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02-20-18 | 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by aggiegrads

I am considering a NWT, but I prefer drop bars to flat bars for anything other than pure mountain biking. It seems like flat bars would be much easier to fit into a suitcase, but was curious about people's experience packing BFs into the F-Lite suitcase with drop bars.

Does splitting help? How reliable is splitting the bars?

Splitting makes it considerably easier to fit, IME. As long as your bar is 25.4 or 26.0 and aluminum, I think they can split the bar for you. I know a few people that split Nitto bars through Bike Friday.

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