Best Kia Optima Bike Racks

Fit Verified: Kuat Transfer V2 Bike Rack for 2 Bikes on a 2018 Kia Optima

Hi everyone, it's Evie Angeline here at each trailer, and today we're looking at the Kuat Transfer V 2, two bike rack here on our Kia Optima. So the Kuat Transfer has a bunch of cool things going for it. One is that it has a unique goalpost design, which allows you to step into the bike rack to get your bikes. Also for the Kia Optima, usually your only option for a hitch is a class one hitch. So your selection of bike racks are limited. And this is one of the only bike racks that can tilt away with the bikes on because you wanna access your trunk.

Does it Fit? Testing the Hollywood Racks Destination Bike Rack for 2 Bikes on a 2018 Kia Optima

Hi, everyone. It's Evangeline here at etrailer and today, we're looking at the Hollywood Racks Destination 2 Bike Racks here on our 2018 Kia Optima. So the Hollywood Racks Destination Bike Rack is a great option for when you only have a class 1 hitch, like what our Kia has right now, because you can still get a platform rack, the stability of a platform rack, without it being too heavy. So let's take a look at the way our bike is mounted to this bike rack. We have two wheel straps for the front as well as the back wheel, and we also have this frame mount. So that frame mount is unique in its design because you can, you have a 360-degree rotation for this mount.

Reese Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Kia Optima

Adam: Hi, everyone, Adam, with etrailer.com. Today, we're going to be taking a look at the Reese Three, hanging style bike rack, on our 2016 Kia Optima. So this is the three bike rack version that will be available for two and an inch and a quarter inch hitches. But we do have a four bike rack version that will be available only in a two-inch hitch. So if you have a two inch hitch and you have a couple extra buddies, you plan on riding with, you can go ahead and go with the four bike rack version as well.But this one's the three, and they're both going to have two tie-down points per bike. You're going to have two here up top, and they're going to be just a simple hook and loop strap, very simple to get this off, do it on both.

Thule Doubletrack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Kia Optima

Today on our 2014 Kia Optima we're going to be doing a test fit of the Thule Double Track platform-style 2-bike rack. As you can see here, we've already got it up on our vehicle installed, fitted, so you can see what it looks like and how it fits. We're going to go through how to break it down and how everything comes together. It's going to be part number TH990XT. First things first, we're going to get a few measurements starting with your closest distance first, which in this case is going to be from the bracket here to the back side of the bumper at about 3-1/4". Overall distance that we've added to the vehicle to the back of the cradle arms here at about 30-1/4", and ground clearance at about 15". Now we'll give you your ground clearance from this side as well, which looks like it's going to be about 8-3/4". Now let's take the bike down.

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Kia Optima

Today on our 2014 Kia Optima we're going to be doing a test fit of the Thule Vertex 4. This is going to be your hanging-style 4-bike rack, part number TH9029XT. As you can see, we've already got it fitted up here on our vehicle so you can see how it looks and fits once it's installed. We're going to go through a few things first. The measurements will be the first thing, starting with our closest distance here. It's going to be about 3-1/2" from that front bracket to the back side of the bumper. Our overall distance that we've added to the vehicle is going to be about 35-1/2", for the rear ground clearance of about 9-1/2" to the bottom of the shank.

Saris Axis Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Kia Optima

Today on our 2014 Kia Optima, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Saris Axis, this is going to be your hanging style 2 bike rack, part number SA832. As you can see we've already got it installed and up here with a bike on the back of our vehicle. This bike rack does come with an 1 1/4 shank for your class 1 and 2 hitches and a 2 inch adapter for your class 3 hitches as well. If you look over on the side here, you'll see that we have multiple straps. Let me go ahead and explain those straps. The once on the side on the down tube and seat post here is going to be your anti sway. This is going to help prevent the bike from swinging from front to back and the ones on top are going to be your frame straps to keep the bike from bouncing up and down.

Does the Swagman Trailhead Bike Rack for 4 Bikes Suit Your 2014 Kia Optima

Today on our 2014 Kia Optima, we are going to be doing a test fit of the Swagman Trail Head 4. This is going to be your hanging style 4 bike rack. It does come with an inch and a quarter shank for your class one and two hitches as well as a two inch adapter for your class three hitches. We do have it mounted up to our class one hitch today. We are going to give you a few measurements to start this off. This is just so you can see how it looks and fits once it's all completed. Our first measurement's going to be from the front, where this bend it in the shank, to the back end of the receiver.

