Keeping Bikes still

Searfoss that is kind of what I had in mind. I would have to find a way to anchor in the camper. I will have to check the track system for the bunks. I may be able to fasten it to that.

I ran into this issue years ago when I scratched the woodwork in the TT taking a bike out.

My buddy and I made bike racks out of PVC pipe for 20 bucks. These are in my truck bed, but you can customize them for use in the TT. Then when you get to camp the kids have a place to park them.

I customized mine to allow me to carry wood in bins between the bikes. Been using it for years.

I sometimes put a couple of bikes inside the trailer and wrap them in old blankets and bungie cord them down to keep them from moving around too much.

RoyBell wrote:
Is it possible to put some anchors into the floor and thread a 2x4 with bike axle locks on it? Here's what I did in my dinette. http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/28407171.cfm

It's kind of a hassle having to lower and raise the table on each trip and mount the bikes so I am contemplating putting them in the bunk room on the floor and avoid that whole ordeal. I need to see if they will fit side by side in the narrow space though. I would do it the same way though. Find a way to fasten the cleats to the floor/on a 2x4 in a temporary manner.

Bingo. I store mine on the dinette as well. And I used to store them in the bed of the truck the same way. Dinette keeps them nice and dry and less likely to be liberated than the truck bed.

Is it possible to put some anchors into the floor and thread a 2x4 with bike axle locks on it? Here's what I did in my dinette. http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/28407171.cfm

It's kind of a hassle having to lower and raise the table on each trip and mount the bikes so I am contemplating putting them in the bunk room on the floor and avoid that whole ordeal. I need to see if they will fit side by side in the narrow space though. I would do it the same way though. Find a way to fasten the cleats to the floor/on a 2x4 in a temporary manner.

Harbor Freight has cheap furniture blankets, get ones that are large enough to completely wrap each bike. Then just stand the bike in the middle of a blanket, wrap it up around and load it.

Folding pedals are available cheap on eBay and would help prevent damage to the floor or the other bikes.

scottew71 wrote:
We recently bought an Aerolite 292 DBHS. In the bunk room the bunks raise up while traveling and there is what they call a bike door. I like the ideas of putting the bikes inside but I am not sure how to keep them from flying around while traveling. Suggestions? Anybody have a similar model? What do you do?

JMO, but having been there, done that, using that so-called "bike door" and chewing up all that valuable storage space with a couple of bikes is a horrible waste when those bikes can easily be carried in the back of your truck. No fancy bike rack is needed, I made mine with scrap plywood I had in the workshop and could easily carry 4 bikes in the back of our Silverado, along with water containers, awning ground mat, firewood, spare propane canisters, or whatever. :B



In later years we had no need for kids' bikes so for awhile I carried 2 adult bikes that anyone could use and just leaned them against the front queen bed in our travel trailer, no additional securement needed. K.I.S.S. :B

We use a heavy duty canvas drop cloth. That way if they are wet, or dirty, it doesn't get all over the inside of the trailer.

I took on bedspread that I bought at a garage sale and sewed it into a cover for the bike. The bike can lay on a bunk or be held upright between two Rubbermaid boxes. The cover keeps the bikes from getting anything on the beds. The sewing was only two straight seams.
If I could not sew I could have used a staple gun to make the cover.

We just lay ours flat on the floor with blankets in between. They don't go anywhere.