Ok, so I have a bike problem..... about 11 of them at last count and I am always struggling to cart them around.
In the bed of my double cab aventura I have the roll n lock armadillo cover and it robs some space in the bed, hence I can't get a bike in there, upright and held fast with the tailgate shut
( well not so I would go any distance anyway).
So taking my inspiration from F1Boy's thread and using his suggested bike fork mounts at the front I have come up with this:
I removed the top plate of the roll n lock, made 2 x 40mmx3mm flatbar pieces and sandwiched the plate between them to spread the load. I then bolted to the mounting points of the top plate and voila a sturdy structure thats near invisible when the bikes are off. Best bit I can now shut the tailgate!! :clappy:
The mounts are centred on the line of the c-channel so my skinny wheeled bikes drop into the channels and are held fast. The fat tyre stuff (the MTB, Downhill bike and cruisy stuff) have a c-clamp in front or behind (or both) where I strap down to.
Just been out today to a local race and they never moved, what a feeling of security particularly instead of all the permutations of thrown bikes in I did before.
anyway hope the pics tell you all you need to know, enjoy!!
In the bed of my double cab aventura I have the roll n lock armadillo cover and it robs some space in the bed, hence I can't get a bike in there, upright and held fast with the tailgate shut
So taking my inspiration from F1Boy's thread and using his suggested bike fork mounts at the front I have come up with this:


I removed the top plate of the roll n lock, made 2 x 40mmx3mm flatbar pieces and sandwiched the plate between them to spread the load. I then bolted to the mounting points of the top plate and voila a sturdy structure thats near invisible when the bikes are off. Best bit I can now shut the tailgate!! :clappy:
The mounts are centred on the line of the c-channel so my skinny wheeled bikes drop into the channels and are held fast. The fat tyre stuff (the MTB, Downhill bike and cruisy stuff) have a c-clamp in front or behind (or both) where I strap down to.
Just been out today to a local race and they never moved, what a feeling of security particularly instead of all the permutations of thrown bikes in I did before.
anyway hope the pics tell you all you need to know, enjoy!!



