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Description:
- Hitch mounted rack has 2 bike capacity
- Folds up for storage and down for access
- Fits a wide range of bikes
- Fits wheels 20”-29” and up to 3” wide tires
- Thule One-Key System
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Submitted by
skijor
a Cross Country Rider
from Wisconsin
Date Reviewed: June 22, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Any backroad | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$332.00 | | Purchased At: | Amazon w/free ship | | Strengths: | Fast to load/unload. Secure hold/no bouncing, bumping into other bikes. No bungees required. Very sturdy. Tilt down feature is handy to access hatch/trunk with two bikes mounted. Vehicle protects bikes from bugs. Tilts up when not in use. | | Weaknesses: | Lock is easily defeated. Need to supplement with another lock. Not quick to remove from hitch and therefore is somewhat in the way for accessing rear of vehicle (mind your kneecaps :) Tilt feature takes some strength to lift/click back into place with bikes mounted although not overly so. | | Similar Products Used: | Graber trunk mount, fork mounts on a 2x10 | | Bike Setup: | Waterford RS-33, Specialized Stumpjumper Pro, Trek 720, Cannondale Silk Road SR500 | | Bottom Line: | Worth every penny. Supplement with a quality cable lock. I used blue Locktite on the fasteners for extra piece of mind. The bike trays slide onto the center beam and are cinched on by tightening 4 bolts per bike. Loosen these and the bikes and their trays can be slid right off, cable lock or not. Yes there are security issues but the ease of use easily offsets them.
Buy this if you have pricier bikes that you want to protect the frame. You'll want to keep this on all season, then remove it just once because again...it's heavy.
Don't buy if you ride beater bikes. A much cheaper rack would do. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dial Tone
a Weekend Warrior
from Duarte, CA
Date Reviewed: March 24, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$325.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson USA | | Strengths: | Ease of use, easy to assemble, proven Thule design and durability, very quick to mount and dismount. | | Weaknesses: | a bit on the heavy side, pricey and for a rack over $300 the locks should be at least included. | | Similar Products Used: | Saris Bones 2 | | Bike Setup: | Trek 7100, Trek 4300 WSD, Fisher Hi-Fi Plus | | Bottom Line: | If you want a quality product you'll have spend some money. There are less expensive racks out there but buying the good stuff generates rack-envy.
No need for high lifting especially on a tall vehicle and the bikes are easily mounted onto the Thule T2. The arms adjusts and locks in place with no frame contact. The bikes are also held on securely. Mounting a bike takes less than 20 seconds--seriously!
Unlike the other cheaper brands, the Thule T2 platform is far from the tailpipe that hot exhaust will not be aimed at the bike wheel and tire.
For a rack that costs as much as this one, Thule should at least make the locks included. Bikes can be locked using a cable lock (such as Kryptonite), just loop through the frame and secure onto the hitch. Visible cable locks are theft deterents and adds a extra level of security.
I highly recommend this one. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dean
a Cross Country Rider
from california
Date Reviewed: October 2, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$380.00 | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | This rack is very easy to use. Road and montain bikes mount easily. I like that it folds up out of the way when not in use and also tilts down to allow access to the back of my SUV (I use it on a Highlander) with bikes loaded. We also have racks on top of the car and bought this rack because my wife had trouble getting bikes off the top of the car due to her height. I also like that the mounting points are only the wheels not hanging from the frame which can be a pain with full suspension. Durability to date seems good. We live in a mild climate and store it in the garage when not in use. | | Weaknesses: | This rack is heavier than many, so heft it in the store before buying it. It also takes up more storage space than some other racks, I welded a piece of receiver to the metal ballard by my water heater to easily store it. Thule provides the option of locks on the portion that holds the front wheel, but all a would be thief needs to do is let the air out of your tire to get the bike; buy a cable lock long enough to go through bikes, rack and the hitch. We bought ours at the time Thule took over and changed the Sportworks design, which looked more robust than what Thule has done to it; but no problems to date. | | Similar Products Used: | Yakima roof racks | | Bike Setup: | road and mountain | | Bottom Line: | A nice rack that is easy to use. There are cheaper and lighter alternatives that may require just a little more time to load the bikes on. We use ours frequently and are overall very happy with this rack. Like most sport equipment it probably costs a bit more than it should because it is a 'specialty item'. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Julie
