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Old 10-30-2012, 01:10 AM   #1 (permalink)
campisi
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How bad is this, Aerodynamically? (rear-mounted bike rack on SUV)

Hard to pinpoint exactly but when my bike is on the back of my Forester I seem to take a 1-2MPG hit on the highway. Doesn't seem like it should affect the MPG (one of the reasons I got a hitch rack rather than a roof rack). Would the factory rear 'spoiler' (2nd pic) do any good?




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