I have a coupled tandem and am thinking about getting my old Trek frame converted. I have experienced some difficulty getting onto commuter planes with my frame, and some airlines absolutely will not carry an unpacked bike, but can't be relied upon to have boxes. Plus I hate the hassle of hauling an oversized bike box through an airport. This summer we travelled Vt to Mi with the tandem in two triangles & three tubs, which fit easily inside our Prius. I found that I liked that much better than a long drive with the bike on the roof. It took about 20 minutes to put the tandem back together, which drew some spectators and made for interesting conversation. Cost effective? Probably not, but at least for me, more convenient than traveling with a full bike. I already own the cases and if I keep the Trek would probably want to paint it anyway, so that lowers the cost considerably for me. Piaw prefers to cycle in and out of airports but there are no major airports that my wife would be willing to cycle out of, and, as I say the local airport is iffy on taking an unpacked bike.
BTW, I would love to visit Thailand, and bring our tandem. Tell us more about your cycling experience there. Michael On Sep 15, 10:32 pm, Kip Otteson <kip.otte...@gmail.com> wrote: > I noticed yesterday that my kickstand was sitting at a very awkward > angle. I moved it a little and I could see that my kickstand plate > was ripping off of my frame. I have a Pletscher double kickstand on > the Bombadil and I think that when it was parked at school someone sat > on it and bent it all up. Bummer deal. I took off the kickstand and > now am really old-new school with a bike I have to lean up against > things, like in the old days. I was worried that the chainstays would > be hammered as well but they look fine. I'll have to wait till I'm > back in the states to get it fixed properly. > > BTW - I thought that if I was going to get the frame fixed I'd be > looking at sending it to Bilenky Bike Works and getting S and S > couplers fitted for a more travel friendly machine. Anybody out there > experienced converting a frame to a travel bike? > > Kip Otteson > Chiang Mai, Thailand -- 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-bu...@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.
