This is an absolutely unhinged idea and I don't know if it can work, but - if you didn't have a front rack installed and unhook the front brake, (and perhaps would require no fender, also) you might be able to loosen the quill stem, rotate the front wheel 180 so the fork is backwards while the handlebars are forwards. This would shorten the bike about 4 inches for travel. Obviously you'd only do this right before and after loading the train and not ride it like this.
On Monday 10 June 2024 at 11:31:26 UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > Hi! Quick question. I was looking at Amtrak and I know my 55 Platy is too > long - it’s like 74” and the max for Amtrak is 70”. However, if you are > rolling the bike on board, are they really very strict? I ask because it > would be great to ride the train home from New Buffalo back to Kzoo after > the wrap-up of my tour on Saturday. I have never ridden Amtrak, so I don’t > know what the setup is inside the train cars. > > If anyone has successfully wheeled a longwheelbaser onto Amtrak, let me > know. > > Yes, yes, I know this is what my little purple pocket Platy is for, but > that bike would not be my choice for a 106 mile road ride. I want my 700c > wheels with the 42mm tires! > > Leah > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/07219da9-d9d0-44d3-a4ee-215e456ce0ban%40googlegroups.com.
