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 removable. Otherwise, hitch mounted racks by Badger
work very well, though the GTI is not exactly the typical hitch mount
car.


Chris



On 1/27/06, Fred Chambers <regenerative@...> wrote:
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> Hey again tandem buddies,
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> 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...)
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> 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?
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> 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...
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> Thanks,
> Fred
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