How much was the cover and the bike rack. I see it in advertisements and it looks
really handy. My family and I ride trials a lot, and I usually end up driving.
Thanks,
Mike S.
Nashville
Jetmugg@aol.com wrote:
> I checked through a bunch of pictures this afternoon, and I don't really have
> a good one that shows how the bikes attach to the rack, so I'll try to give a
> description. When the weather gets nicer, I'll take some good pics. Okay-
> for starters, the whole rack bolts to some extra bed-rail clamps, just like
> the ones used to hold the tonneau frame in place. The rack actually bolts to
> these brackets (clamps) through grommets placed in the tonneau (I have not
> noticed any significant leakage from the grommets). There are two main rails
> which span the width of the bed. Onto these two rails are two pices of c-
> shaped channel (much like a Thule or Yakima rack), which mount to the cross-
> rails, with the "c" shape open upwards. At the front are regular quick
> releases for the front forks, and the rear tires are clamped into the c
> channel. I added some additional support, in the form of two tie down
> "loops", which I use to strap the frames of the bikes to the rack. This
> removes any swaying from the bikes in crosswinds, rough roads, etc. The
> factory setup was okay, but I wanted a bit more security for my (and my
> wife's) bicycles. The rack works well with both mountain and road bikes, and
> I have used it to haul some other odd-shaped objects as well (including a car-
> top carrier) on occasion.
>
> Hope this helps for now, until I get some good pics. Tek-Style may be able to
> provide some pics also, I know they have a pic of the rack in some of their
> ads.
>
> SteveM.
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