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twodownzero
Oct 27, 2019Explorer
ajriding wrote:
I have a $12,000 plus other bikes that are about half that value. Is why I have RV too.
With toy hauler I assume you have that garage area to utilize.
If you can mount them to the wall using fork mounts this is the best way, it keeps them off the floor, freeing up that space too. There are special mounting boards made for this, or you can use a 3/4 inch board along the wall and use that as the base for the fork mounts. I have used Unistrut on the wall in my trailer. Unistrut is great, it makes the fork mounts adjustable, and you can mount a lot of things into Unistrut. Unistrut is common across the nation and world. You can get an aluminum version also.
You mount the fork mount at an angle so the flat handlebars will be staggered and not touch. Road bars complicate things.
In a camper once, I just bolted the fork mount directly to the floor.
Use a strap or velcro strap to tie the front wheel to the bike.
Some of the demo bike trucks or trailers will just use moving blankets and stack the bikes leaning on each other. This is safe and much quicker than removing wheels and mounting forks.
The best method is the fork mount though.
You didn't read the post. I don't and didn't ever want to remove wheels from bikes. Nobody is strapping a front wheel to a carbon fiber frame, that is a good way to remove the paint and maybe damage the carbon even deeper than that.
I would have been happy to pay a thousand dollars for an efficient way to mount bicycles, but I never found anything I liked. My bikes are worth more than my 5th wheel, so it's very important to me that they are well protected during the trip.
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