Roof Rack for bikes on a cobra clamshell top?

On Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 10:56:26 AM UTC-5, Tim Taylor wrote:
I saw a rear hitch reciever installed on the side of a trailer in front of the wheels so you can then use one on of the hitch racks and carry the bike along the side of the trailer. Less drag and no holes in the top.

Tim - beat me to it! :-)
I saw a trailer with some uni-strut rails mounted sideways underneath in front of the axle. These protruded out just far enough to mount a std. roof bike rack. Seemed very sturdy with less drag than the top mounted solutions and certainly easier to get to than suggested racks mounted to the trailer roof. I have a metal roof Cobra trailer for a two-seat glider and would need an extension ladder to get up there!
Uli
'AS'

Suction mounted rack on ther Cobra trailer might be a good option.

https://www.seasucker.com/collections/racks

I would caution against mounting bike racks on top of a trailer. A friend did this years ago on a tent trailer and found the vibration shook the hardware loose and the whole contraption parted company onto the freeway. The result was very non-reversible! I suspect the vibration on a glider trailer might be similarly problematic.

I would look at solutions on the front of the trailer or around the hitch, as others have suggested. In the USA, double hitches enable using both a hitch-mounted bike rack and a trailer hitch.

Mike