Wes W
Toledo
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I'm trying to find a good bicycle rack for my two bikes mounted on my 5th wheel. Any suggestions?
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Dick_B
Palos Heights, IL USA
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Yes. Search this Forum for `bike rack' in Fifth-wheels and read on.
We carry two adult bikes on a rack in a front receiver on our Suburban.
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MyakkaTT
Bradenton, Florida
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We carry up to 4 bikes on our Pin Box Rack, see the link in my signature for "Trailer Mods"..
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fordsooperdooty
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Best of all, you can carry up to 4 full size bicycles on a Yakima Roof top bike rack on the roof of your truck. Bikes are securely locked to the roof, and out of the way!
This is our 7th new Jayco in 30 years! Loved 'em all!
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C Schomer
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My old 5er has a bumper so I used a rack that has two deep saddles at the bottom to set the bike wheels in and I made a vertical bracket that goes up from the bumper and holds the bikes top crossbars. It is solid! Craig
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Earl E
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AS has been said do a search for bike racks in the 5th wheel section. You will get some great ideas. We're in the process of fabricating a pin box receiver. Looks like a great solution. Easy to reach, no crunching when you back up, no issues on the front of the two vehicle.
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Betsy II
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On our old 5er I fabricated a bracket, with receiver, bolted to top of pin box and used the bike rack that fits in the receiver on the truck.
On our new 5er I made a roof rack for the truck to carry 2 bikes and 2 kayaks.
As others have said, search 'bike rack', you will get lots of posts.
safe rv'g
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D.Castle
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We use the TopPop system and like it a lot, we've been on the road since the middle of May and the system has worked great.
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RDSKNFN_57
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this is my set up for 2 bikes
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Earl E
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D.Castle wrote:We use the TopPop system and like it a lot, we've been on the road since the middle of May and the system has worked great.
Has Top Pop bit the dust? I was ready to shell out the $400 bucks for their pin box mount system. I emailed and phoned them and can get no response. I decided to have my own system fabricated based on ideas from this group. 1/2 the price and should be as good.
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