You can fold the rack arms down when unloaded, so there’s nothing sticking out behind and then you can use the boot.
Setup takes time, but once fitted the rack is no hassle. The Thule OutWay Hanging 3 performs very well, carrying multiple road bikes safely on short-to-medium journeys. You soon get the hang of loading, then fastening, bikes to the rack. Thule OutWay Hanging 3 bike rack driving stability If I were to leave my bikes unattended on the back of the car, I’d use one of the best bike locks for additional security. It’s disappointing on an expensive product. The cable is cafe-lock standard and would be easy to snip. It passes from the end of the horizontal rack arm furthest from the car over the bikes, where you lock it with the same key. If a thief did cut the wires, they would also have to prise the rack feet from beneath the lip of the boot – nigh-on impossible without opening the boot.īut what Thule calls the bike lock is actually just a cable.
This feature provides a solid platform to hold the bikes and makes the rack hard to steal. Turning the key in the lock on the side of the dial keeps the wires at that tension, so the rack won’t budge. When Thule says in the instructions to turn many times, it really means it.
#Lockit straps series
Once you have hooked both wire straps to the top of the boot, you turn dials to tighten them until you hear a series of clicks. The OutWay Hanging 3 comes with a key to lock the rack to the car and the bikes to the rack. To remove the rack from the car, you turn the key in this lock. Thule’s frame adaptor creates a faux top tube on bikes with dropped tubes or unconventional frame sizes, such as many mountain bikes and step-through commuter bikes.Īlthough Thule told me you don’t need a number plate and lightboard for the OutWay Hanging 3, it does sell these as extras.īecause my bikes have large frames, I had to adjust the arms’ spacing to stop a wheel from overlapping the side of the car. Weighing a claimed 8.9kg, Thule says the OutWay Hanging 3 holds up to three bikes of a 15kg-maximum bike weight and 45kg total load capacity.Īccording to the brand, the rack is compatible with carbon frames. When carrying multiple bikes, the other rubber straps hold one bike to the next, about 15cm apart.įinally, a longer nylon strap goes around the back of the rack and the bikes before fastening in front of the outside one to hold the bikes together. Steve Sayers / Our MediaĪnother rubber strap loops around the rack’s vertical arm and then around somewhere on your bike’s frame, such as the seat tube. The grooves on the arms hold round and more angular-shaped tubes equally well.
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