Transporting Bicycles, What do you use?

Here is another pic from this winter

 

Wow you guys are pretty fancy, I just throw it on the bed,and if there is two bikes I just put a blanket on top of the first bike.

 

Thule tailgate mate, load a bike in seconds literally. I use a bungee for piece of mind but it's not needed.

 

Heading home from a 24 hour MTB race in Palo Duro Canyon this past weekend. 2 coolers, 3 tool boxes, 2 ezups, 4 tents, a work stand, an action packer and a bunch of camp chairs. Yep it was ass heavy. 15mpg sucks for 400miles, I was so happy to see the normal 20 on th eway to work this morning

 

I am heading in that direction soon as well but once that happensthe Chevy 2500 will be the beast of burden. I am just sick of paying dieselprices

 

scored these off ebay last week to go along with my SD Clutch. im hoping the locking skewer works with these, if so im going to buy some.

anybody know the name of these? i couldnt find any info on them.

 

racks are for cars. I just toss them in the bed.

 

Those are RockyMounts. That was a tricky one.

 

Ah There's the problem.. you got the short bed!

JK though, that looks like an epic trip.

 

well... i use the Rocky Mounts too.

 

i know obviously the brand name. was wanting to know the name of the clutch. but nevermind, the locking skewer from the RM SD clutch fits on these.

 

Thule Podium roof rack with 58in bars, 2 Thule Echelon fork mount trays and a Thule Sonic XL roof box.

 

Same here. Made some slot nuts out of aluminum at work.





I also made some Teflon spacers to keep the clutch tight when there is no bikes mounted. Keeps it quiet.

they snap over the shaft.

 

Believe me I hunted for a long bed for about a month. I almost went with a access cab just so I could get a long bed easier.

 

I have a Yakima hitch rack, but I found the "over the tailgate" method to be the easiest. Just hang a thick towel over the back to protect the paint and hang the bikes over the tailgate (see pic). I rarely use the hitch rack any more.

 

I actually keep a small step ladder bungeed inside the topper. It doesn't take up any space and fits perfect. Easy to grab to put the bikes on. The cargo box takes less finesse than mounting the bikes, so I just step on the tire to put stuff in it.
I know it sounds like a pain, but it's actually pretty easy to deal with.

 

Top notch machining. Mahalo for the hook up!

 

Dang, nice job. I have a machine shop at work and have done a few little jobs for my truck, but I was lazy and just took a few measurements and ordered the correct size out of stainless from Mcmaster for free next day delivery. I realize that's not as satisfying. I did tap them all the way through though because I didn't like the partial thread.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#machine-table-t-slot-nuts/=n32bjf

 

Thanks, I originally was going to make them out of 316, but didn't feel like tapping 1/4-20 into stainless. I still might if I get bored at work. I didn't know McMaster had stainless slot nuts tho. Sometimes i'd rather just order things than make them if its available. Thanks for the link.

 

From this weekend, the latest version.