Securing bikes in an Adria Garage

[Two on the Road]

Moving from a PVC to an Adria Compact with garage it seems the garage is built from thin air and black magic .
I’d like to put 2 bikes in there (they fit I’ve tried ) but securing them seems a different matter.
We have 2 rails already with eyes at either side floor level, ideally more rails higher up would be better but the rear wall looks like 30mm aluminium with insulation. Do people fix to this ?
Any advice gratefully welcome

 

[Orion]

Although we use a Thule towbar rack on our Compact SC I’ve kitted out the ‘garage’ for taking everything we’ve accumulated over the years without piling it all on top of everything. That includes some low profile Unwin L Cargo Track across the rear wall top and bottom to secure chairs, table, mats, etc. I drilled and countersunk it at approximately 200mm centres and screwed directly to the wall and it’s solid.

Extruded Aluminium Captive Track

Aluminium Captive Floor Track for commercial vehicles and mini buses. Heavy Duty Design SuitableFor Horizontal Wall Mounting or Floor Fixing Various Uses and Applications Single stud and double stud fittings both fit this track Dimensions: Size: L3000mm x W42mm x D9.5mm Gauge: 3.3mm Holes: ø20mm...

www.nationwide-trailer-parts.co.uk

 

[mackeellan]

I have used an arm from a fiamma bike rack. This is attached to a suction handle like the ones used for carrying glass.
The handle is 'suctioned' to the garage wall at a suitable spot and the fiamma arm to the crossbar.

 

[Guffy60]

Have a look at this, I did the same in our sunlight.
the rack was fastened by cable tyres to the eyes in the runners.

Bikes held by bungees in the rack and ratchet straps again to eyes at the front similar to this,

no need for any holes being drilled at all.

took our two full size e bikes with batteries in place no problem.

 

[rosalan]

I fixed hooks to the roof spars and use bungees to hold the bikes in place. It works most of the time but I am inclined to overfill the space.

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[WESTY66]

I use a kamasa adjustable upright prop JockandRita can probably explain better than me how it works

 

[JockandRita]

I use a kamasa adjustable upright prop JockandRita can probably explain better than me how it works

I'll try Adie.

By use of threaded inserts, once the main adjustment is taken up by the ratchet adjuster, rotation of the bar allows finer adjustment to secure the bar in place.

HTH,

Jock.

 

[Two on the Road]

QUOTE="Orion, post: 5928588, member: 84940"]
Although we use a Thule towbar rack on our Compact SC I’ve kitted out the ‘garage’ for taking everything we’ve accumulated over the years without piling it all on top of everything. That includes some low profile Unwin L Cargo Track across the rear wall top and bottom to secure chairs, table, mats, etc. I drilled and countersunk it at approximately 200mm centres and screwed directly to the wall and it’s solid.

Extruded Aluminium Captive Track

Aluminium Captive Floor Track for commercial vehicles and mini buses. Heavy Duty Design SuitableFor Horizontal Wall Mounting or Floor Fixing Various Uses and Applications Single stud and double stud fittings both fit this track Dimensions: Size: L3000mm x W42mm x D9.5mm Gauge: 3.3mm Holes: ø20mm...

www.nationwide-trailer-parts.co.uk

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Thanks for this , do you remember how long the screws were that you used ?

 

[Two on the Road]

I fixed hooks to the roof spars and use bungees to hold the bikes in place. It works most of the time but I am inclined to overfill the space.

Thanks I’ll take a look

 

[Two on the Road]

I'll try Adie.

By use of threaded inserts, once the main adjustment is taken up by the ratchet adjuster, rotation of the bar allows finer adjustment to secure the bar in place.
Thanks for answering, our garage roof seems to be just very thin plywood or similar, I can push it up with one finger.

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HTH,

Jock.

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[Pablo19]

Have a look at this, I did the same in our sunlight.
the rack was fastened by cable tyres to the eyes in the runners.

Bikes held by bungees in the rack and ratchet straps again to eyes at the front similar to this,

no need for any holes being drilled at all.

took our two full size e bikes with batteries in place no problem.

I did the same in our Knaus after seeing this video. It works a treat and it takes seconds to secure the bikes with a luggage strap.