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12-06-10 | 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by staehpj1

I'm curious what it is about your bike that causes it to not fit. Is it a tandem, a recumbent, or something unconventional?

The Amtrak boxes are huge and many bikes don't even require lowering the saddle to fit. I only needed to turn the bars, rotate them down and remove the pedals. According to their web site the Amtrak boxes are 69 x 41 x 8.5 inches (175 x 104 x 22 centimeters).

Big (XL frame size) City Bike, wheel base is around 1100mm and it runs 700c wheels. I have had a couple of others where I have had to remove the stem too. IIRC the overall length is around 190cm.

Aaron

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