I agree with Jim. Unless you plan to travel a *lot*, the cost of setting a bike up with S&S couplers is very high, both in dollar and effort. When I traveled to France, I put my Quickbeam in a hardshell bike case (Air France didn't charge for bikes in '07, not sure if they do now), and when I got to my destination it was very easy to reassemble and get my bike roadworthy. From what I have heard, packing and unpacking a coupled bike is more difficult, something like a puzzle.
If you don't want to wheel a full-sized bike case around the airport, you can also UPS it to your destination. I did this a few years ago when I flew to Portland. UPS shipping was less than a domestic carrier would have charged, and the bike was waiting for me when I arrived at the hotel. --Eric [email protected] www.campyonly.com www.wheelsnorth.org On Nov 13, 2010, at 12:36 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > Before you go through the considerable expense of adding couplers, > consider that in the world of airline luggage fees today, you are as > likely as not to be charged $200 per bike per trip even with coupled > bikes that don't exceed normal luggage size limits. The rules on this > are seemingly unclear, and perhaps irrelevant. Seems that to many > airline check-in employees, bike = fee regardless of the size of the > case. > > > > > > On Nov 13, 10:40 am, gregb <[email protected]> wrote: >> I (finally... sheesh I am lazy!!) looked at the serial number on my >> Riv. AR 25 M if I am reading it correctly. I think that means it was >> the 25th allrounder made? puts it at about 1994? What else could I >> learn about this (newish to me) bike. I am considering having it cut >> in half to put some S&S couplings in it which will necessitate a >> repaint of the beautiful near mint JB paint job... (I would have this >> done by the folks at R&E in seattle where we are likely getting >> another Riv'ish touring bike so we can have his and hers travel tour >> bikes for an italy trip.) >> >> I would love to hear your collective wisdom on the subject. I have >> been lurking in this group for a while now- but you all talked me into >> actually riding this bike when I first got it and was chicken to take >> the pristine beauty out in the rain. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
