Thule Bike Tray On Yakima Bars

I also have a set of thule j carriers old style and some thule fork mounted bike carriers.

Thule bike tray on yakima bars.

The proride is designed to fit these type of aero style bars and will work great with this system. They have the square plate that connects to the square thule cross bars. These rival brands dominate the market and each has its devotees. I was in a bike.

He said the yakima bars he had has are round. So i decided to turn my rack into a mixed case. You know the ones that flip up when you want to move your rack bars parallel. I guess i m finding out.

But i need some extra space this year so my friend offered his yakima cargo box. The second bike tray fortunately is forced so far out on the relatively narrow stock factory bar that it clamps your right over the top of the rack release. If you have one of the newer brackets then you shouldn t have a problem if not then i imagine you can get new ones to use with your existing racks. I picked up a used hullavator 897xt on craigslist.

Check out the thule proride roof bike rack by clicking here. The thule proride roof bike rack xt th598004 referenced in your question will indeed clamp on and be compatible with the yakima jetstream crossbars y00425 installed on your 2016 chevrolet malibu limited. First thing my wife says you can t put thule trays on a yakima rack i think you may be thinking of the clamp adapters for yakima trays that allow them to connect to different profile crossbars. The thule mounts with trays are older pre 2002.

My thules are square ish. Thule and yakima are the pepsi and coke of the rack world. The newer thule racks bolt onto yakima bars just fine with no adapters. I m bringing a honda odyssey with thule crossbars connected to my luggage rack.

He said he. I want to mount it on my yakima bars but the clamps don t really seem to get tight enough to keep from spinning. The yakima forklift 159 a universal fork. I couldn t find much in the board archives and i sure can t afford to replace my yakima rack with a thule.

With yakima s razzle dazzle bike tray mounted alongside fresh produce from thule i set out to see which of these powerhouses deserves the champion s crown. Coincidentally my neighbor has a thule cargo box that he lets me borrow and it works beautifully. One example of a thule bike rack fitting yakima bars is the thule proride roof bike rack with yakima jetstream crossbars. Are there any tricks or tips for getting thule items to mount tightly on yakima bars.

I have two thule big mouth racks on my yakima bars so i know from experience that it works. I bought the bars to work with a thule bike rack. It s made of plastic and compresses a bit under the fort clamp hopefully not enough to crack it. Also check out the yakima jetstream crossbars by clicking here.

And i use yakima makos on my thule crossbars fine. The caveot with yakima stuff is you have to remove a part of the mount to mount on thule bars so once you do that they will only work for thule crossbars unless you buy more feet.