Hi All,
I'm thinking of installing crossbars for my bike.
Do the Lucid Air cross bars create much drag unloaded?
I'm thinking of installing crossbars for my bike.
Do the Lucid Air cross bars create much drag unloaded?
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- Thread starter Darrell
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No extra drag and no noticeable efficiency hit, but I HIGHLY recommend Lucid Service install them.
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Why? They look pretty simple…..what’s the subtlety you feel needs expertise?
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Especially with the glass roof, it’s easy to over torque and crack it. If you do it, it’s your fault. If Lucid does it, it’s theirs.
Glass windshields are expensive to replace on Lucid Airs. The roof window is not cheap either. My experience is Lucid should be the installer. They will warranty the repairs should something be installed improperly or damage occurs during install.
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That makes sense.
How about with metal roofs? Still dangers of damage, or more straightforward?
I cannot speak to metal roof. But I’d still have them do it if you can. There were inserts that were corroded out that needed to be replaced so I’d talk to Lucid about installing them.
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Going out on a limb, I would say that the wind flowing over the crossbars is causing the whistling noise...
Clever. I find it hard to believe that Lucid would sell/endorse a product that whistles (fairly loudly) as designed, so I am looking for input as to whether that is the case with others or whether there is something defective with my particular installation. Perhaps I should have made that more obvious in my original post. Thanks to any who can provide useful input/data.
I didn’t have whistling on my crossbars. I don’t know what it would be but try putting duct tape around the base at the gaps between the window and contrails and drive around. Typically whistling is due to air passing through a thin space.
Thank you. I have been experimenting with masking tape over various cracks but have not yet found the culprit. At least knowing that you don't have whistling I can believe I am not chasing ghosts.
