Where to Buy Thule 9026 Apex 5 Bike Hitch Rack

Product Description

Thule’s new premium hitch rack combines security, convenience and revolutionary new cradles with Road Dampening Technology (RDT) making it the most complete hitch rack on the market.

Product Details

• Size: One Size
• Color: One Color
• Brand: Thule
• Model: 9026
• Released on: 2011-11-09
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 13.00" h x 17.00" w x 48.00" l, 39.10 pounds

Features

• 2" hitch mount carrier for transporting up to five bikes, that leans back when unloaded, allowing access to vehicle hatchbacks
• Bikes lock to carrier, and carrier to vehicle using the included cable and hitch locks
• Integrated auto pin functions as hitch pin, and moves into place with an audible click
• Hold Fast cradles absorb the shock of the road protecting your bike during transport and patented No-Sway cages prevent bike to bike contact
• Top-oriented hitch switch lever allows the arc style bike arms to fold down when not in use

Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
Great rack for a family of 5
By Bryan
This rack is built with obviously higher quality materials than most of the other racks out there. We have used it for two separate two day trips and it worked very well for our family and saved us a large sum of money over renting/paying for a shuttle. A couple of recommendations though. If you have a woman's bike or large girl's bike you should purchase the tube adjuster bar that connects to the seat post and handlebars so that it is a hundred times easier to hang on the rack. Also pay close attention when mounting the hitch adjuster (it comes made for 1 and 1/4 inch but for a 2 inch hitch it has an adjuster that fits around it) be certain that it is oriented correctly or the safety pin will not fit into it correctly.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
A great product!
By Just Me
My daughter and I decided to purchase this bike rack when we learned that it would cost less than renting bicycles for our two week Florida vacation in late October, early November. We were planning to carry three adult and two children's bicycles nearly 900 miles one way. I have to admit we were skeptical. We planned an hour the night before we were to leave to load all five bikes. We loaded the larger bikes first and used bike carrier bars (an added expense) on three of the bikes. It took a little longer than we had planned and we did use a ratchet strap to pull everything together. The instructions were a little difficult to understand but by going step by step we were able to put it all together. On the way down to Florida from Ohio we lost a couple of the small components that were to provide stability, but loading to come home went very quickly and we didn't really miss the pieces. There was no damage to any of the bikes either going or coming home. Let me add that the carrier arrived very quickly. I ordered it on the 15th of the month and it arrived well before our departure date of the 26th. We could not have been more pleased, both with ourselves, the supplier, and the bike rack! We took pictures. I wish there was a way to include one of them in the review.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Nice Design
By ISC
The Thule Apex 5 bike hitch rack does its job well carrying 3 bikes, plus it looks good. I purchased the 5 bike model only because I sometimes bike with family for a total of 4 bikes and wanted the extra room on the rack that the five rack model provides.

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