SkinGriz

Personal experience?
What do you own?
would you buy it again?

Thank you.

Iride01 

Two cargo straps that go from one tiedown to the other tie down with bike or bikes in between. If you need less expense, then just use a nylon rope.

ridelikeaturtle

Bolt a bike fork mount to a 2"x8" board. Cheap and works well. Just don't forget your front wheel.

Troul 

regular bed small/mid sized truck, lay the bicycle on its' NDS. Short bed small/mid sized truck, fork mount anchored to wood & ratchet straps. More than one bicycle, a hitch mount might be easier.

Rolla

Thule Gatemate

sean.hwy

I see lots of people around the bay area with that tailgate thing. Seems like a great way to scratch up the paint of your tailgate. Car covers scratch your paint if you leave it on for months. dirt gets under there then the wind blows. That tail gate thing has to be 10x worse than car cover with the weight of the bikes shifting around while driving over bumps, turns, stops etc...


No personal expedience though. Maybe someone can chime in that left it on for a year and took it off to see how the tail gate held up.

I would use a trailer hitch kuat bike rack or one up bike rack if the truck was shinny and in good condition.

ridelikeaturtle

I'll add this trick/hack: take some 3/4" radiator hose - or anything rubber, like an old floor mat - and cut it in such a way as to attach it to the ends/edges of the board. This will 1) keep the board from moving around much, and 2) keeps the board from scratching anything.

shelbyfv

This is a good way to carry multiple bikes. Two boards with fork mounts spaced appropriately, alternate two bikes facing forward, two rear.

Rolla

It's for a pickup, not a Porsche.

You don't have to leave it on when you're not using it, you know.

Clearly.

sean.hwy

What does Porsche have to do it ? I have a classic 1972 el camino with ls conversion. I am not going to scratch up my paint hanging bikes off the back. Not everyone that owns a pickup is a beat up home depot pick up they don't care about. Not all pickups = farm truck / home depot pickup. Some people have a lot money invested them and want to take care of them. Obviously not you and that's ok.

Agree about not leaving it on but most people will. I ride my bike so much I always leave on my bike hitch. My friends that own a Tacoma always leaves on that tail gate thing.

Rolla

You have no idea what most people will do, but those who leave them on probably use their trucks to do things besides drive to the detailer.

Nobody is trying to convince you to get one.

Don't let that stop you from arguing about it.

Pratt

I'm with Troul, the bed is for carrying things.
That said, I did see a neat rack recently. It was like a bike rack, four upside down Us and a pair of crossways pipes. Front wheel would go over 1st pipe so it was in a little saddle, upside down U is over the wheel. It had a capacity of 4 bikes.

Koyote

When I had a pickup truck, I drilled right through the bed and used u-bolts to attach an old front hub to the bed's floor...Then the bike's fork got attached (with a qr skewer) and the bike rode happily like that for many thousands of miles.

If your bike has a thru-axle fork, use something like this.

SkinGriz

My last truck I located where the truck bed bracing was by the spot welds. Welded D-ring shackles to the bed at those lines for strapping things down.
Thank you for the idea.

SkinGriz

Thank you all for the ideas.

Steve B.

Ive a 5 ft length of some old oak flooring, 1x6 or so, I mounted 3 Kuat mounts, they can handle a QR or up to a 15mm TA. I don't secure the wood, the weight of the bikes holds all in place at the tailgate. On my Frontier the mounts are on about a 39deg. Angle so the h-bar clears an adjacent bike. As my bed is barely 5 ft deep the rear of the bike is angled as well,

When I'm just carrying a single bike I lay it down on its non-drive side, front wheel in place, on a packing blanket (I have a Leer cap). All my bikes fit laying on their side.

https://www.universalcycles.com/shop...s.php?id=72096

Troul 

if your bed has the pockets for stakes, you could also stab in some hooks & strap the bicycle upright to the hooks.

Pop N Wood

Receiver hitch with a standard bike rack

I've always found this such more convenient than trying to load bikes in the bed of the truck.

dedhed

What I use. Fits both cars, bed has a cap so pain to load, and often camping, so the bed is full of other gear with a kayak on top. Fits my daily driver car as well.

Lazyass

I carry my bike in my Silverado the same way I carry my sportbike. A soft tie on each side of the handlbar then strap it down to the bed hooks. Takes about one minute. Drove from NJ to west Texas like that.

Similar to this pic I found on google:

Beach Bob

https://www.thule.com/en-us/bike-rac...ider-_-1689832

Doesn't tie up any usable bed space, allows everything to be locked up.

mobile1mobile1

1up has the best racks I find.

Steve B.

This setup is a squeeze for 3, 2 no issue. This is a 5ft deep bed on a Nissan Frontier with a Leer cap. I also have a Yak crossbar setup and can put a Yak FrontLoader carrier on the roof as needed.

jaxgtr

I used to have a 2x6 with fork locks, but i got tired of taking the front wheels off. So I got a bike rack that I can use on multiple vehicles.

Toadmeister

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Your not wrong on the paint scratch thing, but trucks are made to be used and abused. I always laugh at those “Bro” guys with shiny trucks and Big fuel guzzling engines that only use them to drive around and look cool. Almost like they are compensating for something....

I drive a 2012 RAM and every ding and scratch is like a badge of honor. Used to pull a travel trailer but now mostly rocks, mulch, and junk. It’s a good day when I’m haulin my bikes instead.