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Thule Passage Trunk Bike Rack for 2 Bikes - Hanging Style
Fits the car well. Easy to install. However, my bike and my son's bike do no t fit the rack. They are heavy framed mountain bike with an angled crossbar and the bars on the rack are two wide to commodity these bikes. we will make due as my wife's bike fits but it is disappointing that these common bless do not fit on the rack
Excellent and prompt customer service! When I first ordered my product it wasn’t in stock— staff were quick to let me know and offered me comparable products. I ended up waiting for my original order and shipping quick and they stayed in touch with ideas! Thule: The instructions could be a little more detailed. I ended up watching YouTube videos to help me instal. Overall it was easy, and this was the first rack I’ve ever installed and I did it by myself! I was surprised to learn the bike rack is in no way secured inside your vehicle, so.. I store it in my garage when it’s on.
# 2
Swagman XTC2 Bike Rack for 2 Bikes - 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches - Frame Mount
First-time rack buyer / owner / installer. The rack arrived in a timely fashion, maybe a day or 2 ahead of schedule. It was well packaged. I’m LOVING this bike rack. It was easy to put together and to mount on my new Honda Passport. Thus far, no squeaks in my 2” receiver. Hardest part of initial set-up is figuring out the best way to position two bikes. Trial & error and some patience. The directions weren’t clear as to where the 2 left-over screws went. I found the answer in another review and have posted a pic in case others have the same problem (photo with pen pointing at screw). These screws go in the underneath side of both of the folding arms. They appear to keep the wheel wells from sliding off in case in you drive with an empty, un-folded rack, and forgot to tighten down the wheel wells. The folding arm push / pull pins can be difficult at times. I coated the tips with some lube. That and a little jiggling seems to solve that issue. I guess it’s better for the pins to be snug vs popping right out. I added a small Master lock to the hitch pin (in lieu of the provided cotter pin) as a theft deterrent. I read that a 3/16 shackle lock will fit into the bike clamp down arms to also act as a deterrent. I had an old 3/16 lock that did snugly fit and appeared to be locked. HOWEVER, I yanked on the lock and it came open as there isn’t quite enough clearance for the shackle to lock. I discovered that longer 3/16 shackle locks are hard to find. Have attached a photo of the lock that actually fits and works (Ace Hardware). One lock on the upper clamp down arm will secure both arms as the lower arm can’t be removed without removing the upper arm. The clamp down arms appear to be coated to prevent damage to your bike. I’ve tried a simple rag and ultimately settled on pool noodle pieces as a precautionary measure. I CAN NOT open my tailgate (regardless of whether or not the rack is fold up and in the bike carry position). If that’s a concern for you, then spring for the more costly titling version. My back-up camera still functions.
The Swagman XTC-2 platform bike carrier arrived very quickly from etrailer and in good shape, the actual carrier box is inside another shipper box, which I'm sure helped with its condition. Assembly was relatively quick and painless, even though the instructions could be a little more thorough. Installing the carrier on the back of our Jeep Patriot also was quick, it helps to have an extra ratchet & 3/4" socket laying around for just this purpose. Installing the bikes takes a little patience and trial and error the first time you try and put them on the carrier. It's easy enough to adjust the wheel holders to fit the wheelbase of your bikes, but for us at least, the challenge was trying to swing the vertical support bar up into position after putting on the first bike (closest to the Jeep). We couldn't angle the bike enough toward the Jeep to have the bar clear the bike. We learned that the easiest way to secure the first bike was to remove the ratcheting frame hooks altogether, put the bike in the carrier, swing up the vertical support bar, put in the pin, and then slide one of the frame hooks down on the bar. The outside bike is much easier because you can set the bike in the carrier at whatever angle you need, not being limited by the back of the vehicle. One thing we did to protect the bike frames was to use some foam pipe insulation as cushion between the frame hook and the frame (see pictures). Once you get a system for installing the bikes, it is very quick to load/unload them. The rack seems to be well made and doesn't wiggle excessively when traveling. All in all a good product for a good price, would definitely recommend it for anyone looking for a platform bike carrier.
# 3
Yakima RidgeBack Bike Rack for 4 Bikes - 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches - Tilting
Very good product
Check out my other review on the hidden hitch for a 2015 BMW 4 Series for the majority of the review, but this thing is great. Easy setup and install, does all the things it's supposed to do. Mounting and removing bikes is a snap with the included clips (big difference from some of the cheaper variants with nylon ratchet straps). Fits very snugly in my 2" receiver, and pretty solid on the highway and over bumpy roads.
