Most Popular Trunk Bike Racks for Subaru XV Crosstrek

Malone Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Malone Hanger Three Truck Mount Bike Rack, part number MPG2139. We already have a bike installed on our rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How the bike is held into place, we're going to have three points of contact. We're going to have two straps up at the top and one off to the side, and that's going to serve as an anti-sway cradle to keep the bike from moving too far back and forth and possibly making bike to bike contact. The cradles do have these grooves in the center of them which you can see will enable the cables to sit in there as opposed to being crushed up against the frame once the bike is installed.The cradles are stationary, meaning they cannot move back and forth, but they can be adjusted up and down or to the other side to accommodate different loading styles of certain bikes.

Malone Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're going to be test fitting the Malone Pilot trunk-mounted platform-style bike rack. This is going to be part number MPG2133. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. How the bike actually attaches to the rack, we're going to have three points of contact. We're going to have this frame clamp up at the top. Right now we have it set over the bike rack like you see here, but this can also be gripped from underneath like so.

Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're going to be test fitting the Yakima HangOut 2 bike rack for trunks, part number Y02637. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. The cradles themselves are a adjustable to accommodate loading and unloading, and it will grip your bike at three points. We'll have two straps up at the top here and one off to the side, which is going to serve as an anti-sway strap to keep the bike from moving too far back and forth and making bike to bike contact. We also have this wheel strap up at the front which serves as a stabilization strap for a one-bike application. For two bikes, you have a much longer strap that would go around both bikes' frames, as well as the frame of the bike rack itself, to keep everything secure there. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside. With the bike rack in this position I'm going to go ahead and give you a couple quick measurements.

Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima HangOut 3 trunk bike rack, part number Y02638. We already have a bike installed on our rack. Let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. First off, the cradles themselves are adjustable along the arms to accommodate loading. They also will grip your bike at three points. We're going to have two straps up at the top here, and one off to the side, which is going to serve as an anti-sway cradle to keep your bike from moving too far back and forth, and preventing bike to bike contact. Let's go and take the bikes off and set them ...

Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Today on this 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Half-back 3-bike rack. Part number Y02635. As you can see, 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. The bike is actually attached to the rack by three points of contact with the bike's frame. We have two zip strips up at the top here, and one off to the side here, which will act as an anti-sway strap to keep it from moving too far back and forth, possibly hitting the bike rack, or the bikes in front of it. Let's go ahead and take the bike off, and set it aside.

Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Today on this 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test-fitting the Yakima full-back three bike rack. Part number Y02633. 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 it attaches to the rack, we're going to have three points of contact with the bike's frame. We're going to have two zip strips up top here, and one off to the side, which is going to serve as an anti-sway strap to keep the bike from going too far back and forth, possibly hitting the bike rack, or the bikes in front of it. Also at the end here, we have this cable lock that you wrap around the bikes and attach at this point here for some added security. Let's go ahead and take the bike off and set it aside.

Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Today, on this 2014 Subaru XV Cross track, we're going to be testing the Yakima Halfback 2 bike rack. Part number Y02636. As you can see 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. How to attach this to the rack, there's going to be 3 points of contact with your bikes frame. There is going to be 2 zip strips up on the top here and 1 off to the side. Which is going to act as an anti sway strap to keep the bike from going too far back and forth hitting either the bike rack or the bikes in front of it.

Yakima Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Today in this 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima FullBack 2 Bike Rack part number Y02634. As you can see, we already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead take a closer look, and show us some of the features. Now, how this is attached, there's going to be 3 points of contact with the bike's frame. We're going to have 2 ZipStrip up at the top here, plus 1 off to the side which is going to serve as an anti-sway strap to keep the bike from moving too far back and forth, possibly hitting the bike rack or the bikes in front of it. Also at the front here, there's an integrated cable lock.

