My truck bed isn't long enough to fit a bike without turning the front tire. Is it possible to mount by the rear bike tire using this system?
1534533
I just checked it out for you by placing my rear tire in. Worked just fine. I was worried about the clearance for the derailleur - but it was no problem whatsoever. I love mine.
79064
If you leave the rack attached to your vehicle, it should be no problem. I think it's easier to load this rack than the hanging style. Just set your bike on the tire racks, pull down the top hook, and go.
178160
My Croozer Cargo Bicycle trailer came with a square shaped mount that is attached to the rear wheel and is used to connect the trailer. I do not know for sure if you can adjust or not. I hope this helps you make a decision.
691027
IM not 100%but I don't think front suspension bikes can mount this unless your bike has the holes for it, I kno it did not fit my commuter that's a 29 ER no.front suspension and it did not fit my mountain bike either that's full suspension. 26 in tires....try a basket or.rack that mounts from your handle bars then adapt your front light to that
642066
Just by friction if you choose to do that. The screw mechanism forces the mount under the lip of the side rail. It would work better on a standard size truck bed than my Toyota. I ended up screwing into the bed on the bottom and the side rail inside lip to make it more secure. There are holes for that purpose in the mount.
1126240
Not easily. You could use a cable and loop it around the frame of the bike and the trailer hitch, maybe?
2157757
There is a vertical support, but doesn't work well. I modified the vertical bar where it would grab the tire. I used some square tube, long bolt and but. Also I use strap to strap the bikes to the rack. Hope that helps.
447583
I own two Townies without fenders, and a full bed length with my tacoma. With this rack, our two bikes will fit in the bed of my truck with the gate closed, it's a snug fit though, and sometimes I move the rear end of the bikes at an angle a little bit. If they had fenders, and the fenders came down the tire far enough to touch the gate then you would probably have to angle the bikes even more. Hope that helps.
2231818
No problem! I carry my mountain bike (28" wheels) and my grand daughter's bike (20" wheels) on the back of my travel trailer and the back of my truck. I did have to play around with the spacing of the wheel carriers, the hold downs on the vertical bar and moving the bikes front to back to get the best fit. My biggest challenge was fitting the bike pedals around the spare tire on the trailer. If I was just using the rack on my truck, it would have taken 5 minutes. Rick
1112200
The back of the tube going up to support the bikes is 11" from the hole for the hitch pin, so if you tire sticks out more than that you would need a hitch extension or something
870783
As long as your towing receiver is 2". 4 bike fold down towing fits 2" receiver. I use my Swagman bike carrier on a Ford Ranger. It slides right into the towing receiver. Having a spare tire mounted shouldn't be an issue.
52887
That's a good question. Certainly the wheel will fit in the slotted area by design. I put my front tire in the rack meaning back wheel closest to the cab of truck. Now so your front tire has a fender and you bring the hook bar forward over the back side of the front tire. Obviously it will be atop the fender. What I believe is that you could ratchet it snug, but not to bend the fender. Next, I generally bungee the bike with some nice plastic-ended bungee cords that I tie to various places in the truck bed. So, I rely on the stand to stand the bike upright and then I bungee the bike in 2-3 places to stabilize just in case (and that has come in handy / recommend it). So, as long as you bungee, should be ok. Just don't tighten the rack's arm too much atop the fender. One question back to you, how close between frame of the bike and the fender? Because the foam part of that arm is about 1.5 " in diameter. You need to be able to bring arm up over the fender is why I ask / mention. It slides between bottom of part of bike frame and over top of the fender, you see. Need a little space to bring up and over top of fender. 2 more tips. 1. Don't drop your tailgate with bike standing! If you do, want to guess what will happen? Hint, tip over! 2. I run a cable / and padlock over Thule bike rack cable to truck so someone does not simply drop my tailgate and walk off with all, bike and rack. That would be a bummer! So, there are pluses and minus to this design. I have this little system and have been quite happy, have two of these in my old Ford Ranger bed. Others at work also have same setup in their truck. Hope this helps.
1997034
Yes you can. This bike mount only works on bikes with Thin Downtube. if yours it's thicker, it will not work.
1955248
Hey J I park this at a rack with the rear tire in the rack. The bike rack is a poor design. I put the U lock through the frame and rear wheel and to the rack and use the cable to secure the front wheel. It works great. You should have no problems locking it to a rack or a pole or post.
2196807
Yes you can. As a matter of fact we took the cover off of our wheel and the bike rack is mounted directly on the tire. Works great!
2280186
The rack goes through the tire and does not come in contact with the circumference/ rubber of the tire. I see no reason why it should not functional even with the flat tire mounted.
640771
yes, you can but you need to secure the construction. Very good product, but a little bit narrow. if you planning to use for 5 mountain bike, I use one front wheel next bike rear wheel and etc.