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bike stand for ute
As anyone who has ridden with me knows I drive a ute...I would like to know if anyone out there knows of a stand I can get to put in the back of my ute so my bike can stand up - it usually lays down which is fine until some moron pulls out in front of me - last week i had to stop so suddenly i was worried i had bent my front wheel...
Anyway, I know that in tray backs they are wide enough for the bike to go across the back of the window but mine isn't - I require a super easy solution as I am not at all practical (although I do delude myself into thinking I am on occasion)
So basically, I would like to leave the front wheel on and just have something simple to keep the bike upright.
Any useful suggestions from this nobmob pool of super handy men?
MEEEE 
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to do something!
aren't you just the funny man today!
Bolted to your tray? I.e. http://www.torpedo7.com.au/products/TUCAONN91
to the family of the moron that pulled out in front of you
in a brand new merc!
I withdraw my condolences
They deserve everything you no doubt gave them
Death would be too good for them.
It wasn't a 4WD merc was it?
some poufy new sedan - not even a super charged ok one...just ugly with a very very bad driver...
man driver by the way...
Since when did T7 sell that stuff? Oh, I see they don't - out of stock!
Erm... anyhow, bit pricy although that is an ideal option if you had a hard cover for the ute. Bolt those racks to the top of it and job done.
For the bed, loads of people just wedge a couple bits of wood across with either uprights with bungee or something holding the front wheel or a QR thing (think hub bolted to the wood) to lock the fork into.
I'm sure if there was a man in your house that was a bit handy building such a thing would be no drama. Oh well!
Aren't there any builder types around who can help this damsel in distress out with a couple bits of wood? Those QR things are 20 bucks from Jenson, 50 from Phantom.
Or blondie - you could just get a rear arch thing (what's the technical name for that?) for the ute and do it like a DH pro with front wheel hanging over that.
but she is super lazy and wants to leave her front wheel on. Trueth be known it's because she can't get the front wheel off. The mug that sold her the bike took the springs from the quick release off 'cause he wanted them and now its stuck. When you do get it undone, do it up loose and go for a ride, ts then as tight as it was before you loosened it, but this is a whole different problem. Come to think of it she's ad lots of problems with that bike, looks like the previouse owner didn't know what he was doing when it came to looking after it
Go to a school and nick the bike rack that the kids would ordinarily use if any kids rode to school these days. Then bolt this down at the front of your ute tray.
Stick your bike in with the back wheel in the rack. Then get some alloy or steel tubing, perhaps from a dead bicycle. Cut a length about 40 cm. Cut a groove, beginning at one end for about 20 cm which is wide enough for your pedal spindle to fit into.
Get some bloke to weld that tube (the other end) to a square of heavy plate steel.
Now slide the left crank into the tube with the pedal spindle through the groove. My measurements were approximate and may need adjustment. Anchor the baseplate to the ute tray.
Now make a whole bunch of these and you can do shuttles for Nobmobbers!
El cheapo option
1. very low rent but it works well on flat tray back ute's
Stand a pallet (ones used for bricks on building sites that get borrowed by jump builder's) up against the back window , lash it to the rear window guard .
Stand the bike up facing the back of the ute park bikes rear tyre between slates
Tie the bike down across the tray using the side bars.
done !
When done riding through it in the shed.
2.
Or if its a ute with sides and a tailgate through some carpet over the tailgate hang the front wheel over the tailgate with the tailgate sitting up between the front wheel and down-tube with the bars turned to one side
tie down the bike from side to side using the pad eyes most ute's have either on the floor or the torneau cover hooks
hope this helps
dez
p.s. there are also products sold in the US that you can drill into the tray that your forks connect to like the ones on your roof racks check them out on US bike sites.
Myself & ravinghippo have these as you can lock them too, just have to remove the front wheel http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product/RA409C36-...
if you'd said aweek ago i could have add them to the my order. if you decided you want them PM & i maybe able to add them to my order before they ship. dirtworks & woolys also sale them too but there $50 each
they also have a few other good ideals too http://www.jensonusa.com/search/?s=hitch
If your not out there doing it,
Someone else is
you want to talk about Stuart, seeing as I'm the "mug" you've mentioned and this is the first I've heard as far as problems?
Christine (MEEE)
Check this out!
http://thule.com.au/images/product/New-Products-...
The best tool is a side arm which attaches to the tyre. Or try attaching tie downs to the handle bars as if it was a trail bike. This way will only cost about $30.00 instead of $250.00 for a side arm.
http://www.brisbaneproton.com.au/images/Proton/P...
http://www.discountramps.com/images/motorcycle-t...
http://www.steelcore.net/images/mototruck.jpg
I think that should help!
2 bits of 2.5 inch "C" channel. Bolt a bit to the tray and then have a bit at right angle welded on at the end (opposite ends so the handle bars don't clash) to pull the back wheel up against. A couple of moto straps (or even a cheap set of toe clip straps to hold the wheels in place and robert is your aunty's husband
Heres a simple ute bike rack that Gazza could whip up in 30 mins
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You got any bacon to go with the egg I am currently wearing?
Stu, now that the wires are uncrossed.