Product Description

The Speedway is simple to install and designed to fit most vehicles

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21470 in Sports & Outdoors
• Size: 2 Bike
• Color: One Color
• Brand: Thule
• Model: 961Xt
• Released on: 2007-08-04
• Dimensions: 19.00" h x 9.75" w x 24.00" l,

Features

• 2 bike capacity
• T3 cradles and No sway cages lock bikes and control bike movements
• Six strap design for maximum stability
• Perfect fit on vehicle with the patented Thule Fit dial
• Refer to Fit guide for recommended applications

Customer Reviews

The best car rack I've tried
Recently decided to replace my old Rhode Gear rack (clasps were rusted). Tried the Saris Bones 3 - horrible. Returned it to the store the next day. Very difficult to get the bikes on and off. Now purchased the Thule 962XT from Eastern Mountain Sports ($104 on a 20% discount special). This is a beautiful piece of equipment. Well made, solid, easy to set up and holds three bikes very securely. The no-sway mechanism works well (this seems to be the primary upgrade from the earlier 962 version which now retails for about $105 without discount) and keeps the bikes at a slight angle away from the car. The bikes sit very firmly in place. Still need to secure the front wheels of the bikes with the supplied cynch cord (I prefer to use long pieces of velcro). Great product. A definite buy.

Nice Rack
I've used this bike rack for over 10,000 miles across the U.S., on two sedans and one SUV. It's always been secure and rock solid (tried only one bike) at every speed I've driven, ranging from highways to gravel roads in all weather. It is an effective bike carrier and I do recommend it. There are some minor pitfalls though.

The mounting is tricky, with any car. It took me 40 minutes the first time, now I can do it in 15, ensuring everything's good. The documentation isn't terribly clear either because the actual mounting is a nonlinear process. You'll need to factor the rack mounting into your "getting ready" time. Tying up excess length on the straps is troublesome; you'll probably be rolling them up and taping them together. So you'll need tape with this rack. Last, its two screwknobs are easily lost and the product could have well been designed with a better mechanism for adjusting the rack to fit other cars. These are minor though, and the rack does carry a bike quite well.

Things to note about trunk racks in general:
They're easy theft targets; at the end of the day, the canvas straps can be cut and the whole assembly stolen. This is acceptable for driving and stopping along an interstate, but not for sitting in the Ikea lot all day. Mounting the rack also renders the trunk inaccessible, entailing some foresight when loading the car for a multi-stop trip.

Thule 926xt works great, costs less and is versatile
We ordered our rack for a Pathfinder but it works great on our Miata too. That's really close to being universal. Easy to mount, easy to load & unload bikes, easy to take off. The no-sway brackets do their job well and everything sits secure and safe.

Half the price of hitch mounts without the cost of the hitch.

I just have to figure a lock system so they can't "rip and run" with the whole rack.