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Review of the Thule Roof Mounted Bike Rack

Today we are going to show you part number TH517 from Thule, this is the Peloton. This is their bicycle rack that fits on top of most of the Thule roof racks assemblies out there. This is a bicycle rack that requires you to remove the front wheel to install it on the rack. We will go ahead and show you how it is done. The Peloton bike rack actually clamps onto these bars right here. There are 2 bolts that can come down from the rack itself and then there is a plate right here that tightens it on. Then up front of the vehicle there is a u-bolt that goes to the front cross bar. That is attached by 2 screws underneath the hood right here.

To show you a close up on how this rack works, the forks of the bike go into these bolts here, one on each side. There is actually a clamping system. So when you actually put the fork in and push down on the lever it clamps down and holds the forks securely in place. The tension is adjusted by this spin wheel inside of here. This actually tightens it going forward and going backwards actually releases the tension. And that controls how much tension these clamp down on the forks. When you do have it securely in place you can use the Thule locking system which installs right here. It also has a nice little cover when you are not using it. The rear tire on the wheel is held into place by this strap right here. It simply goes around the wheel and goes to this buckle. You push down on it and it ratchets and then synches light. OK, we will install a bike on this rack, and again you have to have the front wheel removed to use this rack. Alright, and there you have it for part number TH517 from Thule, the Peloton bicycle rack.

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