Any recommendations for an interior bike rack system (e.g., Saris Traps, Delta Stableloader, Yakima Betty Jo, etc.) for use inside an SUV?
When I had a ford explorer, I bought a 1x10 at home depot and cut it to fit snugly to the profile of the wheel well and the side walls of the cargo area and covered it with an automotive nonwoven carpet. Then, I installed a fork mount from performance bike. Whole thing cost $18 and took about 2 hrs to make (no power tools). Works beautifully.
If you want more details, let me know.
This is my weekend project to fabricate something to fit in the mini to keep my new ride safe & sound and comfortable inside the car. I haven’t seen anything pre-made that fits my needs or fits in my car.
At the shop we sell some Yakima quick release brackets that can either mount to the rail in a pick-up truck or can be mounted to a 2x6 and hold the front qr skewer. They’d work for your application. Not too fancy but will get the job done without taking up a ton of room.
I had great experience with Delta
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What Wilson did…
Saris fork mounts, big piece of wood cut to fit…but I didn’t make it fancy with carpet. Each bike I have needs a lil different placement (tri bike is shorter wheelbase, but aerobars / MTB is longer wheelbase / Road bike pretty much fits the MTB holes / them, of course…you need to drill holes for his-her bikes).
I can take pix if you like…Toyota 4Runner.
I have a Ford Ranger with a camper shell. I got a board and put two fork mounts on. This set up holds two bikes simple, easy and cheap.
I’ve done soemthing very similar to what jamie & longboarder did too. YOu can buy those fork mounts at performance for under $10. Bolt them on a 2x4, 2x6 or some appropriately sized hunk of lumber. You can just throw in and out of your SUV as needed. YOu could even bolt them right to the floor or in the bed of a pickup but I prefer not drilling holes through my vehicles.
Here is a nice home built in a Forester: http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?post=463828;search_string=;#463828
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