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Hey again tandem buddies,

My wife and I own a hatchback. (BTW: I recently promoted one of my
girlfriend captains to wife, and she promptly broke her
foot. ;-) :-( I forget whether I mentioned the wife development...)

On to the topic at hand: tandem racks! Our car is a cool little VW
GTI. We can fit our KHS Alite mtnbike in the car, with the back seat
folded down. That works for day trips. How about for camping? Has
anyone come up with an affordable, flexible rooftop rack solution for
a little hatchback?

When I ride with my other captains, they've got little SUVs, and
we've whipped-up good tandem racks bolting angle iron to the existing
roof racks. This GTI doesn't have any roof rack...

Thanks,
Fred




Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:45 pm

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Hey again tandem buddies, My wife and I own a hatchback. (BTW: I recently promoted one of my girlfriend captains to wife, and she promptly broke her foot....
Fred Chambers
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Jan 27, 2006
7:59 pm

Affordable is the catch. A Yakima or Thule rack with extenders works very well, but will cost about $500 including the tandem mount. It's also not really...
Chris Hatch
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Jan 27, 2006
8:13 pm

On our 4-runner we use a hitch-mounted rear rack, as Chris suggested. Swear by it. On our Corrola, though, we use a regular ol' trunk mounted strap-on rack,...
Ben Willetts
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Jan 28, 2006
2:52 pm

I recalled that one couple had a setup like that. They hung their tandem on the hitch-mounted rear rack. They were cited by the cops because their bike ...
Steve McNeil
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Jan 28, 2006
7:58 pm
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