Yakima Mounts to Fit TQW

[Lee Levitt]

"Bill Rowe" <browe58 at netzero.net> writes:

>  no, it will not work!
>  
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
>  Behalf Of frank j. bauer
>  Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 5:08 PM
>  To: Steve Jensen; Quattro List
>  Subject: Re: Yakima Mounts to Fit TQW?
>  
>  
>  At 10:18 AM 10/14/00 -0400, Steve Jensen wrote:
>  >To the collective:
>  >
>  >I have a pair of Yakima gutter mount roof racks left over from my old
Jetta
>  >GLI.  I would like to adapt the crossbars to fit the factory roof rails
on
>  >the TQW, and have searched the archives to no avail (love that new
Google
>  >search engine, Dan & Brett!).  Found Steve B's comment on Thule apps but
no
>  >Yakima.
>  >
>  >I remember somebody saying something a while back about a Subaru
>  application
>  >working fine, but can't seem to find it.  Any ideas?
>  

Don't know whether this helps at all...but...

I found a generic Thule mount 416 that works on later model roof racks, as
on my A6Q wagon. Looks like they'd also work on earlier avants, Volvo, and
Mercedes wagons. They even work on the Safety Devices rack on my Range
Rover, which is a 1" round rack.

Yakima may have something similar. Keep digging :)

Of course, I've been reading some really nasty stuff about Thule bicycle
fork mounts on rec.bicycles.tech and am thinking about switching over to
Yakima. Evidently, the design of the Thule fork mount allows one fork
dropout to get no clamping, and the first sharp curve will pull that lip out
of the fork mount. Whether the other fork leg pulls out of the fork mount or
snaps depends on your fork. Neither is good. My new bike has a carbon fiber
fork, and I'm not sure I want to test its durability on the roof...

YMMV.

Lee





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