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      10-09-2012, 11:19 AM   #6
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Drives: Smog machines
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Austin, TX

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I use a roof rack on my daily (Mazda 3) and test fit the Yakima Rail Grabber on the X1 and it fits perfectly. If you're reasonably tall, it's not a hard lift to the roof, nothing like an X3 or X5.

Of course you greatly increase the risk of self inflicted bike damage with a roof rack, but you do diminish the odds of someone else hitting them as opposed to the hitch rack. You also run a higher risk of mud, hydraulic fluid and rocks ending up on your roof.
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