Originally Posted by RockyMtnMerlin
FWIW it says right on their website that it doubles as a roof top carrier. They even sell their own kit for attaching it to their own roof rails. More over they sell the "foam gasket" kit for roof top mounting and waterproofing and they even show detailed illustrations for how to mount it on the roof. So I guess that I'm dumb only in so far as I took Thule at thier word. Finally, Ive been around this forum for long time and this is the first time that someone has insulted me. I've also been riding and transporting top end bicycles for nearly 30 years. So if you can't get your facts straight and can't at least be polite, I'd suggest you go somwhere else or keep those kind of comments to yourself.
Get some Kleenex. Just because something can be retrofitted and used in a particular manner doesn't mean that it should be.
I can put a shock on my Ridley, but should I?
Did you buy the waterproofing kit or do you assume that it should be watertight? Did you attach the carrier to the roof in the manner prescribed by Thule? Did you have a Thule certified installer do the work or inspect it?