Best Kia Sportage Bike Racks

Swagman XTC2 TILT Bike Rack Review - 2023 Kia Sportage

How's it going neighbors This is Ed here with etrailer.com, and we're taking a look at the Swagman XTC2 Tilt bike carrier on our 2023 Kia Sportage. So the XTC is a frame-mounted bike carrier, and this also would. I would consider it to be an entry-level carrier. This is going to basically attach at the frame and your wheels to secure your bike to the frame. If you have a nicer paint job or if you have a bike that carbon fiber, that downward force wouldn't be ideal or a step-through bike, that could also cause issues as far as how you can secure it. You may wanna look towards other options.

Inno Tire Hold HD Bike Rack Review - 2023 Kia Sportage

Hi, I'm Matt with etrailer. And today, we're gonna be talking about the Inno Tire Hold HD Bike Rack in the back of our 2023 Kia Sportage. Now, this is gonna be a great rack if you're looking for something that's gonna haul your heavy e-bikes at an affordable rate. So let's take a closer look at it. So you can see, by its design, it is pretty bulky, and it's gonna have a weight capacity of up to 80 pounds. You're still gonna be able to tilt it back though.

Hollywood Racks Destination Bike Rack Review - 2023 Kia Sportage

Hi, Matt with etrailer, and today we're gonna be talking about the Hollywood Racks Destination 4 Bike Rack on the back of our 2023 Kia Sportage. Now, this is gonna be a great option for you if you're looking for something that's affordable, something that you can take out with your family and to go for a ride. So let's take a closer look at it. The way it sits up here is gonna have three points of contact. We're gonna have a strap per tire and we're gonna have this strap and pad that connect to the frame. Since it is making frame contact, I wouldn't recommend any carbon frame bikes.

RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2023 Kia Sportage

Hi, Matt with Etrailer. And today we're gonna be talking about the RockyMounts GuideRail bike rack on the back of a 2023 Kia Sportage. Now, today we have the two-bike version, but you can also get this as a three-bike version. So let's take a closer look at this. This is gonna be a great rack if you're looking at hauling a variety of different types of bikes. For one, we're gonna have this dual wheel mount system, and what that's gonna do is secure tires from either side, allowing you to carry any of those alternative carbon or bikes with fenders, while it's gonna have a 60-pound weight capacity, so we can even accommodate those heavy E-bikes too.

RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2023 Kia Sportage

Hi, Matt with etrailer. And today, we're gonna be talk about a RockyMounts MonoRail bike rack on the back of a 2023 Kia Sportage. Now this is a great option for you if you're looking for a bike rack that can carry a variety of different types of bikes at a budget rate. So let's take a closer look at it. So this is gonna be secured down with two points. We're gonna have this strap on our rear tire, and on our front tire, we're gonna have this front ratcheting hook that's gonna secure it down.

Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2023 Kia Sportage

Hi Matt with etrailer. Today we're gonna be talking about a Kuat NV 2.0 Bike Rack on the back of a 2023 Kia Sportage. Now this is gonna be a premium rack and it's gonna have the ability to carry a variety of different types of bikes. So let's take a closer look at it. We're gonna have two main points of contact. And we're gonna have this rear strap on our back tire.

Hollywood Racks Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2023 Kia Sportage

Hi, everyone. Aiden here at etrailer. Today, we're gonna be taking a look at the Hollywood Racks' Destination two-bike rack and seeing how it fits on the back of our 2023 Kia Sportage. This is gonna be a pretty entry level hitch-mounted bike rack, and this is going to be a platform-style bike rack, which means the bike sits on top of the rack. That is my preferred way to carry a bike just because it's generally a little bit more accommodating. And the Destination, although it is a more entry-level option, is one of my personal favorites.

Swagman XC2 2 Bike Rack Review - 2023 Kia Sportage

Hi, Matt with etrailer. Today, we're gonna be talking about the Swagman XC2 Bike Rack for two bikes on the 2023 Kia Sportage. Now, I'd recommend this to anyone who's kinda getting into biking. This is a very entry-level platform style bike rack, maybe it's just you and a friend who go out, but I'd definitely recommend it to the beginners. The Swagman's gonna be able to hold two bikes, 35 pounds each, so it won't be able to accommodate those heavier e-bikes. And it's gonna have only one tie-down point, and that's gonna be on its frame with this hook here.

