Thule bile rack, wind noise

Ya, lets make that a BIKE rack, not a bile rack....

Monty

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I just put my new Thule bike rack on the car. It looks very nice, good quality. But, when I went
for a drive it sounded like a tornado above my car. Looking through the catalog I see they offer a
fairing. The fairing clams to reduce wind noise. Anyone know if it works?

Thanks Monty

Yes it works but it still makes noise. Just not so objectionable as that whistling that the unfaired
rack does.

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Ya, lets make that a BIKE rack, not a bile rack....

Monty

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I just put my new Thule bike rack on the car. It looks very nice,

good

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quality. But, when I went for a drive it sounded like a tornado

above my

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car. Looking through the catalog I see they offer a fairing. The

fairing

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clams to reduce wind noise. Anyone know if it works?

Thanks Monty

Looks really cool too

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Yes it works but it still makes noise. Just not so objectionable as that whistling that the
unfaired rack does.

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Ya, lets make that a BIKE rack, not a bile rack....

Monty

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I just put my new Thule bike rack on the car. It looks very nice,

good

Quoted message said:

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quality. But, when I went for a drive it sounded like a tornado

above my

Quoted message said:

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car. Looking through the catalog I see they offer a fairing. The

fairing

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clams to reduce wind noise. Anyone know if it works?

Thanks Monty

Makes a good place for stickers. ;^)

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Looks really cool too

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Yes it works but it still makes noise. Just not so objectionable as that whistling that the
unfaired rack does.

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Ya, lets make that a BIKE rack, not a bile rack....

Monty

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> I just put my new Thule bike rack on the car. It looks very nice,

good

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> quality. But, when I went for a drive it sounded like a tornado

above my

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> car. Looking through the catalog I see they offer a fairing. The

fairing

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> clams to reduce wind noise. Anyone know if it works?
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> Thanks Monty
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>

if you can - try moving the rack back further square bars or aero?

"Monty" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]... I just put my new Thule bike rack on the
car. It looks very nice, good quality. But, when I went for a drive it sounded like a tornado above
my car. Looking through the catalog I see they offer a fairing. The fairing clams to reduce wind
noise. Anyone know if it works?

Thanks Monty

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I just put my new Thule bike rack on the car. It looks very nice, good quality. But, when I went
for a drive it sounded like a tornado above my car. Looking through the catalog I see they offer a
fairing. The fairing clams to reduce wind noise. Anyone know if it works?

It works, but the price is high for a piece of plastice and some brackets.
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thanks guys, I just ordered one, can't wait to get those stickes on it!

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I just put my new Thule bike rack on the car. It looks very nice, good quality. But, when I went
for a drive it sounded like a tornado above my car. Looking through the catalog I see they offer a
fairing. The fairing clams to reduce wind noise. Anyone know if it works?

Thanks Monty

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thanks guys, I just ordered one, can't wait to get those stickes on it!

I have a Subaru Impreza TS and when I put the rack on, sans fairing the noise was unbearable.
The fairing is bloody expensive but the noise reduction makes it worth it. There was a large
difference.

J

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I just put my new Thule bike rack on the car. It looks very nice, good quality. But, when I went
for a drive it sounded like a tornado above my car. Looking through the catalog I see they offer a
fairing. The fairing clams to reduce wind noise. Anyone know if it works?

Thanks Monty

I had a VW Golf that actually made MORE noise with the fairing on. Go figure.

Mike

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thanks guys, I just ordered one, can't wait to get those stickes on it!

I have a Subaru Impreza TS and when I put the rack on, sans fairing the noise was unbearable.
The fairing is bloody expensive but the noise reduction makes it worth it. There was a large
difference.

Hi Justin! Do you have a sunroof, and if so, can you bear to ride with it open with the fairing
installed?

Rick But can you *taste* the difference? ;-)

After 2 years of no fairing I finally got one. Yes - I think there is a huge noise difference
(less). I also have a sun roof and I don't notice anything different with the sun roof opened and
the fairing on.

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thanks guys, I just ordered one, can't wait to get those stickes on it!

I have a Subaru Impreza TS and when I put the rack on, sans fairing the noise was
unbearable. The fairing is bloody expensive but the noise reduction makes it worth it. There
was a large difference.

Hi Justin! Do you have a sunroof, and if so, can you bear to ride with it open with the fairing
installed?

Rick But can you *taste* the difference? ;-)

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"A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two-tired."

The THULE fairing does help about 50%. But it's never gonna be like new. I found a heat-gun on the
edges of the fairing helps. I heat to soften, then gently roll the edges back to smooth airflow.