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Jakins · 09-17-2012, 03:30 PM

Which is better? I drove with a trunk rack with my bike on it for about 400 miles and instantly notice like a 4 or 5 mpg decreas. And when I'm with my friends like the only way to fit our bikes in is to have them hanging out of the trunk with the trunk open. I also notice about the same loss. But what about roof racks? I'm thinking about mounting our bikes on the roof upside down with the wheels off. They would be facing in a straight line with the car as opposed to being sideways on the back. What do you guys think?

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