--(8/29/00 12:13 AM) JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com wrote: >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. Hmm.... I guess I now agree with Jack (and disagree with myself). Jack and I have the same car (Audi A4 Avant) but I have only ever had Yakima bars. I was calling the "block of high density polyethelene whatever" an adaptor, and was considering the fact that it only is contoured to the bottom of the bar a disadvantage. (IOW, the flat underside of the cradle tightens directly against the round top of the bar.) That said, the suckers crank down good and tight and I don't have any twisting problems. It just seemed as though the Malone people had square bars in mind when they designed them. Another tip for those of us with factory roof rails is to use a second set of straps around the boat and directly to roof rails. For me, this tightens up the boat considerably. Good luck, Jason *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Aug 29 2000 - 06:49:41 PDT
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