I plan on making myself one soon.  I have a mig welder so I should be able to 
come up with something that works well.

I also prefer the hortizontal arrangement.  I am 6'3' but I don't want to take 
the wheels off or anything.

Most of the time I'd be taking the bikes would be to a state park or something where I can park 
away from everyone else.

So I was thinking if I could make a detactable rack that I can make stand on it's own too, I could 
get into and out of the back hatch without unhooking all the bikes from the rack.

Yes this would be heavy to lift but I could do it as the bikes are light weight.

So I'm thinking of some support that starts by going through the tow loops and rests on 
the underside frame.  When the vertical weight is applied it would just make 
the arms from the hortizontal bar press harder against the frame. 

The whole thing could be disassembled into parts for storage.
 
I'd need to round up some locking pins to keep it from rattling apart when in use.

I want mine to be able to carry 3 bikes.

>>> Susie Kinyanjui <kivulini50@HOTMAIL.COM> 12/3/2003 12:25:58 PM >>>
Thanks for everyone's suggestions about the bike rack. Problem is, I'm only
5'4"and have had problems with previous racks because of not being able to
reach very high to attach bikes. So I was hoping to find some info/ideas
about a bike rack where the bikes sit horizontally. Hope that makes sense. I
guess it shouldn't be too hard to make one, I'm just not very design-savvy!

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