Mountain Bikes - How are you guys carrying them??

[steve68]

I bought the Amazon IKURAM 4 bike rack, It gets good reviews and bad, I've modified it for my liking, carried 3 bikes with it, many trips and no problems, I use the stiffener and secondary protection, I wrap a bungee around the rubber straps for high speed piece of mind,

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[Ar4130]

Ended up buying the Inno RT202. Pretty good inexpensive option. Going to buy another one for my GF's bike. Both are 29ers, and don't have to take off any pedals or anything to mount it to the RT202. Fits the Mopar C-channels nicely. Seems pretty sturdy, will be putting it to a better test late-April when we drive 2 hrs to the Catskills. Didn't think to take a pic of the bike, but did get the clamps/mounts (I'll take zoomed-out pics and post them later). Can also leave the silver, vertical brackets in place and just take off the matte black tops (with the two Allen bolts) and still close the tonneau cover without issues.

Front of bike:

Back of bike:

Looks good. Definitely interested in what you mean about closing the tonneau with the part of the brackets still on. Can you take a few pics of that when u get a chance?

 

[arsy51]

Looks good. Definitely interested in what you mean about closing the tonneau with the part of the brackets still on. Can you take a few pics of that when u get a chance?

Image dump in-coming!

Video closing the tonneau cover:

 

[Ar4130]

Image dump in-coming!

Video closing the tonneau cover:

Very cool, thank you for the detailed pics/vid!

 

[arsy51]

Bought a second Inno RT202 for my GF's MTB. Drove them to a park today on some shitastic roads (I-95 between Secaucus, NJ, and Jersey City/Liberty State Park, NJ). We're driving them up to the Catskills next weekend. So far, so good, it's a rock-solid mounting system.

 

[Delhux]

I went with the Inno INH142. It lets me load/unload four bikes fairly easily.

 

[XJFanatic]

Picked up this today. Allen 4 bike delux with locking and tightening hitch. It was a Walmart roll back for $109

 

[cgm]

the over tailgate pad is so easy... just need to watch where the pedals end up so they don;t damage the other bikes.
3 enduros and two dirt jumpers with no issues. I'm sure i could fit a sixth if i need to.

 

[Boxr4]

My first post, had truck about a month. Fox Overland tailgate pad. Up to 5 bikes. With Mopar soft fold tonneau. Any wheel size or frame. Cable lock on box for bikes. Tonneau from box mount had to be modified to allow it to tilt up a bit (holds adult bike tire down as well). When in trail tonneau fold down and locks bed content /keeps things dry/clean/out of sight. Pad and tonneau play well together without bikes. Camera, third brake light, and latch unimpeded. I use hitch mount (oneup) sometimes. Moving away from it as roost of rear truck tires/snow winter grime cakes bikes. Full size bike does fit in box as well diagonal with tailgate up as I am sure you folks have noticed.

 

[XJADDICTION]

This is how they ride to the trail and all over the West USA

 

[KB Voodoo]

We have options as well with our KB Voodoo PRO-X Crossbars:

https://www.kbvoodoo.com/all-prox-crossbars/prox-crossbars-jeep-gladiator

https://www.kbvoodoo.com/cargo-trays/cargo-tray

 

[dcmdon]

I went with 1Up.

With the topper I can't carry more than one mountain bike in the bed. So the rack gets used for family trips or whenever I need to carry more than 1 bike.

I have expanded it to 4 bikes which gives the added benefit of full tailgate access without having to move the rack or the bikes.

Second pic is closer to show the quality. It is built like a watch that's built like a tank.

Everything on it is either extruded or machined aluminum, held together with stainless or Grade 8 cadmium coated steel hardware.

 

[Blackjeepjk]

I have a 2 bike and 4 bike hitch rack. They both work fine but cumbersome and time consuming.
I just found a cheap way to bed haul that requires much less time and hassle to set up and load. Using 1 of the 4 foam blocks from a Malone canoe car top carrier for each bike. Fits snug on front fork. No bike movement and no extra tail weight from extending beyond bumper.

 

[madesicc88]

I used a Dakine tailgate pad when using our camper, usually use a Yakima vertical hitch rack

 

[COmtnbiker]

As a note, for those carrying 1-2 bikes, the Fox Half pad has been great. Rear brake light + full camera visibility. I ditched the Dakine half pad once the Fox half arrived.

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