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For me the travel bike is mainly for traveling, which I don't seem to do much of since getting it. I have a steel Ritchey and it cost about the same as retrofitting the bike I had thought of retrofitting.
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I used an Salsa SUL open face stem. Removed the stem from the bars and packed each in the case separately.
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There is also the issue of fitting a big bike box for a non travel bike in a small travel car, at least when I am overseas. My Bike Friday has been on 9 or 10 trips. I am a fan.
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On the other hand, I will soon list a pair of Bike Friday bikes and the larger is a 58cm. Easy to pack and unpack. Rides great and fun.
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The S&S case and others which have travel bikes are more or less like regular suitcases. |
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Regardless of the break even cost analysis, # of trips etc., it only takes one trip with a Ritchey case or more compact SS sized case to realize the convenience/portability value. Last edited by enr1co; 10-20-2014 at 10:38 PM. |
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Last year my wife and I travelled with two full sized cases @ 50lb each from the US to Switzerland to Italy back the Switzerland and the US. Both cases were too heavy and awkward for her to lift so I loading both onto every tram, train and bus. End result, me with a double hernia (seriously) and, upon my return, a call to my framebuilder to have couplers put on the bike I had in his queue. |
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Can anyone compare travel with the Ritchey travel case to that with an S&S ? How about space inside ?
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I have both since the Ritchey case came with the bike but I wanted the S&S for more peace of mind in terms of protection and not paying oversized baggage fees since the Ritchey case is technically oversized and it may be a matter of luck as to whether the airline dings you. The Ritchey case is a little bigger and it certainly seems like it would be a lot easier to get the bike packed into it. One thing to keep in mind is that if you are getting the Ritchey, it comes with the case whereas the S&S case is a couple hundred more.
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^^ S&S case is $430.
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This would be easier to deal with than a hard case:
http://pikapackworks.com I still have a smaller Pika that came with my Slingshot 650c folding road bike. I used it for a trip to Majorca and 2 trips to Colorado... |
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