At 21:15 8/13/99 -0500, lenonm_at_milwaukee.tec.wi.us (M. Lenon) wrote: [snip] >The biggest problem with the Thule as I analyzed it is their rectangular >bars. Because of the markedly curved roofline on the coupe, the tops of the >Thule bars are not in the same plane. The top of the rear bar is angled >upwards into the sky, and when the kayak saddle is attached it's not at all >level, but angled sharply upwards. The Thule bars would be great on a >flat-topped vehicle with four doors. They make a great rack, but with more >limited applications than the Yakima, I believe. > >The Yakima roundbars aren't limited in this way as the attachments are >infinitely adjustable for angle on the round bars allowing a greater >extension between the bars. We now have a 1999 Honda Civic Coupe Si (at >last(!) Honda has given us a worthy replacement for the former hatchback Si >we used to have) carrying both our kayaks with our Yakima rack. Rock solid >rack, and worth every penny. I usually cruise at 70 mph on the interstates >with occasional bursts to 80 mph+ to complete a pass and get out of the way >of the faster guys. Typical sales on Yaks are 20% off, which is a $100 >savings on a $500 MSRP assembly, so worth shopping for. Most bike shops >carry them and would probably be willing to meet that price. [snip about great customer service] > >Regards, > >Bruce the above mentioned reasons, especially the curved roof aspects, were the reasons we chose to acrry yakima, when i managed a bike shop. we couldn't afford the investment in the two lines, so we chose yakima for the good solid mounting/applications, and barcrafters, for our low end, best value for the least dollar ;-) fits my 85 honda accord... plus, as i mentioned, if you have a car you're going to keep for a while, it's worth the $150-200 investment to have a body shop install a set of "fake raingutters" ... did that on our subaru, so all the racks i have fit all the cars i have ;-) mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index of Paddling websites I manage] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. --Pablo Picasso *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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