Opinions on Dahon Bikes?

Le Wed, 11 Aug 2004 16:04:45 +0000, mark a écrit :

(...) and I never found
boxing up my bike to travel on TGV trains to be all that dreadful a chore.


Some of these foldable bikes come with beautiful cases to be carried in
trains or airplanes.
But when you get to your destination airport/station, what do you do with
the case ? I guess you can't put it on your rack and carry it with you
during your whole trip ?

Anybody has personal experience to share ?

Thanks
Jacques

Jacques Moser wrote:
Le Wed, 11 Aug 2004 16:04:45 +0000, mark a écrit :


(...) and I never found
boxing up my bike to travel on TGV trains to be all that dreadful a chore.



Some of these foldable bikes come with beautiful cases to be carried in
trains or airplanes.
But when you get to your destination airport/station, what do you do with
the case ? I guess you can't put it on your rack and carry it with you
during your whole trip ?

Anybody has personal experience to share ?


I usually get a hotel at the destination and leave the case with them
until I get back. Otherwise there is always left luggage.

Tony

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 22:41:19 +0200, "Jacques Moser"
wrote:

Anybody has personal experience to share ?

Bike Friday has an optional frame that turns its hard case into a bike
trailer. If you pack your other items in soft bag, you take the frame
and bike out of the trailer, pack the soft bag and gear into the
trailer and off you go.

About $ 400 in the U.S. and worth it IMO for anyone traveling by plane
or hitching a ride one way.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

In article , Jacques Moser wrote:

Some of these foldable bikes come with beautiful cases to be carried in
trains or airplanes.
But when you get to your destination airport/station, what do you do with
the case ? I guess you can't put it on your rack and carry it with you
during your whole trip ?

Anybody has personal experience to share ?

Not personal experience, but Bike Friday have a system where the
case turns into a trailer. http://www.bikefriday.com/travel.cfm

"Colin Blackburn" wrote in message
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Do people really cycle with 50lb packs?

Doesn't seem horribly unusual for a loaded tourist (the packs will be
panniers).