Can anyone who is using a bow mount on their mountain bike give me some advice on a specific brand/model? Thanks.
Bow Rack for a Mountain Bike
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I think if you use a sight that would be affected by vibration from a mountain bike, you might consider your sight setting consistency and just from the vibration of driving your truck to your hunting area and the brand of sight you're using as junk .
No way a bow in a rack on an MTB is going to set off any quality sight's settings.
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You have a couple options.
1. Most 4wheeler bar mounted gun racks can be positioned to accomodate the riser. This is not the best idea due to excessive vibration.
2. As mentioned above, a sling. I think you will need to modify sling and add a covered pad to protect your back/bow. You will also need added waist strap to keep it from bouncing.
You'll be going real slow as most likely you'll be riding in wearing your hunting gear/boots, ect.
1. Most 4wheeler bar mounted gun racks can be positioned to accomodate the riser. This is not the best idea due to excessive vibration.
2. As mentioned above, a sling. I think you will need to modify sling and add a covered pad to protect your back/bow. You will also need added waist strap to keep it from bouncing.
You'll be going real slow as most likely you'll be riding in wearing your hunting gear/boots, ect.
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on Ebay sometimes you will find a pipe that clamps on the seat post that will clamp any size or limb configration they sell for $40
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New Pacific Bow Arrow Locker Bike Rack Holds Holder, here it is i found it $49 dollars http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/pict/390230821179_0.jpg
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I did that several years ago. I did not have any vibration caused problems. It worked very well.
Sorry for having an opinion,
I had a rack ON a MTB,my Spot Hogg(far as I new they were a top shelf sight) WAS affected by vibrations,maybe you can't tell the difference from a ride in a pick up, (where bows are usually stored in a bow case) to a MTB over rough terrain,but I sure as hell can.
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Here's a few pics of my setup I used in AZ this year, bow (either longbow or compound) mounts to the handlebars and I had a cargo platform on the back for backpack/meat/etc. I just used a cheap suction-cup style gunrack with padded rubber hooks and mounted them to the hillclimber bars using an odd piece of aluminum extrusion or two.... I biked out 5 mi with my gutted Javalina in the rear (milk crate) and it worked great!
Also a funny pic of my friend Craig after biking out 5 mi with his first Coues buck slung over his shoulder!!!!
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PS- this configuration doesn't work very well on brushy singletracks however... especially with the longbow! Works great on closed roads and wide paths though...
Also a funny pic of my friend Craig after biking out 5 mi with his first Coues buck slung over his shoulder!!!!
PS- this configuration doesn't work very well on brushy singletracks however... especially with the longbow! Works great on closed roads and wide paths though...
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Dang...way to "cowboy" up with that set up, looks like a heck of a workout...I couldn't begin to imagine even concidering it, much less, accomplish the feat! 
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My pack has a bow holder i use when i'm on my bike. It gives less vibration than attaching it to the bike,
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Just took this little 5x6 on Wednesday, didn't use the bike for the meat as I bushwacked it all downhill and across a river, but it worked great 2 days later when I came back on Friday and biked the head and my bow back to the truck 2 mi uphill!
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I stand by my opinion. No offense I hope you understand. But a bow "riding in a bow case' in the back of a truck is still vibrations too, as the bow is typically strapped tightly to the bow case, and experience the same vibrations of the vehicle. Only if you don't strap the bow in, and have eggcrate foam on both sides, but even then...my point is that a quality sight shouldnt' move with vibrations any more than your limb bolts backing out or your clamp screws that hold your brake levers on the handlebar. No way a MTB has more vibrations than riding a quad, and people clamp their bows to quads all the time and have no problems. If a spot hogg moved, well then, i guess that particular spot hogg is junk no matter how much you paid for it. Maybe they should use fine thread pin screws that would be more tolerant to vibration as opposed to coarse thread bolts? IDK, I havent seen your particular sight. Most sights use fine thread. But the way most sights clamp down onto an aluminum slot, and dent the edge of the slot when tightened down, then you make a small adjustment that puts the pin halfway out of the divot, and then is susceptible to vibration movement as the clamped sight pin migrates to the low spot of the dent....is a junk sight IMO. Doesn't matter how much it cost.
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