Hello, rmcinak! I've just purchased a 2019 Transit Connect LWB Wagon and would like to haul my fatbike in it. Have you had any further thoughts on your tethering system since you last posted about three years ago? I've been pondering one additional issue, that being how to manage the mud/snow that might drip from the bike after loading it into the TC. Perhaps a rubber mat with a dam around its periphery would work to catch debris and melted snow. I've also been thinking about ways I might use the wheel trays from my bike hitch rack (which I already have, and will no longer need). With the bike leaning, though, some melted snow might escape the trays, I imagine. Any comments?