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Code: TH501
Retail:$159.95
Price:$143.95
Shipping Weight: 14 pounds
Shipping SpecialAn excellent alternative to the hitch mounted bike rack, this single bike carrier fits perfectly into your truck bed. Its solid design makes loading and unloading a breeze and no wheel removal is necessary.
Another great option for your truck bed, the Insta-Gater provides an excellent alternative to a hitch mounted bike carrier, especially if your hitch is already being used for towing. The solid design of this bike rack makes loading and unloading quick and simple, and the front wheel mounting system eliminates all frame contact making it ideal for today's monocoque and aggressive frame designs. Perfect for carrying one bike but another rack can also be mounted side-by-side to accommodate more bikes for your friends and family.
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| The Sportworks Insta-Gater easily installs in the pickup truck bed. Simply lower the tailgate, place the Insta-Gater straps inside the opening between the tailgate and the truck bed (pictured above). Close the tailgate. Then tighten the straps with the built-in ratchets (pictured below). This pulls the bike carrier up next to the tailgate eliminating any movement. |
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Replaces Sportworks # 254100
Video of Thule Insta-Gater Truck Bed Single Bike Rack
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer
installation instructions and specs for complete information.
These easily installed single bike carrier allows for secure bikes wherever you go. With its rugged steel construction and powdered coating this bike rack is ready for any conditions you can put it through. Its easy front wheel clamping makes travel a breeze, and this will virtually work on any bicycle. First off well open our truck bed here, set inside our Insta-Gater, and theres a couple things to do first and well show you. First we need to lengthen the straps and well do that by pressing down on the center button and pulling them out. Now these straps here fit in between the tailgate and the bed of the truck. What happens is we close the tailgate and it traps them inside. That way the rack wont go anywhere. Now that we have the straps inside we need to tighten everything down, and this nice handy little ratchet will do that for us.
To install our bike we take the front wheel and we set it inside the rack and make sure its hitting inside the tail gate. Then we take our locking arm here, give it a squeeze and let it come back. Now we make sure it goes over the tire, and once it makes contact we want to make sure it goes two clicks past it. Once you have it in there, give it a little shake and make sure its stable and it might need one more click or two. Maybe with the front suspension bikes it might take more tension to keep it from wobbling. As you can see Im shaking the bike and truck so this isnt going anywhere. To release this bike all you have to do is push this trigger here, maybe push on it a little more to relieve the tension and then we take our bike right off. As you can see here, theres a space to add a lock to it. This is part of Thules one key system. So say for example you have another Thule system that utilizes the one key system, you can buy a matching cylinder to install on this bike rack and lock everything into place. The Thule Insta-Gator bike rack as you can see will fit virtually any kind of bike frame. It quickly installs in the bed of your truck and with a little practice you could probably have this installed in 15 seconds. With its durable steel construction and painted finish will last for a very long time. As you can see we have it installed in the middle here and obviously you can put two of them in there and possibly four depending on the width of your truck. Also on the tire sizes with this bike you can fit mainly from 20 inches to 29 inches and tire width of about 3 inches. There you have it for part # TH501 from Thule, the Insta-Gater truck bed bike carrier.
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Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 Customer Reviews)
by: Steve Boyer03/14/2011
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I've only had the insta-gator long enough to use it couple times. Bikes are held in firm with little movement during transport. I especially like that they are not hanging off the back, my biggest fear has always been getting rear ended. With this device they are much safer9322
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