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Originally Posted by pasadena_commut
At first glance it looks like the side rails are straight, so the rear part will follow in the wake of the front part, and the wind should pass over them fairly easily.
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Even notwithstanding that you discovered the rack "rails" aren't perfectly parallel, it's not completely true.
Remember we live in a world of cross winds, so much of the time the racks present a larger surface area to the apparent wind and generate more drag than one might think at first.
That's the main reason I would encourage people to remove their entire rack if it's not regularly used (and not ridiculously difficult).