method and arrangement for providing a bicycle transport system that includes a rack assembly securing a bicycle , with both wheels still attached , in the bed of a pickup truck without requiring physical modification of the pickup truck bed . the transport system includes a rack frame having a securing assembly releasably securing the rack frame in the bed of a transporting pickup truck . the system also includes a bicycle restraining portion that is maintained in abutting engagement with a front tire of a bicycle being transported in the pickup truck bed . the securing assembly has an anchor member that in a secured configuration maintains the rack frame in abutment with the pickup truck bed so that the rack frame is substantially fixing relative to the truck bed . the bicycle restraining portion has a constrictable arm that presses upon the front tire of the bicycle in a transporting configuration . the arm exerts a compression force , obliquely directed with respect to both horizontal and vertical , upon the bicycle front tire in such a manner that the tire is compressed into a substantially fixed position above the truck bed when in the bicycle transporting configuration .