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I splurged on a North Shore rack a couple of years ago. Given the price point of even mid tier bikes these days it's easy to rack up $10k plus worth of bikes. I wanted a good rack that wouldn't fail, so I made the investment. Quality is excellent. Only complaint is that it acts as a fulcrum and adds some tongue weight similar to if your towing a trailer.
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I have a north shore racks 4 bike set up and a Thule Pro T2... both work well and the drop down options allow easy access to bed.

That said I’m thinking of doing a diamondback rack and putting Thule Aerobars with side arm racks from another vehicle... key here that I can tow without losing the bed space for camping / overlanding.
Your idea might not work how you want it. I love my diamondback, but was disappointed to find out there was no true rack system for them. Even the ones from DB require you to drill through your $2000 cover. Wish there was a lower risk way to add something.
 

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I have a Yakima roof rack on the ST and wanted something simple, functional, and easy to remove for the Gladiator. So I made one. Well, my dad and I made one. PVC pipe, fits under the tonneau cover, and wrapped in Pipe Insulation. Strapped it in and then toss in the bikes, strap them down, good to go. A little slower than something like I have on the car, but worth it.

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Very ingenious! :like:

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Im using bed racks with Amazon fork mounts that work great:

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Before I got the bedracks I was using a Seasucker mount on the back window and that did just fine too:

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Am guessing Jeep or Mopar doesn’t make something simple that just fits into the bed rail system?
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My favorite is Ride 88. One lever gets the bike in or out. Wide range of adjustability for different wheel sizes. It even folds down and fits under a tonneau cover. Options for trail rail or standard mounting, both are lockable. Fair pricing and exceptional quality.

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My 1UP bike rack works awesome on the Gladiator - the tailgate can open when you lower the bike rack too (with bikes on it).

I have a single and another single that can bolt on to allow for carrying 2 bikes. I love the flexibility to be able to have the single bike carrier when it's just me.

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Had my Gladiator for two weeks now and have been trying to figure out a better solution as my 1UpUSA bike rack completely blocks the license plate and the back up camera when in the stored position. I pulled the panel for the camera and am using a plywood template for now to make sure this will work. Next I will use the metal panel itself but I’m going to test this for a couple weeks first. This is a great solution when I’m just riding solo, but I’ll use my hitch mounted bike rack for additional bikes. My bike is a 29er and too long to keep the front wheel on, which would be even better. This should work well when I have my RTT in place too.
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Last Saturday’s project! Exactly how I envisioned it except for those damn bolt heads. 2 rains and looks like crap. Will replace with stainless tomorrow.

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