Front Fork Clamps for Bike Carriers - Recommendations? - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

12-14-2003, 05:53 PM

I am going to building a bike carrier mount so that I can cary my
bikes vertically inside the back of my Toyota Highlander. The clamps
will be mounted to a piece of wood that has been cut to fit the floor
of the cargo area.

For thos e oyou that have made your own carriers are there any other
clamps that I should be considering except Thule and Yakima?

Thanks,

Steve

12-14-2003, 07:04 PM

On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 21:53:14 +0000, Steve Sr. wrote:

> I am going to building a bike carrier mount so that I can cary my bikes
> vertically inside the back of my Toyota Highlander. The clamps will be
> mounted to a piece of wood that has been cut to fit the floor of the cargo
> area.
>
> For thos e oyou that have made your own carriers are there any other
> clamps that I should be considering except Thule and Yakima?

I have done something very similar, though I have a smaller car and so
have to take the seat out to use it. But the clamp hardly matters, they
all work reasonably well.

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12-15-2003, 12:31 AM

Steve Sr. wrote:
> For thos e oyou that have made your own carriers are there any other
> clamps that I should be considering except Thule and Yakima?
>

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Check out their internal bike racks.

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12-15-2003, 03:41 AM

I used old QR hubs mounted with right angle brackets. Works great and
Cheap.

12-15-2003, 06:19 AM

"Steve Sr." <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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> I am going to building a bike carrier mount so that I can cary my
> bikes vertically inside the back of my Toyota Highlander. The clamps
> will be mounted to a piece of wood that has been cut to fit the floor
> of the cargo area.
>
> For thos e oyou that have made your own carriers are there any other
> clamps that I should be considering except Thule and Yakima?
>
The most inexpensive pre-fab ones I found were XSPORT from Performance bike.
I have used them about 8 months with no complaints.

Matthew

12-15-2003, 09:04 AM

"Dick" <dickwise@ no-spam adelphia.net> wrote in message news:<NZhDb.962$%[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].adelphia.net >...
> I used old QR hubs mounted with right angle brackets. Works great and
> Cheap.

Yep- hubs, hose clamps and 2x4's are all you really need.

However, I used a pair of Bike Tight clamps for ten years, holding a
pair of recumbents in the back of a pickup truck. They never failed.

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Jeff

12-15-2003, 10:24 AM

"Steve Sr." <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]...
> I am going to building a bike carrier mount so that I can cary my
> bikes vertically inside the back of my Toyota Highlander. The clamps
> will be mounted to a piece of wood that has been cut to fit the floor
> of the cargo area.
>
> For thos e oyou that have made your own carriers are there any other
> clamps that I should be considering except Thule and Yakima?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve

Try looking at the Performance branded clamps. You can get them on sale for
about $10/ea. Since they all do the same thing, why spend more than you
have to?

Mike