How are you guys moving your bikes? I'm gonna need to haul mine across town for the social rides pretty soon and I'm trying to figure out the best way to haul my felt without messing it up. Anyone using a receiver hitch mounted hauler? What works well with these large / irregular tank tubes like the ones I have on my felt cruiser?
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I use a tray in my trailer hitch and come-alongs to strap them down to the tray and my roof rails.
...to haul across town for the social rides? I'd ride it there. No town in America is too big to cruise across.
But, if I gotta haul my bike(s), I toss it in the bed of my Taco.
I use rok-straps around my handlebars and tie it town motorcycle style in the bed of my truck.
Rok-straps are sweet in that there's no metal hooks, just loop it, and it's got a stiff flat bungee cord section on the end of the strap. Cinch er down and she's good to go
Rok-straps are sweet in that there's no metal hooks, just loop it, and it's got a stiff flat bungee cord section on the end of the strap. Cinch er down and she's good to go
I had a truck, but I recently got a cargo van. So far, I'm loving it, because it keeps my bikes safe at stops, and out of the weather as I travel.
I spent 3 years with no car, just a motorcycle, last year when I got back into dirt riding I decided it was time for a truck. In a few months, I'll be back in a cargo van (sold it in 2008 when gas went buck wild)
Vans are the best, lock up your stuff, sleep in it, stuff doesn't get wet, etc.......wife's pissed I'm ditchin the new truck so soon, but I gotta have another van.
Vans are the best, lock up your stuff, sleep in it, stuff doesn't get wet, etc.......wife's pissed I'm ditchin the new truck so soon, but I gotta have another van.
When I drove an old Coupe DeVille I could put a couple in the trunk, or a half dozen if I brought a combination wrench. 
Currently I'd use an E-150 Ford, 'cause my Buick wagon has electrical issues.
Really helpful, amirite?
Currently I'd use an E-150 Ford, 'cause my Buick wagon has electrical issues.
Really helpful, amirite?
I was putting them on the roof of my lifted liberty but I just sold it. That kind of sucked, I actually had to use a stepladder to get them up there and when I notice how much they rocked around I started toyon them to seatpost down to the. Cross bars to stiffen everything up. I don't have anything to put them on the roof of right now. I have my wagoneer and wife has her wrangler. I want to get a hitch mounted carrier with the tray for the tires.
Must be nice, the bridge here in New Orleans has no pedestrian access.
Truck bed is shorter / not as tall as the bike. I Hauled it home laying on its side with some blankets to pad it. Fenders and paint will get messed up hauling it like that. I hauled my road bike in the back like that, but this felt is too nice to beat up.
Truck bed is shorter / not as tall as the bike. I Hauled it home laying on its side with some blankets to pad it. Fenders and paint will get messed up hauling it like that. I hauled my road bike in the back like that, but this felt is too nice to beat up.
I have the same problem transporting my bikes. I have a small hatchback, and thinking about a trailer hitch, so I can put the bike rack in that. Seems the hitch is over $300, plus the cost of bike rack. I'm hoping to come up with a cheaper alternative.
I like my hitch rack, which I modified so it is really heavy duty. These old bikes really were too heavy for the trunk mount style I used to run. Biggest issue with hitch or trunk racks is keeping the bikes from swaying around.
Hitch rack is the way to go. I have 2 of them, a platform and a hanger style. Never have had a problem with scratches using either one. But, I tie everything down including bungie for the front wheels, so they don't move. Platform is nice for those MTB bikes with the strange shaped frames that you can't hang.
I took a few 2x4s and made some rails for my pickup and use nylon straps to secure them.
I'm gonna make one of these in the Spring.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Wood-Bike-Rack/
I'm gonna make one of these in the Spring.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Wood-Bike-Rack/
I seldom haul bikes but for one or two bikes I typically use a trunk rack for a car. Even though the one I have is a cheapy I can haul three heavy bikes on it with reinforcement via rachet straps at the bracket points. Once in a while I use my old 73 Ford F100 truck. The handlebar straps for dirt bikes in conjunction with rachet straps keeps them upright without having to brace the front wheels.
