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made a bike rack for twin tandem bikes

Old 04-03-21, 10:54 AM
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made a bike rack for twin tandem bikes

Here is what I made.

I took an existing 2" hitch mount bike rack, got rid of its vertical column, took 2 Thule roof mount racks, cut them in half, welded two L shaped support frames with 1" steel tubing, then fabricate them together into this.

The rack in the back can also be adjusted to take a normal bike, by moving the "Thule" half rack down about 2 feet.

Added 2 "horizontal stabilizing bars", to prevent too much flex when driving on highway.




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Old 04-04-21, 09:30 AM
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That's one way to do it! It appears to be pretty stable without the bikes nosing out too far on each side. As you've stated, I would've been concerned about the "wind flex" as well, but it looks as though you have that covered. Great job!
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Old 04-05-21, 09:45 PM
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I admit i'd be very worried to be behind you on the highway. but give you a huge thumbs up after I went to pass...
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