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Subject:Re: Bike rack over rear window? Yakima Roof racks.
From:Ron Lussier
Date:Mon, 17 Feb 1997 08:22:54 -0800

At 01:27 AM 2/17/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Also, it came with a Yakima bike rack that has the support braces resting
>on the rear *window*. Don't know if I like that.... Has anyone had
>experience with this type of rack? (It has straps that hang from the hatch,
>and bottom braces that rest on the bottom of the hatch.) Mostly there will
>just be my bike, but there may occasionally be two.

I've used this type of rack extensively with my Golf.  No problems with two
bikes.  It *looks* dangerous, but it seems to work.

C'yote
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