I have fairly recently purchased the “new” Thule Velospace XT 3 bike carrier. It’s good and tilts far enough to allow me to open the tailgate on the Berlingo – is easy to tilt and put back in place. Although it has torque limiter knobs on the frame clamps – I don’t trust them. Seems to be hellish tight. To avoid clamping my carbon frame I have two choices :
1) Clamp around the seat tube where it should be reasonably protected from crushing by the dropper post
2) I have also purchased the Thule 982 bar which allows me to clamp that bar rather than the frame.
Haven’t decided which I prefer yet, but 2) is clearly the lowest risk option.
