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I don't need another bike. I just need to either take the forks out, or even just rotate them might be enough. I need to get the length to 85cm, but apparently they're not too strict. Then put it in a bag.
Forks out will definitely do it. I'd probably have to unbolt the brake caliper, but that doesn't look like a big deal. Rotated will get to about 95cm which might be enough, and wouldn't need to take the caliper off.
frank9755-
Actually, yeah, I didn't really look at the bike. There might be enough slack (or I could add a longer hydro cable) to allow the forks to be removed so it might be possible (if messy) to meet the size requirements with hydraulic discs. Aerobars are awkward, but I guess they'll sit mostly parallel to the frame - do you know the width limit of Poorostar?
hippy
While I like that approach, I'm not buying another bike just because train companies attitudes to bikes are total shit.
8hrs on trains would be a pretty nice journey, really. Just Brexitstar bike policy ruins it.
8:50 AM
St Pancras International
9:31 AM
St Pancras International
Eurostar Paris Nord
2 hr 17 min
12:48 PM
Gare du Nord
1:09 PM
Gare de l'Est
3:35 PM
ICE9553 Frankfurt(M)Hbf
2 hr 26 min (2 stops)
3:41 PM
Kaiserslautern Hbf
4:04 PM
RB69(13803) Fürth(Odenw)
23 min (non-stop)
4:16 PM
Neustadt (Weinstr) Hbf
RB51(12415) Karlsruhe Hbf
7 min (2 stops)
4:23 PM
Maikammer-Kirrweiler
Walk
About 26 min, 1.1 mi
4:49 PM
Weinstraße 622