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Prevent your bike from rocking back and forth during transport by replacing a lost or damaged anti-sway attachment for the Hold Fast cradles of your Thule Apex bike rack. This part attaches to the angled extension on the bottom of the cradle.
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Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Speaker 1: Today we're taking a look at the replacement anti sway attachment for Thule Apex and Helium Aero bike racks. This unit replaces one ant sway attachment on the holdfast cradle of your Thule Apex or Helium Aero bike rack. It fits Thule Apex models TH9025, TH9026, and TH9027 and it fits Thule Helium models TH9042, and Th9043. Now this is designed to work with the cradle and a rubber strap to prevent your bike from rocking back and forth during transport. It attaches to the angled extension on the bottom of the cradle or directly to the cradle if you don't have the angled extension. It protects your bike frame from scratches because it features these really nice, soft thermoplastic elastomer bumpers.
So it's a really nice designed unit. It really cushions it so that way it's not the construction of the bike on bare plastic, but makes contact with these bumpers to protect the bike finishing and the bike frame from scratches abrasions or any type of damage. That's gonna do it for today's look at the replacement ant sway attachment for the Thule Apex and Helium Aero bike racks.
This part is hard to find because it's for a rack that Thule doesn't make any more. My rack came with two of them and I lost one. I'm so grateful that eTrailer has plenty of them in stock. It is the original part, same quality as the parts that came with my Thule rack. There are millions of Thule racks in use, and sooner or later many of us will need replacement parts. etrailer is doing us a great service by stocking them.
etrailer isn't a giant company like Amazon. I would have been fine if it took them 3 or 5 days to process and ship the order, and a few more days for me to receive it. But, they processed the order and shipped it in less than 12 hours, and I received it a day or two after that. This little company beats Amazon in service. I'm a fan.
(p.s., I have no affiliation with etrailer and receive no benefit from writing a favorable review. I'm just a regular customer like you.)
This is an exact replacement for my Thule Aztec 5-bike hitch rack model #9026. I am a long-time fan of etrailer.com when especially for replacement parts on discontinued models. etrailer has parts I can't always find anywhere else.
The product I needed was available easy payment very fast delivery. The rack is already repaired and back on the car. Thanks so much for your action.
I had been looking for these replacement parts for some time and finally came across Russ your website. I easily found the parts, ordered and received them in a timely fashion. Thanks!
I've had trouble finding these replacement parts for our Thule bike rack. So I was glad to find them on etrailer.com. Delivery was quick and I got exactly what I expected.
The parts arrived. They were perfect replacements for last parts that came with the bike rack.
Just what I needed for my bike rack, thank you! I also replaced knob, and RSI was able to fix it with new key. Saved me hundreds from having to buy a new bike rack.
Someone snagged one of my anti-sway attachments. I thought i was going to have to do without until I found this on etrailer. These are not OEM parts, but work just as well. They were a little difficult to get on, but once I did they work great. FYI, they cam(oval shaped) on to the connector so that it does not come off easily.
I couldn't find the part anywhere else. I'm grateful etrailer had it for a reasonable price.
Fits my Thule Helium great, easy ordering from e trailer.
Arrived earlier than expected, fit perfectly. I actually installed this on the Thule 934PRO Hitching Post Pro.
etrailer stocked and rapidly shipped the obscure replacement parts needed to repair my European made bike rack. Thanks etrailer.
The product is a Thule replacement part. The good part is etrailer - it is my go-to source for both my towing needs and spare parts! Great customer service and quick processing/delivery times. Thank you etrailer!
Quick delivery! I’ve been meaning to replace this part and this one fits perfectly.
The price was amazing! I purchased 8 of these Anti-sway attachments for my Thule bike rack. Thule was charging almost $30.00 for two! Not only was the price wonderful but the customer service-outstanding. I had my order in a few days!! Love this company! Thank you!
Cheryl R.
9/19/2016
Outstanding
After my son borrowed my bike rack three of the four clips were missing. On a whim I looked for them online and discovered etrailer.com stocked them. I ordered three and they arrived in no time. I appreciate the fast service and what I feel was a good price for the item.
Marc
7/26/2021
The items are working great. No issues.
see product review for the other part that connects to this. It is poor from the viewpoint that they should be one so they are not lost and have a permanent attachment to the Thule bike rack.
Lu H.
8/12/2015
I keep losing them. This is a poor design by the manufacturer. However, your service has been absolutely great.
Easy to use. Works well to stabilize any bike we've used on the rack. Due to design of rack remember to remove bar if rack is on the car without a bike. We lost a bar that way.
Deborah
7/7/2023
Still using the stabilizing bar. We remove if rack on car without a bike.
Over the lifetime of my Thule bike rack I have had to order several Anti Sway cradles and Angled Extensions because they keep falling off. Once I install them on the bike rack I pull on them to make sure they are attached securely. Nonetheless, at some point they fall off. I don't understand why. If you have any suggestions, I would apprreciate them. Thank you.
Perfect replacement and quickly receive d.
Perfect, no problems at all. Best price I could find. Would buy again.
About a year ago, we purchased a number of replacement parts for our Thule aluminum bike rack. They've all been great. Both anti-sway attachments and straps have held up well, and we've now driven them up and down the US East Coast several times. Very happy with both product and service, and I'd strongly recommend etrailer.com to anyone in the market for replacement parts for their Thule bike rack!
Seem to work ok if you make very sure they are tight and only have the blue strips against your bike. I've rubbed the paint off two bike frames. Works much better on standard hardtail frames. Mounting to full suspension bikes using an adapter bar is tricky. I think the extra extension adapter may help but haven't tried it yet.
These Anti_Sway cradles from an Thule Apex Bike rack also fit on the Thule Vertex Bike Rack #TH9028XT.
These cradles have the RDT (Road Dampening Technology) cushioning that is non-marking. They work great to securely hold and cushion your expensive Carbon Fiber Bikes on your Thule Vertex Bike Rack. I've been using these for just over a year now and would HIGHLY RECOMMEND them !!!
Thanks for keeping me up to date with my order. This was a hard-to-get item for me as I recently lost one off my Thule Helium rack (which was also purchased at etrailer.com along with the hitch!). Service from etrailer.com has always been excellent and I wouldn't look any place other than etrailer.com for hitches or racks.
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Gwendolyn Y.
4/18/2025
Thanks a lot for this, Ron! We like to think of our selves like a small shop in our corner of the internet :) See ya next time you need us, doors always open!