Homemade Hitch Bike Rack

One of the simplest diy bike racks in this sense is featured on instructables and is made of wood boards.

Homemade hitch bike rack. A fork adapter is just as much of a pain in the ass. Used to take an off road route home which is something i won t do with the tray rack. This is an easy diy weekend build project that you can do with a minimal amount o. There were pros and cons to each a hitch rack and a roof rack.

Every rack option will have its pro s and con s. Throwing a bike in a rack and a ratchet strap takes about as long as putting a bike in your common hitch mounted tray racks. 2 fork mounts amazon 2 tire trays ebay 2 ratchet straps amazon. Bike forums made this functional and fun bike rack for just 90.

From hitch pin to the car side of the upright tube is 7. So rather than just buying the 10 euro bike rack and putting it on the tow ball i decided i wanted something with a platform that could hold more than just a. Let s take a peek at some of these great projects. I am going to add a couple of pictures to the main post for future reference.

Sent from my xt1565 using tapatalk. That being said the cargo carrier bike rack held the bikes more securely. Biggest con of hitch rack the sturdier the more. Biggest con of roof rack was my height disadvantage.

Hopefully that makes sense. With these 20 diy bike racks you ll keep your ride steady and safe and ready for an evening pedal whenever you d like. In this how to diy episode i build a light weigh hitch mounted bike rack. After much back and forth i decided to make my own bike rack.

Overall height of the rack from pin to where the bikes sit is 40. The tray rack is much faster to mount bikes to it folds and is much faster to take on and off the car. Roughly 8 of 2 x2 steel tubing. The first bike is 16 out from the hitch pin and the second bike is 23 inches out from the hitch pin.