Anyone ever built a custom truck bed bike rack?

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mnkyboy

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• Jul 15, 2004

• #1

Im looking for some ideas on a "do it yourself" bike rack for my Toyota Tacoma. I found this link, which looks pretty good, but I would like some more ideas.

http://www.utahmountainbiking.com/bikerack/makerack.htm

 

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DragonWagon54

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• Jul 15, 2004

• #2

you'd prolly be better off using light duty copper piping for teh rack...lil more money than pvc pipe but it would last 4ever and be alot stronger...pvc pipe is brittle after sun damage

 

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Kansei

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• Jul 15, 2004

• #3

Do you have a bedliner? On my mazda truck the bedliner had slots to hold 2x4s (maybe to keep loads in, I dunno. Anyways, I just cut a piece to fit between the two slots, then bought fork mounts and mounted them to the wood.

Cost? 14.99 per bike + piece of wood

http://www.performancebike.com/shop/profile.cfm?SKU=3702

 

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mnkyboy

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• Jul 15, 2004

• #4

zverg said:

Do you have a bedliner? On my mazda truck the bedliner had slots to hold 2x4s (maybe to keep loads in, I dunno. Anyways, I just cut a piece to fit between the two slots, then bought fork mounts and mounted them to the wood.

Cost? 14.99 per bike + piece of wood

http://www.performancebike.com/shop/profile.cfm?SKU=3702

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Do you have to take a wheel off to use those fork mounts? It doest give much detail how they are installed. I dont want to have to take a wheel of to transport the bikes.

 

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Kansei

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• Jul 16, 2004

• #5

Yeah, you take off the front wheel. All you gotta do is undo the quick release on the front fork, and if you have V-brakes disconnect the front brakes. Or do you not want loose wheels flyin around?

 

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rx7gslse

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• Jul 16, 2004

• #6

a fork mount bike rack is a *much* sturdier way to haul your bikes around.. much more secure too..

I made a rack for my dakota real simply. I took a couple L-brackets and a peice of angle iron. I mounted these to the existing tie down hooks and installed 2 Yakaima lockable fork mounts on the angle iron.

You can see the rack in this picture right up next to the cab. Took up maybe 2" of bed space.

http://www.digitex.net/ecarter/pics/Quarry_001.jpg

 

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mnkyboy

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• Jul 27, 2004

• #7

rx7gslse said:

a fork mount bike rack is a *much* sturdier way to haul your bikes around.. much more secure too..

I made a rack for my dakota real simply. I took a couple L-brackets and a peice of angle iron. I mounted these to the existing tie down hooks and installed 2 Yakaima lockable fork mounts on the angle iron.

You can see the rack in this picture right up next to the cab. Took up maybe 2" of bed space.

http://www.digitex.net/ecarter/pics/Quarry_001.jpg

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Do you have any more detailed pics?

 

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rx7gslse

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• Jul 28, 2004

• #8

unfortunately, I don't... I've since sold the truck...

Does your truck have tie down hooks or something else you could bolt to?