Originally Posted by xupd42bmg

I just got a yakima roof rack off craigslist.com. I then went to the lbs to get yakima steelhead fork mount. He liked the yakima towers and cross bars but preferred the thule fork mounts. I looked at the peleton but decided to go with the echelon because it is made of steel vs plastic.
When I got home I tried to install the mount and to my suprise it would not work. After doing some research thule has a problem with the echelon tray mounting on yakima round bars,also a problem with the locks. I contacted thule and they told me a replacement head was being made to fix the problem but it would be about a month before I would get one.
What kind of fork mount do you guys use and why? I've heard that the yakima steelheads locks come off with little effort. I thought about taking the echelon back and getting a thule peleton mount. I've found 2 new steelheads for the price of what 1 would cost but I dont want to lose my bike either by falling off or being stolen.
If it matters my bike is a Orbea Orcha. My first real highend bike.