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I collected a Thule Easy Fold XT2 tow bar mounted bike rack on Saturday. I wanted to buy from Halfords because they give an Armed Forces discount but just as I was about to buy it a few weeks ago, they put their price up by £90. I decided to wait for a while and it went down again to £510 but after applying a 10% discount, it was the cheapest around. All in all, I'm well pleased with it BUT if anybody else is thinking about one, you should note that a tailgate will not open fully, even when the rack is folded forward - for me, that's not a dealbreaker as it's ability to fold up for storage far outweighs the inconvenience not being able to open the back fully. I reckon it's a matter of about a 1/2" of plastic stopping it but don't feel inclined to start modifying the thing as I can live with it (for now at least). I just need to get my head around fitting a wireless reversing camera to it now.
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I collected a Thule Easy Fold XT2 tow bar mounted bike rack on Saturday. I wanted to buy from Halfords because they give an Armed Forces discount but just as I was about to buy it a few weeks ago, they put their price up by £90. I decided to wait for a while and it went down again to £510 but after applying a 10% discount, it was the cheapest around. All in all, I'm well pleased with it BUT if anybody else is thinking about one, you should note that a tailgate will not open fully, even when the rack is folded forward - for me, that's not a dealbreaker as it's ability to fold up for storage far outweighs the inconvenience not being able to open the back fully. I reckon it's a matter of about a 1/2" of plastic stopping it but don't feel inclined to start modifying the thing as I can live with it (for now at least). I just need to get my head around fitting a wireless reversing camera to it now.
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@Ayjay , thank you for the pics. if not a bother, are you able to post a side pic with the XT2 in the down position and the gate open as far as it will go please? I have a Thule 928. Happy with it, but like the folding and storage with the XT2. Opening the rear gate is important for me, so want to see the extent of interference between the two before I take the plunge. Thanks :thumbsup:
 
Pushed the button on one of these..... o_O Well I can't go anywhere in the van so I might as well get out and about some other way! Should have it early March, which I am pleasantly surprised by - I thought that COVID had made getting your hands on a new bike harder than taking delivery of your new T6.1!!View attachment 99711
Been salivating over this since your post. having looked online it looks to be the Cube Stereo Hybrid 140 HPC Race 625 2021 Electric Full Sus MTB Grey. Will you be doing much off-roading or down hill stuff? if you don’t mind, could you share what made you settle on Cube? I’m currently looking at cube and haibike...

cheers.
 
@Ayjay , thank you for the pics. if not a bother, are you able to post a side pic with the XT2 in the down position and the gate open as far as it will go please? I have a Thule 928. Happy with it, but like the folding and storage with the XT2. Opening the rear gate is important for me, so want to see the extent of interference between the two before I take the plunge. Thanks :thumbsup:
No problem - I'll sort something out tomorrow
 
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