Does anyone have any pics on how they mount their bikes in an enclosed trailer for travel? As in a team trailer?
I can probably figure out a basic set up with fork mounts…Looking for a cool set-up or something unique. .
it won’t be unique if you use someone elses idea 
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we salvaged our old rooftop racks and mounted them vertically inside the trailer. you’ll need something quite strong to hold the racks on the wall as we had issues with that. the fork mount is necessary, and you’ll need something to bind the rear tire. Make sure you alternate the orientation (fork mount + wheel holder), and you should be okay as long as the bikes aren’t too oversized. But then again, with aerobars that could extend beyond the fork, you’ll have problems.
i can snap a few pics for you when we go to our first race this weekend.
Just chuck’em in ;0)
Fork mounts rotated back and forth should give you the most bike fittage. Wheel hangers on the walls and maybe a small work bench. Sometimes plain and simple is your best bet :0)
Our team used a large rental truck to take our team’s and another team’s bikes out to Junior Nationals last year; we got 70 bikes in. They were hung using fork mounts alternating high and low so we could get them closer together. But… you need to tie the back wheel “down” (in our case, to the side of the truck) so they don’t swing around. We used small bungee cords. This also gives you a lot of useable floor space for other things.
We made a frame out of 2x6s doubled to hold the bikes upright with hb alteranting. The 2x6 is just tall enough that we didnt have to tie the bikes down. The frame allows us to remove he carrier an still use the trailer to haul stuff.
Someone posted this last year:
I do not have the design plans but a photo is worth many words.
Someone posted this last year:
I do not have the design plans but a photo is worth many words.
OMG. Add in some way to “move” that without having to unload and take it off so that you could still get the van doors open, and well, I’d die. I still might have to do that.
–Donnie
Depending on the stability of a spare tire mounting bracket…you could use that. Once it locks into place on the opposing side it woul be more than secure enough. Sure looks like a custom one off creation though…love it. Aluminum so it should be fairly light weight too.
OMG. Add in some way to “move” that without having to unload and take it off so that you could still get the van doors open, and well, I’d die. I still might have to do that.
Various vendors make swingaway rear cargo carriers. 
that enable one to open the rear hatch of their van/SUV with ease.
Our team has traveled for many years the “old school” way:
-remove pedals
-turn aerobars down and to the side
-wrap bike in packing: towels, blankets, sleeping bags, or my favorite, eggcrate
-line 'em up.
This usually allows for ~8 bikes wide (on an 6 foot trailer) and 3 bikes deep on a 12 foot long trailer.
With a minimum of time invested, I would like to see a wooden contraption that is 2x4 stilts on the inside perimeter of the trailer, holding up another ‘deck’ several inches above the previous layer of bikes. Since a bike is about 3.5 - 4 feet tall when broken down, it would be entirely possible to get two layers of bikes into a standard cargo trailer.
There is a cycling team that has a ~20 foot rig, with the alternating fork mount setup described by another poster. I believe they used something like a lower and an upper 2x4 mounted to the interior support columns of the trailer, and then had a simple tiedown for the lower wheels. One of their riders mentioned they have room for about 40 bikes on the sides, and still have room for everyone’s bags in the middle. They have it down to a science.
I would like to buy one of these who can make it?
Super cheap alternative that we didn’t have any problem with (most likely because they were sandwiched in & we had blankets padding between) we used the S-type hooks screwed into a wood block mounted on the wall, similar to what many people use to hang in garages. We draped packing blankets on alternating bikes & away we went…that allowed them some flexibility to sway & nothing smashed into each other.
Before that we just stacked them in alternating front to back side-by-side with the same packing blanket MO. We debated on a second layer & it probably would’ve been ok with the blankets forming the barrier, but we only needed to lay a few on top. The “rows” were secured with bungees so that they didn’t roll front/back. I think we wound up with a few bikes laid on top of the mass, but it all wound up ok.
We were college kids though. Cheap was the priority.