Homemade internal bike rack

[lexfit]

Homemade internal fork mount bike rack for road bikes (probably can fit 2).

[unFITone]

nice! I was actually thinking about doin something like that yesterday.

[cheffyjay]

Wow, that's a short head tube! What size frame is that? I haven't tried to put my 57cm in like that. (Pickup truck/second car is too easy.)

[lexfit]

Originally Posted by cheffyjay

Wow, that's a short head tube! What size frame is that? I haven't tried to put my 57cm in like that. (Pickup truck/second car is too easy.)

It's a 48cm bike!

[Blaw]

Great idea on mounting your bike inside of the fit. I am trying to do the same thing, but am having some trouble. Is the wooden board attached to the car or is it free to move? Have you had any problems with the bike tilting and falling over during turns?
-Blaw

[lexfit]

The wooden board is not anchored to the car, but the bike is anchored to the board though. This creates an "L" shape that stabilizes the whole jig. So far, no problems. In my case, the seat is also wedged in between my handlebar creating more stability. Hope this helps and good luck!

Originally Posted by Blaw

Great idea on mounting your bike inside of the fit. I am trying to do the same thing, but am having some trouble. Is the wooden board attached to the car or is it free to move? Have you had any problems with the bike tilting and falling over during turns?
-Blaw

[743power]

hah, nice I did the same thing. I actually wrapped mine with black non slip drawer liner, so it blends with the interior and grips the carpeting better.

[Blaw]

Thanks for the answers lexfit. After two attempts, I have it semi-working! My bikes' wheelbase is to large to run it parallel to the cargo area, but it fits diagonally. During the first attempt, I used a board that was only 3.5 inches wide and did not impart enough stability. Then I tried a 11 inch wide board and it works fairly well. The setup fits both my mountain and road bikes. When driving with the bike attached, visibility out the rear and sides is decent. However, under moderate acceleration and braking, the board and bike tends to slides forward and back. Ill have to get the nonslip liner and try it out. Great suggestion 743power! I was thinking velcro, but it will probably tear up the cargo carpet after a while. Here are some pics for inspiration .

[lowcadence]

I have some details and video here:

Building a cool bike mount inside your Honda Fit | Low Cadence
A different kind of bike Fit - The 2009 Honda Fit | Low Cadence

The bike in the video is a 58cm Tarmac Pro - so it isn't small.

I love my Fit!

Want to put a bike in there and your kids?

One more reason for cyclists to love the 2009 Honda Fit | Low Cadence

[JustFitMe]

It is not like something everybody did not see, but I have attached one side of velcro under my mini-rack. It sticks to the carpet very strong - a little bit hard to take it off when not in use...
Just in case I starp it with one bungee cord. The sizes of the bikes - tri is 54 (it is like 56 road bike) my wife's 48 road bike and 18 mountain bike. No seats lowered.

[stlfit]

Great thread - I posted this on a couple of other threads. This is what I came up with: Bike rack: Roof?Hitch?Thule?Yakima

[wandering_star]

this is mine


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[Zalthras]

Cool setups everyone,

Originally Posted by stlfit

Great thread - I posted this on a couple of other threads. This is what I came up with: Bike rack: Roof?Hitch?Thule?Yakima

stlfit, yours was what eventually lead me to fit both my bikes in the Fit. I too needed a bit of a fork riser of some sort, seems the 700c wheels make my bikes too long so they both needed to be in there at an angle horizontally, and vertically