HELP!! :( My Remedy8 fell off my bike rack at 70mph!! :(

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Has anything failed on the rack? I any noticable breaks/snaps etc etc?

I think it would be fairly hard to prove that the rack was at fault unles there is a significant failure somewhere

Got any pics?

Is your bike covered under your home insurance? My mate ripped his off the roof going under a low barrier and his home insurance paid out.

Good luck and hope you get it sorted one way or another. Did the rack get damaged post falling off? Will be interesting to see if they want to inspect the rack.

I thought thule products were pretty good ( I use 591 racks on top and a thule euroway on the back)

i am sorry to hear whats happend mate . I am just intrested to see some pics of the damage caused?

saprkzz wrote:

god, I drive with my bikes on the roof and it scares the crap out of me, I dont like going over 40mph with it on.

Hope you get it sorted soon

I use the Thule Aerobar with 591 bike carriers. Ashamedly I admit to doing in excess of a ton once (on an overtaking mission) with two bikes on the roof of the Golf. I do trust the 591.. obviously.. and do prefer it to anything that sits upon the boot lid

Hmm this sounds fishy. My guess is that the bike hit a static object while on the car and you're fishing for support for a claim or else you're an insurance loss adjuster trying to fish for reasons to dismiss a claim. :oops:

The story does not stack up for the following reasons.
1/ There is no reason for the middle bracket to snap unless the front bracket has gone first as it is hardly loaded hence why it's pretty weedy. It only stops side to side movement.
2/ If the strap had snapped loading the centre fixing then it might have overloaded the central fixing BUT it wouldn't have bent the rack at the front so that options out.
2/ The deformation of the front of the rack and the fact that the front strap snapped suggest a pretty huge force on the front of the bike - after all the bike was held onto the car by the rear strap alone after all else had failed so they must be strong.
3/ Could wind resistance apply this force? Almost certainly not at the speeds you claim to have been driving and thus only if driving illegally and hence uninsured.
4/ There are thousands of Thule car racks in use in the UK and they are the best respected rack manufacture in the world. Having sold them in a past life I've never seen a properly fitted rack fail despite gross overloading and many years of abuse.

I stand to be corrected and if you are genuine then I don't aim to cause offence but the information that you have provided doesn't add up. :roll:

Has to be said though that quality bike racks are just that - quality. Roof or tow bar ones being far more solid of course.

silveringsurfer wrote:

4/ There are thousands of Thule car racks in use in the UK and they are the best respected rack manufacture in the world. Having sold them in a past life I've never seen a properly fitted rack fail despite gross overloading and many years of abuse.

+1 on the above and at that point I shall not elaborate on any other points made in silveringsurfer's reply in my efforts to remain neutral
However that is the reason I (and many others) choose Thule products

FS bikes can be swines to align on certain racks and when I bought my Felt FS bike I never did trust my hatch mounted cycle rack although it was fine for the Kona HT, so I invested in the 591s for that very reason
Perhaps you overlooked something when securing the bike to the Thule rack, sometimes it's the small details that cause major problems.

Hey - it's your bike and your claim and if you're being genuine then I feel your pain. I'm only saying that if that is your explanation to the insurance company they may ask you some tougher questions because as reported it doesn't add up. Furbys right post some pics. I guess it may be possible to damage the centre bar by adding a large sideways load which with a big bike like the remedy you just might generate if cornering really hard at speed - ie 'rallying' round some of the lovely A/B roads you have in South Wales, but I would have then expected the bike to fall sideways onto the roof. I can't say how rare it is to hear of Thule racks failing without some error from the user in fitting or striking another object. A couple of years ago friends of mine rode around Europe incident free but when arriving home forgot about the bikes on the top of their car and drove straight into the garage. The bikes were flattened and it nearly tore the roof off the car but the racks stayed on.

I hope you prove me wrong as I really would hate to be in your shoes - I nearly cry when I get a stone chip!

that's guttting!! i use the thule 591 roof mounts and i always worry the bike will come loose up there. i bungee it on aswell just to make sure.

hope the insurance pays out mate

weeksy59 wrote:

I know a man on here who does 130mph in his super CLio with the bike on a Mont Blanc Barracuda.... Safe as houses apparently.

On a private road I take it LOL

Really feel for you bud hope tesco sort you out ok

welshkev wrote:

that's guttting!! i use the thule 591 roof mounts and i always worry the bike will come loose up there. i bungee it on aswell just to make sure.

The 591's are secure. I've carried 4 bikes on them on my Landy Discovery at well over a ton and also use them on my golf.
My bike being all mountain is no lightweight and I have absolute faith in the 591 racks.
The only issue is parking under tree canopies or any area with restricted height. This is even more of an issue when they're mounted on a Discovery due to the added vehicle height.