The outer right and left sides of your bike rack will be composed of two 36 in 91 4 cm long segments of pvc and four 90 elbow joint pieces.
Diy pvc bike rack for truck bed.
You may need to carry more than two bikes.
Step 1 materials for the bike rack.
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.
Leave about space for 3 tires.
Glue connectors touching each other for standard mountain bike tires.
Once everything is fitted properly get that pvc cement out and go for it.
Build the racks yourself.
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.
Use bungee cords to tie rack down to truck bed.
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.
I made it at techshop since it s a lot more spacious and they have all the to.
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.
Make sure it fits in your truck bed correctly.
Hook bungee to seatpost or pedal to hold bike in place.
Sand any rough edges so the pieces will slide together well.
If so you will need to add a few more t s and another section of pcv pipe to your shopping list.
I would suggest a test fit.
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.
Truckbed pvc bike rack.
Also make sure your bike fits in the slots created.