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2020 Kia Sportage

Rob: Everybody it's Rob here at etrailer.com. They we're to be taking a look at the Thule Helium 2 Bike Platform Style Rack, on our 2020 Kia Sportage. Now, I really like this rack mainly because it doesn't have any frame contact. So if you have a road bike with the carbon frame, like we have here, you definitely don't want a rack that does have any frame contact because it does put that extra stress on the frame. But it's still going to work out great for a lot of different styles of bikes as well. You can see that we're going to have two wheel hooks that's going to hold our bikes securely down into the trays that they're sitting on.

Hollywood Racks Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2020 Kia Sportage

Rob: Hi everybody, it's Rob here at etrailer.com. Today, we're going to be taking a look at the Hollywood Racks SE4 Bike Platform Style Rack on our 2020 Kia Sportage. Now, I really like the Hollywood Racks, mainly because of how versatile this rack is. It's going to allow us to carry up to four bikes, to and from the trail, and we don't have to worry about putting the bikes inside of our Sportage, or if you're like me, I don't really like the idea of a roof-mounted bike rack, just because I don't want to have to lift my bike that high and get that close to my car. So having a hitch-mounted bike rack is going to make it easier, and the fact that we can carry four is really nice.Now I know one of the big things that a lot of people wonder about with platform-style racks and all the other kinds of racks that are out there is, can you get access to the back hatch Because that's pretty important. We don't want to unload all of these bikes just to get something, and we can get in the back hatch.

Yakima RidgeBack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Kia Sportage

Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Kia Sportage, we're going to be doing a test fit on the Yakima RidgeBack Hanging Style 2 Bike Rack. That's part number Y02457.I've already got it loaded up just to give you a good idea what it looks like and how it's going to hold our bikes. It actually holds our bikes with three straps, they're called ZipStrips. We've got two ZipStrips for our top tube and then one for our seat post tube.The one for our seat post tube is going to prevent sway in our bike, as well as bike to bike contact, bike to vehicle contact, and bike to bike rack contact. An interesting way how they work is they are a molded design. It's going to make them really easy to use compared to other straps.

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Kia Sportage

Speaker 1: Today, on our 2017 Kia Sportage, we're gonna be doing a test fit on the Thule T2 Pro XT Platform Style Two Bike Rack. It's available in either an inch and a quarter, or two inch version depending on what receiver you have, and that's in either black or silver. There is a four bike version available, but it's only available for your two inch by two inch receiver.Now, I've already got it loaded up on my Sportage with the bike loaded up on the bike rack just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it's gonna hold our bikes. Right away, you'll notice that it holds our bikes with zero frame contact. We've got a wheel hook going over our front wheel putting down pressure into the front wheel cradle.Now, this bike rack is a premium bike rack. It includes an integrated cable lock, which then goes through our frame and locks back into itself so no one can remove our bike.

Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Kia Sportage

Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Kia Sportage we're going to be doing a test fit on the Kuat Transfer Platform Style 2 Bike Rack. That's part number TS02G. Now this bike rack is available in a three bike rack version and that's part number TS03G. You can get either setup in either gray or black. Now I've already got my bike in position with it installed on my Sportage, just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it holds our bikes. Two great features is that it holds our bikes by the wheel, no frame contact, so that's a great feature if you've got a carbon fiber bike or a bike that you don't want any contact by the bike rack, or even if you've got a bike with an alternative frame style.Another great feature is it has the ability to tilt away from our Sportage with bikes loaded.

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Kia Sportage

Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Kia Sportage we're going to be doing a test fit on the Thule DoubleTrack Pro platform style two bike rack. That's Part Number TH9054. I've already got it loaded up on the Sportage with the bike loaded on the bike rack just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it's going to hold our bikes.Right away, one of my favorite things about this bike rack is that it is fat bike ready right out of the box. It'll hold fat bikes with a tire width up to 5" wide. One of the other things I like is how it holds our bikes. The clamp design will hold our bikes by their top tube, their down tube, or their seat post tube, so that's a really nice feature.

Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2017 Kia Sportage

Today on our 2017 Kia Sportage, we're gonna be test fitting the Rhino-Rack MountainTrail Rooftop Bike Rack, part number RBC035. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this actually attaches to the rack, we're not gonna have any frame contact at all. Instead, it's gonna grip it by two points. That's gonna be this rear wheel strap, which is adjustable to accommodate different size bikes, and this front skewer mount, which is gonna grip it by your fork mounts on your bike. This is lockable, so once this is installed, this will be secured to your bike rack as well. With everything installed as it is, we're not gonna have any issues of clearance between our rear hatch and the bike rack itself, as you can see here.

