I saw this idea a while back and seemed like a good solution for me as I wanted a way to carry my mountain bike securely as I tend to have it in my truck often and don’t want it visibly out in the open (I have a full cap over the bed). Built a bracket that attaches to the threaded holes in the bed so I can remove it when I want to use the bed for truck stuff. The Saris rack bolts to the bracket, and I use a Rockymounts fork mount in the Saris rack. Not for everybody, but works for me. Thanks for the idea Komek.For my road/gravel bike, I'm looking into doing something like this:
Instead of drilling directly into the bed to mount it, I'm looking into a few options using molle panels, a deck rail at the bed header, or even finding some sort of L-bracket that could utilize these two holes in the bed to mount the fork mount thing.
It’s pretty strong and stiff like this and I can pull the whole thing it out quickly if I need to and the bed is the same as new. This just seemed simpler than putting holes through my bed mat and truck bed (and having them line up) and there were structural members under the bed that seemed to be perfectly in the way of trying to install the rack in the right place. I actually started on this route and changed to this bracket method as it seemed simpler.
yeah it's annoying taking the wheel off but whatever. I'm not into hitch racks so this is my preferred route. 
Hey,is that an amazon thru axle adapter? Or did you buy it at a shop somewhere? I Have found a few of these and they never seem to fit as good as I want them to. ThanksBest $30 bike rack ever
Kuat Dirtbag mounts perfectly to the pre-drilled holes on the driver side specifically. You'll need an Allen wrench and a bit of patience to reach the bolt between the bed and the cabin.
Also my bike is a size 57 and a bit of a long wheelbase, but it fits just right to the tailgate for reference but you can technically angle the bike if it's longer I guess.
The mount is a Kuat Dirtbag. There's plenty of china-dropship ones like this on amazon I guess, but I'd rather not trust that garbage to save a few dollars. Kuat knows what they're doing. Plus, Kuat has the holes spacing measurements on their site so I was able to find out it paired up well with the pre-drilled holes on the RR.
Thank you!
Did you have the bed liner spray from the factory? If so, did you have to redrill through the liner spray where the holes are? I just ordered the Kuat mount to do the same, but looked last night and didnt see any holes in the spot like your picture?Best $30 bike rack ever
Kuat Dirtbag mounts perfectly to the pre-drilled holes on the driver side specifically. You'll need an Allen wrench and a bit of patience to reach the bolt between the bed and the cabin.
Also my bike is a size 57 and a bit of a long wheelbase, but it fits just right to the tailgate for reference but you can technically angle the bike if it's longer I guess.
'24 owner here, factory bed liner, holes are free and clear.
