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Old 11-27-2015, 06:03 PM   #1
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Bicycle Hauling on TT

have a Jay Flight 22FB.

Would like to take our two lightweight bikes withn us this winter journey. It is my understanding that the rear bumber is not designed for this.

What options do I have? Best?

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Old 11-27-2015, 06:17 PM   #2
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I would carry them inside. Do you have space you could do something like we did? http://www.jaycoowners.com/forums/f3...213-29518.html
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Old 11-27-2015, 07:01 PM   #3
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Not really, so considering a nfront receiver hitch and rack.
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Old 11-27-2015, 07:12 PM   #4
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What do you tow with? There are some nice truck bed solutions. Both raised and in bed.
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Old 11-27-2015, 07:20 PM   #5
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What do you tow with? There are some nice truck bed solutions. Both raised and in bed.
Towing with a Chev Silverado 1500. But Ihave a topper in it andd will be fairly full. Might fit there. Will have to check.
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Old 11-27-2015, 07:25 PM   #6
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I have a light weight (rather expensive) Road Bike. Although we don't camp a lot of places which warrant me taking the bike, on the few times we have I just pull the wheels and lay everything on the table. When we get to the campsite or place where we are parking the TT, I put the bike in the shower. We have people offer to sell me a rack for the truck bed or suggest I get a rack for the ladder.
Potato pahtahto, slight pain getting into the back of the truck to get the bike out, or putting the bike on and taking it off a rear rack or moving it onto a bunk if someone wants to use the shower, etc. Keeping it inside keeps it safer.
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Old 11-27-2015, 09:53 PM   #7
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You might want to look into a tongue-mounted bike rack, that mounts on the A-frame of the trailer. It keeps the bikes safe and sturdy, stops the rear bumper from getting over stressed, and keeps the cargo area of your TV free. Here's someone on this very forum who made one, but I know they're available commercially.

http://www.jaycoowners.com/forums/f3...mod-13176.html
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Old 11-28-2015, 10:29 AM   #8
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Put a bike rack on the topper.. if it is a quad cab you could put the rack on the truck roof...
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Darkside Folding bikes

Howdy Frjeff!

We were faced with a similar problem. Bikes in the camper shell eat up too much room.

Dahon makes a very respectable folding bike and clean used ones are available on Craigslist. Lots of folks use them for their sailboats and airplanes.
DAHON Bikes USA:Â*Dahon Folding Bikes

We use bikes to putter around the campground and light trails. The kids are long gone... So we ditched the mountain bikes. We have a Broadwalk seven speed and a D8 eight speed too.
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Dahon makes a very respectable folding bike and clean used ones are available on Craigslist. Lots of folks use them for their sailboats and airplanes.
We also went with folding bikes (26" alloy Columba) - see pictures of what we got at http://www.jaycoowners.com/forums/f3...k-29843-3.html. Reasons? After seeing a 'ready to launch' bouncing bike rack on a TT, not wanting a rack on the front of the TV, and hearing about bike thefts although locked-on to racks, we decided it was easier/safer to store folding bikes in the TT or under the TV's bed lid. We are VERY pleased with our decision and also recommend this solution.
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We have used a front rack on the TV for our bikes. his is the 5th winter using it travelling about 10 000 miles per year. It has worked very well. One caution if you go with a front mount - use a rack that holds the bikes on the wheels such as the Swagman
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As long as your bumper is fully welded, this type of bike rack works great.

http://www.overstock.com/#/Sports-To...k6waAvPh8P8HAQ

It mounts to the bumper in 4 locations, distributing the weight across most of the bumper, as opposed to one point, as do the typical hitch-mounted racks. We used the 2-bike version for about 4 years with the bumper showing no indications of wear. We upgraded to the 4-bike version for the last year, with the same results.
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I had a fabricator re-enforce the rear bumper when the receiver tube was mounted. He ran some small square tube from the receiver out to the frame. I also had a rack mounted under the RV to slide my aluminum ladder into. Next time I'll likely put the receiver on the front of the truck.
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A suggestion for those with bumper-mounted hitches - since you can't see what is going on as you are driving ... how about finding a rough road or bit of highway and have a friend follow with a camera to capture movement so you can confirm everything is secure and tied-down.

I ask only because not long ago we followed a TT with a bumper-mounted hitch holding 4 bikes (2 adult, 2 kid) after they pulled-out of the Camping World in San Martin and headed north on US-101. The right lane is VERY rough and the bouncing made it look like all the bikes would either scrape the road and/or be launched off the rack when hitting the next pothole. We were towing and it so concerned us that we passed as soon as we could - wished I videoed it first though!
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What I did...

It's true the tubular rear bumper is thin and only tack-welded on to 2 very short, light bars bolted to the main frame. But evidently it's heavy enough to hold up the factory-mounted spare tire and its rack, right? That tire and rack weighs as much as my two mountain bikes. I bought a Hide-A-Spare rack through Amazon and mounted my spare on it, under the trailer, just ahead of the axles. Are you getting the drift? I designed and built my own bike rack on the rear bumper without substantially increasing the load on it!
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Please be very careful hauling bikes outside. I saw a horrific mess this past summer when two bike fell off the back of a 5er traveling up i495 in Massachusetts.
People swerving all over the place and side swiping each other trying to avoid the airborne bikes that acted like ping pong balls bouncing all over the highway. I would say a minimum of 10 vehicles were involved with either the bikes directly, or someone smashing into them avoiding the bikes. It's a miracle that no one got injured or killed.
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