Home made bike racks?

[haffi]

Do any of you guys have home made bike racks?

I cant find any racks I like in the stores here in Iceland, and ordering from the states is not a very good deal these days.

I made me a hitch mounted rack which could carry up to four bikes (normally two and then I could add rack for two more). On this rack the bikes were hanging on the frame and rubbing to each other. So now my bike is a bit scratched and don´t like using it any more.

Now I have made me a rack where the bike stands on the wheels, but for now that rack only has room for one bike. I´m going to add room for more bikes later.

But i´m kind of out of ideas about how to hold the bikes in place, I don´t want the bikes to touch each other. I also want to be able to drive some rough roads/offroad without having to worry about the falling off.

So do you have any pics of home made or some other brilliant racks to show me?

 

[Jetboy]

You could use something like the Yakima trays only verticle so you'd have the rear tire in a basket of some sort and the front fork locked in. That'd pretty secure. For taking them on rough roads, I prefer a roof top rack. Just gets em up out of the way so they don't drag on stuff.

 

[fj80goody]

Here are some photos of the bike rack I bolted to my roof rack. It works well and keeps the bikes secure. I simply cut a Yakama gutter into 3 pieces drilled holes and bloted them to the roof rack. I used Yakama blockheads to secure the forks to the rack. Cost less then $100usd. Hope it helps you out.

 

[romegadave]

Hey that's alright

 

[mcewan13]

I've used the same forkblock / trimmed tray solution on the front bumper of my 40 for the last 8-10 years.
Works great.

 

[BRKLYN1]

check post #30
https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/113546-cyclists-lc-lx-bike-transport.html

 

[Radd Cruisers]

I built this many moons with square tube, cheap and strong.


Rob