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Hey everybody, how's it going Today, we're gonna be going over the Kuat NV 2.0 bike rack, here on our 2021 Tesla Model Y. So, we actually have a few different options here for the NV 2.0. For starters, we have both two and four bike configurations. We also have two different color options for each of those configurations. You have the gunmetal gray, which is what we have here. And there's also a version for metallic black.
So no matter your color or bike preferences, there's gonna be an option for you. So there's two main types of bike racks. We have the platform style, which is what we have here, and we have the hanging style. Now, they're both gonna work great for you. Some of them are a little bit better for things than others.
The hanging style, for example, they're gonna be better for your light road bikes. Something that we could easily just pick up, set on the arm, secure, and then head off down the road. Now, one of the main benefits of the hanging style bike rack is, is that they're gonna be very easy to put on because they don't weigh much at all. However, the real downside to hanging style bike racks is they're not really accommodating to different types of bike frames. If we have any heavy bikes or if we have the carbon fiber frame bikes, the hanging style really isn't the best option.
Because number one, we could risk damaging the carbon fiber frame. And number two, they have a limited weight capacity. Now, the platform style on the other hand, this is gonna be a great options for both of those types. Because number one, the platform bike racks have a very high weight capacity. And number two, we're gonna be able to carry bikes with a carbon fiber frame, because as you can see here, there's actually no contact with the frame whatsoever, because this is the wheel mount style.
If we have any alternative frame bikes, so they're obviously not gonna be here for the hanging style either, because we need that horizontal cross tube. Therefore, we're gonna be able to use this bikes with this rack as well. So another major benefit a platform style bike rack has over a hanging style bike rack, is that we can actually tilt it away from the vehicle with our bikes still attached. Now, we compare that to a hanging style rack, a lot of these do have a tilt away feature but you have to remove the bikes, which is one extra step. For this platform rack here, we're simply going to pull this little lever over here on this side. And then the rack with our bike is gonna tilt back away from the vehicle. That way we can open up the hatch. And as you can see here, there's plenty of room with the hatch and our bike. We don't have any issue with interference, and now we can get items in and out as we need. And then close it back up and head off down the road, that simple. So another great major benefit of a platform style rack, when we compare it to a hanging style, is that it's much easier to get your bikes off of because we don't have to be lifting them as high. Now, granted some of our lighter bikes really are gonna be too much of an issue getting on that hanging style rack. But, if you have a heavier one or even just the normal bike like this, it's much easier to get them on and off the platform style racks, because we don't have to lift as much. But in order to you remove your bike from this rack here, it's very simple. First thing we're gonna do is, we're gonna come back to the rear wheel here. We're gonna press that gray button and then pull our strap out just like so. And then what we're gonna do is, we're gonna come up top here. This is an important step. We're gonna make sure that we grab firmly on the top tube of our bike, and then we'll come over here to our wheel hook. We'll release that, press the button, extend it out, fold it down. And now we're ready to remove our bike. Now, the reason that we wanna make sure that we have a strong hold on that, is because once we release the wheel hook, our bike could fall and hit the vehicle. We don't want that to happen, which is a good thing that we have a nice strong hold on it. So now we're ready to just lift it up and off. Just like so, very easy. So if yo
