Unless it's faulty, in which case I'm sure Thule would have replaced it, this has to be 'user error'. I have 3 Thule bike carriers and all of them are bullet-proof. The only issue I've ever had with any Thule product was a roof box popping-open at speed and that was 'cos I'd overstuffed it and trapped some fabric in one of the lock mechanisms.
Bike fell off thule 591 (Roof of car) and thule not intrested, help
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Paul_L
Über Member
- Location
- Shipley, West Yorks
I have two of these and have carried road, hybrid and kids bikes without any problems.
Just out of interest when you tighten the clamp on the down tube do you also lock it? I'm not sure if that's what the instructions say but i always lock them.
Just out of interest when you tighten the clamp on the down tube do you also lock it? I'm not sure if that's what the instructions say but i always lock them.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Isn't this thread title a bit misleading? Seems Thule could have told the seller to foxtrot oscar, yet they still went to the effort of examining the product rather than simply dismissing the matter out of hand.
400bhp
Guru
Good point.
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
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- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
I'll just add my experience to the 'debate' FWIW!
I have 4 x 591 racks which have been used with at least 7 different bikes ranging from a tiny kids bike with stabilisers through various sizes of kids bikes upto assorted fullsize adult bikes (MTB's/hybrids/roadbikes). Some of these have, due to size, been clamped in a less than optimal fashion both to the frame and at the wheel. Despite this they have travelled fair distances at enthusiastic speeds on motorways and twisty A roads without ever giving a hint of coming detached. Clamps have ALWAYS been as tight when unloading as when loading in the first place.
My gut feeling is user error. My only caveat to that is that Evans have not actually bothered to send the rack to Thule because in the slim chance that the clamp was really faulty I don't for a moment believe that a reputable company like Thule would allow the product back out into the real world!
I have 4 x 591 racks which have been used with at least 7 different bikes ranging from a tiny kids bike with stabilisers through various sizes of kids bikes upto assorted fullsize adult bikes (MTB's/hybrids/roadbikes). Some of these have, due to size, been clamped in a less than optimal fashion both to the frame and at the wheel. Despite this they have travelled fair distances at enthusiastic speeds on motorways and twisty A roads without ever giving a hint of coming detached. Clamps have ALWAYS been as tight when unloading as when loading in the first place.
My gut feeling is user error. My only caveat to that is that Evans have not actually bothered to send the rack to Thule because in the slim chance that the clamp was really faulty I don't for a moment believe that a reputable company like Thule would allow the product back out into the real world!
