Thule ProRide 598 Bike Rack Installation 

"There were two deciding factors. If the bike is on the roof I have a clear access to the trunk. If the weather is bad bike behind a car will collect all the possible dirt. " - that's a good insight. I think it depends on the rack and the car (sedan vs hatchback/wagon/SUV). There are some rear racks that dont use the tow ball, and thus follow the car shape on the back, and also the bikes become closer to the car, some even tilt foward depending on the car shape, avoiding most of the dirt. I can understand nordic countries like Finland, with rainy/snowy weather conditions throughout the year, will create a lot of dirt. But what is strange to me is that I see many more bikes mounted on the rooftop than on the rear, in Portugal, compared to Denmark or Sweden, where I see more rear mounted. Probably because most cars in nordic countries are sold with tow ball. In Portugal it is frequentely an optional, maybe because in Portugal you need an extra driving license set to drive with any type of trailer. I think you do not need that in Denmark or Sweden. I can understand that with a rear rack on a tow ball, it might be difficult to reach stuff on the trunk, although not impossible. On non-tow ball rear racks, probably you cannot access/open the trunk with the bikes on the rack on a sedan/berlina (4door), but you can on a hatchback/wagon/SUV (5door).

great video Tommi! this was exactly what i was looking for. im looking for one for myself so this was really rather helpful!

Thank you! I wanted to know if I can swap the orientation and I should be able to!

hello, and thanks for your video. I'm not sure if buy freeride 532 or proride 598. My problem is how large is proride 598 (32cm vs 21cm of freeride) I have to put 2 bikes and the box in the middle. I'll use it on thule wingbar with T screws so i can i use totally the lenght of the bar. I've saw the proride 598 has the T screw in the central unit. Could you please tell me how many cm is from the center to the largest part of the arm that hold the bike? So if i put the proride 598 at the end of the bar, the box could enter. many thanks for your time

Thanks Tommi for the video which is very helpful. I had the only question after viewing the video. In my Thule the arm seems to be rather loose and it seems that it can be wobbly while riding without a bike attached.. How tight should it be when riding without a bike? Many thanks.

Word of warning don't leave your bikes unattended on these racks. They have a massive design flaw that allows your bike to be stolen in less than 5 seconds.

Great bike holder

Can the Thule bike rack be installed on a factory roof rack? (Subaru)

Where did you found the other set of screws with larger heads? I’m having the same issue

Great video thanks. Could you comment on how easy, or how practical it would be to continuously add and remove the bike rack from the roof bars? My garage door is low and I'm wondering if this is a practical solution? PS: I do realise the bike rack folds flat, but approx 18cm high roof bars and approx 18cm high bike rack is just too much! Thanks.

Hi, can I ask why you reversed the mechanism on the second carrier? Why not just have one facing backwards which helps with the handlebars not clashing?

Thanks for the video! Do you know if the bike rack is compatible with any roof bars or do they need to be from Thule??

Great video tommi, do you find the centre bar does a good job of holding the bike? Regards from Australia

Good review. Where did you get the T bar screw to replace the Thule T bar screw? I have also OEM BMW roof cross bar. Thanks

This is so messed up. I bought this just to find out you need special aluminum roof racks to mount it. Would have been nice if ANYONE explained this in the store or online. >.

Ostin samanlaisen telineen mutta en käytä Bemarin omia vaan tulee Thulen Wingbareihin,nekin uudet. Niissä on samanlainen kumisuoja urassa.Käsitin et se otetaan kokonaan pois jos laittaa esim juurikin nuo T-kiinnitykset mut sä pätkit sen ja laitoit takas sen muualle kun kiinnityskohtaan,ymmärsinkö nyt oikein?

How did you manage to get both front bases mounted evenly on the rack? On my racks the bases are unevenly mounted, I got them used but can figure out what im doing wrong

Do you leave the cycle racks mounted on the roof rack ready for your next ride or do you remove each time?

Mulla on Thule OutRide telineet katolla. Päädyin siihen siksi, että onnistuu myös nojakin kuljetus.

Do you remember what sort of screws you bought? Thanks

teitkö siis itse vai löytyi suoraan valmiina ostettavaksi bmw:n kiskoihin nuo pultit?

Thanks for the instruction on how to setup the left-handed rack. The pictograms in the instruction manual are worse than useless! If they would just put written instructions in Swedish- at least I could use Google Translate and translate it. The absence of any explanation is INFURIATING!

lol @ that shirt. so funny