Frequently Asked Questions.

The TG Rack bolts directly to your truck’s tailgate and works with most full-size and mid-size trucks. Not sure? Reach out — we’ll figure it out.

Yes. The articulating design makes loading heavier bikes significantly easier than traditional racks.

100%. Built to support everything from a D-lock to a heavy chain. Security was part of the design from day one.

Yes. Start with 2 and grow to 3 with the 2-to-3 Upgrade. Four is possible too, so check out the four bike question right below, or head to the Additional Cradle page.

Yes. The system is built to scale, and a fourth cradle is available for riders who want the extra capacity. We sell the rack as a 2 or 3 bike setup because that is where it loads fastest and stays simplest. A fourth bike is a bigger load to manage on the tailgate, so we want you to choose it on purpose. If four is your crew size, add the 4th Cradle Upgrade on the Additional Cradle page. Not sure it fits how you ride? Email support@terragnar.com and we will talk it through.

Marine-grade aluminum with full stainless steel hardware. 100% American ingenuity — sourced from American-made materials at all costs.

Yes, either way works. Load with the tailgate up, load with it down, load it however your truck and your back prefer. The magic is what happens next: the cradles move with the tailgate as it drops, so your bikes stay locked in and you still get full access to the bed. Reach the cooler, grab the camp chairs or help the dog hop in, all without unloading a single bike or playing bike Tetris. No other rack on the market does that.

The GNARM is the part of every cradle that grabs your fork. Gnarly arm. GNARM. Say it out loud. Yeah, it works.

It’s an aluminum arm with a non-marring urethane pad at the business end. It clamps your fork’s upper stanchion tube (the fixed upper legs that don’t move) hard enough to hold through washboard, and gently enough to leave your finish alone. Your frame sits on the cushioned down tube pad, the GNARM keeps your front end locked down, and your bike shows up at the trailhead looking like it never left the garage. If your fork had a best friend, this would be it. The one who actually shows up on moving day.

Where’d the name come from? In the shop, the early cradle arms were known as the toy brick hands, because that’s exactly what they looked like: chunky little C-shaped claws, just like the hands on those tiny plastic figures. Except ours were aluminum and never popped off when you looked at them wrong. The nickname was a joke. Then GNARM fell out of Scott’s head one day and that was that.

Pads come in four sizes (TRL, MTN, DH and GVL) and they’re the wear item by design. They take the miles so your bike doesn’t. When one gets well loved, swap in a fresh one in seconds and keep rolling. Find your size or grab replacement pads.

Match the pad to your fork’s stanchion diameter (the upper tubes, not the lowers):
TRL: 30–32mm. XC and light trail forks.
MTN: 34–36mm. Trail to enduro, and the most common size (Fox 34 and 36, Pike, Lyrik).
DH: 38–40mm. Gravity, park and heavy eMTB forks.
GVL: 28–32mm. Gravel and drop bar forks, with an ovular tapered opening.

Not sure what yours measures? Our size guide lets you pick your fork by brand and model, or you can wrap a string around one upper tube, measure it and divide by 3.14. Still stuck? Email support@terragnar.com and we’ll sort it out. You choose a pad for each cradle when you order the rack, and extras live on the GNARM Pads page.

The TG Rack may be one of the only aftermarket tailgate bike racks positioned to pursue DOT approval. We’re actively exploring this.

The Founder’s Edition is the first flagship model of the TG Rack, the one that started it all. Every rack is patent-pending and hand-fabricated, one at a time, in Fruita, Colorado.

Limited Lifetime Warranty on structural components. Wear items excluded. See our Warranty page for full details.