Originally Posted by
Ron Damon
With a 58cm top tube, the
FnHon Storm is not a small bike. Caveat emptor.
Instead of bringing the bikes to Mexico and then back out to Asia, you may wish to consider instead flying to Bangkok, KL or Jakarta and spending a week there acquiring the bicycles immediately prior to the tour.
I don't know where in Asia you are planning to tour, but Aeroméxico does a CDMX-Tokyo direct haul. Once there, the Asia-Pacific region is your oyster. Garuda flies Jakarta-Tokyo direct.
yes this is definitely an option, although we’re still learning and testing as much as possible beforehand.
our itinerary will be Mex—Tokyo, ride Japan for a couple weeks, then Tokyo—Bangkok and ride Thailand for 3+ weeks. Any extra flights really put us beyond budget as there are 4 of us!
Would Tokyo be a good place to source folders? If we were to fly anyplace else, wouldn’t Singapore be the best option? It seems like it has become the Mecca of folders. Although that United Trifold only available in Indonesia is very intriguing — if only for the fact that I really think it could accept 18x2 tires! Which would mean ultra small (perhaps even gate check size) fold, disc brakes and fatties, although boo aluminum