How you move your Mountain bike

[the bodj]

Hah this is timely. I've been using a Thule hitch rack on the back of our VW Touareg - the kind that supports under the top tube of the frame. It's made of 1" square tube, including going into the receiver with a plastic block to take up the extra space, and a bolt for the hitch pin to take up the slop. Additionally, the vertical section pivots downwards to allow the hatch to open. Yesterday I made a new hitch tube out of 2x.250 square tube with a 5/8" bolt as the hitch pin, and a nut welded in place so I can really crank down and remove all slop. I also replaced the pin holding it from pivoting with a 3/8" bolt so I could further remove slop. Threw some paint on it to dry overnight, so I'll get pictures later today. It works, but not the most secure setup still.

 

[mobil1syn]

i ended up with a velocirax after the kids all got full squish bikes for christmas. over all happy with it, wish i would have got the 5x (the wide version) to make loading a little easier. its a bit of tetris because of differences in bike geo especially when you add mine in.

 

[Harry Johnson]

i ended up with a velocirax after the kids all got full squish bikes for christmas. over all happy with it, wish i would have got the 5x (the wide version) to make loading a little easier. its a bit of tetris because of differences in bike geo especially when you add mine in.

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How does the trailcraft do compared to the norcos?

 

[mobil1syn]

i need to shuffle my daughters to see if help the youngest (6) out or not. she struggles on the norco, it a little too big for her and some of the ego would be better fit for a bigger kid.

i will say trailcraft is a noisier bike.

if i were to do it again and wasnt under the time contraints of christmas shopping, theyd all have norcos

 

[the bodj]

Rocking this carrier



Tigged in a 5/8" nut to remove slop


Replaced the pin with a 3/8" bolt and nut tacked in place.


Hopefully it's less wobbly now. Hopefully I can test it out tomorrow pending weather.

 

[Oh4Tahoe]

This isn’t the truck I saw but I saw a truck one time with a set up just like this and I really
Liked the idea

 

[Siggy81]

I’m currently building a slide out rack for my 19 Silverado “prelander” build. I don’t want to run a hitch rack in more. Just have to order the proper fork mount and then permanently fix down the back mount and tool box. I’ll be using 60” 500lbs slide outs. The tool box will have a possible 100ah battery system in it so I can run an extendable flagpole style area light post. One of the dudes on here did it. Looked dope. Enjoy fellas. Should be a dope
Project.

 

[D.Reilly582]

I use a tailgate pad to haul my bikes in my Truck. I driven some light trails with one of my bikes strapped down and it did move.

I have a Saris Bones truck rack for my DD and it a bit hard to haul 2 bikes with it.

 

[badlinesgoodtimes]

I use a tailgate pad to haul my bikes in my Truck. I driven some light trails with one of my bikes strapped down and it did move.

I have a Saris Bones truck rack for my DD and it a bit hard to haul 2 bikes with it.

hell ya... thanks for flying the flag!

 

[badlinesgoodtimes]

I’m currently building a slide out rack for my 19 Silverado “prelander” build. I don’t want to run a hitch rack in more. Just have to order the proper fork mount and then permanently fix down the back mount and tool box. I’ll be using 60” 500lbs slide outs. The tool box will have a possible 100ah battery system in it so I can run an extendable flagpole style area light post. One of the dudes on here did it. Looked dope. Enjoy fellas. Should be a dope
Project.
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nice set up

 

[the bodj]

The updates kicked butt. Hardly any movement.