I have a Ford Ranger pickup, in which I have a fork mount for my bike. this seemed safe and secure when the bike was a 1987 steel Schwinn Tempo. Moving the new Cervelo in this manner scares me. What is everybodies opionon on the safest set up? Brought the bike home from Bikesport laying in the bed of the truck with the tonneau cover left on the bed. (Snowing that day)
Jim
Inside a big tractor trailer like John Cobb, or a motorhome like USPS. 
Are you thinking about buying a new vehicle?
What do you mean by safe? Safe from thieves, mother nature, or damage?
Fork mounted in the bed of the truck with a well padded cable lock would keep it mostly secure but open to the elements. It’s somewhat protected from the wind and debris by the cab but could get wet/dirty/dinged, etc.
Laying on it’s side (non drive side), on a piece of carpet, foam, or other padding, and strapped to the bid in 3 or 4 directions to keep it from sliding around, and under the tonneau cover would keep it well protected. You could still lock it to the bed also. You would have to be careful of things sitting/falling on it during transit.
PS. Congratulations on the new bike. I’m assuming you are in Michigan, so I will probably see you at the races.
Jim–I’d think your fork mount in the bed of your pickemup truck will be just fine. In many ways even better than a roof mounted setup like I’ve got on top of my ford exploder as the cab of your truck will protect your bike from the elements. I was driving from Ft Polk to to Shreveport, LA once to do River Cities Tri and actually hit a bird that rose up off the road. The bird cleared my truck but not my softride.
It breaks my heart when we do a nice job building a bike, put wax on it, clean it and shine it and pet it and then it gets put on a roof rack. Ugh.
However, using a pickup truck rack is a viable alternative even though the bike can still get caught in the rain. It is probably better than laying it in the bed since it can kind of move around and get scratched up.
**dodge grand caravan with the 3rd row of seats removed!! **
fits me, the wife, both of our bike (fork mounted on a slab of plywood) all our tri gear, our son and his jog-stroller. all without having to draw blueprints or pack/ repack over and over again. cool/ trendy vehicle? absolutely not. extremely functional for a triathlon lifestyle (especially when you have to drive far to get to races)? you bet.
call kerry, see how he travels? private jet most likely…hell…you could even set up a trainer on those rides…
I have seen bikes going down the highway with some kinda “bra” on the handelbars and running down the front and back over the seat. Never have seen them online or in a store. Good? Bad? Ugly? might make me feel better.
Jim
Like this, $30 @ CC.
As Andrew points out–there are ‘bra’ devices to help cover your bike. That’s what I use when I put my baby up on top of my current vehicle for anything other than a long drive, However this was an evolving process. I began TRIs back in '85 and started with a rack that was strapped to the back of my convertable. By the time I got married and it was time to move from Ft Benning, GA to Ft Drum, NY in 88 it was quite a sight. As we did our “do it your self move” DITY move I had multiple bikes afixed all over my trusty IHC Scout. As I recall I had two mountain bike on the front of the Scout, two road bike on a Yaki rack on top of the Scout, and two road bikes on the back of the Scout. My wife–God bless her–followed with 1.5 kids and a “twinner” running stroller affixed to the roof of her honda. Between then and now we’ve gone on a ton of ‘family’ vacations that my wife points out bears a suspicious resemblance to the local TRI calendar. There has been many a time I’d have much rather have put the kids up on the roof of our Mazda MPV and had my baby (talking about my softride–in case the wife reads this) down in the mini van with me. However, I’m sure that if you ask my kids there’s times they wish I was up in the rocket box–well, the feeling is mutual! Ha. Once the kids are gone off to college the whole issue goes away and the bikes, wife and you all fit inside the vehicle. Right??? For family sanity the best thing we’ve found is to put the bikes on the roof; take the middle seats of the mini van out; put the kids in the back;and pile up all the ‘stuff’ in between you and them with a small space to pass over juice boxes, vidoes, and first aide supplies.
Andrew, you neglected to tell me were the @#$ Icould get one
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CC = colardo cyclist…
they have a website
(that and it’s printed in big bold letters on the front )
-kevin
Doh!