Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2005 Honda CR-V

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Thule Hitching Post Pro Bike Rack for 4 Bikes - 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches

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Code: TH934XTR

Price:  $271.95

• Hitch Bike Racks
• Hanging Rack
• Tilt-Away Rack
• Fold-Up Rack
• Frame Mount
• Locks Not Included

• 4 Bikes
• Class 1 - 3 Compatible
• Fits 1-1/4 Inch Hitch
• Fits 2 Inch Hitch
• Fits 1-1/4 and 2 Inch Hitch
• Thule

This 4-bike rack is perfect for the occasional rider who likes to hit the trail with their family or friends. Anti-sway cradles fold up, so they're out of the way while you're loading your bikes. Tilts with bikes unloaded.

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Review of the Thule Hitching-Post-Pro Hitch-Bike Racks on a 2005 Honda CR-V

Today on our 2005 Honda CRV we're going to be doing a test fit on the Thule Hitching Post Pro. This is tilting and folding 4-bike rack. It's been designed for use with an 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. Part number on it is TH934XTR. To begin our test fit we just slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. We need to line up our threaded pinhole with our hitch pinhole. Once we have those in line we'll take the provided bolt and we're going to start threading this in.

As you can see, still got some movement and some play there to our rack. Maybe when we get it hand tight it's just not going to be enough. We need to bring in our wrench. We're going to tighten this on down. As we do, that draws the shank of the rack over against the receiver tube.

You'll notice a lot of that movement and that play has gone. It's time to go over a couple measurements so we know what kind of clearances that we're going to have to work with. Let's start by getting the ground clearance here at the here. Looks like we're going to have about 12-1/2". At its closest point to the rear of the CRV the rack's going to be about 8-1/2" away there. Overall we've added about 17-1/4" to the length of the Honda. Pulling the pin located here at the base of the rack is going to allow us to tilt the mast out and away from our vehicle.

Let's check our hatch here. Right before it comes fully open the door does want to make contact right here with the upper corner of the mast, but it has certainly opened up far enough to where we can get a lot of stuff in and out of there. Now it's time to bring it back up. Once the pinholes line up we'll slide our pin back through. Then we're going to secure it with our latch here on the other side. We can now come right up here to the top.

Same pin setup. We're going to pull that. After that one's removed we're going to be able to rotate our dual cradle arms up into position. Of course once we get them where we want them we're going to slide our pin back through. Our holes line up there, very easy to do. Now let's see what we've added with the arms out. Looks like now we've added about 38-1/4" to the rear of the vehicle. To load up our bike we've got three straps to undo. With our cradles exposed we'll grab our bike. We want the downtube of our seat to be on the side where we've got the two straps. That one that faces down is our anti-sway cradle and that's going to keep our bikes from rocking back and forth. We'll slide it up on, allow it to rest right into the cradles there. It's just a matter of going through and securing it with our straps. Finally our third there on the front. All right, just like that the bike's all loaded up and it's time for us to hit the road. Now that we've taken a good look at the Thule Hitching Post Pro and we've seen how it's going to work with our 2005 Honda CRV, let's take a look and see how that very same bike rack performed when they had it out on the test course. Here on our test course we'll start by going through the slalom. This is going to show us the side to side action. This simulates turning corners or evasively maneuvering. Once we get to the alternating speed bumps we'll see the twisting action. This will simulate hitting a curb or a 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, parking garage, or driveway. .