Bed height at the front of the vault is just about 33-35 inches. A 35” tire sticks out a bit, but isn‘t flush with the front either.There was very little on the web about dimensions of an eMTB with the front wheel off, (and even ChatGPT gave me the wrong answer), so I went and measured it myself.
- To my surprise, the front and back (after taking the front wheel off) are pretty close to the same height.
- We need a space roughly 36"x65". (medium size frame)
- The cybertruck bed starts out taller at end of the and decreases as it goes back, which might be a problem.
- If the measurements from the above post are correct, the bed is long enough to store the bike in terms of length (72"). bike = 65.
- You could not turn the bike sideways and push it to the back near the cab (57" wide max point). bike = 65
- Also the width is a little problematic. Truck is 57", but two bikes side by side are 62". So they would have to overlap a bit. This might not be a problem, but it could result in scraping around the shifters and motor control areas.
- The bikes could either be stored right-side up (fork-down), or upside-down (fork-up). Harder to attach to the bed securely if the latter. And this would affect overall height, so probably better to do fork-down and mount to a 2x4 or metal rail.
- Looking at the other photo I posted above, the ATV sitting in the bed probably has ~25" wheels on it. So a quick guess is that when the cover closes, there is maybe 27" of height inside at the back (and that was probably before the 5% reduction), so maybe 25" now. We need 36" for the bike, and it will extend pretty far back towards the tailgate.
Summary: The bed is not huge, and the one measurement that we really need is "bed height with cover closed", which doesn't appear to have been disclosed yet. I personally think it will be a very tight fit, and probably won't work in any configuration. It doesn't really appear to have been built with secure bike-storage in mind.
Potential solution: A mini-camper. Perhaps a 3rd party that does the rack-storage compartments will build a shell that pops on to the top of the bed and you just wheel the bikes into the bed and you attach them to two rails. However this would be a prime target for thieves who could probably just cut it open and remove the bikes. That's why the rolling metal cover was so nice to begin with.
Realistic solution:
Remove the front wheels, mount them to a rail inside the truck, lock the fork attachment point, then lock the frames to the bed with multiple cables. Leave the bed cover open. Not long-term secure, but maybe good enough to have lunch in a restaurant after your ride.
The drawing is great, but likely has a bit of an inaccuracy that will be critical to your estimatesI've updated some of my calculations and based on a bed length of 76", width of 52", height at back wall 34", height at edge of an 8" overhang 32'" and a tailgate height of 20" then a 56cm road bike(front wheel removed) would fit with the seat post removed, but just barely. A larger frame or a mtb or any reduction in a couple of these dimensions it would not fit.
https://imagemeasurement.online/image/select
except the quoted dimensions are a bit wrong or misleading, depending on how you look at it
Yes, bikes can straddle the humps.
I was thinking the width is sometimes given in terms of what dimensional item you can lay flat on the floor (ie. 4x8 plywood | drywall. I didn't take it as negatively misleading.
I raised it only because the shown photo has the bike “spooning” the wheel hump to create the space needed for fitting 2 bikes side-by-side - Meant then it was only “misleading” regarding the overall bed width needed to accomplish the photo arrangement
Ha, you call that dirty? Here's a dirty bike, even my shoes needed to be hosed down.except the quoted dimensions are a bit wrong or misleading, depending on how you look at it
the stated “width” is between wheelwells, only at the wheelwells
the remainder of the bed fore, aft, and over the wheelwells is 65”
which as shown in that photo is a useful additional 15”
also, with front wheels off, 2 mountain bikes can fit inside the cab - if you like your cab dirty
wasn’t my picture, and I hope it was a picture of whomever’s load up not returnHa, you call that dirty? Here's a dirty bike, even my shoes needed to be hosed down.
