Tailgate Bike Pad - any experience?
Anyone have any experience with tailgate bike pads? I'm considering one for our F150, but I worry a bit about damage to the back of the tailgate from the bike tires. If anyone has used one, I'd be i...
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I have never personally owned one, but transported my bike ,any times on friends vehicles with them. I can’t say much about long term tailgate damage, but the pad is between the tires/fork and the tailgate. I think the biggest risk of scratching would be installing it on a dirty tailgate. Some of the better ones have a hole for the tailgate handle and backup camera. Depending on clearance on your particular rig you can probably use this option with a bumper pull travel trailer with no issues.
Some advantages:
Fast loading and offloading of the bikes at the trailhead
Minimal timing required. On most the included Velcro loop and maybe an additional bungee is enough
Don’t have to remove front tire, no risk of accidentally squeezing hydraulic brakes with the rotor out
Saves some truck box room. Bikes are getting longer and slacker. I have to put mine diagonally in the 5.5’ bed F150’s
Some advantages:
Fast loading and offloading of the bikes at the trailhead
Minimal timing required. On most the included Velcro loop and maybe an additional bungee is enough
Don’t have to remove front tire, no risk of accidentally squeezing hydraulic brakes with the rotor out
Saves some truck box room. Bikes are getting longer and slacker. I have to put mine diagonally in the 5.5’ bed F150’s
