Pics of your bike on your vehicle!!

[whitetaco02]

I thought it would be a good idea to see how everybody transports their bikes. I saw this on the other bike portion of forum.

How do you mount them? and show some pics!!

 

[FreeManDan]

Old pic, I still own the truck, but none of us own the bikes, the far right is an 03 sugar 293, I've been 29er since 2003

...the 2008 29er on the right

I usually cable lock the bikes to the bed extender and the tailgate locked shut, jacking my bike with out a reciprocating saw would be impossible

24mpg commuter truck has never let me down
just what i had on had, i have some with the license plate in the pic, I'll with hold from the interweb tell i figure out the pic editing dodad

 

[Photomike]

I built a trailer that holds three bikes on top and one small one inside along with pumps, repair supplies and a lot of other things.

 

[alexrex20]

i have some with the license plate in the pic, I'll with hold from the interweb tell i figure out the pic editing dodad

what's the difference between us seeing your plates on the web, and others seeing your plate on the highway? do you blur out your plates for the commute to work?

 

[Corey]

Day I bought it

Camping/mountain biking trip

Mounted on a Thule T2 rack.
Very good rack, it is made for off roading.

 

[whitetaco02]

Corey, that is an awesome set up you have!

 

[thecriscokid]

This has been my main criteria for my rig. I hate seeing my bike getting tossed all over the place when driving off road. anything with a fork mount has got to be a terrible amount of unnecessary stress on the fork and frame.
Lots of my trips are to ride as many trails as possible and like to keep my bikes clean and tucked away when not riding. 2 bikes fit well, 3 or 4, then I would have to lose the bed. Not likely

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[Corey]

Corey, that is an awesome set up you have!

Thanks.
When I picked up the bike July of yesteryear, I had no idea what rack I was going to go with.
The guy that helped me with the bike had the same rack, but the other company before Thule took over production on them.

He said it looked like I enjoyed taking my rig off the beaten path, and that this was a good rack to go with.
The review in the link above is pretty positive about it too.

 

[JakeMate]

The wife's bike, but you get the picture. Haven't actually tried driving with this yet. Just tried this the other night. Will try it this weekend. Don't pay attention to the messy garage.

 

[Photomike]

A fork mount is the most secure mount there is, and induces the least amount of stress on the bike, far less than attaching a wheel to the fork and riding it. At least the upright mounts these days clamp the front tire instead of the downtube, and they do serve a useful purpose for bikes that do not have a standard fork and quick release. Upright mounts were originally designed for consumers who thought it was too much trouble to remove a front wheel and did not know how to properly adjust a quick release skewer, thus creating a safety hazard. It was figured that the less the consumer messed around with bike, the better. And better to have them mess around with the more difficult and sloppy process of attaching a bike to an upright mount, than to suffer the loss of the front wheel while riding from an improperly adjusted quick release. The newer upright mounts are much improved and do have their benefits, but being more secure and/or causing less stress to a bike are not among them.

100% agree. Plus with a fork mount it is harder to steel a bike and ride away with it as the wheel is usually stored inside.

I still use straps over the bikes to make sure that the bikes stay attached, call me paranoid but I would hate to loose a bike because the mount came loose on a rough road.

 

[edgear]

A simple Yakima roof rack (my truck is on the right). My friend mounted his Yakima rack at bed rail height (truck on the far left) -- much easier to access the bikes.

 

[thecriscokid]

A fork mount is the most secure mount there is, and induces the least amount of stress on the bike, far less than attaching a wheel to the fork and riding it. At least the upright mounts these days clamp the front tire instead of the downtube, and they do serve a useful purpose for bikes that do not have a standard fork and quick release. Upright mounts were originally designed for consumers who thought it was too much trouble to remove a front wheel and did not know how to properly adjust a quick release skewer, thus creating a safety hazard. It was figured that the less the consumer messed around with bike, the better. And better to have them mess around with the more difficult and sloppy process of attaching a bike to an upright mount, than to suffer the loss of the front wheel while riding from an improperly adjusted quick release. The newer upright mounts are much improved and do have their benefits, but being more secure and/or causing less stress to a bike are not among them.

To each his own. Have you ever seen the commotion a bike is up to when mounted on the roof in any manner when driving a rocky trail? Scary enough for me not to do it. I'm saying a bumpy, rocky, track. Maybe the majority of movement is coming from the rack/ cross bar mount?? I don't know. I have used a roof/fork mount with the addition of tie downs and was o.k. with that but still drove much more cautiously and constantly thought about it. What about trees smacking your bike? I know that thule and yakima are good at what they do, I just feel that the roof mounts are meant for on-road use...

 

[Scott Brady]

I am a huge believer in the Thule receiver rack. I have inflicted more abuse/shaking/bouncing than can be imagined on it.

Here are a few fun "mounted" pictures from just a few days ago and "days gone by"

Note quite mounted, but at the ready (yes, I prefer to sleep on the ground )

How about on Lion's Back?

Monument Valley:

White Rim:

 

[Scott Brady]

Bed mount:

Trailer mount:

 

[whitetaco02]

Those are some very nice pictures man!