2/15 I'm thinking of buying a Roof Rack. Which brand is better, Yakima or
Thule? Which lasts longer, easier to mount/unmount, and have good
accessories? THANKS!
\_ yakima uber alles
\_ Yakima seems to have better accesories support. That's why
I ended up buying one. And a round bar looks better than a
square one, IMHO. Only complaint -- wind noise, but I'm sure
every rack has that problem. -nev
\_ Yakima is very easy to install (the foot and clip come in one piece)
and the bar is 30% thinner than Thule, which makes the door fit
better. Yakima is a lot more aerodynamic. However, it is slightly
more expensive ($15 more for the system). Thule is bigger, stronger,
and cheaper (typical Ameri-Swede engineering). Yakima is smaller,
looks better, works better, installs better, but more expensive
(typical Japanese engineering).
\_ try Yakima, Washington engineering though the actual
company is in California
\_ many pro. cycling teams use yakima. one team car fell off
a cliff with yakima rack full of bikes. car was totalled.
rack was put on another car with bikes and they went on their way
\_ I find it funny that a lot of environmentalists and
ultra left-wing bike Nazis at SF want everyone to ride
bikes instead of drive, when they themselves use cars to
transport their bikes. Godamn Mass Hypocrit
\_ i doubt many of the "left-wing bike Nazis" use cars to
transport their bikes. these people actually use their
bikes as transportation. it's mostly the people who
bike for sport, not lifestyle, who feel the need to use
cars to transoprt their bikes elsewhere. however, there
isn't really anything hypocritical about using a car to
car to take your bike somewhere far away to ride. not
many of those "bike Nazis" would argue that you shouldn't
be allowed to go anywhere that you can't bike the whole
way to...
\_ The term "bike nazi" is kind of like calling peaceniks
the orchestrators of the holocaust. The history of the
forced dependency upon the autombile is intimately
related to fascism and the two World Wars. Car Nazi
is a more appropriate term for *anyone* who drives a car.
\_ Can you explain more on how dependency was forced.
I've never heard of such a thing. Thx.
\_ Uhm.. what the fuck are you talking about? What does
it take to get into that state of mind and how do I
get some?
\_ Read a book sometime. Start with _City_of_Quartz_
by Mike Davis. |
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