On 02-27-2016 17:11, Joerg wrote:
On 2016-02-24 22:40, W. Wesley Groleau wrote:
On 02-24-2016 14:25, Frank Krygowski wrote:
So, it's bus and foot for the next month at least.

I'd be interested in photos of the bike.

Sorry, it's bundled up for more travel tomorrow. But I was unable to to
turn the rear wheel because the rather thick aluminum rack was twisted
so hard against it. And I may be 62, but I still have a little of my
farm boy strength left.

I stood on that rack, and my 85-90 kilograms could not affect it. By
jumping on it, I got it to move a little and could turn the wheel. Which
I then noticed was a visible angle off off being in line with the rest
of the frame. So they also bent the STEEL frame.

Either they drove over it with a heavy vehicle or someone else's luggage
is severely damaged from being pressed that hard into my Brompton.

Or the "union toss".

I couldn't bend the steel frame by _jumping_ on it with my 85 kilos.
The fifteen kilo bike can't bend itself by being tossed.

You can't rent a bike there? Lima is a large city and should have rental
places. Or get a used beater bike for $50 that tides over the remaining
month. When I crunched the freehub on my road bike a month ago I used my
old mountain bike for the trips. Not very comfortable but it got me
everywhere until I had the part to repair my road bike. I had almost
donated that bike but now I am glad I didn't.

I probably could, if I were still in Lima. But that's not the point.
Besides, I'd have a hard time getting my bags out of Lima without the
mountings on the ruined Brompton. Not to mention I'd have to also carry
the Brompton.

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Wes Groleau