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I decided that I needed a roof rack, as I had one on my previous car and there was no way I was going to shove a whole bunch of dirty bikes into the back of Audrey. Click on a picture to see a larger version or go see the whole gallery.

From the previous car, I had 2 Yakima GT Upright bike carriers, and to get them on the Audi I went down to my local REI (www.rei.com) about bought the following:

  • Doublecross-$110
  • 48 inch bars-$40
  • SKS Locks, 8-$60
  • 2 Accessory Locks-$18
Everything fits great on the roof, but there is a bit of wind noise over 65 mph. I will be looking into other ways of mounting the rack, and I may even check if adding a fairing will help out. While not really intrusive, the noise is sort of annoying, so we shall see.
But the rack itself is very secure and I have no worries about the bikes up there. That and I love the roof rack look. No I need to try to get my non-locking GT Uprights converted into locking units.
I am thinking about adding a basketcase or a snowboard setup in the future, but time will tell.