# 4
Thule Hitching Post Pro Bike Rack for 4 Bikes - 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches
The bike carrier attached perfectly to the hitch as installed. Assembly was easy. It is attached to my Acura MDX and we are "rollin". Thank you.
Top of the line bike rack. Fast delivery, all the parts were there. Easy install. Thanks
# 5
Swagman XC2 Bike Rack for 2 bikes - 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches - Frame Mount
What a great carrier and priced right! Easy to assemble and works perfectly for the two bikes I intended to use it with, my mountain bike and my wife's girls cruiser. Both bikes were just too heavy to keep lifting into my MDX, so I installed a Curt hitch and coupled with this rack, it is now a pitch of cake to hit the road. I recommend to watch the video and you'll be sold too!
The whole experience is worth 5 out of 5 Stars! Everyone I spoke with at E-Trailer was very helpful and the product that was recommended fits fine and is a good value. There is only one thing about the Swagman XC bike rack that I'm not happy with and that is the ratchet locking on the clamp down arms. The release mechanism is hard to activate so if someone with out strong hands - like my wife for example - tried to release the arms to remove the bikes they would have lots of trouble. Swagman may want to consider changing this locking mechanism to a hand wheel so strong hands aren't required for release. I'm enclosing photos of the rack installed on my 2005 Acura MDX.
# 6
Kuat Beta Bike Rack for 2 Bikes - 2" Trailer Hitches - Tilting
This product does the little details that make it a great carrier. It has a snug adapter for the receiver that allows you to crank it tight to remove any wobbling along with others at the hinges that tighten the whole unit up solid. Very light for my wife to use. Beautifully finished, you would hate to see any scratches ever occur on it. Highly recommended.
I did a lot of research and decided this was the rack for me. I was totally correct. First, it has all the most important features but only weighs about 14 lbs. I was concerned as a senior lady with arthritis issues. I can use it well and it performed perfectly with an adapter bar for my Electra Townie. I have had compliments from several seasoned riders and a bike shop owner here at the beach who said it was great quality and I got a great price. Also purchased a locking trailer hitch pin with bike cable from etrailer. All over satisfaction with products and etrailer who provided enough videos to help me.
# 7
Swagman XTC4 Bike Rack for 4 Bikes - 2" Hitches - Frame Mount
Solid unit; fairly easy to put together. Placing 4 bikes (2 adults, 2 kids) on rack is tight, but workable with adjustments to wheel hoops.
So far I’ve just assembled it and took a quick test drive around the block. My initial thought is this thing is perfect. It’s super sturdy and easy to use. My only gripe and it’s not fault of the rack, but it’s heavy…
# 8
Thule Passage 3 Bike Carrier - Trunk Mount
Fits the car well. Easy to install. However, my bike and my son's bike do no t fit the rack. They are heavy framed mountain bike with an angled crossbar and the bars on the rack are two wide to commodity these bikes. we will make due as my wife's bike fits but it is disappointing that these common bless do not fit on the rack
Fits perfectly on our Lexus CT200h. Only on the old LS400, the side straps have to be fastened to the wheel arch edge, since the upper trunklid gap is to narrow for inserting the strap hooks. Mounting of two bikes is (with some routine) quickly done, and they stay safe even for longer and faster routes. For transporting three (mountain) bikes, though, the design doesn't seem big and robust enough. Nevertheless, the price-benefit-fun ratios are way better than reasonable.
# 9
Yakima FullBack 3 Bike Rack - Trunk Mount - Adjustable Arms
Performed perfectly on a 140 mile round-trip in my 2017 Acura MDX. It took me a few tries to position the anchors inside the top of the hatch, but I got the hang of it and the rack did not shift at all while driving 50-60 mph on the highway.
Excellent quality! Bike rack comes fully assembled. Cam locks hold the upper support and the bike arms in position and are very easy to use.fairly useless included cable lock. Will only work if you always carry 3 bikes. I just used my cable lock and had no problems transporting my bike to the trails.
# 10
Yakima HoldUp Bike Rack for 2 Bikes - 2" Hitches - Wheel Mount
Works well for transporting two 29" wheeled mountain bikes. However, after one year it's starting to rust in several areas (see attached photos), and the front wheel arms are becoming increasingly difficult to raise and lower. Finally the locking cable is extremely rusty as you can see in the attached photo. I'm not sure how durable this rack will be long term.
We have had this bike rack for one year and use it every week-end. My wife has a Trek e-bike (52 lbs) and I have a regular Trek hybrid (23 lbs). The rack is very sturdy and I have no issues driving at highway speeds, there is no movement of the bikes. Very easy to load and unload.
