ZEAL® Pro For Mountain Bikes and Fat-tire Bikes
The ZEAL® Pro for Mountain bikes and Fat-tire bikes protects mountain bikes, fat-tire bikes, and most eBikes when they're being transported on one of the common styles of industry standard racks including tray-based, trunk mount / post-mast, and front wheel / fork hanging racks. Each cover is designed to work on all the standard rack types similar to those shown. The patented engineering allows the standard rack securing mechanisms to pass through the bike / bag combination while keeping your bike protected from the elements. Additionally, rubberized backing makes the fabric impermeable to water and prevents paint abrasion on your frame. Designed and tested to fit XS to XL mountain, fat-tire, and eBikes, each cover includes pockets for the ZEAL® Pro Light Kit (sold separately).
For fat-tire bikes with handlebar mitts or mountain bikes with large bar ends, the ZEAL® Pro Fat-Pawz are large handlebar ends that can be zipped onto the cover to accomodate that larger handlebar accessories. The ZEAL® Pro Fat-Pawz can be purchased separately here.
A modification to the ZEAL® Pro MTB cover is now available to accommodate the VelociRAX® bike rack at an additional cost. For clarity, the stand-alone ZEAL® Pro MTB cover does NOT accommodate the VelociRAX®, and an additional modification must be purchased to make the standard ZEAL® Pro MTB cover work with the VelociRAX®.
Note: The ZEAL® Pro Bike Covers are NOT recommended for roof racks
Customer Reviews
I don’t have any prior experience, so I can’t really compare this to other brands or models. But after driving with my bike from northern Michigan to Utah I can give my observations.
Ordering/shipping: about 5 days’ delivery and I received the bag I ordered
Fit: the MTB/e-bike bag fits my Santa Cruz Hightower size L (full suspension 29” wheels) very nicely.
Tail lights: grand Cherokee tail lights are completely obscured as Zeal notes in the product description. But $150 for the branded kit is kinda obscene so I made my own for about $50 from parts available at Walmart or Lowe’s
On the rack: I have a Küat rack with separate “trays” for the front and back wheels. The front wheel is secured by the swivel arm on the rack, and there’s no issue when my bike is in the bag with this function. The rear wheel, which though, is secured by a ratcheting strap on the bike rack, but the slot in the bag is located in a position that does not allow the ratcheting strap to fit through the bag at all, so I used a webbing style strap to hold the rear wheel down.
Lock: there’s no provision (hole or slot) in the bike bag to pass a lock through, so my bike is not secured from theft at all.
The bike bag looks well constructed and barely fits the large Turbo Tero X6.
Had to save up my allowance for this one but worth every penny! Goes from rack to tailgate hangover and back like a champ.
Run it on my ALTA Rack behind a Sprinter and it's a game changer. No more trashing my bike when we travel. Wish I'd got one sooner!
We bought two of the mountain bike covers in 2017 and have been using them pretty regularly ever since. Mostly with our Thule XT Pro but have also used on friends' 1Up and Kuat racks. They are a bit faded as we've spent a lot of time in hot sun and there's a nick in one of the neoprene sections because we piled a bunch of stuff on it when we were moving, but they still work great. We just spray them off at the car wash with the SUV when we get back from a trip (with the bikes still in). Well worth the money and will buy again if/when these ones die.