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Interesting - that might be easier than messing around with the caliper.
Yes, there are special bags, but on most of them you just strap the wheels to the side of the frame. The bags are not structural, they are just covers.
https://euro.montbell.com/products/list.php
https://www.renehersecycles.com/shop/equipment/bags/ostrich-l-100-rinko-bag/Other things people use are covers for the discs, spacers for disc brakes, a cover for the cassette...
Some people just use a sheet to wrap the bike in. Key thing to me seems to be having a shoulder strap fixed to the bike, not the bag, so it is relatively easy to carry.
In Germany it seemed quite common to just use a bin liner and tape. I did this when I had to DNS the TCR in Austria and plenty of others were doing it, and it was fine. But it wouldn't work on Eurostar, which is the main issue.
Alternative is early train to Dover + ferry instead of Eurostar. Or even overnight ferry to Harwich-Hoek. Slower but less rinko stress!
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Alternative is early train to Dover + ferry instead of Eurostar.
7:07 AM
St Pancras International
southeastern Dover Priory
1 hr 7 min (4 stops) · Platform 12
7:14 AM
Stratford International
7:25 AM
Ebbsfleet International
7:45 AM
Ashford International
8:14 AM
Dover Priory
8:14 AM
Dover6am, 1hr ride to St Pancras and then 1hr train to Dover then ferry.
Then you have to sort trains out on the other side. But means no disassembly (assuming you can take bikes on southeastern Dover Priory).
hippy
Mine runs in the fork but I think if you take the bars off the steerer you can get them near enough the caliper to remove the fork - they just won't come all the way away from the bike because of the hydro line through the fork. Now you've got me rinko curious...
Are there 'proper' rinko bags that keep wheels separate from frame, etc?