Anyone Travel with bikes inside their TRailer?I am not interested in a bike rack on the back of our TT. I was wandering if anyone just rolls their bikes into their trailer while traveling? I have not tried to fit the bikes in my 2150RB, but thinking of rapping them in a sheet and putting them in the trailer as we travel to our destination? Thanks for your thoughts. Other option is to put in the bed of the truck, but a short bed with limited space.

I do sometimes but just for travel, not overnight. I use an inexpensive moving blanket from a Harbor Freight for a wrapper. And I built a tongue rack. ETrailer sells a hitch rack and it works ok too.

Back in the days having 5 bikes of various sizes and travelling in a GMC Safari as a TV. Occasionally we put a couple of bikes in the TT. We just laid them flat on the middle aisle and didn't bother wrapping them up. We survived.My BIL, also a family of 5 with a minivan, had a better idea. He secured a piece of threaded rod span across the dinette seats with the table removed. He then used some nuts to fix the front forks of a couple of bikes for transportation. I now have a short bed PU with a canopy. I built a bike rack with 2x4s to hold the rear wheel of the bikes. I can take up to 5 bikes to camp. It doesn't leave a lot of room for other toys. Luckily the nest are getting empty.

We used to do that a lot but got real tired of them being in the way everytime we stopped. We just rolled them in and threw a blanket over them so they wouldn't scratch up the trailer.

I fold my dinette down like a bed and put them there. I have added fasteners and tie down points so they are secure.

We do. I secured them to the rear of the 5'er for several years although I never liked having something back there I couldn't see in the mirror. When the rack got old, we started just putting them inside. A little bit of a pain in the neck, but I feel safer.

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Thom02099
Explorer II
Jul 30, 2019
Bikes have gone in the trailer numerous times with no protblems. Lean them on the sofa and they ride just fine.
SoundGuy
Explorer
Jul 30, 2019
WTW wrote:
Anyone Travel with bikes inside their TRailer?
I am not interested in a bike rack on the back of our TT.

I built a bike rack with scrap lumber for the back of our truck and could carry 4 bikes, along with water containers, under awning ground mat, etc.

Once our boys were no longer camping with us and I was only taking a couple of adult bikes I found it just as easy to carry the bikes inside the trailer by simply leaning them at an angle against the queen bed - no shifting, worked just fine. :B
Dick_B
Explorer
Jul 30, 2019
We did that when traveling one December to avoid road grime from the front rack. We used moving blankets to cover them to protect the furniture. It's a pain to take them out for every stop, however.
Campfire_Time
Explorer
Jul 30, 2019
Many bikes have quick release wheels. If yours do get a couple of 2x4s and a set of fork mounts and mount them sideways in your truck.
schlep1967
Nomad
Jul 30, 2019
ZINGERLITE wrote:
shum02 wrote:
Mine and my wife's bikes cost several thousands of dollars. Don't think I want them bouncing around on the back of the camper. If I don't have them in the TT I have enough room in the crew cab to also put them in the back seat depending on our trip.

I think thats the deciding factor. a couple of walmart $100 bikes on a harbor freight bike rack attached to the bumper is no big deal. (thats where im at). If they aren't there at the end of the trip its no big deal.

Expensive bikes are a different story.

Actually it is a big deal if one falls off and kills somebody on a motorcycle.
That aside, not bikes but it would work the same. I put my 10.5' kayak on the bed and ratchet strap it down. You could easily do the same with bikes. We put old towels down underneath the kayak.
ZINGERLITE
Explorer
Jul 30, 2019
shum02 wrote:
Mine and my wife's bikes cost several thousands of dollars. Don't think I want them bouncing around on the back of the camper. If I don't have them in the TT I have enough room in the crew cab to also put them in the back seat depending on our trip.

I think thats the deciding factor. a couple of walmart $100 bikes on a harbor freight bike rack attached to the bumper is no big deal. (thats where im at). If they aren't there at the end of the trip its no big deal.

Expensive bikes are a different story.
shum02
Explorer
Jul 30, 2019
Mine and my wife's bikes cost several thousands of dollars. Don't think I want them bouncing around on the back of the camper. If I don't have them in the TT I have enough room in the crew cab to also put them in the back seat depending on our trip.
Jebby14
Explorer
Jul 30, 2019
many times. secure them and go
salem
Explorer
Jul 30, 2019
We do. I secured them to the rear of the 5'er for several years although I never liked having something back there I couldn't see in the mirror. When the rack got old, we started just putting them inside. A little bit of a pain in the neck, but I feel safer.
LanceRKeys
Explorer
Jul 30, 2019
I fold my dinette down like a bed and put them there. I have added fasteners and tie down points so they are secure.