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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