At 10:10 AM 10/26/99 -0700, Ralph wrote: > >I often have wondered why people, when faced with round vs. square, >continue to get the round ones, i.e. Yakimas as opposed to Thules. The >square bars can't roll and they also seem to tighten better inside the >towers, at least from my own experience and observation of others. FWIW, I first bought Yaks back in the days when we all had rain gutters. What I liked about the "round bar" set-up was that it appered to be more adjustable becoaue of the roundness and, thus, would fit more intimately with various vehicles's roofs. I stuck with Yak with my now gutterless vehicle because: 1. I didn't have any reason to believe the racks would perform any less well than in the past. 2. I wasn't sure my old Yak accessories would work as well on the square bar. I'll rethink this on future rack purchases. Ralph also said: > > As for reflective tape for placement on paddles, this is sold in > squares at kayak and marine shops and are self-adhesive. ACR is one brand. <<<< I believe the tape he (and I) uses is termed "retro-reflective". It is very much better than ordinary reflective tape as sold for bicycles. I bought mine in West Marine. They have it on rolls and you buy it by the foot. It is either 1-1/2 or 2 inches wide. Bill *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Oct 26 1999 - 14:12:02 PDT
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