andy tetmeyer wrote:
S, When I do this on a Yakima rack (looks the same as the Transfer) I use the wheel strap like a seatbelt. Engage it, but don't ratchet down. The skin on a Jet is thin, but carbon is very strong. Squeezing it is easy but actually breaking it will take a lot of determination or trauma.
This is exactly what I have been doing on two different Yakima racks for years with two different sets of HEDs and a set of Swiss Side Hadrons (extremely similar carbon fairing construction). Never a problem. Snug it down enough to keep it in place. Sometimes the straps leave some scratches if the wheels aren't clean or the strap isn't tight.