Saris Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Today on this 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Saris Superbones 3-Bike Rack, part number SA802. As you can see, 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. How the bike is attached, there's going to be three points of contact with your bike's frame. It's going to be these two straps up top here and this one off to the side, which is going to serve as an anti-sway strap to keep the bike from moving too far back and forth, possibly the bike rack or the bikes in front of it. Let's go and take the bike off and set it aside. When you remove the straps, it's always a good habit to put them back into place, just so you don't lose them while driving.

Saris Bones Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Today on your 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test-fitting the Saris Bones three bike carrier; part number SA801. Now, we already have a bike on the rack; let's go ahead and take a closer look at it and look at some of the features. The way the bike attaches to the rack, it has three points of contact to the bike's frame: you have these two straps up here as well as this one here which acts as an anti-sway strap to keep it from going back and forth, hitting the bike rack, or possible the bikes in front of it. Let's go ahead and take that off. You just push these buttons in here, they come off. Now it's always good that once you remove the straps you put them back into place, just so they're not flapping around while you're driving and so you don't lose them; but for these, it's also to keep all of the dirt and grime out of them. The next thing I'm going to do is to give you a measurement to give you an idea of how much is added to the back of the vehicle once the bike rack is installed. I'll be measuring from the hatch. That's going to be about 20 inches. With this rack, the arms also do fold down; and to do that, you have these knobs up at the top here that you want to loosen up.

Hollywood Racks Expedition Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Today on this 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test-fitting the Hollywood Racks Expedition 2 bike rack. Part number HRF6-2. As you can see, we already have a bike on the rack. Let's go and take a closer look at it and show off some of the features. Now, how the bike is actually attached to the rack, you're going to have three points of contact with your bike's frame. We're going to have two straps up top here, one strap up to the side which is going to act as an anti-sway strap, which will keep the bike from hitting the bike rack itself or the bike in front of it. Let's go ahead and take that bike off.

Thule Archway Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Today, on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Archway XT 2 bike rack. Part number TH9009XT. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look, and look at some of the features. How the bike is attached to the rack, you have 3 points of contact to your bike's frame. You have 2 up top, and one off to the side here, which acts as an anti-sway strap, which will keep it from moving back and forth, possibly hitting the bike rack or the bike in front of it. Let's go ahead and take that off.

Hollywood Racks Over-the-Top Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Today on this 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Over-the-Top 2 Bike Carrier, part number HRF2. We already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and see some of the features. How the bike attaches to the rack, it has three points of contact to your bike's frame. You have two straps up on top, and one strap to the side here. This acts as an anti-sway strap, which will keep it from going back and forth, possibly hitting the bike rack, or the bike in front of it.

Thule Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we are going to be test fitting the Thule Gateway XT 2 Bike Rack, part number TH 9006 XT. We already have a bike installed on our rack, let's go ahead and take a closer look at some of the features. The bike attaches to the bike rack by three points of contact to your bike's frame, we have two straps up top here as well as a strap off to the side here, which acts as an anti-sway strap, so it's not swinging back and forth while you are driving possibly hitting the bike rack or the bike in front of it. Let's go ahead and take that off. It's always good practice to reinstall your straps after you take them off so they are not flapping around while you are driving, and so you don't lose them while you are driving. Next I'm going to give you some measurements to give you an idea of how much has been added to the car after the bike rack is installed. I'm going to be measuring from the hatch here - out, from here it looks about 21 1/2 inches. Now these arms do fold down for close quarter situations such as parking.

Thule Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Today in our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Raceway PRO 2 Bike Rack for Trunk and Hatches. Part number TH9001 PRO. We do have a bike installed on the rack already. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of those features. Excuse me. The bike attaches to the rack with 3 points of contact to your bikes frame. You have 2 straps up top and one off to the side here, which is your anti sway strap, what keeps the bike from going back and forth, possibly either hitting the bike rack itself, or the bike in front of it.

Thule Passage Trunk Bike Racks Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek

Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Passage 2 Bike Carrier. Part number TH910XT. 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. The bike is attached to the rack by 3 points of contact to the bike's frame. We have 2 straps up here and one strap off to the side which acts as an anti-sway strap which keeps it from running into the bike rack or into the bike in front of it. Let's go ahead and take that out.