Swagman Chinook 2 Bike Rack Review - 2020 Acura MDX
Hey, everyone. It's Evangeline here at etrailer. And today, we'll be taking a look at how the Swagman Chinook two-bike platform rack fits on the 2020 Acura MDX. So, the Swagman Chinook is a popular bike rack if you're looking for something that is super low profile but is also heavy-duty. So, compared to some of the other racks in its price point as well as its size, it has a slightly higher weight capacity of 45 pounds per bike. So, for your slightly heavier bikes, this might be a good fit for you.
Hollywood Racks Destination 2 Bike Rack Review - 2020 Acura MDX
Hey everyone, it's Evangeline here at etrailer. And today we'll be taking a look at how the Hollywood Racks Destination two bike platform rack fits on the 2020 Acura MDX. The Destination two is almost your ultimate, compact, lightweight bike rack, where it's still affordable, but you have the perks of having a platform rack. So this can fold up to take up less space inside your garage and it's really easy to lift around and install into your vehicle. So for your Acura MDX, if that's what you're looking for, we'll take a look at how well this fits on our car. If you wanna take a full depth look at the features, specs, things like that, check out our full review here at etrailer.com.
Hollywood Racks Destination E Bike Rack Review - 2020 Acura MDX
Hi everyone, it's Evangeline here at etrailer. And today we'll be taking a look at how the Hollywood Racks Destination E, for electric bikes, fits on the 2020 Acura MDX. So this is a bike rack truly designed for electric bikes. If you need a heavy duty weight capacity, as well as an included ramp, this is gonna help out. Now there are some downsides to it, like it takes a little bit longer to get your bikes on and off of the racks, and we'll talk about that. But we are gonna focus on our Acura MDX here today, to see how it works with a car.
RockyMounts RV and Camper Bike Racks Review - 2020 Acura MDX
Hey everyone, it's Evangeline here at etrailer and today we'll be taking a look at how the RockyMounts AfterParty swing away bike rack fits on a 2020 AC Acura MDX. So the RockyMounts AfterParty is pretty much the RockyMounts GuideRail dual wheel mounted bike rack that can also swing away. So if you want a full look at the features and specs, check out the great demo my friend Aidan did on this bike rack here at etrailer.com. We're gonna focus on the Acura MDX, mainly how much clearance do we actually get and how much can we carry on this rack It has a 60 pound per bike weight capacity. If you need to open up the hatch like the GuideRail, you have to tilt that down which means you have to lift all that weight on your own. And if you don't have this fully maxed out with that 60 pound per bike weight capacity that can be a pretty heavy lift.
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2020 Acura MDX
Hey, everybody. Welcome to each etrailer.com. I'm Bobby, and today we're taking a look at the Kuat Sherpa 2.0 here in the back of our 2020 Acura MDX. Now guys it's gonna be awesome little way of giving yourself a nice medium build platform style carrier, to get your bikes to where you wanna go. So why I say that the Sherpa fits in quite nicely, in that moderate bill 'cause you're gonna have 40 pounds per bike being able to carry on this bad boy. So, one awesome thing about it.
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2020 Acura MDX
Hey everybody, welcome to etrailer.com I'm Bobby, and today we're taking a look at the Kuat Transfer V2, here in the back of our 2020 Acura MDX. Now guys, it's gonna be an awesome little way of giving yourself a nice little carrier to get your bikes to your place that you are going. Whether it be the trail head, any kind of destination you can take it on. Gonna be great for us to consider leaving too is I think the Transfer does an excellent job is staying kind of lightweight, easy to move, easy to take off. And also doesn't take up too much room here on the back of our vehicle. Now, we'll say things just run out of the gate.
Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2020 Acura MDX
Ryan: Hey everybody, Ryan here at etrailer. Today on our 2020 Acura MDX, we're going to be taking a look at the Thule Hitching Post Pro 4-bike rack. So one of the big questions we get asked all the time in regards to hitch-mounted bike racks, is if you're still going to be able to have full hatch access to the back of your SUV.Well, this does fold down out of the way and gives us the ability to do that. Down here, we'll have this pin and clip simply just pop that out. And then this actually drops down quite a bit, definitely more than others available. So when it is like this we're going to have a ton of space.
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2020 Acura MDX
Ryan: Hey everybody, Ryan here at etrailer. Today on our 2020 Acura MDX, we're going to be taking a look at the Kuat NV 2.0 Platform Style Bike Rack. Now right off the bat, there is going to be a few different combinations of this exact rack. So, today we have the two bike version. If you need to carry more, there's also a four bike version available and all of those are going to be available in three different colors. So, today we have the gunmetal gray, but it's also available in a metallic black as well as a matte black finish.
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