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Transform your Thule T2 hitch-mounted bike rack into a carrier for your bike with fat tires. Just swap the existing wheel holders on your rack with these larger, deeper wheel holders to carry 1 bike with a fat tire. No additional hardware required.
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Hey guys. Matt here at Etrailer.com. Today we're going to be going over the Thule Fat Tire Adapter Kit for the Thule T2, part number TH919. Now, the Thule T2 does come standard with the wheel cradles that accommodate these skinny road bike tires and mountain bike tires up to three inches wide. We can see here behind me, we have our fat tire bike, which the fat tires here are about five inches wide, so we're going to need that fat tire adapter kit to properly hold this bike in place. Now, down here at the bike rack, we're just going to give you an idea of the difference between the two-wheel trays. This wheel tray here is the standard wheel tray that comes with the Thule T2 ,and then you can see how much wider the adapter is. The neat thing about this adapter is, yeah, it does accommodate the bikes with the five-inch fat tires, and also still has that same grove in there to accommodate those skinny road bike tires. The first thing we're going to do is just show you how to swap out the front end back wheel tray. To do this, we'll need to be on the underside of the rack and remove these two bolts here on the bottom.
Now, you can use a five-inch screw driver or a socket to remove these two bolts here on the bottom, and set this aside because these bolts will be reinstalled. Now, we'll go ahead and pop it off, and we'll take the adapter, slide the two pegs down into the holes. You can and actually install the incorrectly, so when you install this, the part with the wider back needs to be closer towards the middle of the rack. Now, we'll go ahead and reinstall the hardware on the bottom side of the rack. Now that we got the front part installed, we're ready to install the back wheel cradle. Now, there is two separate settings for the strap just to accommodate wider bike tires. For example, in this setting that we have here, we have the strap actually run through the entire back and bottom piece.
What we need to do is push in this gray button, open up the strap, and remove this runner tow out here, and we'll need to push out, you could see the end of the strap coming out right here, and to remove this. Ready to install it this square section here. That's going to give us all that extra slack for our lager fat tire bike. Now, we'll go ahead and install it unto the rack. First thing we'll do is pop off this plastic end cap, and then you could see that there's a screw and knot in here which we need to remove. Set that aside to be reinstalled.
We will slide this off, and slide a new one on. Then we'll replace that screw and knot as well as the plastic end cap. Now that we have both pieces of the adapter installed, I'm going to give you an idea of what the tire would look like if you did not have the adapter. Clearly, you can see this three inch wide standard tray that comes with the Thule T2, does not accommodate the five-inch fat tire bike. Now, we already the front arm unfolded and extended. Go ahead and undo the back tray strap and lift the bike up unto the rack. Now, you can see with the new adapter, it nicely accommodates this five inch wide fat tire bike.
Go ahead and extend the wheel hook up, clamp it down. We'll slide this tray out to accommodate the length of the bike. Take this strap and go through the room around the spokes, insert it back into that can buckle, make sure that this head here is over the rim just to protect it. Hold it tight. Now that we got our bike all loaded up, we'll go ahead and take it out on our swalom 00:04:03 and our bump course to show you how it performs. That will complete today's review of the fat tire adapter kit from the Thule T2 Platform Style Bike Rack, part number TH919. .
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars (40 Customer Reviews)
Transform your Thule T2 hitch-mounted bike rack into a carrier for your bike with fat tires. Just swap the existing wheel holders on your rack with these larger, deeper wheel holders to carry 1 bike with a fat tire. No additional hardware required.Just what I needed to upgrade my Thule T2 Classic bike rack to support my 4" fat tire ebike. I did have trouble with the rear tire strap, though. It's too short as shipped - only 12.5" instead of 18" as described.
