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Great advice John, & all. Here is a pic of what I used to travel with this summer. I had the 29er and the 36er with me, which are harder to travel with than the smaller wheels. I agree totally with the curb side checker. The lady behind the counter also mentioned to me about the upcoming changes on oversize bags, like the "hockey" bag that my frames, etc are in. Weight is really important, they will charge extra for weight as well as oversize bags. Leaving Aspen I had no problem, but coming back I had to switch some items around to make it work w/o paying extra $$. BTW, if anyone is interested, those wheel bags can be purchased here, they are made out of tower pad material, and are solid. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: Unicycle travel bags001.JPG | |Download: http://www.unicyclist.com/attachment/11188 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- aspenmike ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aspenmike's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3768 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/10156 |
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aspenmike wrote: BTW, if anyone is interested, those wheel bags can be purchased here, they are made out of tower pad material, and are solid. Aspenmike, I am interested. Where can one get those bags? -- Icycle Randy ------------------------------------------------ The path to enlightenment is shorter on a unicycle ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Icycle's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/10724 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/10156 |
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if anyone is interested, those wheel bags can be purchased here, they are made out of tower pad material, and are solid. I too am interested. I just yook my 24 muni to maui and thanks to John Foss I got a large suitcase/bag from the local flea market and was able to pack it well and no problems at the airport but would like to take my 360 on trips -- Daytripper63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Daytripper63's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/10789 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/10156 |
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Daytripper63 wrote: I too am interested. I just yook my 24 muni to maui and thanks to John Foss I got a large suitcase/bag from the local flea market and was able to pack it well and no problems at the airport but would like to take my 360 on trips I will check with my source on price and availability for the different sizes. I cut cardboard circles out to go against spokes, then some bubble wrap and filled the gap with jerseys, etc. soft goods. The shoulder strap and handle work very well together. Props to Nathan for helping me get started on design! -- aspenmike ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aspenmike's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3768 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/10156 |
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I've had a 29 or 24" uni along for plane rides a 1/2 dozen times over the last year. The first time I boxed it up and the box fell apart so I abandoned that and just checked it without any wrapping. This has worked well for me, no damage yet (what, are they going to scratch my muni?). Airline regulations about luggage in general seem to change weekly, and with no official rules about Unis, the mood of the persons you check in with is the most important. On my most recent trip they wanted $200 for my 29" uni as a 3rd bag so I took it as a carry-on instead with no (major) problems ('more details on this here' (http://tinyurl.com/9v742r)). -Ro -- rolandisimo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rolandisimo's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13769 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/10156 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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I've been suprisingly lucky recently with what must be the world's worst airline for excess charges: Ryan Air. If you have one bag to check in that'll be an extra £16 please - each way. They'll happily charge you if you're 1 kilo overweight and have a miserly 15kg allowance too. "sports equipment" is charged something like £50 extra (I can't remember if that's each way) and these rates will probably have increased by the time this post is completed. However I carry my 24" along with clothes etc in a saggy (soft with some padding at the axle) bike wheel bag with no branding. If asked I say it contains "a wheel", which they can tell by feel anyway. no problems on something like 10 flights with some of the more difficult airlines in Europe... -- mikepenton Uni - The Unicycle Magazine 'www.unicyclemagazine.com' (http://www.unicyclemagazine.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mikepenton's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7090 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/10156 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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When I tok my unicycle to tromsų, I had no problems. Sent it as "special luggage" and it didn't cost anything. I flew with Norwegian. Nothing happened to it, and no questions asked. No wrapping, just a little note on it, like on any other suitcases or bags. -- sigve _*Sorry_for_my_english_it's_not_great,_but_I_work_ hard_to_get_it_better_ *_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sigve's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/15979 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/10156 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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mikepenton;1164611 wrote: I've been suprisingly lucky recently with what must be the world's worst airline for excess charges: Ryan Air. If you have one bag to check in that'll be an extra £16 please - each way. They'll happily charge you if you're 1 kilo overweight and have a miserly 15kg allowance too. "sports equipment" is charged something like £50 extra (I can't remember if that's each way) and these rates will probably have increased by the time this post is completed. Yeah, we recently discovered that 'United's baggage policy' (http://www.united.com/page/article/0,6722,52481,00.html) was changed to something very similar, -after- we bought our tickets. -- Tak "Unicycling goes against common sense." --maestro8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tak's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/17247 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/10156 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Tak;1164705 wrote: Yeah, we recently discovered that 'United's baggage policy' (http://www.united.com/page/article/0,6722,52481,00.html) was changed to something very similar, -after- we bought our tickets. Hey I am going to fly with this company!: maximum 2 baggages and each baggage no more than 23kilos. that makes a total of 46kg! usually I can't fly with more than 20kg per person! Since I want to go from Europe to Moab with my Muni a 20kg total is easily reached! (I probably need something around 25kg: one suitcase with everything+ 1 bag with Muni). -- wobbling bear One Wheel : bear necessity ------------------------------------------------------------------------ wobbling bear's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3716 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/10156 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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wobbling bear;1164712 wrote: Hey I am going to fly with this company!: maximum 2 baggages and each baggage no more than 23kilos. that makes a total of 46kg! usually I can't fly with more than 20kg per person! Since I want to go from Europe to Moab with my Muni a 20kg total is easily reached! (I probably need something around 25kg: one suitcase with everything+ 1 bag with Muni). Looks like their 'international policies' (http://www.united.com/page/article/0,6722,52482,00.html) are much more relaxed. For us, the issue wasn't weight, it was size - the maximum size item one can check domestically without being hit with a $175-each-way fee is 62 linear inches, which -might- just barely fit a 29" wheelset with no additional hardware. Probably we would have considered carrying on if we'd known that they weren't making any attempt to enforce their posted 9"x14"x22" maximum carryon size. -- Tak "Unicycling goes against common sense." --maestro8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tak's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/17247 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/10156 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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