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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 2523.1 | Try Landry's | LEDS::FERRARI | Debug all you want: I'll make more | Thu Apr 08 1993 11:17 | 15 |
| I took my bike to France last year in a cardboard shipping carton packed
(fairly well, I believe) by Landry's in Westboro, and I agree that a
hardshell case is a good idea. Not only was it a hassle hauling the
unwieldy, unwheeled cardboard box around airports and train stations,
but on both flights the airlines managed to bang the thing around enough
to cause some damage.
When I returned, Landry's told me they rent the hardshell cases out
sometimes, if they have them in stock. At the time, they even sounded
willing to order one for rental purposes. Their number is (508)
836-3878 in Westboro, and (508) 875-5158 in Framingham.
Enjoy the trip; I know I did mine!
Stephen
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| 2523.2 | | VMSNET::65134::LYNCH_T | I'd rather be riding my bicycle.... | Thu Apr 08 1993 11:57 | 17 |
| My club has hard shell cases for rental. The current rate
is $25.00 per week with a $300.00 credit card deposit.
The cases can be picked up at:
North Fulton Cyclesport
just off Alpharetta Highway in Roswell, GA
404/998-2550
For those of you not anywhere close we will ship you the
empty case of a slight UPS shipping charge.
For further details and availability call the shop, anyone
should be able to help but just in case Chuck Ritz is the
owner and club president.
Happy Travels,
Tom
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| 2523.3 | | MOVIES::WIDDOWSON | Rainmaker | Thu Apr 08 1993 12:43 | 10 |
| May I recommend that if you don't use a hardcase you use nothing.
A bicycle in a cardboard case looks like a peice of luggage and tends
to get treated as such - thrown around and have things stacked on it.
A bicycle on it's own tends to get a bit more care - people wheel them
around and tend to put them on the tops of piles of luggage and not the
bottom. Of course you will need to be able to remove the peddles,
reduce the pressure in the tyres and turn the handlbars thru 90� as
well...
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| 2523.4 | | 3D::ROTH | Geometry is the real life! | Thu Apr 08 1993 13:58 | 7 |
| bottom. Of course you will need to be able to remove the peddles,
reduce the pressure in the tyres and turn the handlbars thru 90� as
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
A persistant and amusing urban myth... (think about it a bit.)
- Jim
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| 2523.5 | | JURA::PELAZ::MACFADYEN | Remote addressee | Fri Apr 09 1993 04:59 | 12 |
| > bottom. Of course you will need to be able to remove the peddles,
> reduce the pressure in the tyres and turn the handlbars thru 90� as
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> A persistant and amusing urban myth... (think about it a bit.)
I have thought about it. It is amusing. But if an airline baggage-handler
asks you to do so, are you going to get into an argument about tyre pressure
versus air pressure? You are not: you deflate the tyres.
Rod
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| 2523.6 | | MOVIES::WIDDOWSON | Rainmaker | Fri Apr 09 1993 08:44 | 1 |
| Thanks Rod, thats what I meant to impart...
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| 2523.7 | | 3D::ROTH | Geometry is the real life! | Fri Apr 09 1993 11:44 | 5 |
| Re .5
Just tell 'em they're new experimental tires from Sandoz labs...
- Jim
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