Bicycle carrier front of truck or pin box. (Updated W/pics)
Ok guys, I keep going back and forth on a location of a bicycle carrier. For those of you that have had both which did you prefer and why? Thanks, John
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shadows4 wrote:
OPer here. ...I did some measuring and I only have 36 inches between the cap of the 5er and the rear window. I stood the bikes as close together as I could and from handle bar tip to handle bar tip was 27 inches. I just don't see how they will fit and not hit on the easiest of turns.
Ours is a short bed truck.
I have a pin box mount, and a bike carrier that hangs bikes from the top tube, as in my sig below.
Before the bikes, backing through a sharp turn, the edge of the FW would hit the cab; I've the dent to remind me.
The bike frame hangs mostly above the cab, and the bikes are shorter than the width of the trailer, so the radius-to-contact is different. With the bikes hanging there, a too-sharp turn bounces a bike tire against the truck's rear window, doing no harm but giving a visible and audible warning.
It depends on the geometry of the pin box and front cap, and is not easy to measure beforehand.
