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This rack lets you carry 1 bike with a thru-axle skewer on your roof rack crossbars without an adapter. Wide-jaw clamp with precision dial lets you easily load and secure your bike with a single hand. Includes adapter for 9-mm quick-release skewers.
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The Thule ThruRide fork-mount bike rack lets you transport a bicycle with a thru-axle on your roof without an adapter. A wide-jaw clamp with a precision dial allows you to mount your bike with one hand and steady it with the other. A sliding cradle with a ratcheting strap accommodates most bike lengths and secures your rear wheel to the tray. And an included adapter allows you to carry a bike with 9-mm quick-release skewer.
The ThruRide holds your bike by the thru-axle. After removing the front wheel, just re-insert your bike's thru-axle into the fork and set the axle in the clamp while holding the bike steady with your free hand. Your bike's skewer rests in the clamp without the need for an adapter. Next, simply close the cam-action hood to secure the axle in the clamp. If the clamp's grip is too tight or to loose, use the precision dial to fine-tune the fit. You can add a One-Key System lock cylinder (TH512 - sold separately) to the hood to lock your bike to the rack.
An included adapter allows you to carry a bike with a 9-mm quick-release skewer. Just set the skewer in the clamp, then load your bike onto the skewer, and secure it with the cam-action hood.
You can upgrade the adapter to a locking 9-mm quick-release skewer (TH535SKR - sold separately) to secure your bike to the rack.
The ThruRide's rear-wheel cradle slides along the tray to accommodate bikes of varying lengths. The cradle's ratcheting strap secures your bike wheel to the tray, and a padded rim protector keeps the wheel from getting scratched or scuffed during transport.
The rack is easy to install with the included Quick Flip mounting brackets. Just set the rack on your crossbars, slide the T-bolts into the brackets, and then tighten the bolts so the brackets are snug against the bottom of your crossbar. The rear bolts tighten using hand knobs and the front bolts tighten by turning the cam levers. Once the front bolts are tight, close the cam levers to hold the brackets in place and secure the rack to your crossbars. The Quick Flip brackets fit any crossbar size or style. The tips of the bracket should face down when installing on thinner bars and face up for use on wider crossbars.
You can lock the rack to your crossbars by installing a One-Key System lock cylinder in the cam lever. The 2-pack lock system means the rack's hood lock and mounting hardware lock are keyed alike.
To install the front of the ThruRide directly into the top channels of your crossbars, attach 2 T-bolts in place of the brackets on the underside of the hood assembly. Then just slide the front of the rack into the top channel of your crossbars and secure it using the cam levers.
The rear mounting bracket tightens around your crossbar with hand knobs and 2 threaded bolts. The bracket has 1 open end and 1 closed end so you can install and remove the rack without completely removing the bracket. To secure it to your crossbar, slide the open end of the bracket onto the bolt and tighten the hand knobs.
The ThruRide's rustproof, lightweight aluminum wheel tray is D-shaped so it won't flex as much as standard, V-shaped trays. The D-shaped tray reduces stress on your bike frame during high winds and hard turns. The tray is also easier to clean with no dirt-collecting corners and crevices.
Installation Details 
Video of Thule ThruRide Roof Bike Rack - Thru Axle Mount - Clamp On or Channel Mounted - Aluminum
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
FemaleAnnouncer: Today on our 2011 Acura MDX we're doing a test fit of the Thule ThruRide roof mounted bike rack. That part number is TH535. I already have our bike secured down. I'm first going to show you how we do that. Here in the back we have a ratcheting strap that you're going to see on most of our Thule bike racks. Quick and easy to release and then at the front we have a different style skewer.
The fist thing we'll show you is opening our optional lock cover here. If you open up this cover you'll see our two silver pieces here on the back. It's got a part and that's what really holds our skewer into place. We can use our gray knob to loosen and tighten that area up front. To release the bike from the skewer itself we'll open up our black handle and we'll loosen the other side. The great thing about this is that it's going to hold that skewer in place so we don't have to worry about that coming out while we take our bike off.
Then with our bike out of the way we'll replace our strap here in the back. How our rack is actually attached to our roof rack system, we have a bracket back here in the back with two thumb screws that loosen and tighten around our bracket to secure it around our crossbar. This is great because it does fit around different style crossbars like our arrow ones here and even your round square, factory, and most of your elliptical bars. Up in the front we have two brackets with one bolt to each with a thumb screw and the fit again up under our crossbars and they also fit different style crossbars just like the back. How we loosen and tighten those, we'll loosen them by pulling up on our cam levers on either side and then we can pull our bolts out through the back and use the plastic nut here at the bottom to loosen and tighten those. Then they fit back up under our bracket. We'll close down our cam levers and it's all secured in place.
That's going to be our completed look at the Thule ThruRide roof mounted bike rack, part number TH535 on our 2011 Acura MDX. Here on our test course we'll start by going through the slalom. This is going to show us the side to side action which simulates turning corners or evasive maneuvers. Once we get to the alternating speed bumps we'll see the twisting action. This will simulate hitting a curb or pothole or driving over uneven pavement.
Once we get to the full speed bumps we'll see the up and down action, this will be just like driving in and out of a parking lot, garage, or driveway.
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (4 Customer Reviews)
This rack lets you carry 1 bike with a thru-axle skewer on your roof rack crossbars without an adapter. Wide-jaw clamp with precision dial lets you easily load and secure your bike with a single hand. Includes adapter for 9-mm quick-release skewers.Great bike carrier in and of itself. But despite being advertised on this site as compatible with Toyota RAV4 factory crossbars, it didn’t quite fit. Used some bolt cutters to shorten the back end bolts on the front attachment and it worked well enough to be secure. Other than that it’s a great carrier. 505883
Great product, customer service and del ivery! 390724
Review from a similar Thule ThruRide in Roof Bike Racks
We got 2 replacement skewers for our roof bike racks because ours had seized up. They work just as the old ones did. We are a little concerned that we’ve had to replace them multiple times for the same reason - but that’s a Thule issue, not etrailer. etrailer customer service was incredible. We got an actual person on the phone with minimal wait time. We needed to rush the shipping and they were able to do that for a reasonable price - the item arrived as promised. The agent was able to look up our previous order to make sure we were getting the right parts (which, at first we were not - and the correct part was actually less expensive). Also, the customer service agent gave us her name, extension, and email address of the customer if we had any issues - which we didn’t. This is the second time we’ve ordered from etrailer and I would absolutely recommend them! 688718
Review from a similar Thule ThruRide in Roof Bike Racks
product does what it says. works fine. etrailer is prompt and helpful. they have are the keyed locks available to ensure single key operation. 520309
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