Softride Element-Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Kia Sportage

Today on our 2017 Kia Sportage we're doing a test fit of the Softride Element Parallelogram hanging-style 4-bike rack. That part number is SR26248. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to come here to the side and pull out on our black pin while pushing slightly back on our bike rack. When we pull out, that's going to allow us to tilt our bike rack with our bikes fully loaded away from our vehicle.

Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Kia Sportage

Today on our 2017 Kia Sportage we're taking a look at the Inno Aero Light QM platform-style 2-bike rack. That part number is IMH330. Now we already have our bike secured down so we're forget show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to come here to the opposite side, and at the base of the rack closest to our vehicle we have a pin. We're just going to pull that straight out. With that out of the pinhole we're going to actually be able to tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle with our bikes fully loaded.

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Kia Sportage

Today on our 2017 Kia Sportage, we're doing a test of the Thule T2 platform style 2 bike rack. That part number is TH9034. We already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to come here to the back at this handle; we're going to squeeze that together. That's going to allow us to tilt our bike rack with our bikes fully loaded away from our vehicle. One great thing about this rack compared to others is that that handle is at the very back instead of towards the middle where you have to reach through your bikes. In this position, we'll check our hatch here.

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Kia Sportage

Today on our 2017 Kia Sportage we're doing a test fit of the Swagman XT2 platform-style 2-bike rack. That part number is S64650. Now we already have our bike secured down here. We're first going to show you how we do that. We have two wheel cradles in place, one for the front and one for the back. Then here up at the center we have our frame hook, which is going to sit right in the center of our bike and really hold that down into our wheel cradles.

Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Kia Sportage

Today on our 2017 Kia Sportage, we're doing a test fit of the Kuat NV 2.0 platform style two-bike rack. That part number is NV22G. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to come here to the middle section. We're going to actually pull down on this lever.

Yakima HoldUp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2017 Kia Sportage

Today on our 2017 Kia Sportage we're doing a test fit of the Yakima HoldUp platform-style 2-bike rack. That part number is Y02443. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to come here to the back and lift up slightly, and then we're going to pull out on the red pin on the side. That's going to allow us to tilt our bike rack with our bikes fully loaded away from our vehicle.

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Kia Sportage

Speaker 1: Today on our 2016 Kia Sportage we're doing a test fit of the Swagman G10 platform-style 2-bike rack. That part number is S64682. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to come around to the back here to our lever. This is going to all of us tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle with our bikes fully loaded.

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Kia Sportage

Today on our 2015 Kia Sportage, we're going to be test fitting the Thule T2 Pro bike rack, part number TH9034. 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. Now the first and most important feature about this bike rack, is the fact that it can tilt away from the vehicle with the bike still attached. You just come up to the front here, and there's this gray handle that you push or pull towards yourself to release it. It's a lot nicer than some other racks, which will have the switches up towards the front, and make it a little more awkward to lower it.

Thule Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2015 Kia Sportage

Today on our 2015 Kia Sportage, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Raceway Pro Trunk Mount Two-Bike Rack. That part number is TH9001PRO. We already have our bikes secured down, we are first going to show you how we do that and then we'll go over some features of the rack itself. We have two cradles in place with three straps, two on our frame here and one as our anti-sway strap in the back. To release those we're just going to pull down and lift up, and be able to pull our bike off and set it off to the side. With our bike out of the way, I always suggest that you replace your straps so you don't lose or damage any of them. Now we'll take a few measurements here. We're going to do our overall first. With our arms hanging out we're adding about 21 inches to our vehicle.

Thule Passage Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2015 Kia Sportage

Today on our 2015 Kia Sportage we're doing a test fit of the Thule Passage trunk mount 2-bike rack. That part number is TH910XT. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that, and then we'll go over some features of the rack itself. We have two cradles in place with three straps. Two on our frame and then one as our anti-sway strap in the back. We're going to pull down and lift up to release those, and then we can pull our bike straight off of our rack. With our bike out of the way, I always suggest that you replace your straps so you don't lose or damage any of them. Now we'll take a few measurements.