The transportation issue can be a bit daunting for those who've not traveled much with their bike. However, there are several options:
1. Fly & take your bike as checked luggage. Most expensive; requires partial dis-assembly of the bike; hazards of baggage handlers. 2. Fly & ship your bike via ground service. Saves a few bucks, same issues with handlers. 3. Drive & carry your bike. Most convenient; a bit slow if going long distance. 4. Amtrak. 5. Host the event: no travel! My touring buds & I have done a lot of combos of renting a van (mini up to 7 bikes; cargo up to a dozen) & having a couple of people drive all the bikes & gear while everyone else flies in. A mini will fit 4 people + 4 bikes + gear but you need to be good friends. A 15 passenger with back seats out can haul up to 8 people plus more bikes. When you take the rental cost plus fuel & divide it out, it becomes affordable. I have friends who hate flying & love driving, so they'll go long distances. I'm happy to split the van cost & fly in to avoid a couple of long days in a box. YMMV. So please don't let distance or logistics dampen your enthusiasm for this event. It can be done. dougP "liking this idea even better now" On Thursday, August 1, 2013 8:20:19 AM UTC-7, allenmichael wrote: > > I would be an especially poor organizer, but I would love to participate. > bidding system seems like a good idea but we should settle on a date and > location early while the idea has some momentum. > > Michael Allen > > On Wednesday, July 31, 2013 7:40:24 AM UTC-7, Liesl wrote: >> >> Do you think we could do it? Plan it out far enough ahead of time (like >> a year), figure out a place that people from far way and not the whole >> summer to ride can get to by plane or train or car and figure out how to >> get their bikes there...a place with good riding country...an organizing >> group that's local...I just think it would be so utterly fantastic to meet >> everyone and ride and sit around a campfire. I used to do this kind of >> thing back in my motorcycling days and made some very dear friends that i'd >> only see once a year or two. Whatcha'll think? >> > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
