Roof racks on polo

[kollateralkicker]

Thanks to this thread I knew exactly what I needed! I chose the Thule aero bars only because I bought them second hand for cheap. The GL 754 foot pack is the main one for gutter-less cars (pretty sure - correct me if I am wrong).

Sorry for the poor quality photos, took it on my gf's old iPhone. Will post up more photos with different bikes on it soon.

I have a Rola bike carrier btw - doing the job fine for my roadie, am yet to try my 29er dualie.

Noise - not too bad under 60km/h, maybe because I don't mind the winding sound it produces. Above 80km/h hardly notice it even with front windows down.

Fuel economy - haven't driven far enough to really notice.

[LunchboxVRS]

I had aero bars on my Subaru so I just got the feet pack for the polo. They are rather noisy. They never made a sound on the subby with a roof box but on the polo without anything attached its very noticeable. May have to upgrade to the wings. Or find a good deflector.

[ecks]

Since we're posting up pics of polos with stuff on the roof, here's my babies - all three of them:


Thule Aero Bars - don't notice any real increase in noise without the bikes. Two bikes doubles the fuel consumption though...

[kollateralkicker]

Nice bikes ecks! Am I allowed to ask what they are? I'll add what are their combined weights? Just referring to fuel consumption and staying on topic

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[ecks]

Nice bikes ecks! Am I allowed to ask what they are? I'll add what are their combined weights? Just referring to fuel consumption and staying on topic

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One is a 2007 GT DHi - The big ugly white thing.
The other is a 2006 GT Chucker 2.0

The Downhill rig weighs in at about 18Kgs, I haven't actually weighed the hardtail. I'd be surprised if it came in at more than 11Kgs though...

The fuel consumption is right on 8L/100Km with those two suckers up there! Really messes with the aero...

Oh, and they're wingbars, not aero...

[Lovej]

[kollateralkicker]

Nice bike Lovej! Ridley Noah? How do you find the Thule proride 561, front wheel off, compare to the 591, both wheels on?

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[steveyoshi]

Polo GTI with Sunroof... they mostly look like they will fit as the feet don't sit on the roof as such.

Anyone tried, not so sure about putting the feet on a glass roof.

[Lovej]

Nice bike Lovej! Ridley Noah? How do you find the Thule proride 561, front wheel off, compare to the 591, both wheels on?

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The Ridley Noah has been a fantastic bike this year, alas time to sell it already

I actually just went with my bike shops recommendation with the racks, citing the 561 was more stable - Which I agree, super stable.

If I had my time over, would go with the 591 as we often use the GTi as a support car in races and can switch bikes quicker with the 591 than the 561.

[LunchboxVRS]

Any one runing a pod? Pics?