| CheapThule 962XT Speedway 3-Bike Trunk Rack | | | | bike securely while moving to Boston from Alabama. |
| | | | After seeing the quality of this product I plan to |
| '04 Honda Civic SI (hatchback) - Thule 962XT | | | | purchase another one for use on my Toyota Prius. |
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| | | | Solid rack |
| This is an excellent bike rack but the hatchback | | | | |
| design for the newer hatchback SI leaves some | | | | No problem in using it. Easy to install in general. In the |
| improvements to be desired for the trunk mount. | | | | beginning I bought the roof type of rack but it |
| The top and bottom hooks are secure but the ones | | | | turned out difficult for me to put the bike on. This |
| mounted near the rear brake lights (as shown in the | | | | one is pretty convenient for occasional (weekends) |
| Thule example) seem to slide down as the car hits | | | | trip. |
| bumps in the road. This loosens the mount and it | | | | ================================= |
| begins to bounce more as you ride. There are no | | | | Does it fit or not??? |
| sharp corners to adequately hold the side hooks so I | | | | |
| am looking to add something (tape or closed cell | | | | OK - So I'm researching about buying this bike rack. I |
| foam) to prevent slipping. Secondly, my mountain | | | | just happen to own an Audi A4 Wagon and the |
| bike design does not fit well on the rack. I have to | | | | picture on the listing here at Amazon and other sites |
| rest the rear suspension spring on the bike rack arm | | | | actually show the rack mounted to an A4 wagon. |
| so the weight is not evenly distributed. This could be | | | | But when you look at the installation directions for |
| another element causing the side hooks to slip. Either | | | | the rack it says that you shouldn't use the rack on |
| way, it's an excellent bike rack aside from the design | | | | an A4 wagon because there's no safe place to |
| issues with my hatchback Civic SI and Iron Horse | | | | secure the top straps. What?????? |
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| CheapestThule 962XT Speedway 3-Bike Trunk Rack | | | | Poor Design |
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| World Class Bike Rack | | | | We ordered this rack to carry two adult Trek bikes |
| | | | and a youth mountian bike. First, there's almost no |
| I go to a lot of big road bike events and ride road | | | | way to carry three bikes on this rack without |
| bikes several thousand miles a year. I looked at a lot | | | | incurring damage to the bike frames or spokes. Once |
| of other racks at events and talked to the people | | | | could possibly partially diassemble the bikes and |
| were using them. This is one of the the most sturdy, | | | | accomodate three bikes but that sort of defeats the |
| stable and well detailed racks available. The robust | | | | purpose. Secondly, this is not a stable unit. Loaded |
| rubber stays and guides keep the bikes securely | | | | with three bikes the rack tends to pull away from |
| positioned and protected. If you are going to put | | | | the vehicle (Toyota SUV) even with the straps |
| very expensive road bikes on a car rack, you can | | | | conced tightly enough to flex the rack's frame. Even |
| afford the best rack. | | | | more troubling is the fact that the arms of the rack |
| DiscountThule 962XT Speedway 3-Bike Trunk Rack | | | | are secured with only two cheap spring-loaded pins |
| | | | which hold them into a plastic housing. On our rack, it |
| Excellent Quality | | | | was possible with just a little effort to jiggle and |
| | | | torque the arms enough to dislodge the pins. On the |
| I purchased this rack for my daughter's Hyundai | | | | road that would result in the loss of all the bikes. This |
| Santa Fe. The quality is excellent and fit well on the | | | | is a poor design ... save yourself the effort of a |
| Santa Fe. She said that it performed well, holding the | | | | return. |