Step-By-Step Installation Tutorial for the Swagman Titan Bike Rack for 4 Bikes on a 2013 Kia Optima

Today on our 2013 Kia Optima, we'll be test fitting the Swagman Titan 4 Bike Carrier for inch and a quarter and 2 inch hitches, part number S63410. Please keep in mind when using a class 1 or 2 hitch, you can carry a maximum of 2 bikes. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch, line up the pin hole, and thread in our anti-rattle bolt, tightening it with a wrench. Now we'll go over some clearance measurements. We have about 12 inches of ground clearance. The closest point of the carrier to the rear of our Optima is about 7 1/2 inches.

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Kia Optima

Today on our 2013 Kia Optima, we'll be test fitting the Rockymounts TieRod Stretch roof mounted bike rack, part number RKY1011. With a Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack system assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin by placing the Stretch directly onto our load bars. Here at the front, we'll bring the rubber coated straps around our front load bar, remove the black plastic cover, and fit the straps back into the head of the carrier. We can then use an Allen key to tighten the Allen bolt which will tighten our straps around our front bar. With the straps tight, we can then replace our black plastic cover. We'll remove one of the Allen bolts to bring our clamp around our rear bar. We'll fit the Allen bolt through the clamp, and then tighten both Allen bolts down with an Allen key. With the front and rear secured, we can go ahead and undo our rear strap, and make sure our skewer at the front is loose. We'll grab our bike, place it onto our bike rack, and drop our front forks down onto our skewer. We'll secure the bike first by tightening our skewer, and then move to the rear, and tighten the wheel strap. With our bike all loaded up, we're ready to go. That completes today's test fit of the Rockymounts TieRod Stretch roof mounted bike rack, part number RKY1011, on our 2013 Kia Optima. .

Kuat Sherpa Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Kia Optima

Today on our 2013 Kia Optima, well be testing the kuat Sherpa aluminum platform style, hitch mounted, two bike rack part number s102. To begin our test fit well slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch. Line up the pins hole and install our pin and lock. Here at the rear of the shank, well tighten the hand knobs, secure our bike rack to the vehicle, and engage our anti-rattle device.Now well go over a few clearance measurements. We have about 12 inches of ground clearance. The closest point of the carrier to the rear of our vehicle is about 2 inches, and weve added about 13 inches to the overall length of our Kia Optima.

Setting up the Yakima FrontLoader Wheel Mount Bike Carrier on your 2013 Kia Optima

Today on our 2013 Kia Optima, we'll be test fitting the Yakima Frontloader wheel mounted bike rack, part number Y02103. With the Yakima round bar roof rack system assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the Frontloader directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we'll make sure that our clamps are around our front bar. Then we can use the hand knob on the front end to tighten our clamps around our front crossbar. Here at the rear, we'll bring our rear clamp around our rear bar, drop the t-bolt through the appropriate slot, and then tighten it down with the t-handle on top. With the front and rear secured, we can undo our rear wheel strap, and open up our wheel cradle at the front. We'll grab our bike, place it onto our bike rack. We'll secure it first here at the front wheel. At the rear wheel, we can simply tighten with the wheel strap. With our bike all loaded up, we're ready to go. That completes today's test fit for the Yakima Frontloader wheel mounted bike rack, part number Y02103, on our 2013 Kia Optima. .

Installation: Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Carrier on a 2013 Kia Optima

Today on our 2013 Kia Optima, we'll be test fitting the Yakima Forklift roof mounted bike rack, part number Y02098. With the Yakima round bar roof rack system assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin by placing our Forklift directly onto our crossbars. Here at the front, we'll bring our front clamp around our front bar, drop the t-bolt through the appropriate slots, and tighten using the t-handle. Then we can remove our skewer. We'll slide the slotted bracket up around our t-handle, and re-install our skewer. Here at the rear, we'll bring our rear bracket around our rear bar, drop the t-bolt through the appropriate slot, and then use the t-handle to secure it around our rear bar. We'll go ahead and undo the rear wheel strap, and make sure our skewer at the front is loose. We'll grab our bike, place it onto our bike rack, and drop our front forks down onto our skewer. We'll secure the bike first by tightening our skewer, and then move to the rear, and tighten with the wheel strap. Just like that, our bike's all loaded up, and we're ready to go. That completes today's test fit for the Yakima Forklift roof mounted bike rack, part number Y02098, on our 2013 Kia Optima. .

