Wellington
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Last year, I bungied both bikes to back wall of the motorhome, and while it worked, I was never very happy about it. I want to move the bikes forward and attatch them more securely. One bike is very long, because it has a FollowMe tandem attatchment, and one is very short because it’s for a ten year old, so it makes more sense to have them offset, rather than both centred, which uses space very inefficiently.
So, I want some sort of floor mounted bars to attach them too, like a capital ‘I‘ shape. I have put a raised plywood deck in, so I can bolt into that with impunity, and I would like to screw into the underside of the bed to keep it still, but I expect the base to take most of the load, and the top of the ‘I’ bar to push against the bed, rather than pull on the screws. I have some bike rack arms to fix to it. I also plan to to screw some battens guide the wheels in and stop them sliding.
I’m thinking of something like this, only shorter.
For ease of loading, I would like to wheel the big bike into some sort of stand. I don’t expect this to secure it, apart from while I am doing up the pole fixings. Because of the tandem attatchemt, it can’t go into a normal stand rear wheel first (and its an ebike with the motor, battery and tandem on the rear wheel, so I need to load it rear wheel first) so I thought I might try sinking it into a ‘slot’ in the ply (I have loads of depth). I’m concerned that just sawing in a slot and plonking the rear wheel into it will damage the tyre though, so I need some sort of ‘wheel cradle’ to fix into the ply.
I can picture exactly how all this needs to work, but I don‘t know what the things are called that I need. I know I could buy a garage rack, but I they take up shedloads of space, hold the bikes in the wrong place (especially the small one) and screw into the walls, which I’m not happy to do at all. Any ideas for what I actually need to look for, clever mechanical people?!
So, I want some sort of floor mounted bars to attach them too, like a capital ‘I‘ shape. I have put a raised plywood deck in, so I can bolt into that with impunity, and I would like to screw into the underside of the bed to keep it still, but I expect the base to take most of the load, and the top of the ‘I’ bar to push against the bed, rather than pull on the screws. I have some bike rack arms to fix to it. I also plan to to screw some battens guide the wheels in and stop them sliding.
I’m thinking of something like this, only shorter.
For ease of loading, I would like to wheel the big bike into some sort of stand. I don’t expect this to secure it, apart from while I am doing up the pole fixings. Because of the tandem attatchemt, it can’t go into a normal stand rear wheel first (and its an ebike with the motor, battery and tandem on the rear wheel, so I need to load it rear wheel first) so I thought I might try sinking it into a ‘slot’ in the ply (I have loads of depth). I’m concerned that just sawing in a slot and plonking the rear wheel into it will damage the tyre though, so I need some sort of ‘wheel cradle’ to fix into the ply.
I can picture exactly how all this needs to work, but I don‘t know what the things are called that I need. I know I could buy a garage rack, but I they take up shedloads of space, hold the bikes in the wrong place (especially the small one) and screw into the walls, which I’m not happy to do at all. Any ideas for what I actually need to look for, clever mechanical people?!
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