Diy Trailer Hitch Bike Rack

Hanging hitch bike racks.

Diy trailer hitch bike rack. I made this bike rack in order to carry our bikes and to prevent soiling the interior with chain oil. So i just finished building a custom bike rack for my hitch receiver and am pretty stoked on it so i wanted to see what everybody else has come up with. Now i don t have break our bikes down in order to prepare them for transport. I am going to add a couple of pictures to the main post for future reference.

This platform style hitch rack holds two bikes up to 70 pounds and fits both 1 25 inch and 2 inch hitches plus it s only 39 pounds. Hopefully that makes sense. From hitch pin to the car side of the upright tube is 7. The first bike is 16 out from the hitch pin and the second bike is 23 inches out from the hitch pin.

I made it at techshop san jose http www techshop ws. If you re traveling for a quick ride somewhere or have enough to wrangle in your daily life besides a couple of bikes the hollywood racks trail rider hitch rack is a godsend. You can create as many slots as you want and you can set them apart at any distance you prefer. Overall height of the rack from pin to where the bikes sit is 40.

Basically the rack grows along with your bike collection. Have to build a second one because i sold my first one but still need a way to get my bike to the shop rides. Jun 29 2012 at 15 51 quote. Tow hitch bike rack.

A great thing about it is that you can add more slots if necessary once everything is done. The major difference between these 2 is in how they hold your bike or bikes. Finding the right hitch rack for your bike. This diy bike rack is super simple in terms of design and also really easy to put together.

I also had. Jan 21 2015 this is the step by step build post of my second receiver hitch bike rack.