![]() ![]() You can trash your prized ride really easily, too. Trailer hitch attachments might be more efficient, but they mess with your hatch access. And low tires - don't get me started on low tires messing up your MPG. What can also eat mileage is a bug dam on your front hood - those eat a mile themselves. The basket actually modified the sideways lift from winds when it was packed. So it's not cumulative (bike MPG+box MPG=OMG). However, if I didn't have an outrageous load in the Basket, or a taller/heavier bike (my vintage Trek 614 cro-mo weighs about 21 lbs and is a 49cm), I didn't go over 3 miles off my usual. If I ran the Lockjaw I usually had a set of these little U-shaped brackets (the little oar/mast/you-name-it carriers, also good for 2x4's) on the outboard side of it. The vehicles seemed to handle easier if the Box wasn't on the roof alone. It may be harder to get into it, but you'll have better balance when the semis (or the winds) blast by you.Įnd result: I always ran the RocketBox (passenger-side opening only), and switched out between the Lockjaw or the BasketCase on the driver's side depending on where I was going. If you're hauling it alone on top, PUT IT IN THE MIDDLE. I still recommend it if you're hauling good gear. It was a tossup whether I wanted to pay more for gas or have less chance of losing my stuff. I could always depend on losing at least 2.5 MPG with it, but if there were nasty crosswinds, or really tough drops/ascents, I saw 4 off as I fought it all the way down bad passes. (It's not recommended on the Imp for this reason.) In marginal weather it could surprise you when it lifts, especially if you have it on one side of the rack with nothing to balance it out. It's a big sail if you're headed downhill at speed. I have averaged 2 to 3 for tall loads depending on height of cargo. Fill it, and it depends on how HIGH your cargo is, and whether you have it in plastic or it's really sticking out everywhere. If you have a front skewer-clip design, that might be lower.īasketcase, 2 off, empty, if you keep the net on it. I have an old upright Lockjaw and a touring Trek, with front low-rider racks and rear rack, no fenders. No change whether the airdam is on or not. Here's the scoop on mileage off the unloaded MPG as I've experienced it on 3 different vehicles.
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