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Offline Sar_n_Jase

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Help with DIY Bike Racks (boat rack type)
« on: March 22, 2011, 01:28:23 PM »
Hello!
I've been doing numerous searches and haven't been able to find exactly what I want, so I'm starting a new topic!
We've got a Ranger Camper with a dingy mounted on top, but as we've decided to get a bigger dingy we're going to stick that on top of the cruiser, and put the pushies on the camper boat rack.
My question is - does anyone have suggestions/pictures/ideas for the best way to do this? We have 2 mountain bikes that need mounting. Ive seen a few suggestions of pvc pipe or C channel but a bit more info on what others have done would be great. Also, have you taken the front wheel off the bike? and what have you used to fix the bike in place? etc etc. Any details would be great!

I've attempted to post pics but not sure if they will work! These are the best I have at the moment :)


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Re: Help with DIY Bike Racks (boat rack type)
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2011, 01:42:39 PM »
Perhaps something like this from Rhino-Rack could be mounted on the rack on your camper.


http://www.rhinorack.com/AccSubCategory_Roof-Top-Bike-Carrier_12.aspx

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Re: Help with DIY Bike Racks (boat rack type)
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2011, 02:31:17 PM »
We have this bike rack on our camper, you could do a similair thing on top of the boat rack with C channel.





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Re: Help with DIY Bike Racks (boat rack type)
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2011, 07:41:12 PM »
we have our bikes mounted on rack on top of trailer and front wheels in some old forks behind stone gard and spare wheel.
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Re: Help with DIY Bike Racks (boat rack type)
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2011, 09:56:28 PM »
For expensive mountain bikes the Yakima roof top bike  mount might be good http://www.yakima.com/shop/bike/top/highroller
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Re: Help with DIY Bike Racks (boat rack type)
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2011, 03:49:42 AM »
Thats a fancy bike rack , bit steep at $199  . Sar n Jase you should be able to mount a mesh on top of your CT rack them use load binders as Capt has done , a whole bunch cheaper . ;D
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