JimboFunFinder
Senior Member
Due to the COVID-19 restrictions we are stuck at home and have more time for planning. We have decided it would be good to spend the stimulus checks on a couple of e-bikes and have them for use here at the home and when we go on road trips. This has caused be to ponder where to best mount them. I have seen too many bikes bouncing down the road that are mounted to the flimsy rear 4" square tube bumper. On our last trip I parked next to a guy who confessed to having weld failures between the bumper and the frame. He had them rewelded and when I met him they had already cracked again.
I have looked at the bracket assemblies on Amazon which will support two bikes above the propane tanks but honestly I think it would be difficult for my wife and I to load and unload them so high in the air. And then there is the issue that the propane cover is not easily removed as it is blocked by the frame holding the bikes.
I have tentatively decided that the best location might be between the propane tanks and the front of the trailer. A little extra tongue weight would not hurt anything. Has anyone done this? The first mod would be to remove the dual battery compartments and replace the lead acid batteries with a single high capacity lithium cell mounted in the front storage area (out of the elements and out of sight).
Then I was thinking of welding or bolting two 4" wide channels across the A-frame of the tongue just longer than the length of the wheel base of the bicycles. Then I could roll the bikes into position having only to lift one wheel at a time and secure the wheels with straps to the U-channel. The bikes could be loaded with one front wheel on each side of the tongue. I could then rig up some type of support to stabilize the bikes from tipping too far forward or aft.
Any suggestions or criticisms would be appreciated.
Thanks!
I have looked at the bracket assemblies on Amazon which will support two bikes above the propane tanks but honestly I think it would be difficult for my wife and I to load and unload them so high in the air. And then there is the issue that the propane cover is not easily removed as it is blocked by the frame holding the bikes.
I have tentatively decided that the best location might be between the propane tanks and the front of the trailer. A little extra tongue weight would not hurt anything. Has anyone done this? The first mod would be to remove the dual battery compartments and replace the lead acid batteries with a single high capacity lithium cell mounted in the front storage area (out of the elements and out of sight).
Then I was thinking of welding or bolting two 4" wide channels across the A-frame of the tongue just longer than the length of the wheel base of the bicycles. Then I could roll the bikes into position having only to lift one wheel at a time and secure the wheels with straps to the U-channel. The bikes could be loaded with one front wheel on each side of the tongue. I could then rig up some type of support to stabilize the bikes from tipping too far forward or aft.
Any suggestions or criticisms would be appreciated.
Thanks!