Can't say much, never had Thule outride 561. Just watched YouTube - seams complicated. I prefer my bike ready for ride. I just take water tank off, and that's all. But, I can share with you only my europian experience. My country is still out of European Union, and we can use all sorts of bike carriers. But neighboring country - Slivenia, very known by cycling -and as Croatians cycling turism destination, is in EU.
Slovenia, and a whole EU, is very
demanding about ISO standards. So, if we
want to cross border, we have to carry
ISO certified bike carrier (which are very
safe, according to this standards). And
those are nr. 1 Thule, and nr. 2. Mont
Blanc. I can't say EU standards are a
measurement of quality. But I think you
will not regret if you take Thule, Freeride
or Outride - I belive they are both OK. I wish you luck and lots of fun with yeti and cycling.
Edited by: Jazz Moli