Yakima Tube Top Frame Adapter

by Yakima

Product Description

The Yakima Tube Top adapts bike frames without top tubes so they fit Yakima ROC or GetAway bike mounts. It's a clever little invention! The Tube Top creates a top tube for any bike that doesn't have one (children's, women's or Y-frame style bikes).

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B006ZJBHSO
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,869 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #5 in Sports & Outdoors > Bikes & Accessories > Accessories > Racks

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't work for large frames, June 18, 2008

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R. Seibt "tvreviewer" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yakima Tube Top Frame Adapter (Sports)

I bought this to work with a bike without a top tube that I currently have to mount "upside-down" and use the angled downtube to mount. However this put the bike up very high and blocks rear view. However, this adapater does not work well with very large (ie: long) frames. The problem is in the basic design that this adapter will almost "pull apart" and not stay very solid at full extension. It almost feels like it will snap apart when fully extended and loaded with the bike on the hitch. I can't use it with my bike, but it does work with my kids bikes which are much smaller. For my bike I have tried a friends Saris adapter that works much better for a large bike and I am looking into buying this instead.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, June 28, 2011

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Nard (Grayson (Atlanta), GA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Yakima Tube Top Frame Adapter (Sports)

There are four basic deficiencies with this product:

1)It is not spring loaded so it is not as secure as it could be.
2)Extending and contracting is difficult and not smooth, making it hard to adjust to any length other than fully extended or fully contracted.
3)The "loops" open up or down and not sideways which makes it more cumbersome to install on the bike.
4)The buttons that you must press to open the loops are recessed too far down making it difficult to open

The Swagman (Swagman Bar Adapter Deluxe)and the Sparehand SpareHand Bike Frame Adaptorbike frame adaptors do not have these flaws and are much better.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just What I Needed, December 3, 2011

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DDG - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Yakima Tube Top Frame Adapter (Sports)

Purchased two for use with my wife's and daughter's mountain bikes. We have the Yakima Double Down-4 bike rack and the Tube Top adapts the 26" women style frames to fit securely and easily. Push button release on sides can be a bit tedious for big fingers but rigging on and off the bikes can be handled by even my 9 year old daughter. Give your self an extra 15 minutes the first time you use them and make sure your seat post latch is tight as possible since this mounts to it.

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