I think Thule's are better. The rubber yak support "floats" between 2 attachment points. One knob screw thingie is all you need to install/remove them. The racks are better too as the crossbars are square and won't rotate... No holy-rollers though :-) Now if someone would just come up with decent oval ones.... Ed, Atlanta Kayakers http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/~mustash7 *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, Mustash wrote: > Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 12:59:01 -0400 > From: Mustash <mustash_at_bigfoot.com> > To: PaddleWise <paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net> > Subject: [Paddlewise] Thule v Yakima > > I think Thule's are better. The rubber yak support "floats" between 2 > attachment points. One knob screw thingie is all you need to install/remove > them. depends on the model, you only need one knob to install/remove the 'yak's too ;-) > The racks are better too as the crossbars are square and won't rotate... No > holy-rollers though :-) round bars better allow the rack components to fit together without putting stress on your roof ;-) infinite adjustment for today's curved roofs ;-) > Now if someone would just come up with decent oval ones.... > > Ed another holy war ;-p like skegs/rudders/nothing!! my old boss was a mechanical engineer, and when we had to decide whether we would sell thule or yakima, the yakima racks were "superiour, from an engineering standpoint" he so felt ... it's been 10 years since i sold them, so who knows now, but i have several, and swear by them, not AT them! mark -- #-canoeist[at]dotzen[dot]org------------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [__| [__\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.dotzen.org/paddler [index to club websites i administer] ---- A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. -- English Proverb *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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