I have done this many times, but my Bleriot is a 51cm... The only tools I need to dismantle it to fit in the case are: Topeak Rachet Rocket (best little hex set EVER) Park MLP-1 a couple of 8/10 open end (crescent) wrenches for the cable splitters, racks and headlight. The Sears Craftsman are the lightest ones I have found. 8mm full sized Allen wrench for the self extracting crank bolts - I do have to pull the crank to get it nicely in the case. YMMV the S&S/pedal wrench. Make sure the pedal wrench side works - I had to have my husband do some judicious filing, because it was a teeny bit too small.
(for some reason, I don't have to pull the crank on the Sweetpea. Different geometry. Weird.) For the Bleriot, after I open all the cable splitters, and remove the handlebars/stem as a unit, I can completely detach that from the frame. It takes a fair amount of judicious wiggling to get the handlebars in there, fold the stem under, and arrange the bar end shifter levers so they are flat. At least the first time, you will want to do this a few days before departure. As you use each tool, put it in a pile that will travel with you. (short story about losing one of the 8/10mm wrenches in Ireland, B&B did not have any sort of tool which would work, short trip into Ballybunion proper to the only store which might have something, wandering past stuff which had clearly been there for decades, finding a Vise-Grip... Whew!) Take pictures. Label them. Put a copy in the bike case. Write your name and cell phone number on the inside of the case lid. Print out your itinerary and put it in the case as well. Get the net and spacers. If you can't get the case to close with just the spacer ends touching, cut another piece of PVC a little bit longer :-) I also have a small tube of grease and a rag in the case. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