a Weekend Warrior
from San Diego, Ca
Date Reviewed: September 10, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | lots ! | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$330.00 | | Purchased At: | RackAttack | | Strengths: | I have the 2" hitch model. Very secure connection to the hitch when the "extra" lock is used. Minimal wobble. Fast and easy bike loading. Generates RackEnvy. | | Weaknesses: | The hitch-to-rack lock should be included in the basic purchase, particularly because it adds a great deal of strength to the hitch-rack junction. | | Similar Products Used: | Many racks over the years NONE as convenient as this one. | | Bike Setup: | Turners | | Bottom Line: | I've had roof racks (hate 'em...I'm only 5'6"), Yakima hitch racks where the bikes hang and bang into each other, racks where you had to add heavy bars between the seatposts and headtubes to properly cinch them up, Hollywood racks where you had to climb into a truck bed and take off the front wheels to load them, etcetcetc . I have finally found rack nirvana. The 2 biker is not too heavy for me to handle alone. The connection to the hitch is hefty and snug, minimizing movement. There is a double pivot design which reduces the effect of a lot of weight hanging off the hitch so no banging the ground over dips. Superfast to load and unload. Folds up nicely against the vehicle and folds down so you can access the back with the bikes on the rack.
The only points off are for 1. making the hitch lock an add-on when when without it there is only a single short bolt through ONE SIDE of the hitch holding the entire rig onto the car, and 2. the plastic straps holding the rear wheels snug have to be carefully tightened if you are traveling without bikes on so the straps don't fall off.
So 4 for value ($30 for the locking long bolt) and 5 for overall. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jason Scott
a Cross Country Rider
from Dallas
Date Reviewed: July 29, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Oak Cliff Nature Preserve | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | Richardson Bike Mart | | Strengths: | Not very many.... very little wobbling, strong hold...hmmm read on | | Weaknesses: | rear wheel straps are not mounted to frame, latch to release rack into down position is less than an inch and hurts finger, scratches very quickly (new rack looked very used within days) | | Similar Products Used: | Sportswork (similar rack) | | Bike Setup: | Canondale Jekyll 800 w/ Lefty
Trek 4500 w/ disc | | Bottom Line: | I WANT MY SPORTSWORK RACK BACK. A tail-gater put my Sportwork rack to rest so I used the insurance money to buy the Thule. BAD MOVE! This rack BITES! First, the rear wheel (plastic) straps are removeable, so you can easily lose one, or they can easily be stolen. The latch that brings the rack down from the upright position seems to be installed backwards. The plastic wheel well that holds the front tire is made of cheap plastic, for its already cracking. Don't buy this rack, its a very bad design. The Sportswork is 100 times better. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Beau
a Downhiller
from park city, ut
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Purchased At: | THULE | | Strengths: | This is an awesome rack that is so easy to use. It is one of the few racks that actually works well with big downhill bikes. Super easy to load. | | Weaknesses: | It pretty much doesn't have any weaknesses as of yet, but the one thing that I have noticed is it seems to be a bit wobbly when it is loaded up with two 45 lb downhill bikes, but i'm sure that it is actually very secure. | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Vp Free w/ 888's | | Bottom Line: | This rack is awesome, and is probablly one of the easiest most practical racks for big bikes that you can buy. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Roy
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto, Canada
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$650.00 | | Strengths: | I've bought the 4 bike system and overall the rack is great for carrying the bikes. Easy to use and the bikes are really stable. | | Weaknesses: | The locking mechanizim that holds the front wheel is basically useless when it comes to security (theft) even when locked with the key. The bikes can easily be removed from the rack by opening the quick release on the front skewer (or using a wrench with bolt-ons). Once the skewer is loose and the rear wheel clamp is open the bike simply lift off the rack and the front wheel can then be reattached. It takes less than 30 seconds to remove the bike with the lock in place. | | Similar Products Used: | This is my first hitch rack. | | Bike Setup: | Titus Motolite Exogrid. | | Bottom Line: | I really liked the rack until I realized there is no theft protection at all. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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