Originally Posted by
pdlamb
My bike is a 62 cm frame, so everything comes off: derailer, cranks, seatpost, bars, fork. It usually takes me an hour to unpack and an hour to pack, though one time (ONE TIME!) everything went right and I was ready to go home in 40 minutes. I don't plan on that; I'd rather plan on an hour and a half, and have time to cool off and relax if I get done early. I can figure things out on the fly when unpacking, but I have a six page document printed out and packed in page protectors to show me how it's supposed to go.
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I ride big bikes and I feel your pain.
Moving parts into a second bag between helps. The fork is soooo long it just makes life easier when you move it out.
I love square taper but my SnS bike uses hollowtech. I get about 1/3 the life out of a hollowtech BB than a un-55 so I bring a spare for long trips.
Always take the RD off.
Bring a backup seatpost clamp mechanism. :-) .
(3) I now have a 4 mm, 5 Nm click-style preset torque wrench for tightening my stem bolts.
I like it. I switched to 4 bolt after "issues" with two bolt systems.
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