On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Ken Schroeter wrote: > I've always wondered if Yakima > round bars allow accessories like the saddles or rollers roll on the bar. Some people find this a problem, and fix it by sticking a piece of sandpaper between the bar and the clamp. My Yakima saddles never rolled. > Can you mix Thule bars and Hully Rollers? Sure. Buy some Yakima Mighty Mounts when you buy your Hully Rollers. Just like the regular clamps, but rectangular. > > In my perfect world I want Yakima Q-towers with Thule square bars sporting > Mako Saddles forward and Hully rollers aft for my Honda CRV :-) The > Q-towers seem more sturdy and spread the load at the contact point a little > better than the Thule towers, the square bar intuitively doesn't allow the > saddles to roll on the bar when you slide the kayak up there, and the > Rollers and Makos seem to be the most useful saddles for my needs. Sounds good to me; do it. FWIW, I have often seen swaybacked Thule bars, but very rarely swaybacked Yakimas. YMMV Steve Cramer *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Nov 22 2000 - 15:03:00 PST
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:30:34 PDT