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Old 08-15-2015, 06:49 PM   #31
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I've seen various folks bolt a fork mount tray to the top of an aluminess box. If I already had a box, I'd look into this more closely.
Messed up my front fork due to the sideways wobble. I wouldn't recommend it.

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This seems strange to me. I would think that simply riding the bike would put way more stress on the fork than it would get getting jostled around on the cargo box. I know my rigid mountain bikes get ridden in some pretty rocky terrain where the fork takes a beating.

I carry my bikes on the Aluminess Deluxe box & haven't had any issues. I do use racks that don't require wheel removal though.
My take is that forks were not designed to take side to side stress. Rather, direction of travel is best with a fork mount rack.

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Old 08-15-2015, 09:52 PM   #32
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For off-road I would use the 1-up rack and once I kill my Thule I will be shaping up to it.
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Old 08-16-2015, 11:34 AM   #33
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[/quote]My take is that forks were not designed to take side to side stress. Rather, direction of travel is best with a fork mount rack.[/quote]

That does make sense. My rigid forks are pretty beefy but I can see how less robust forks could have issues if they were carried perpiducular to the direction of travel & were carried on bumpy offroad trails.
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Old 08-16-2015, 02:07 PM   #34
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I'm pretty sure that if forks couldn't take side to side stress, they would get destroyed on the trail long before the rack would hurt them. And that is regarding mountain bikes. For road bikes, look to the Tour de France. Lots of teams mount bikes sideways on top of the cars for the 2,000+ mile ride around France (probably more like 3,000 for the cars). And those are the lightest of road bikes.
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Old 08-16-2015, 02:26 PM   #35
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I'm pretty sure that if forks couldn't take side to side stress, they would get destroyed on the trail long before the rack would hurt them. And that is regarding mountain bikes. For road bikes, look to the Tour de France. Lots of teams mount bikes sideways on top of the cars for the 2,000+ mile ride around France (probably more like 3,000 for the cars). And those are the lightest of road bikes.
To a certain extent this is probably true, especially with a thru-axle. But no way would I mount a fork with drop-outs perpendicular to travel on a 4x4. It's probably fine when strictly on pavement as the Tour would suggest.

That said, the OneUp is pretty sweet. I have the roof rack mounts mounted sideways on my Aluminess rear bumper.
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Ok this is the project I'm working on and need a way of supporting the motoped.

Was thinking just strapping wheels to the center for side to side but its forward to back that has me scratching my head
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Old 08-19-2015, 04:23 PM   #37
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We do some fairly rough forest service roads, but at slow speeds. This Gear Space 34 is working well, so far for 2 fairly expensive road bikes. We remove the front wheels and are able to store them in travel bags along with shoes, helmets, pump, etc. all in the box. Had to custom locate the bike tites and also add some straps to hold the rear tire in place while bumping down the dirt roads. The box slides out to allow access to the back.

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Old 08-19-2015, 07:41 PM   #38
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I just got this last week .North shore 4 bike 3 way adjustable.
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My approach is similar to the above design. Luckily our bicycles fit without removing the wheels - a big time and wear and tear benefit!

IMO keeping bicycles indoors is cleaner, dryer, safer, and more secure. Plus there is no rear door obstruction on the exterior of the van and driving visibility is not hindered.

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Old 10-10-2015, 10:04 AM   #40
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I have a Hollywood Racks Sport SE 2 bike rack of my SMB. I want to use it behind a tow car . But the manufacturing rep told me on the phone that I should not use a bike rack on the tow vehicle, it's their biggest warranty problem. He said that the towing movement shreds bike racks on the tow vehicle. I said I've seen lots of examples of bike racks on tow vehicles, he said that's a problem! What do you think?
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