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I love the industrial look and function of the L-track. But I hate removing the front wheel to transport my bikes. This is even worse now that all MTB and road bikes have disc brakes and thru axles. I have a more traditional, and expensive, solution that uses a Thule roof mount sytem with some modification. I bolted the parts to a plate and secured it with rivnuts and thumbwheel bolts. This works well since I mainly use my bikes on local rides and not as part of a camper build. This sytem barely works with my MTB in my SWB Transit Connect. I had to use a foam block to secure the bike via the top tube. Plus the MTB (with wheel attached) barely fits in the shorter wheelbase van. There is probably a better quick-release solution for securing the plate other than the thumbwheel bolts.