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I have the a few of the locking LoBall track mount and use them in my 2005 Tacoma, they work great, however I dont have the Driveshaft track which is needed for newer thru axle bikes. I like to Loball as it locks are secure, even had a bed full of bikes mounted with them and we did about 8 miles on a 4×4 trail to get to a camp spot and they all held up great, no movement or issues even while off road and moving fast over washboard trails and rocky sections. They are expensive but i like them, eventually I will probably buy the locking Driveshaft track if i feel I need to transport to a long camp trip again.
I also have a Race Face tailgate cover which I now use more for close to home transport, but not a long camp trip up to the mountain with the bikes. I used to use a blanket but the bikes would always fall over on turns and touch each other causing scratches on our expensive bikes. The Race Face tailgate cover is 1000% better than a blanket as the bikes never move at all even at 75 mph and around sharp curves, and it has grooves for forks to sit in, velcro to hold downtube and notch in top of cover. The blanket can work and is cheap but its not the best. Any other questions about any of it id be happy to respond.
<p style=”text-align: left;”>Ive wanted to ride Annadel for months but can never make it because my riding buddies never can go and im not wanting to ride unfamiliar territory by myself, maybe ill roll up there one saturday morning and check it out, im just like 1.5 hrs away so it would be a very early day for me.</p>
I considered a “tool bottle” type of storage for when i dont use backpack, but i choose to use a Lezyne Road Caddy saddle bag, but instead of it on my seat, i mount it under the top tube on frame, it mounts easily with its velcro strap, is quick to remove if necassary and slim enough i dont hit my knees on it when pedaling. I also use a bottle mounted frame pump in addition to the bottle cage and then strap a tube to frame for longer rides if needed.
Another option i considered was the SKS Spacecage, which is a water bottle holder with small storage canister on back side but storage was too little for me to make use of it.
