transporting a carbon framed bike
09-14-06, 04:22 AM
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Originally Posted by botto
trico bike case. around 230-240$ off of ebay.
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09-14-06, 04:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Tom N.
What is the cheapest, and still safe, way of air-freighting a carbon framed bike?
Best way................take it to your LBS and have them box it!
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OK...I have a hard shipping case, and I am half owner of a Scicon padded case that I went in on with a friend (haven't seen it yet in person).
Not sure which is safer for shipping.
My concern about the hard case is compression on the rear triangle, which I noticed was a minor issue whenever I have used it with my steel frame.
My concern about the scicon is obviously how protective is the padding if airline monkeys start tossing it around or throwing other stuff on top of it...
Anyone have direct experience with the scicon soft case...? My friend has used it but he is a cycling novice and doesn't own a road bike.
Not sure which is safer for shipping.
My concern about the hard case is compression on the rear triangle, which I noticed was a minor issue whenever I have used it with my steel frame.
My concern about the scicon is obviously how protective is the padding if airline monkeys start tossing it around or throwing other stuff on top of it...
Anyone have direct experience with the scicon soft case...? My friend has used it but he is a cycling novice and doesn't own a road bike.
09-15-06, 06:39 AM
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Originally Posted by orcanova
My concern about the hard case is compression on the rear triangle, which I noticed was a minor issue whenever I have used it with my steel frame.
in case you don't know - make sure to always remove the RD when you pack up the bike.
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Originally Posted by botto
trico's come with screws/nuts to put into the fork and rear dropouts, to specifically avoid this. otherwise you can put an old hub on the rear tri. that's what i did with my padded bike bag.
in case you don't know - make sure to always remove the RD when you pack up the bike.
in case you don't know - make sure to always remove the RD when you pack up the bike.
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Originally Posted by oilman_15106
So why does almost every bike made come to the shop with the rd installed?
i'm not talking about bikes in cardboard boxes, i'm talking about a bike in a trico case, or a padded bag.
if you want to break or bend your RD hanger, don't let me stop you. i guess i should know better, i've only been flying with bikes for 15 years.
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09-15-06, 08:12 PM
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Everyone's always telling me that CF is stronger than steel. Just put it in a @*%&$-ing box. Geeze. You could probably use it for landing gear and not hurt it.
09-15-06, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by waterrockets
Everyone's always telling me that CF is stronger than steel. Just put it in a @*%&$-ing box. Geeze. You could probably use it for landing gear and not hurt it.
I'll have to try that next time.
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get one of these
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