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Description: Click for more info and reviews of this Swagman RV and Camper Bike Racks: etrailer.com/RV-and-Camper-Bike-Racks/Swagman/S94FR.html Check out some similar RV and Camper Bike Racks options: etrailer.com/dept-pg-RV_and_Camper_Bike_Racks-pt-RV_Hitch_Rack.aspx Search for other popular Monaco Knight Motorhome parts and accessories: etrailer.com/vehicle/2011/Monaco/Knight+Motorhome etrailer.com Don’t forget to subscribe! youtube.com/user/etrailertv Full transcript: etrailer.com/tv-install-swagman-e-speck-bike-rack-2011-monaco-knight-s94fr.aspx Hi everyone, it's Eve Angeline here at etrailer. And today we'll be taking a look at our Swagman E-Spec 2-bike platform rack on our 2011 Monaco Knight motorhome. This is an awesome bike rack. If you have those extra heavy electric bikes, and you also have an RV because your options can be limited for those. This has the extra durability to handle that sway. Plus you can carry those e-bikes. This has a 70-pound weight capacity, which is impressive, since most bike racks are limited to a 60-pound weight capacity when they're e-bike rated. Now, what makes this different is the way the hardware is set up. Here we actually have it set up where it's supposed to work on a vehicle. So you have a pin and a clip. When you put this on your motorhome, go ahead and use the included bolt and nut that goes at the end of the shank there. And that will hold it fixed, which does take away the tilt away and fold up feature. But on your Monaco, you really don't need those features. So we'll focus on this bike rack in comparison with our motorhome. A big thing straight off the bat is your clearance. I have long handlebars here, and on the outside cradle I already have limited clearance with our bumper. So that may be an issue for you. You may need to have an extender which has limitations too, or double check make sure that your handlebars don't come too close. The way our bike is mounted is we have three touch points. Two of them are gonna be the wheel straps. So the front and the back. Then the third is gonna be this hook. So this is a locking hook. So that can help secure your bikes. The downside to that is if you have, let's say children's bikes, some women's bikes, especially those step-through frames, this needs to come down too far where you need to get a separate frame adapter bar. So keep that in mind for those alternate frames, also for your carbon fiber frame bikes. But when you wanna take your bike off, you press this lever that disengages the strap that goes over to this side. Just immediately out of the way. Here's our second strap. And then you go over to your frame mount. So if this is unlocked, you can then just press on that button, lift that hook up and out of the way. And from here you can lift your bike off. When you have your extra heavy electric bikes though, you do have to lift your bike up, and then down to the ground. So keep that in mind. So with the bike off, you get to take a closer look at the cradles. So these can actually move back and forth. You have these knobs here. In fact, if you do have your shorter handlebars, I recommend moving those cradles as far out to one side to clear your center bumper. You have this strap that secures the wheel. You also have that rubber piece on the inside to help stabilize that and give yourself extra support. With this being made of steel, you have a very sturdy cradle. But notice the way it's shaped. You have the grooves for your thinner road bikes, as well as your wider tires. The maximum tire width this can carry is up to three inches. If you wanna carry fat bike tires, you can switch these out. Now, if you do have it on your car, you can just bring this mask down, and then you can fold the rack up. In our case here on our motorhome, we don't really need that feature, but it's nice to know that you can bring this down if you're at the campground and you just wanna save up on space, or look a little bit more neat. This has a two-inch shank which fits right into your two-inch hitch receiver. Closest point is gonna be from the bumper to your cradles. And that is six inches away, so not much clearances there for your handlebars. Now, we have an anti-rattle bolt and a lock. That lock is keyed alike to the locks on your frame mount. I also used a 15, 16 socket to tighten everything down. We have those here at etrailer if you wanna hold onto one for when you need to take your rack off. So ground and clearance measurements is gonna be from our tray or our cradles to the ground, 29 inches. That's how high you're gonna have to lift your bikes up onto the rack. So, if you are maxing out the weight capacity of this rack, you're gonna have an extra heavy electric bike to lift. If that's gonna be a major issue, you may wanna check something like the Yakima OnRamp, which has a ramp to help you out with that issue. My personal thoughts about t