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Yakima Top Tube Adapter

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Item # 670346

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This optional accessory attaches to all Yakima's ROC or GetAway bike mounts to carry bikes designed without a top tube.

Adjustable length fits any size bike, creating a top tube for kids', women's and Y-frame bikes

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Yakima Top Tube Adapter Customer Reviews

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Yakima Top Tube Adapter

3.5

(based on 8 reviews)

88%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Durable (7)
Easy to install (6)
Easy to use (6)
Stable (3)

Cons

Best Uses

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Sep

2010

(7 of 10 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Does NOT "fit all sizes"!

By oregonharrier

from Rogue Valley, Oregon

About Me Casual/ Recreational

Pros

Durable

Cons

Hard To Install Or Use
Unstable

Best Uses

Larger bicycles

Comments about Yakima Top Tube Adapter:

False description states "Adjustable length fits any size bike, creating a top tube for kids', women's and Y-frame bikes". In fact, the adapter's shortest telescoping length (measured from inside of the hook on each end) is 57 cm (22.5"). My wife's bicycle, measured from outside/rear of seat post to outside/front of handlebar stem is 52 cm (20.5"). The result of this 5 cm disparity is an ill-fitting and unstable arrangement.

"Fits any size" requires disassembly of the tubes, hacksaw cutting the appropriate length off of each of the tubes, or perhaps drilling and relocating a bolt and a springy-thingey-latch, and reassembly of the shortened telescoping tubes..... Yet the user is left to do this him/herself with no instructions. The plastic collar and end caps are not easily loosened or removed to access the inner tubing components. The latch, on each end, hinges on a bolt through the tubing and could be relocated by drilling the tubing but the springy-thingey that secures the latch is riveted into the tubing, defying easy relocation.

If you have a small bicycle (such as my wife's Bike Friday Petite Crusoe) and do not have a machine shop, avoid this monstrosity.

Rather than "fits all sizes", the description should have "specs" that state what dimensions the adapter actually does fit; if the outside measurement from seat post to handlebar stem is less than 57 cm (22.5") you'll need a machine shop to make this work.

Sep

2007

(3 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Great adapter

By Hog

from Denver, Co

About Me Avid Cyclist, Triathlete

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Pros

Durable
Easy to Install
Easy to Use

Cons

Needs to be locking

Best Uses

Large Cars
Mountain Bikes
Road Bikes

Comments about Yakima Top Tube Adapter:

Great piece for y frames and other odd framed mountain bikes. It could use a locking mechanism on the telescope effect, but still gets the job done.

Jun

2008

(2 of 5 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Too Big

By Buffalo Bob

from Littleton, CO

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Cons

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Comments about Yakima Top Tube Adapter:

Wanted something for my wife's Trek bike to load onto a rack but this is too long for that bike. Will have to take it back and find something shorter. Probably looks like it would have worked well but needs to be shorter for at least this bike!

Sep

2007

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Top Tube Required for Each Bike

By mavel

from Boston, MA

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Durable
Easy to Install
Easy to Use

Cons

Unstable

Best Uses

SUVs

Comments about Yakima Top Tube Adapter:

Although this device makes it possible to use the Yakima FullSwing 4 Hitch Rack to transport women's-model bicycles, it is not a perfect fit, and each "nonconforming" bicycle requires one of these accessories in order for the carrier to transport it. This retrofit accessory does not stabilize the front wheel, as the carrier stabilizes the front wheels of men's bikes.

Jul

2011

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Works as intended

By Yote

from Salt Lake City, Utah

About Me Intermediate

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Pros

Durable
Easy To Install
Easy To Use
Stable

Cons

Best Uses

Bikes 14"-30"

Comments about Yakima Top Tube Adapter:

We use this product for 2 full-suspension mtn. bikes (y-frame) and a kids 18" bike. It works perfectly on the mtn. bikes, and reasonably well on the kids bike. If you are as obsessive as "oregonharrier" you may want to modify it to fit perfectly on bikes under 22" from stem to seat post. But I find that it works adequately as is... there may be a gap between "hook" and seat post and stem, but I found it still works, I see by oregonharrier's pics, it "fit" his wife's bike adequately as well. I wouldn't pick on the guy so much but he posted twice which skews the rating.

Aug

2011

5.0

Works Great!!!

By hbbarbiegirl

from La Mirada, CA & Newport Beach, CA

About Me Beginner

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Pros

Durable
Easy To Install
Easy To Use
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

SUV's

Comments about Yakima Top Tube Adapter:

I have a beach bike and it worked great! I can see how it would be unstable if you didn't have the lower bar/arm on the rack.

Jul

2011

4.0

Solid, sturdy, easy to use

By Doug C

from Oak Lawn, IL

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Pros

Durable
Easy To Install
Easy To Use
Stable

Cons

Best Uses

Comments about Yakima Top Tube Adapter:

Great product. Our 2 bikes don't have top tubes so this extender saved the day. What used to take 20 minutes to wrangle the bikes onto our carrier now takes about 2. Very sturdy, easy to use. I use it all the time and haven't had any issues. There are less expensive options out there (I own one of those also) that work just as well so my only negative is price.