I called eTrailer support who was going to send me a new 18" strap. I decided to remove the rear tire support and disassemble it to see what's going on. Turns out the strap can be installed in two positions (the instructions don't mention this) and Thule installs it in the shorter position for some reason. Here's how to change it:
1. Remove the rear tire holder from the rack.
2. Remove the four Phillips head screws.
3. Pry the two halves apart just enough to remove the strap from the bottom of the holder and install it on the side of the holder. Be careful not to pull the two halves completely apart to ease reassembly.
4. Secure the four Phillips head screws.
This will make the useable length of the strap 16" instead of 12.5".
Arrived faster than expected. Perfect fit even for my older Thule rack. Great service a follow up from the company and sales rep.
Easy to install, took less than ten minutes from the time I picked the box up, until I had my bike loaded. My tires fit great, and loading takes so little time. I do miss the lever type latch from the original setup, which allowed to grip a bit tighter, but running 10psi allows me to get these cinched down very securely!
Overall, it works great, gave new life to my 12 year old rack!
During the plandemic I found a used hitch mount bike carrier which I was able to modify with these parts to successfully carry my fat tire Ebike. Totally worth it!
Ordered the 919 fat tire kit, shipping was fast and it fit good. Installed in just a few minutes, could not be happier. I will order from ETRAILER again. Thanks ETRAILER.
So nice to have parts for fat tires.
I didn't have to buy a new rack.
Easy install works great on fat tires
I upgraded my old Thule rack with this Fat Tire adapter. I like it much better than the brand-new rack I just purchased for our other car that supposedly accommodates Fat bikes (from another manufacturer) - much better fit and easier to use.
I have a Thule 917XTR, and needed the fat tire adapter kit. Took about 15 minutes to install. The front wheel "cup" is nice and wide, easily accommodates 4 inch Dillinger tire. I had to adjust the length of the rear strap (loosen the four screws and slide the strap up to the next position) to accommodate rim/tire size.
I actually think the fat tire rear strap assembly is a better design than what was originally on the rack. Good Job Thule.
I travel with other people to ride trails near and far. We all ride different bikes and I have several friends who ride fat bikes so adding the option to haul a fat bike on my Thule 917XTR-T2 was a no brainer. The tray takes up to 5" wide tires and still has the ability to carry a mountain bike and even road bikes with the slender groove in the tray. The installation was very easy and took just minutes. A great product that makes my Thule rack even more versatile.
I bought it for the wheel holding end, not the fat tire feature. Both of the mechanisms on an older, better, style holder failed, and this was the only style available. The older version was an easy, one-handed version. Only with gyrations can I open this style with one hand. But usually I have to free both hands to open the strap. However it does what it needs to do.
Great product and fast delivery. Enabled me to modify thule bike rack to facilitate use for fat tires on my himiway electric bike. Thanks guys for another great job.
These fat tire adapter's work as advertised. Great addition!
Quick and easy to replace the older, narrow trays. My 4" tires fit with room to spare so the 4.8" tires should fit as well. Had to replace my older ratchet arm with the newer, longer arm in order to load my fat bike. Received order very quickly.
Quick delivery to Maryland Heights.
Thank You
This was an item that saved from having to buy a whole new carrier for my Fat tire ebikes. Super easy to replace and we’ll made
Fantastic adapter for fat bikes that also will hold every other type of bike you have.
The rack works fantastic, very sturdy and holds the bikes securely. Very easy to load and unload.
We got a couple fat tire bikes and these were an easy change out.
It's to bad I couldn't find just the rear tire cradle. I had to purchase a fat tire kit. The front tire cradle is for a fat tire. Wasted money.
As described with lightening fast delivery.
Love the info videos that most products have.
Perfect. Exactly what I was looking for
William
8/8/2022
After a year of use. Still a quality product that I would highly recommend. My fat bike, tri bike and road bike fit securely as well as my wife’s beach cruiser.
Product ended up being backordered for an extended period but the communication throughout was excellent. Received regular status updates. When the product was finally available the price had increased but the original price was honored.
Fit well on my old rack and works for my aventon adventure. Very easy install, good quality
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6/18/2023
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