Hi Eric Cool to hear you did STP on a minivelo... I'd missed that detail in your original discussion of how to get a bike on a plane! A couple questions - was the Smooth Hound shipped in its folded configuration? Did you need to pull / reassemble much (in particular the fork)? And, was your suitcase unlabeled or did it smack of "B-I-K-E" inside?
=- Joe Bunik Walnut Creek, CA On 7/15/13, Eric Norris <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks again to everyone who replied with tips on how to get a bike on a > plane. To recap: I flew to and from Portland, OR, over the weekend to take > part in the Seattle-to-Portland ride. I brought my folding Dahon, which fits > into a case that looks like a very large suitcase--technically a few inches > over if they measure it carefully, but less than 50 pounds. > > Here's what happened: > > Sacramento to Portland, Friday morning: As suggested, I went to the baggage > dropoff outside the terminal, where the handler took my bike and put it > right on the conveyor. No questions at all about what was in that very large > suitcase. > > Portland to Sacramento, Sunday evening: The skycap station outside was > closed, so I took my bags inside to the ticket counter. The clerk put a > luggage tag on the bag and put it on the conveyor. As we were finishing, he > asked, "Bicycle?" and I replied, "Bike parts." He smiled and sent me on my > way. > > So -- a successful trip. Finished the ride, *and* didn't have to pay to fly > my bike. > > --Eric N > www.CampyOnly.com > CampyOnlyGuy.blogspot.com > Twitter: @CampyOnlyGuy > > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. > > > -- 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/groups/opt_out.
