Originally Posted by
Ozonation
Moral of the Story: Sometimes, the less said, the better. Cover it up, sit quietly, and hopefully, all goes well. Your mileage might vary...
This is my brommie experience as well. 100% I ride every day to work on the bus. Drivers change routes quarterly and are not familiar with the transit authorities folding bike policy, which is essentially 'the bike must be small and with you'. The old policy stated that the bike must fit under a seat, the bus has about 3 spaces where that could occur and they are pretty much 100% occupied. However simply keeping the cover on allows the bike to disappear from policy review and becomes another piece of luggage to occupy wherever. I don't tell them and most of the time they don't ask until I'm leaving the bus. "Where's you bike?" Noting my helmet and bike jacket. "Right here!" I lift up the bag. For the rest of the quarter I'm fine.