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Thule Echelon Fork Mount Bike Rack
Product DescriptionTheThule 518 Echelon fork mount bike carriers feature a dual-lock design,That locks your bikeToThe carrier andThe carrierTo rack. Centrally located cam lever and ergonomic adjustment knob allows for rapid bike loading and unloading Fits all disc and suspension combinations with a standard axle Dual-lock design, locks bikeTo carrier and carrierTo rack,Thule One-Key-System compatible FitsThule and Yakima Load Bars MaximumTire Width: 2.6 ins
User Reviews
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Pat Remington Date Reviewed: June 17, 2012 Strengths: The mechanism that clamps the front fork is the best in the industry. Fast, easy, and effective. Weaknesses: The clamp that holds the rack to the bar is an engineering disaster! If you're driving on a bumpy road, the tab that fits into the mount slips and and voila! You're bike is swinging back and forth barely held onto the rack. I thought it was a lemon with one rack, but it's happened to ALL four of my racks. This means that the rack is useless, except for driving on smooth, flat road. One bump, and it starts to fail. This is a design flaw and Thule should admit it, and come up with a fix. I have some ideas, but I want to see if they can figure it out first. Bottom Line:  
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Alex
a All Mountain Rider Date Reviewed: April 30, 2012 Strengths: Simple, solid, good , looking Weaknesses: wheel strap a little short for 2.35 tires, endcap does not hold well Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: rigaud Similar Products Used: Thule echelon Bike Setup: Intense Tracer 29
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VTSession
a Weekend Warrior
from Boston Date Reviewed: August 5, 2011 Strengths: Solid construction, well built, lots lots of metal, no plastic, holds heavy bikes well. Weaknesses: a little pricey Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $150.00 Similar Products Used: Thule Velo Vise, Prologue Bike Setup: Santa Cruz Butcher 
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Jeff
a Cross Country Rider
from Albany NY USA Date Reviewed: July 15, 2011 Strengths: Solid metal construction Weaknesses: Clamp mechanism doesn't work well Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Bike Setup: Specialized Allez and Epic Marathon
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Bud Hawks
a Weekend Warrior
from Golden, CO Date Reviewed: May 31, 2011 Strengths: Fork clamping mechanism Weaknesses: Bracket to hold fork end on rack, locking mechanism. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Colorado Trail Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $120.00 Purchased At: REI Similar Products Used: Yakima Bike Setup: Trek Fuel EX8
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freezingprocess
a Cross Country Rider
from Oxford, NJ Date Reviewed: May 28, 2010 Strengths: Looks cool- And I thought the fork vise worked well. Weaknesses: As stated by some other reviewers here, the front carrier mount is very poorly engineered. All that holds the carrier to your crossbars is a flimsy metal bracket and two little screws. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Allamuchy Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $135.00 Purchased At: Backcountry.com Similar Products Used: Yakima Viper Bike Setup: Specialized Rockhopper Expert 29er
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bunnyslope18
a Cross Country Rider
from Asheville, NC USA Date Reviewed: May 4, 2010 Strengths: Looks great Weaknesses: I own 2 of these racks and of the 2, one of them has some real issues with the lock cylinder. It takes allot of effort to operate the lock… So much so in fact that I have broken a key. I have seen this same issue occur in some other echelons! I believe the problem to be with the rack…not the lock cores themselves. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 2 Years Bike Setup: Ellsworth Epiphany (mountain bike) Salsa Pistola (road bike)
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jboyd122
a Weekend Warrior
from Columbia, MD Date Reviewed: January 8, 2010 Strengths: Does the job it's supposed to. Looks great. Weaknesses: price Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $100.00 Purchased At: Craigslist
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Kliemann53
a Weekend Warrior
from Bonney Lake Wa. U.S.A Date Reviewed: August 10, 2009 Strengths: Looks cool (when there's no bike in it) Weaknesses: Poorly enginered, Bad customer service Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Skookum flats Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $150.00 Purchased At: REI Bike Setup: Specialized Epic, Yeti 575, Lemond Buenos Aires
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telemark3@live.com
a Cross Country Rider
from Golden,Co Date Reviewed: July 28, 2009 Strengths: None Weaknesses: The mounting clamp is poorly designed. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Purchased At: REI
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thesober
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto Date Reviewed: October 11, 2008 Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
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Halvo
a Cross Country Rider
from Chapel Hill, NC, USA Date Reviewed: September 2, 2008 Strengths: SOLID construction, easy to mount, VERY easy to adjust, extremely stable, locking cores work fine! Thule must have figured out the problem (as of Sept '08). Weaknesses: None thus far - will update later. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Black Mtn in Pisgah Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $118.00 Purchased At: REI Similar Products Used: Smaller, independent roof rack co. - years ago. Bike Setup: I have too many bikes...
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Thule has been a PIA
a Cross Country Rider
from NC Date Reviewed: April 19, 2008 Strengths: Easy to use, and holds the bikes well. Weaknesses: Noisy. You need an adapter kit to use them on rapid aero bars. The adapter kit is noisy and makes a squeaking sound when driving on anything but a smooth highway. They STILL don't lock!!! Thule posted that message above about how they are a stand up company and are working to make things right.....yeah right. I have waited close to a year for replacement heads for this tray. Last time I talked with them, which was in 2007, I was told my name was on a list and when the replacement parts came in they would expedite shipping them to me. I just called back a couple of days ago and my name is no longer on any list and they still don't have an idea of when the parts would be available. WHAT A JOKE. My name is on another list though, Marie's, who did a good job at acting as confused about the whole situation as I am pissed. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $999.00 Purchased At: lbs
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deputy
a Weekend Warrior
from Mass Berkshires Date Reviewed: January 30, 2008 Strengths: Marketing hype and product looks Weaknesses: Locks, mounting Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months Similar Products Used: velo vice, rocky mounts Bike Setup: Cannondale Scalpel
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Thule has been a PIA
a Cross Country Rider
from NC Date Reviewed: September 17, 2007 Strengths: They look like they nice. Weaknesses: Apparently they don't work as designed. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $180.00 Purchased At: lbs Similar Products Used: So far I am wondering why I ever went away from Rocky Mounts. High dollar racks are proving to be a bunch of hype.
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