 - Handy tube adapter designed for vehicles with rear hitch racks
- Ideal for bikes with funky top tubes that don't mount properly on rack
- 1 molded collar attaches to bike stem and other collar mounts to seat post
- Large diameter tubing and anti-rotation inserts for maximum stability
- Works well with women's frames and dual-suspension bikes
List Price: $35.00
Lowest Price: $31.50 
Product Description: This Yakima Tube Top creates a top tube for any bike without one. Amazon.com Product Description: Does your bike's top tube prevent you from mounting your bike properly on your rear hitch rack? Turn to the Yakima TubeTop adapter, which keeps your bike mounted solidly on single or dual mast mounts. The adapter installs directly on your bike, with one molded collar attaching to your bike stem and the other to the seat post. Once installed, the adapter's large diameter tubing and anti-rotation inserts will sit sturdily on your vehicle's hitch rack, letting you tote everything from women's frames to dual-suspension bikes.
Customer Reviews: Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-26
can not fit my 24" mountain bike
I purchased it on Amazon for my wife's 24" mountain bike. Even in its shortest length, it is still too long to secure between head tube and seat pole. Need to return it. Amazon needs to have much more clear description (especially working length) for this item. Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-18
Doesn't work for large frames
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. Rating: 
Date: 2008-05-03
Necessary for transport
This was not a perfect fit for my wife's hybrid bike but it works well. The strong, non-scratch surface keeps the bike in place on the Yakima King Joe rack. The instructions on the box were a bit vague but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out how this is suppose to be attached to the bike. Rating: 
Date: 2008-03-17
Cannondale Prophet
This is a great item but my mountian bike has a lefty fork and it didn't fit as designed for my bike. I made a tool that allows the proper use of this rack adapter. Yakima should indicate which bikes it won't work with. Rating: 
Date: 2007-01-10
Nifty Gadget
Nifty Gadget. I didn't know it was on the market until the new girl I'm dating introduced me to it. The Frame Adapters make transporting our trail bikes a lot easier and it improves our view out the rear window of the cars.
Thank you,
Nelson Caraballo
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