Thule Helium Aero Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Kia Optima

Today on our 2013 Kia Optima, we'll be test fitting the Tule helium aero two-bike rack for inch-and-a-quarter and two-inch hitches, part number th9042. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch. Line up the pin hole, and install the attached pin. Here at the rear of the shank, we'll tighten the hand knob to secure our bike rack to our vehicle, and engage our anti-rattle device. Now let's go over a few clearance measurements. We have about 12-1/2 inches of ground clearance.

Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Kia Optima

Speaker: Today on our 2013 Kia Optima we'll be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth Roof Mountain Bike Rack Part No. TH-599XTR. With the Thule Traverse Roof Rack System assembled on our vehicle we'll begin our test fit by placing the Big Mouth directly on to our load bars. Here at the front we'll bring our clamps around our front bar, fit the two slots through the clamp and use the wing nut on top to tighten it down. We'll do this for both clamps at the front of our carrier. Here at the rear we'll undo one of the wing nuts to bring our clamp around our rear bar. We'll feed the brackets through the bolts and then make sure both wing nuts are tight around our bar. Then we can undo our wheel strap and make sure our frame jaw is open.

Mount: Swagman Upright Bike Rack for 1 Bike on a 2013 Kia Optima

Today on our 2013 Kia Optima we will be test fitting the Swagman Rooftop bike rack, part number S64720. With a Thule rapid traverse roof rack system assembled onto our vehicle, we begin our test fit by placing our bike rack directly onto our load bars. Here at the front platform, we'll take a U-bolt and feed it around the underside of our load bar, well bring the U-bolts back up through the platform and secure it in place with two wing nuts. We can then repeat that process for the other side of the front platform. Here at the rear we'll drop the U-bolt through the top of our bike rack, making sure that U-bolt go around our rear load bar then we can fit our bracket through the bolts and tighten in place with the wing nuts. With the front and rear secured, we can go ahead and open up our frame jaws and undo each wheel strap. We'll grab our bike and place it onto our bike rack and we'll secure it first by bringing the frame jaws up around the lower part of the frame and using the hand knob to secure it. We'll then move to each wheeland tighten with the wheel strap.With our bike all loaded up we are ready to go. That completes today's test fit of the Swagman Rooftop bike rack, part number S64720 on our 2013 Kia Optima. .

Installation: Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Carrier on a 2013 Kia Optima

Speaker: Today on out 2013 Kia Optima we'll be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mountain Bike Rack Part No. S-64710. With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System assembled on our vehicle we'll begin our test fit by placing the fork down directly on to our load bars. Here at the front platform we'll bring our U-bolts around the underside of our load bars picking them up through the platform and securing them in place with the wing nuts. We'll do this for both U-bolts at the front platform. Here at the rear we'll take our U-bolt and drop it through the top of our bike rack. We'll fit the bolts through our bracket and secure it with a wing nut. With the front and rear secured we can go ahead and undo our rear wheel strap and loosen up our skewer at the front.

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Kia Optima

Today on our 2013 Kia Optima, we'll be test fitting the RockyMounts Tierod Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1014. With the Thule rapid reverse roof rack system assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the tierod directly onto our load bars. Here at the front we remove the black plastic cover, we'll bring a rubber coated straps around our front bar and secure our straps in the head of our carrier. We can then use an Allen key to tighten the Allen bolt which will tighten our straps around our front bar. Once that's done we can then replace our black plastic cover. Here at the rear, we'll undo the Allen bolts to bring our rear clamp around our rear bar. We'll place the Allen bolt through the holes in the clamp and tighten our rear clamp around our rear bar with our Allen key.

Prorack 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Kia Optima

Today on our 2013 Kia Optima we'll be test fitting the Pro Rack Four Bike Rack, part number PR8062404. Please keep in mind that when using a class one hitch, you can carry a maximum of two bicycles. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch. Line up the pin hole, thread in our anti-rattle bolt and tighten it with a wrench. Now we'll go over some clearance measurements. We have about nine inches of ground clearance.

Kuat Alpha Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Kia Optima

Today, on our 2013 Kia Optima, we'll be test fitting the Kuat Alpha Aluminum Folding Locking 3-Bike Rack for 1 1/4 inch hitches, partner number A103-white-114. Please keep in mind that when using a class 1 hitch, you can carry a maximum of 2 bikes with this rack. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch, line up the pinhole and install our pin and lock. Here at the rear of the shank, we'll use the hand knob to secure our bike rack to our vehicle and engage our anti-rattle device. We'll go over a few clearance measurements. We have about 11 inches of ground clearance. The closest point of the carrier to the rear of the Optima is about 5 inches. We've added about 12 inches to the overall length of our vehicle. We can access the trunk without having to tilt away our bike rack.