[Closed] How do you secure your bike in the back of your van?

fork mount

I don't ensure it stays upright, I just lay it down and pad it with a couple of old dust sheets.
Although I am building a couple of those pull out tray things with fork mounts on😁

I've got a homebrew sliding rack in mine with a couple of old roof carriers screwed to it. Front wheels turn about 30degrees to allow the handlebars to overlap so they can get close together.

I doubt you'll get it in a Kombi with the seats up and both wheels on. Maybe one diagonal if it's an LWB version. If you do have to remove the front wheel, fork mounts are probably the best option.

edit - andrewh, if you're not beyond the planning stage, this might help.

Is it SWB?

You may be able to pop a bike in diagonally with the wheels on and it just stand up as the tyres are held by the edges of the load area. That's what I do in my crew cab van anyway.

If I am carrying two bikes, I have to take both wheels off and stack them in though.

Front wheel off, flat to the side of the van, cover with a big sheet of foam/card /old duvet then ratchet strap to the load eyes. Front wheel in the foot well of the sliding door.

Quick easy and takes up about 5% of the space of a rack etc.

It's my bike not my first born child.

If our daughter is sleeping in it the its wheels of and ratchet strapped to the forward floor mounts

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Otherwise it's lengthways with a strap from the base of the second row of seats to the rear floor mount

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We don't have a bulkhead

It’s my bike not my first born child.

Quite right Brian. No need for a ratchet strap with a child older than 6 months. After that, they're quite capable of holding the tie-down points themselves.

No need for a ratchet strap with a child older than 6 months

Doesn't the catch on your glove box work? keeps mine quiet and secure fine before then.

Only ever used bungee cords attached to whatever points are convenient

Check out the telescopic extending support rods from Screwfix. Also come in handy next time you want to plasterboard a ceiling.

I used a pair of these with some foam pads to keep my bikes secure in the van.

Is that Cambridge Tri Club kit hanging up?

I’ve just used bungees and either some foam or pipe lagging to pad between bikes. If it’s just one bike on its own I lie it down. With our current Transit Custom Double can I take the front wheel off and bungee it to the side. But al in the process of putting a storage shelf/bench up against the bulkhead and will use a couple of fork mounts for the bikes.

Is that Cambridge Tri Club kit hanging up?

No, Weaver Valley CC, Cheshire.

Nothing terribly complicated or permanent. What amounts to a three bike wheel stand knocked up out of decking planks and big wood screws. That gets thrown into either of the vans & the bike get secured down with old kayak straps. If we're using all three; two bikes go in one way the middle one reversed. Cost about a tenner in timber & doubles as a stand for washing down clarty bikes after a day out.

I just knocked up a wooden frame that keeps it upright and does a fair job of stopping front to back movement. Rest is dealt with by a bungie around the stem.
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I have the same van,front wheel off, hang the bike from hooks for the handle bars/grips and the frame from a sling. All suspended from timber attached to the roof.
Means I can take my bike to work and go riding after. Also able to spin the back wheel for last minute fettling.

Bungees to the rear seats, but then there isn’t a bulkhead.

No help what so ever just buy a bigger van then it is a peace of cake to tie them down reason I have bigger vans is to get motorbikes in as well and you can stand up in it and change no problem enjoy your van.

I have a fear of bungees, stored energy with a spiky hook that's often aligned to whip back at your face when attaching!

Straps are better and reduce wobble anyway 🙂

I was thinking something very much like that @tthew! I even have an old roof rack to use for parts.
I've built the sliding things but not put the attaching bits on yet.
The trouble I'm having is turning the forks (I have to be front wheels out to fit them under the bed). With the wheel out the downtube is too low for the upright bit of the roofrack to clamp it, so that needs a rethink Also, the front dropouts are a funny angle when the forks are turned, one side higher than the other. I can make a wedge to go under the fork mount but this is very bike-specific, the height by which one side is higher than the other is different for each bike which makes it very difficult. I'm not sure how to do this.
(I have seven bikes, space for four in the van which could be in any combination, or mates bikes which could be absolutely anything)

I've an old transit connect - if carrying one bike front wheel (most of the time) goes between the passenger and driver's seat and a good quality adjustable hooked bungee to strap it to the side of the van. 2 two bikes or more, front wheels off.

These work well for me.

Got a Berlingo and remove rear middle seat. Bike rolls in (with saddle down). Can then tie bike to each side seat to hold it steady or rig a strap across internal roof bar space and secure bars (or get a cheaper second hand set of bars).

Blimey Charlie that's a substantial fork mount!

A bit spendy for me as I'll need two for bike tray. What are the alternatives?