it loaded up on the Ford Focus just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it's going to hold our bikes. It actually secures our bikes in three spots. We have two straps for our top tube and then one strap for our seat post tube. This one is going to be our anti-sway strap. It's going to help prevent bike-to-bike contact and bike-to-vehicle contact and help prevent that sway when we're on the road.

Fit Check: Testing Yakima FullBack 2 Bike Rack on a 2013 Ford Focus

Today in our 2013 Ford Focus Hatchback, we'll be having a look at the Yakima full back two bike rack, part number Y02634. As you can see we already have a bike installed on it. Just wanted to point out a couple of key feature on this. The first point, the bike is secure by three zip strips. We have two at the top of the frame and another one here at the post going from top to bottom on the bike's frame. And these .. this one here will hold the bike into position from swinging back and forth so you don't have to worry about the bike coming in contact with the bike rack or the bikes that maybe in front of it.

Thule Archway Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2013 Ford Focus

Today on our 2013 Ford Focus hatchback, we'll be having a look at the Thule Archway XT 2-bike rack, part number TH9009XT. As you can see, we already have a bike loaded up onto it. I'm going to point out a couple of key features on it. Number one, if you want to secure your bikes, we have a cable lock that you can go around, wrap over your bikes, and put back here in the keeper. It'll secure your bikes. Secondly, the bike is secured to the bike rack by three points of contact. We have one here at the top, another one at the top and the back, and then we have another one on the post rail that goes up and down on the bike frame.

Thule Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2013 Ford Focus

Today on our 2013 Ford Focus Hatchback, we're going to be having a look at the Thule Gateway XT 2-Bike Rack, part number TH9006XT. As you can see, we already have it installed on our bike rack. We alraedy have a bike installed on our bike rack on the back of our Focus. I'm going to go ahead and point out a couple of the features here. The bike is attached by 3 contact points. We have 2 here at the top of each straps, another one here on this top-post frame rail. This will keep the bike from swaying back and forth and contacting other bikes that may be in front of it or contacting the bike rack itself, potentially damaging the bike. Now, with that said, let's go ahead and remove our bikes here.

Thule Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2013 Ford Focus th9001pro

Male Announcer: Today on this 2013 Ford Focus we're going to be test fitting the Thule Raceway PRO hatch mounted bike rack, part number TH9001PRO. We already have a bike attached to the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. How the bike is actually attached to the rack we're going to have three points of contact for the bikes frame. We're going to have 2 straps up at the top here and one off to the side which is going to act as an anti-sway strap to keep it from going too far back and forth hitting either the bike rack or the bikes in front of it. Also, we have this integrated cable lock where you would wrap it around the bike in the front and lock it into this slot here for added security. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it to the side.

Will the Thule Passage Trunk Bike Rack for 2 Bikes Fit Your 2013 Ford Focus?

Today on our 2013 Ford Focus, we'll be having a look at the Thule Passage Pro 2-Bike Rack. As you can see we already have it installed. I'll just point out a couple of the key features here. We have three points of contact for the bike on the carrier. We have two on the top frame and we have one on the frame post which will help provide sway control so the bike doesn't contact other bikes while driving down the road, the carrier or the car itself. Lets go ahead and take the bike off and I'll tell you about some other things. Go ahead and undo these clamps. Lift off, put the bike to the side.

Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Ford Focus

Today, on our 2013 Ford Focus, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Sprint T-Track roof bike rack, that part # is TH569. We have a bike already on our rack, I'd like to show you a few features of it. First, I'd like to just show . Like I said, this is a fork-mounted bike rack, our knob up here tightens our skewer or unloosens it. Toward our back, we have our cradle with a strap around our back wheel, so let's go ahead and take that off. See that it has a nice little bushing on it to protect your wheels at all times. You take this off, like I said, just unscrew it toward yourself, but to tighten it up, you go to your out the way, and over here it clicks, that's when you know it's real tight.

Thule Roof Bike Racks Review - 2013 Ford Focus th535

Today on our 2013 Ford Focus, we're doing a test fit on the Thule Thruride Roof Bike Rack. Part number is TH535. We have a bike on our rack already. I'd like to show you a few features of it. Like I said, this is a Ford mounted bike rack. We have our skewer here, it has that fork nice and secure. We go to the back, we have out little wheel cradle here, with our strapper mounted to protect our spokes and tires.

Does it Fit? Testing the RockyMounts BrassKnuckles Roof Mounted Bike Rack on a 2013 Ford Focus

Today on our 2013 Ford Focus we are doing a test fit of the Rocky Mountain's Brass Knuckle Roof Mounted Bike Rack. Part number is RKY1202. We have a bike already on the rack, I would like to show you a few features of it. Like I said it's called Brass Knuckles as you can look here they high bar this is pretty much a wheel frame hook that holds down our front wheel plus we have two straps and our wheel cradles that hold down our tires so we will take those off first. All right set those off. Like I said to disengage this you just press the blue lever here, bring up and if you want to engage it you grab it like brass knuckles and just bring it down.

Does it Fit? Testing the Rhino-Rack MountainTrail Rooftop Bike Carrier on a 2013 Ford Focus

Today on our 2013 Ford Focus we're doin' a test fit of the Rhino Rack Mountain Trail Rooftop Bike Carrier. That part number is RBC035. We already have a bike on our rack. Let's show you a few features. Now this is a fork mounted bike rack. You see that we have our skewer here, our mounted fork.

Fit Check: Rhino-Rack Road Warrior Rooftop Bike Carrier on a 2013 Ford Focus

Today on our 2013 Ford Focus, we're doing a test fit of the Rhino-Rack Road Warrior Rooftop Bike Carrier. That part number is RBC036. We already have a bike on the rack. I'd like to show you a features of it. Now, this is a fork mounted bike rack, you see we have a skewer here. Now, toward the back, we just have our back wheel, and our wheel cradle with a strap around it.