All Things Bikes and Tacos! (...and every vehicle imaginable)

I got my Yakima frontloader to work with the KB Voodoo hi rise crossbars, hasn't fallen off yet

 

Thanks. It's a 1Up USA rack. Best hitch rack out there.

 

Would love to know how you pulled that off. I can't get it to hold properly. I finally gave up and got a 1up for myself, but would be nice to get that front loader functional for when I have multiple bikes to transport.

 

I bolted a piece of 3/4" square aluminum to the front of the crossbar, then stuck some rubber adhesive tape on the front to keep it from sliding. There's still a little play in the rack if you rock it side to side, but the bike doesn't move too much while on the road, I did a 45 mile loop and it held up pretty good. Still working out a few kinks to perfect it, once I do i'll shoot you some photos

 

There were a few previous posts with photos where someone bolted a Front Loader to the Hi Rise, but I could never figure out how they did it.

EDIT: This guy: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...esigned-for-rtts.458037/page-26#post-18825152

 

Newest addition to the growing stable

 

That area has to be rad for fat biking!

 

It really is, and it's growing. More and more grooming to come!

 

Here's another shot

 

Rode Galbraith over the weekend, super sloppy conditions and trails running a little slow but wow, there are some wicked fun new flow trails popping up everyday it seems!

 

Any other recommendations? Mullet and Atomic dog were fun to ride repeatedly till I knew where all the jumps were and what wasn't gonna kill me if I over commited.

 

Been smoking through commuter tubes on my way to work. I just ordered a Schwalbe Marathon commuter tire from the LBS. It weighs 1.5 lbs at 1.5" width and the record is 20k+ miles without a flat lol

Going to be a game-changer

 

You can also pull the schrader or presta cores and add orange seal to the inside of the tube. That's what I've done on my fat bike tires, and its saved me a few times so far. I don't wanna know how many pumps it takes with a hand pump to inflate a 26x5" tube

 

I'm a big fan of tubeless. I haven't had to deal with a flat with any of my bikes running tubeless. yet. knock on wood. I've been running tubeless on my XC bike now for a 3k+ miles

 

bout the same as many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop

 

Several have tried...the results were inconclusive.

http://tootsie.com/howmanylick-experiments

 

Sweet! Except you stink since you have snow and sunshine. LOL

 

Ya I was going crazy trying to find a way to mount it with out having to bolt it down, I like how easy it is to take the frontloader on and off without a bunch of hardware. Not sure how the guy did it in that picture, I noticed he removed the clamp he must of bolted it down somehow

 

Couple weeks ago, our family packed up our new '19 DCSB OR and headed to Ray's Indoor MTB Park in Cleveland, OH.


It was a 9hr trip each way, and this worked great.

In the past we packed the same four bikes on my Mazda 3 (two up top, two off the back), this worked out so much better. Up next though, is implementing a reliable, above-tonneau cover, so that we have space to haul more gear along with the bikes.

 

Do you have any pictures of the inside of that place? I would love to go some day