[Kntr]

Does anyone know of a company that makes a rack for your pickup bed to load the bike whole? I made one a few years back and it is falling apart. I was thinking that a front end bus rack mounted to some structure would be awesome. What does everyone else use?

I read the PVC pipe rack write up but that is just not going to cut it.

 

[Toshi]

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94843&highlight=homemade+rack

 

[Acadian]

Sportwroks also make individual ones.

 

[gmac]

Kanter good question.

Toshi you rule.

Good grab.

I'm needing one too.

 

[Kntr]

How strong is the PVC rack? I might try the 4 bike one this week. Is it pretty flexy? If it works I might have the local welding shop make me one if its to flexy

 

[dexterq20]

Sportwroks also make individual ones.

Yup, Sportworks Insta-Gater. Awesome rack, sells for around $100.

 

[Brian HCM#1]

The PVC looks cool, but yeah it looks way too flexy.

 

[Curb Hucker]

i use ratcheting tie-downs in my silverado and they work great, ive fit up to 8 bikes in the back before with no issues. The tie downs are cheap and always have worked better than racks friends have made

 

[Brian HCM#1]

i use ratcheting tie-downs in my silverado and they work great, ive fit up to 8 bikes in the back before with no issues. The tie downs are cheap and always have worked better than racks friends have made

Me too!!!!

 

[Curb Hucker]

Me too!!!!

my silverado has 8 bolts per axle :eviltongu

 

[Brian HCM#1]

my silverado has 8 bolts per axle :eviltongu

Well you need that extra durability when you're driving downtown My 1/2 ton is plenty right now, my last truck was a 3/4-1 ton Silverado, my Z-71 is perfect to take my bike to Tahoe and haul stuff up to the snow.

 

[Curb Hucker]

Well you need that extra durability when you're driving downtown My 1/2 ton is plenty right now, my last truck was a 3/4-1 ton Silverado, my Z-71 is perfect to take my bike to Tahoe and haul stuff up to the snow.

gotta love the good ol rwd way too much power pickup truck in the snow, spinout city. I drive the rover in the snow

 

[Argonzero]

Hey the PVC one's not flexy at all, it snuggly fits my tire and surprisingly has very little flex (id figure it was a lot of flex coming from the bars. If you want, you could put wooden dowls or metal bars inside the pipes for extra strength but i dont see why you would really need it. Still need to tie-down the bike. That design has perfect clearance for a 8 inch rotor with a 26 inch tire when pushed in the whole way. I dont know how the sun's going to affect it, but i dont see it shattering anytime soon.

If you want something nice, i saw a dude with bars mounted on his truckbed, and then he bought those yakama bike holder things that were designed for the top of the cars. Those are ~100 per, so I could see that getting expensive quick, but it looked great.

 

[Brian HCM#1]

gotta love the good ol rwd way too much power pickup truck in the snow, spinout city. I drive the rover in the snow

2 wheel drive? WUSS!!!!!!! I also have the Denali to take up to the snow, its all wheel drive

 

[buildyourown]

Does anyone have designs for a wooden one. The PVC version doesn't look like it would hold the bikes securely enough for rough roads. Maybe I'm wrong. I have always used the tiedowns, but it takes a long time to load 5 bikes. I wasn't in the mood to do that yesterday in the rain.

 

[Mike.rider]

the tie down thing works great.

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=65056

 

[Threepointtwo]

Does anyone have designs for a wooden one. The PVC version doesn't look like it would hold the bikes securely enough for rough roads. Maybe I'm wrong. I have always used the tiedowns, but it takes a long time to load 5 bikes. I wasn't in the mood to do that yesterday in the rain.

I've been using the PVC version for about 4 years now on some pretty rough roads on a regular basis. It holds the bikes just fine, flex is not an issue. They break after about 2 years of hard use. Not too bad for $16.

 

[downhillzeypher]

the tie down thing works great.

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=65056

Yeah I do it too, but I end up having to load up the fork a whole to get it tight.


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[UnabikeR]

I welded one up using 1" square steel tubing. It holds four DH bikes in my Ranger with the front wheels off the bed so you can stow stuff under there. Three riders sitting on the tailgate, one in the passenger seat and a driver = shuttle mania.

 

[RhinofromWA]

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94843&highlight=homemade+rack

That has me ing and that is never good.

Can you do something similiar for a bike storage rack. The kind that free stands or rests up against the wall? Bigger tubes and it shouldn't be to hard to fashion.

I wonder if you could make it strong enough for a 50lbs DH bike on the bottom and a 30ish XC HT on the top? hmmmmmmmmm

RHino