Custom Mountain bike rack

[jdavis92]

I do a lot of mountain biking and didn't wanna spend an arm and a leg on the bike racks at REI. So I did some research on some budget ideas. So here is what I came up with. If y'all want the list of supplies I'll be happy to give them.

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[dhyde79]

Step by step?

 

[jdavis92]

I measured the side to side length of my cargo bay door. Then I went to home depot and bought a regular 1x4 board it came I'm 8 ft pieces so I cut what I needed. I choose where I wanted the mount and and drilled holes (2 holes on each end of board). The I bolted those to the cargo door, then I marked where I wanted the mount on the board and drilled those holes. Then bolted the rack down. So in total I drilled 6 holes. I bought the rack from REI for 20 bucks.

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[jdavis92]

Make sure the bolts are long enough to go through the cargo door board and mount.

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[dhyde79]

um....why didn't you just run a washer or something like that through into the tracks so you could remove it easily and not have holes in the cargo deck lid?

 

[civicjoe]

um....why didn't you just run a washer or something like that through into the tracks so you could remove it easily and not have holes in the cargo deck lid?

you mean like this

 

[civicjoe]

This style and the 1 i did have their own advantages, 1 for this is is its easy to get in to to the cargo box there, mine not so much

 

[jdavis92]

I honestly didn't even think about it. I didn't know someone else did the same thing.

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[civicjoe]

yeah unfortunately or fortunately depending on how you look at it, i havent used mine a whole lot, due to i live about 200 yards from the mountain bike trails, and when i move ill be about 3 blocks from others ones. Nevada is great for BLM land

 

[jdavis92]

Yeah see Houston Texas is a little more spread out I have to carry mine.

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[GhostX]

yeah unfortunately or fortunately depending on how you look at it, i havent used mine a whole lot, due to i live about 200 yards from the mountain bike trails, and when i move ill be about 3 blocks from others ones. Nevada is great for BLM land

Lucky dog.

 

[Pro-2X]

For my 3rd row seat, I used 3/8 spring nuts for uni-strut and grade 8 bolts in the tie down channel.

 

[dhyde79]

For my 3rd row seat, I used 3/8 spring nuts for uni-strut and grade 8 bolts in the tie down channel.

**mindboggle** 3rd row seat?!?

Pics! Write up! Details!

 

[Pro-2X]

Not sure if you could handle all of the mall crawlerery.

 

[dhyde79]

Not sure if you could handle all of the mall crawlerery.

Lol

 

[Pro-2X]

All in due time sir, all in due time

 

[Zach]

I use bungee cords... Bikes do not move at all...