Custom Bicycle Rack

[Limitless]

Wanted to share the bike rack I made fo rthe bed of the truck. Cost $30 to make, holds 3 bikes, weighs almost nothing, and can be used out sid ethe truck as a bike rack at a campsite and such. Designed it in CAD to make sure it fits and figure out the lengths ahead of time :smile:.

 

[2006nightrider]

Good job man...and nice bikes!!!

 

[triumphx]

Good idea man, did you make out of pvc? Im going to do the same thing for mine as i used to be a plumber and could make it in a few minutes. Looks good man

 

[Vince77]

Great idea! Nicely done. :top:

 

[Limitless]

Good idea man, did you make out of pvc? Im going to do the same thing for mine as i used to be a plumber and could make it in a few minutes. Looks good man

Yeah its all 1" pvc with some plastic fusion paint. I can post dimensions when i get to the CAD file if anyone was interested.

 

[HighWay]

Great idea.

 

[earnesje]

What would you charge to make one for a fellow member?

 

[Gators Taco]

I have mine mounted on the Lear tonneau cover. Home made rack for my Catrike700

 

[Limitless]

What would you charge to make one for a fellow member?

I dont think shipping it assembled would be worthwhile since it would be fairly large. but like i said i drew it up on cad so i can give a list of exactlly what lengths to cut and how many. From there its just glue and slide together.

Only feasible way i could think of is to save others from doing the cutting and ship all the pieces labeled in a box for them to assemble, but it would still need to be painted (unless you want to keep it white) afterwards since you cant really paint before you glue.

 

[Coupe]

Looks pretty good.

 

[revobreaker]

Id be interested to see the design. What stops the rack from sliding around?

 

[triumphx]

Id be interested to see the design. What stops the rack from sliding around?

Interested in this as well and if you could post deminsions that'd be awesome

 

[Scarface]

Now that goes hard. Bet you can fit motorcycle s and dirt bikes as well eh?

 

[R1 Chris]

nice work brother looks good

 

[blu xr]

looks great....wish i had this a while back, before my girl & her friends scuffed up the paint.

yeah man, post the dims when you get a chance.

how is it held in place? be cool if you could use the tie downs....

 

[Gators Taco]

You could make it a lot simpler than that if you used a cad. All you need is a half circle with 2 strap to keep the shape and bolt it to the rail. Wish you were closer, I could make something up. I'll take a picture of my rack for my Catrike and you will see what I mean.

 

[Scarface]

Let's see the rack!

 

[Limitless]

yeah man, post the dims when you get a chance.

how is it held in place? be cool if you could use the tie downs....

Sorry, got the original dimensions off cad but there were a few feild measured peices i have to get off the rack before i post it. Been busy running around but I'll post as soon as i get them. And there is no mounting necesary, it stays where its at by itself and doesnt slide in any direction. So its just a set in and go thing, handy when i need to take it out real quick or have to put in my home made motorcyle chock in place of it.

 

[WheelSick]

that rack is awesome !! Like the dual purpose idea. as an owner of a Trek store, I could sell those.......thumbs up !!

 

[just516in]

wow! what a coincidence!!! i need the dimensions!!! i just scratched my hard bed cover trying to stuff 3 bike in the back.... so i took it off and now planning on building this!