I resisted installing a Ram rod holder in the most common place on the rails forward of the gear pouches on my Revo. My concern was not that the rod holders would get in the way of peddling, (they do not). My main concern was that having the ball on the rail would make it more difficult for me to transport and store my kayak upside down on the door rails in my garage.
As an alternative, I came up with a removable rod holder that installs in the Hobie cup holder. This thing works great but I do find that my knees sometimes hit the device when peddling and if I need to hang my legs over the sides to slide up to the bow I have to remove this rod holder.
For daily use the permanently mounted rocket launchers are probably a better way to go but this removable rod holder works great as well.
If you want to know more about this device, take a look at this thread from a couple of years ago.
http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwevb/s...hlight=dsafety
Bob