Going to Disney World, a great place to uni! ?

Chrashing wrote:
Places that sell wheel bags say the these soft bags are not good for air
travel because they may not protect the wheel well enough.


A lot of the Uninam riders threw their Cokers into soft bags and they
faired well. Just put a piece of cardboard on either side of your
wheel and it should be fine... after all, your wheel is built to hold
150+ lbs. of rider plus various stresses; it should be able to handle
the rough treatment given by the luggage monkeys.


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maestro8 wrote:
...your wheel is built to hold 150+ lbs. of rider plus various stresses;
it should be able to handle the rough treatment given by the luggage
monkeys.

The biggest danger to luggage in air travel (or UPS, for that matter) is
in the automated portion of their journey. That is, when they're in the
conveyor system that takes them to the correct part of the airport for
loading or unloading. Beyond that you have pretty good odds that a
circular piece of luggage will not be piled at the bottom of a bunch of
regular suitcases that could smash the spokes.

In my "normal-looking luggage" bags I use pieces of camping mat or
other lightweight foam on the outside to protect (and conceal) the
contents. I believe it's still better for airline people to not know
there are wheels in there...

'Here's a series of pictures'
(http://unicycling.smugmug.com/gallery/112948#4034968) of how I pack
for a unicycle convention. Though the bag could still be subjected to
crushing forces like any other piece of luggage, so far so good, in
many, many flights all over the world.

The other advantage to odd-shaped luggage is the hope that it will get
more hand treatment, and less automation.


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The Disney Parks are expensive. We think we have a reasonable rate that
the resort, and don't plan on visiting the parks, except to once or
twice hit the water parks. The water parks cost less than the other
parks.

I'm still waiting for the wheel bag to arrive, then I'll see how well
that works out. Adding round cardboard pieces on each side of the
wheel sounds like a good idea.

The flight is a direct Jet-Blue, smaller plane, flight to/from small
airports, so I think the luggage will be handled better than worst.

The hub of the 29" uni I'm bringing broke Sunday. The crank threads of
the cheap Sun wheel broke off the axle. So UDC to the rescue, ordered
a UDC hub, spoke set and KH rim. Now the uni I'm bringing is going to
be a force to be reckoned with.

John Foss, you win on packing unicycles. That case is huge, but I'm
still surprised that you can get three in there. I continue to plan to
take the 29" with me to Disney, but no longer think it will be the
great place to ride I had thought it would be. I'll googleEarth along
the directions you listed.


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Chrashing wrote:
I continue to plan to take the 29" with me to Disney, but no longer
think it will be the great place to ride I had thought it would be.
I'll googleEarth along the directions you listed.


I am sure you will find some enjoyable riding there, I bring a uni with
me everytime I travel, even when traveling for business I can get an
evening ride in or something.
Enjoy


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The wheel bag arrived today. It's made to hold 2 wheels, up 700c in
size. It's made with a strong material with 1/4" padding in both sides
walls. Comes with another round pad for between wheels. Has a zippered
pocket, handle and a shoulder strap. Seems to be made very well.

To pack, I separated the wheel from the frame, and pedals from the
wheel. Turned the seat 90 degrees so that the width of the fork was in
line with the length of the seat. Put the wheel in the bag, added the
extra padding for between the wheels. Pushed the frame up against the
pad so the cranks are between the forks. Luckily my frame is short
enough that with the seat still in the frame the overall length is the
same a the diameter of the wheel. Expect that I'll need to wrap the
frame ends to keep from scratching the wheel rim.

Had to let the air out of the 29" tire, to fit the wheel with tire in
the bag. I may remove the tire next time I pack it.

Some pictures, Each of the pictures of the bag has the unicycle
inside.


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Better to leave the tire on if you can, as it will protect your rim.
Also pumping up is easier than putting a tire back on...


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yeah its definetly easier and will protect the rim a bit more, do you
have to deflate the tyre on planes anyway, because theyre preasurised
and could burst at high altitude? Ive never been on a plane so would
never know, but my 20' is deffinetly coming with me when i go to
cyprus so it would be usefull to know


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Ken,

Just saw this thread.

We always drive down to Disney when we go so the travel thing is not a
problem for us.

But I have taken unicycles to Disney and rode around the resorts. It's
quite a lot of fun. Some people will assume you're part of the
entertainment there. Enjoy!


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I was thinking about removing the tire from the rim because even
deflated the tire seemed to put a lot of pressure on the bag's zipper.
While the zipper is good and sturdy, I worried it would be the first
component to break. Since then I have tried putting a tie-down strap
around the circumference of the tire (while on the rim), and pulled it
tight to compress the tire. That works out well, in fact now I can get
the wheel in the bag all the way off to one side, so that there is no
pressure against the zipper. Great.

I don't know how much tires/tubes expand with airplane flights. Since
I've never heard of a problem with that, I guess it's not a problem. At
least as long as you don't put a tight nylon strap around the wheel.
Won't the pilot be surprised!

Maybe I should take the tire valve out?


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JJuggle wrote:
Ken,

Just saw this thread.

We always drive down to Disney when we go so the travel thing is not a
problem for us.

But I have taken unicycles to Disney and rode around the resorts. It's
quite a lot of fun. Some people will assume you're part of the
entertainment there. Enjoy!



This is good to hear, thanks for the encouragement. I was beginning to
think maybe my wife was right, she usually is you know.

(she made me add that last bit.)

(not really.)

(made me add that too!)

(I have a wonderful and loving wife.)


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