bounce.

flying to chicago from tucson at the end of august. the plan thus far is:

- borrow my friends 52 cannondale, or 54 fixie and do intervals in a ****ing parking garrage (when living in Chicago, I didn't seem to recall any decent hills). Why is my friend getting married the week before the state championship hill climb? Oh, at 6'1" I ride a 58' so i don't know if these bikes are even worth the hassle.

- attempt to fly with bike, not having the extra $160 to spare - I think the best idea is to to try for curb side check - it seems the most likely to work... and with a $10 tip hopefully things will work out. In case they still try to charge me the $80 fee I'll have to have a friend in car waiting to take my poor little bike home : (

Another consideration for all you out there is to buy a USA Cycling licsense if you race AT ALL. I think they're $50 and you get two bike vouchers (through UNITED), and adding the $14 MBAA licsense got me an additional 2 vouchers. Plus I get to call the Olympic booking desk, and I actually feel like a world class athlete, even though I'm a lowely cat 5 fatty. Sadly, I didn't book soon enough, and my lowest fair would be $300, vs $200 through another airline.