Thule 591 Question

Hi,
I’ve just had halfords fit a pair of thule 591s to my car, but instead of both facing forwards, one is forwards and one is backwards facing.
This seems daft to me. Surely there is a left and a right so you can get the bikes forwards facing ?

Does anyone know if there is a way to reverse the upright fitting on one side so the uprights are both in the centre of the roof, but both bikes face forwards ?

Many Thanks for any help you can give
OG

Yes you reverse the upright. Have a look at the instructions. It’s pretty easy.

You can swap the gubbins over. Just loosen it off, slide it off, flip it around and put it back on. I have mine setup like this. Should be some details in the paper work.

Thanks Guys 🙂

Have you considered both facing forwards, you will need bikes seperating so the bars do not clash ?

Unless both bikes have 780mm bars or the car hasa very narrow roof, both bikes are fine facing forwards.

no worries about them clashing as they won’t sit perfectly side by side.

Because of the pivot position of the arm you will have to have one bike further forward than the other on the car roof. Bit of a stupid design really and annoying if you like to have things lined up. But it does mean the bars won’t hit so maybe they did it on purpose?

Quite straightforward, just be careful not to over tighten the t-bolts that hold the arm to the wheel rail. I did and I’m having trouble finding a replacement one 🙁

Anyone help!?!

@fishboy, try roofbox.co.uk, they’re usually pretty helpful.

I pick up my Thule spares from Swinnerton Cycles: http://www.swinnertoncycles.co.uk/

Best prices I have found.

If you are running them both forwards make sure you swap over the rails, so the support arms on the inside, and tension twist lock are on the outside of the bike (ie the car door sides) on both.

You end up running one rail the opposite direction but makes it much easier to get to the locks, and the bikes on, especially on higher vehicles.

Can easily run two bikes, have ours set uo with three, outsides facing forwards with the centre facing backwards.

Cheers guys, will give them a try!