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Hey Bart Miller here with Cycling Strong so I came across an amazing company called
Kuat they do racks for bikes and
they've got this new product out that's a roof
racked system and I absolutely fell in love with it
for a couple of reasons and I'll explain that as I go through and kinda do this
review
I do you have another brands rack system right now
and I've had a few problems with that system and I'll explain that as I go
through
with the Kuat and how they fixed everything
like this thing is the most amazing rack you'll ever finds that's out there so
let's start walking through it first of all when you go to put a bike on
most of these racks there's not enough of I'm sure
as you can tell so I've got the car door open so that I can even get up here
to be able to put a bike on. As you get up here and on here
your space to put your bike on from here and here
is very limited on most of your bikes
your bike roof rack
systems this one is very well thought through, It's
very close where it needs to be and you'll see how you'll
lock it here in just a second let's grab a bike and I'll kinda show you what I mean
so I'm gonna put my bike up there right now
I love that I can put my back wheel very easily right where it needs to be
I'm not trying to put it in a tray or anything like that. As I start to the bike up
grab it and I feel like it's really comfortable put my first
hook right here on my right hand side you see that dials right in
and then I can start to get that to situated perfectly I don't have to worry
about my back tire
and where it's at which is awesome then when I come up
here and I set the bike down the nice thing is
I don't have to adjust anything on this side once this is fit for that bike
you just start to trick them to crank on this right here
which is really simple and it's got just a little bit of a lock
that just locks that in and that bike is as solid as it
I mean you couldn't pull that outta there there if you had too which is absolutely awesome
it was just that simple to put on and its locked and it looks great
and its really really secure I love that then you can come back here
easy easy easy adjust this for where you want it to be
and tehn all you have to do is take this
stick it right inside of here and pull this down
and it is absolutely ready to go
that bike is in there secure and it's ready to roll
and I don't have to do anything else to get this thing safe
and on the road and not scratch up my brand new car
or put dents in it because it was so simple to put on even for somebody my
height
now the other really cool part of this rack
that I'm extremely impressed with is
most companies make you buy locks, these guys don't. The lock comes with it
and you've got a locking system thats already built in so when you pull this
out
and I just pull it out all the way I stand on the back I go clear through the frame
and I bring it back around like this
now this moves for part of the locking system
and it's got a little lock right here it's got the hole
you don't have to have the key to unlock it or do anything else
I'll try to get outta the way the camera little bit here but what you do is you
just stick this right in here
push that in and that thing is locked done
ready to go secured on there, the bike's ready
and everything is ready to rocknroll now
the other part that they've done is my other system that I've
used is if I i can use it with my road bike
but I can't turn around and through on my fat bike on it or I can't throw
I can't turn around and go put my mountain bike on
they don't have a way to be able to change out
which bike you wanna ride I can hold my fat bike
my mountain bike, my road bike all on this
one tray which is awesome
I mean that saves you so much time and money in having to buy multiple tray's
alls you gotta do it's really
really super simple you take a wrench
you put it right in here there's a whole right here you
turn this three times it loosens this cartridge right here
and you can see it that I've got it on my fat bike and I'll get one out here's in just a second
you just pull this out you put the new one back in
and you're good to go, ready to put your bike on so let me show you that
pretty simple so
I'll open this up
and this is what it would look like
for if I were gonna put my other fat bike on right here
I would put this, mount my other fat bike on the top of my car
and I would be good to go so it's the same thing if I want any of my other
bikes
I just put whatever I need that's gonna fit that bike
into that slot, mount the bike on there
you're ready to rock and roll it's just that simple i mean they have thought
through everything
I also want to point out the quality
of what, how things are built I mean if you're driving a nice vehicle
it's so nice to have a high quality product that just looks really sharp
on your car and these guys did it
first-class on all their racking system
so I wanted to show you that they also
have an extender
so in the package here and you'll see one on
on the fat bike over there here in just a second they have a way that you can cook
this, you just take this out put this one on there
and then you can go around so if you have deep dish rims that this doesn't fit just
right on
or if you have a fat bike or whatever it may be you have no worry at all
all is you do is get the extender put 'em on there you're good to go
and that's on your back rack or on your roof racks
either way they work perfect and so
you know that's the things that I think that are just awesome when a company thinks
through
all these different things and they don't have to nickel and dime you
to to get that now
that's a quick review on this product that
Kuat's got out right now I hope you go check it out
I hope you let me know your thoughts on it or any questions
be glad to answer them for you but I just absolutely love
the ease of how to put a bike on here the same thing on the
Fat bike which is that easy once you get a fat bike on here you're not worried about
getting it in the tray
the tray not being wide enough it just sets right on top of there
locks down nice and secure these are plenty why
they're just right to be able to get clamped on there so you have a secure bike up in the
front
and they just ride perfectly I also love the locking system once again
real simple to put on get your bikes locked on and get where you want to be
and get to riding your bike so
I hope you like this review and once again
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