Thule Velocompact 13-pin Platform Towbar Bike Rack Black/aluminum, 3(4) bikes

Fantastic cycle rack. Not the cheapest but definitely worth the money. It's so easy to fasten to the towball. You just put in on, press down the handle and lock it with a key. There's no messing about fastening nuts and bolts like on cheaper racks. The bikes are steady and held one with lockable grips. Again much more secure than other racks.

Great bike carrier, but not great packaging. Mine was delivered in a torn and part opened box, due to handlers not seeing the pop-through hand slots which are not obvious, and dropping it and wrenching the stapled join. The light units could have been damaged but were ok on mine. They are designed to break away in the event the driver accidentally reverses into someone's leg, but that is a good thing tbh. ps. my UPS driver, Ian, was excellent - top man!

When I received this item and unboxed it I found that one of the rear light fittings had broken off. It is only secured by a small piece of plastic that is very easily broken if the heavy carrier is set down on its corner during transit. I returned the damaged item to Amazon and ordered a replacement. When it arrived the light fitting was broken off in exactly the same way. I have returned it to Amazon as well. The light fitting is very poorly designed and likely to break off if the carrier is set down on the lights. No wonder this item is now heavily reduced as it is a poor design and likely to be replaced soon. Do not buy.

This is a good but heavy bike carrier. You can store it on its side so it doesn’t take up too much space. The big problem I had was with the instructions. Not difficult to put together but the instructions fail to tell you that you have to push the back bracket down hard so that it locks in place before turning the screws to tighten. This means that the bracket works lose and become unsafe when you travel (I had to stop a couple of times on the motorway hard shoulder which wasn’t ideal). I read the manual again when I got home and nothing was mentioned. I watched the video of how to install too in case I missed something - again nothing was mentioned. Unless this is down the product is dangerous. Thule needs to mention this in the instructions.

I’ve been sceptical of tow ball racks for ages but finally took the plunge. Wow this rack makes life so much easier than before! Initially I had to take the time to work out which bike goes where, especially as we have big mountain bikes which have awkward frames. This took me about 45 minutes to work out but after getting it right and taking a few photos, I can fit the carrier to the car and put the bikes on in 5 to 10 minutes. The carrier is super solid on the tow ball. The bikes are super solid on the carrier. The tilt function is brilliant and allows loads of room for boot acces. I have wide bars but there is loads of room between them and the car boot so no need to rotate them. However it is necessary to put some padding between frames in certain places otherwise you could end up with some rubbing or paint damage. My only observation is that the arms could be a inch or so longer to give a slightly better reach if fitted at any angle other than at 90 degrees from the cross bar of the carrier. This would also allow for slightly better bike spacing too.

Thule dose quality stuff, and this one is not exemption. Solid, well build, quick to set. I’m very happy with the product

It arrived before we thought it would but there was a piece of one light that had broken off in transit but that was sorted out very quickly and is now perfect

I had the carrier professionally attached to my new towbar. The bike was sturdy for a few days of use, after using extra straps as the clasp wasn’t completely safe and secure with my E mountain bike due to the slight downward angle. The tilt is a good idea to make it easy to access the boot. Unfortunately after going over a couple bumps in the road, the carrier bar and bike fell down whilst travelling at 50mph on an open A road, with nowhere to stop. It left me in a distressed and panicked state. The main bar had come out of the fixture. Other than a few scrapes on my handle bar of my brand new bike, I had a lucky escape. Thule themselves said that this is a common problem after going over bumps, after trying to imply that I was at fault, when it was professionally set up and fitted, which has now left me terrified of taking the bike out on the carrier after spending all that money on new towbar, carrier and bike. If it can’t cope with a few bumps in the road and going very slow over speed humps, then it’s far too much money. Very unhappy and disappointed.

Niente da dire sul prodotto..solo un po piu costoso di altri competitor…facile montaggio e buona robustestezza Facile la apposizione della targa e la maneggevolezza. Non do 5 stelle perche primo invio era rotto per verosimile danneggiamento durante il trasporto, una delle plastiche era incrinata….operazione di Reso velocissima Poi comprato su altra piattaforma perche Amazon proponeva consegna dopo sei mesi e tutto ok.consigliato

Leicht zu montieren...nicht zu schwer...und preislich auch super 😉