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10-25-05, 12:36 AM
I bought one of those cheap travel bags when they were on sale at nashbar, and I never even took it out of the package. Now I'm going to Philly on the bus, gonna be there for a few days, and because the pink nightmare is such a simple fixed beast, I figure I might as well take her along.
Anything I need to know or that I may not have considered about travelling with my bike on the bus in a soft sided bag? I have those plastic things to stick in the dropouts so the fork and stays don't get crushed when they (surely will) toss my honey around. No fancy parts to speak of, figured all I have to do is take off the wheels, pedals, turn the bars sideways and give the bag handler a half sawbuck so he'll put it in last, on top instead of under a 100 pound suitcase full of newspapers.
Do I need to so something special with my wheels? I thought of getting some velcro fasteners from the dollar store to keep them from moving around... but that's about it.
Anything I need to know or that I may not have considered about travelling with my bike on the bus in a soft sided bag? I have those plastic things to stick in the dropouts so the fork and stays don't get crushed when they (surely will) toss my honey around. No fancy parts to speak of, figured all I have to do is take off the wheels, pedals, turn the bars sideways and give the bag handler a half sawbuck so he'll put it in last, on top instead of under a 100 pound suitcase full of newspapers.
Do I need to so something special with my wheels? I thought of getting some velcro fasteners from the dollar store to keep them from moving around... but that's about it.