Hey Robert, I've been using a Hollywood bike rack that basically hangs off
the hatch like that for years now with no issues. Go for it.

I think you're bang on about that 'backpack' working like 'The Bustle' -
keep us posted on the mileage increase, everybody's going to want one...  ;)

Seeya, Jake

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@gmail.com>wrote:

> --snip--
> >Hmm. My thoughts? Sure! Um, it looks like it would take three people to
> >hang it: One on each end to hoist the thing, one to handle the straps.
>
> I think you're supposed to hang it and then pack it. I'd think at ~100 lbs.
> two ppl could handle it even if packed.
>
> >I wonder if it tries to beat itself to death at speed if it's not
> >fully-packed with stuff so there's no loose fabric.
>
> From what I've been reading that's a common problem with the car-top bags,
> but not so much with this design. I want to think for some reason that
> there's kind of a dead-air pocket right there on most vehicles of that
> shape
> anyway. Kind of a moot point for me as I would have it fully packed if I
> was
> using it at all.
>
> I think I'd have to adjust to some paranoia about the thing falling off.
> It'd probably be more secure than the car-top bag just from being out of
> the
> wind; in either case if the straps failed the result would be the same, but
> I think that common sense in mounting and checking it at each stop would go
> a long way. One upside is that I wouldn't have to buy roof rails.
>
> I wonder if it would do anything for the drag, as that "bustle" was
> supposed
> to?
>
> Cya,
> Robert
>

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