The bag won't "fit" in the confines of my Murano's vertical and horizontal crossbars (which are not adjustable). Do I put on top of horizontal bars?
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This is what i did. The bag was overflowing over the front crossbar by about half a foot but with all the straps it should not be a problem. My recommendation is to make sure it is at least snugly wedged in front of the rear horizontal crossbar to secure it further for highway speeds. Just check after each rest stop to make sure it has not moved. The straps are very adjustable and should keep it nice and secure
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There are little plastic tabs on the outside edge of the top support bar (if you put it together correctly). Just make sure the top of the bag and the string are hooked into those, then gently tighten the drawstring to hold it in place. In my experience the middle bag is the *most* secure attachment.
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I have a cargo rack on my bike and this guy fits right into the edge (U side down). You might try that. Otherwise, I've also locked it between my water bottle holder and top bar to keep it from sliding around. Good luck!
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The bag comes with a unique clip attachment that has a wide range of bar diameters it will fit. It's a bit annoying to mount this but once on makes putting the actual bag on/off a breeze. I'd recommend something a little tacky to wrap around the handlebar as it tends to slip a bit otherwise. P.S. the fit is based on the bar tube diameter, not its length...hope this helps.
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the only solution I came up with was to install two small stainless steel rings on the small center zipper pulls, and lock them together..it's not ideal but can think of no other way...the rings are like key rings, 1/4 inch and slotted...I got them online...I also wrote High Sierra and requested they improve their bag by going back to the larger/sturdier zippers it had just last year..it really is baffling to get a check through bag you can't lock properly
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You do not need crossbars for the bag to work on your vehicle. You may attach it by running the straps through the body of your car and then up over the top of the bag using the D-rings on the side of the bag as guides for the straps. If you do not want the straps running over your head in the car then you may wish to purchase the Rightline Gear Car Clips (#100600). They permit you to attach the straps to the door molding of your vehicle.
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When u say smaller are you talking length between the front and back crossbars or width? Our roof rack was not lon enough between the front and back crossbars. I simply removed the rear crossbar and it worked great. The width of the Roof rack was just wide enough for the bag to fit. I had absolutely no problems with the bag once secured.
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No, the straps are not adjustable. The bag itself is roughly 4' tall, the straps let it hang under 1' below it's anchor point. My heavy bag stand is 78" or so, which give the bag plenty of floor clearance.
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The crossbars simply clamp down where you put them- there is no designated spot to place them, which is important for me because I have a rooftop cargo box that requires the bars to be slid to where its brackets are. I believe the safety rules are to put the bars as far towards the back as they can go to do the job. The bars are only put in place when you need to carry something up top. Otherwise, you take them off and store them. They have screw-down clamps on each end of the bar, and a "Key" which you use to lock the screw-down handle in place, but the key itself does not release the bar to re-position it.
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I can't say for sure about it fitting the rack you're asking about, but I have a rack that looks similar to this one and the bag works just fine with mine. The bottom clip on the bag is adjustable side to side and it can be turned up or down and to either side. I have it turned to the side to hook onto one of the rack supports and it hooks on great. Haven't had ant problems at all.
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There is only 1.75" clearance between the two handle bar grabbing brackets, and it's not adjustable. If you have a large square joint where the handle bars connect to the stem, it may not fit. You may need a handle bar bag that is more adjustable.
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No it should be fine without attaching the straps to horizontal crossbars. In my own experience I have crossbars so I did attach it to them. However, it fits very securely to the sidebars on my luggage rack. I really have had a great experience with this car top carrier. Good luck.
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My Louis Garneau trunk bag works by looping the straps around my rack over the bushwacker. There are also 4 loop straps sewn on the top of the bushwacker that should work, although a little close together.
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When we went on our last vacation, I was borrowing my father-in-laws Thule soft luggage bag that rides on top of the vehicle. I thought you needed crossbars for that, but you don't, it only attaches to the roof rails. You only need the crossbars for the hard rigid luggage containers. That is the only thing I can see them for.
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Good day, if the crossbars are not adjustable, it may not fit perfectly out of the box, as the mounting holes are in predetermined locations, but the bar spread you have can be accommodated by the box. Thank you and have a great day!
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I only have front to back rails. The bag sits in the middle on a non skid pad. The straps thread through places on the bag kind of criss cross. Then they wrap around the rails and hook together. I also bought extra straps since I didn't have cross bars. No problems at all.
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This roof basket should fit. The manual indicates that the minimum distance between the cross bars should be 25 1/8", max distance is 32 3/10". It also mentions that the crossbars shouldn't be more than 1 1/4" tall and no wider than 3 1/4" front to back. I found all of this information here http://www.cargogear.com/imagelibrary/pdf/uVentureInstructions.pdf