Hello everyone this is Will from Scooteretti. Today I'd like to talk to you about
the Thule Easy Fold 9032 electric bike car carrier rack for
electric bikes. Most racks for vehicles typically tend
to be underweight and capacity and can't handle the weight of electric bicycle.
The Thule rack actually has a total weight capacity of one hundred and sixty pounds.
That's eighty pounds per bike, so it can handle any traditional or electric
bike out there on the market currently today. It's going to transport your
bikes very very securely so a great rack all around and hence why we're
doing a review to share with you. We've been using this rack since the beginning
the season and we have a lot of miles on it and we absolutely love it. It's
definitely our top choice if you're looking to travel with your electric bike.
The beautiful part of the Thule Easy Fold is it accepts any type of automobile hitch mount
either the two-inch or the inch and a quarter, so if you have the smaller
square receiver hitch it'll fit and if you have the larger it'll also fit.
That's done through a very simple adapter plate located on the front which
is easy to change. So if you have multiple vehicles you can easily swap
out the plate so the unit mounts on any vehicle you may own. Installation couldn't be any
easier as it comes straight out of the box fully assembled. So there's very
minimal work on your part to do. Installation on the vehicle couldn't be any
easier, simply lift the rack and install the pivot point into the receiver and
just push forward, locking it into place. You then come on to the other side and there is a
rotation knob that you simply use to tighten up and makes sure that the rack
does not sway on your vehicle. Simply give it a quick tightening until it
becomes hand tight. You also have keys that come with the Thule rack that allows you
to lock out the rack to the receiver by simply inserting the key into
the knob's locking mechanism. Now no one can steal your
brand new bike carrier rack. Now folding the rack down it's quite easy you
have to gray plastic tab that you simply just push down on
right here and push down the rack base then repeat on the opposite side.
An now you have a platform for two bicycles. If you want to transport a traditional
bicycle, by all means you can definitely do that on here but if
you have two electric bikes it can be easily mounted. The technique behind this
is you would have one bike facing this way and then the other secondary bike
would be facing the opposite end.
For demonstration purposes we're going to show you how to mount a
Stromer electric bike to the carrier rack. So you have these tie-down straps
for the tires here so we're going to simply remove them as these
are used to secure the bike to the tray so the bike does not bounce up and down. The
main locking mechanism is done by these two adjustment brackets. The shorter one
being for the bike closest to the vehicle and the longer one for the bike
away from the vehicle. So for today we're gonna use a longer one for this short
video. Simply take your electric bike lift up onto the tray. Now if you
don't want to lift the electric bike up on to the tray, the rack actually comes
with an aluminum ramp that you click onto the car rack and allows you
simply roll up your bike onto the carrier rack.
Installation couldn't be any easier. In this case we've got a top tubed bike, so
what we're gonna do is we're simply going to open up this ratchet mechanism
and lock it to the top tube. We're gonna keep tightening the knob until we actually hear a
click. That's your indicator that the bar is now tight and the bike is secured to
the rack. So we're gonna keep rotating it. There, that click you just heard now means its
security locked on to the rack. Now the extra straps are just to secure the bikes
against the bouncing effect that may happen when you're going over rougher roads. You
simply just place the ratchet straps here and tighten them down. Now you can
go to the front and do exactly the same thing and that's it.
Now the other the nice part about the Thule Easy Fold 9032 is that you can lock out the knob
locking the bike to the vehicle. To do so, simply
insert the key put it to the locking knob here on this
locking mechanism and you can no longer unscrew it or tighten it. So it really
keeps your bike secure while you're traveling so you don't have to worry
about theft. A really nice feature about this rack is its ability if you had a
hatchback or double doors like we have in our Scooteretti Van here is you can
actually fold the whole rack downwards with the bikes attached to the rack.
The way to do so is you have this step mechanism right here. Simply hold onto
one of the bikes then push down hard here and your bikes and hitch will actually
fold down, giving you access to your hatchback or sliding doors etc on the rear of your
vehicle. So it's a really nice feature to keep both bikes attached
to it without any issues whatsoever. It is all aluminum construction so it's
very strong and very lightweight so a great investment. So if you're transporting
electric bikes you have to check out this Thule rack. If you have any more questions feel
free to give us a call at Scooteretti or check us out on the web at
www.scooteretti.com and if you're from out of town and you want to buy this rack
online checkout shop.scooteretti.com where you can purchase it online.
Thanks for watching this short video on the Thule Easy Fold bike carrier.