Or just ship the bike out. Heck, I took one apart & packed it in Croatia when its owner had to leave the tour abruptly, without his bike. I'd do the assembly, given the chance & a couple of hours.
dougP -----Original Message----- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 8:48 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Hillborn v. Tournado I fully intend to. Can't wait. On Jan 7, 10:43 pm, "David Estes" <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > When you come out to Cali in March, you can put it to the test!!!! > > We're waiting you know... :-) > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery < > > > > thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > It seems to be hit-or-miss. The S&S case supposedly meets the > > dimensional criteria to be treated as an ordinary piece of luggage. > > But some airlines apparently have an automatic surcharge on bikes, > > regardless of size. A friend and I traveled with our coupled bikes > > last February, no problem. The same friend traveled with his coupled > > bike in September, and got charged after volunteering the information > > that his suitcase contained a bike. He protested, and after some > > debate, the actual measurements of the case were obtained, which put > > it in the no-charge, regular luggage category. If the same case was > > stuffed with clothing, additional fees wouldn't have been an issue. > > > It's one thing to pay a known, expected fee, and another thing to be > > surprised by a fee that is applied arbitrarily, especially after > > spending $750 for couplers to avoid that fee. > > > I'll be damned if I'm going to let the airlines balance their budgets > > on the backs of bicyclists. (intended in good humor) > > > On Jan 7, 10:21 pm, Big Paulie <pauldgr...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > On Jan 7, 6:52 pm, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > I've heard that it may be getting harder to escape the extra charges > > imposed by the airlines > > > > for a coupled bike. > > > > Even nice airlines have to eat too, Jim... > > > > :-) > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
