Jason wrote, "I love [Malone of Maine J cradles]. (BTW they work better with square bars, since they don't need an adapter)." I agree with Jason. I've used Yakima's old "TLC" saddles, and have had great luck with them as a solid, adaptable base, but the ease of loading and the room that the Malone J cradles generate is outstanding. Rock solid ride --- even at semi-illegal rates of speed --- and total practicality. (And, without a kayak aboard, nobody has any idea of what they are. It's great to see the double-takes people give them.) However, a point of departure, too. I had my two sets of cradles on Audi factory flat bars at first, but now carry them on Yak bars. The added advantage of being able to rotate the cradles slightly to follow the contour of the side of the kayak greatly outweighs the horizontal orientation of stock or Thule bars, in my opinion. And I'm not sure what "adaptors" are used, but my J's have a block of high density polyethelene whatever that contours perfectly and holds solidly --- no adaptors needed. (For what it's worth, many single-bar Yak accessories will rotate slightly on the bars --- or the bars will rotate slightly in the towers --- when leverage is applied. If you know how you want the accessory to fit, simply insert a small (maybe two inch square) piece of the sanding screen that plasterers and sheetrockers use between the mount and the bar, and between the bar and the accessory. Works great --- no more rotation problems.) Jack *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Aug 28 2000 - 21:40:18 PDT
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