And if you run short of toe straps, double sided Velcro comes in rolls that you can cut to fit and use for the same purpose. Ted is absolutely on the right track of tieing everything together. TSA wastes no time re-packing what they open, they just cram it back in and slam the lid. One friend had a Bike Friday damaged by an overly zealous TSA inspectors haste to close the bag and get it gone. Fixing your broken bike on day one of a tour is no fun.
dougP -----Original Message----- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ted Durant Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 8:50 PM To: RBW List Subject: [RBW] Packing The Travelo Packing the Travelo for a visit to Arizona next week, I happened upon something I thought worth sharing. I'm sure somebody's done this before, but in case others might benefit... When I had the retrofit done, I bought the soft case with the full package of helpful goodies. One of the included items is a net that compresses around things to keep them together. The idea is that if a curious TSA inspector opens the bag, the bike parts won't come tumbling out and create a re-packing puzzle for said TSA inspector. The net is fiddly to put around everything, and it's not very effective in the end. As I started to put things in the case I realized the obvious solution, as with so many other bike-related problems, is toe straps. I think I ended up using five of them to hold all the parts together - wheels to frame, handlebars and wheels to frame, etc. The whole assembly ends up very nicely packaged. In fact, as I went to put in the handlebars I decided to rotate everything 90 degrees, and it was a breeze to just pick up the whole thing and turn it. Tip number 2 - Maxy Fasty tires fit a whole lot easier than Fatty Lumpkins, but either way, 650B is way better than 700C for a break- apart travel bike. Ted Durant Milwaukee, WI, USA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
