You can easily build a bike rack yourself to safely transport up to 4 bikes in the back of a pickup truck with pvc pipe and a little time saving you a lot of money.
Diy pvc bike rack for truck bed.
Build the racks yourself.
Glue connectors touching each other for standard mountain bike tires.
Hook bungee to seatpost or pedal to hold bike in place.
You may need to carry more than two bikes.
Make sure it fits in your truck bed correctly.
Attach the elbow pieces to both ends of the pvc segments.
Leave about space for 3 tires.
The elbow pieces should be oriented to face the same direction.
The rack also stands on its own so that it can be used in the garage to corral the bikes between trips.
A truck bed that is covered with a tonneau sure is beneficial though at the same time this accessory comes with significant negatives as well.
Truckbed pvc bike rack.
Also make sure your bike fits in the slots created.
Once everything is fitted properly get that pvc cement out and go for it.
Use bungee cords to tie rack down to truck bed.
This is a very easy low cost solution for transporting bikes in your truck bed while taking good care of your bikes.
If so you will need to add a few more t s and another section of pcv pipe to your shopping list.
It is done the platform on which the actual bike racks will be installed on is made now the only thing left is to get the actual bike mounts.
I would suggest a test fit.
We recently bought two bikes and instead of just throwing the bikes onto the bed of the truck and get them scratched i build one using pvc pipes from the hardware store.
I made it at techshop since it s a lot more spacious and they have all the to.
Typically i see people just pile their b.