Disc brakes are dead

centre bolt mounted brakes >>>>>>>>>>

Have you considered disc brakes?

Maybe I should go full hydro disc on this .. bleed every time I take it apart to put it in the case. Makes sense as it will stop consistently every time even in wet weather!

don't forget the modulation. And just think of the vertical compliance of the s&s couplings.

yasssssss!

It's mostly because of American airline companies being weird with sports equipment, and if you can fit the bike in a normal sized bag that will go in the hold then it counts as normal luggage.

This is the theory.

Except I have S&S couplers and I can tell you the theory does not work.

The S&S bike cases have no space for shoes, tools, bike clothing, helmet... let alone normal clothing, toiletries, etc.

So you are still going to have to check-in another bag (can't carry tools on, etc) and you're not saving anything in fees.

Also... bikes in boxes with other stuff jammed in tend to weigh quite a bit and still be large, so you're on the cusp of excess baggage anyway, especially for cheaper internal flights.

My solution for my Seven: No S&S, just get a proper sized bike box/bag.

S&S are not really worth it.

That said, at least they have zero impact on frame stiffness, etc. If you've got them your ride isn't affected by them.

The S&S bike cases

I am getting a cheap custom poly case. Will get pipe insulation as frame padding and some sort of spacers (plastic), bubblé wrap, TSA net, clothes stuffed as 'padding' for other stuff and carry a T level challenger as a cabin bag. As long as the case takes shoes and helmet (or at least one of it), I'll be fine.

What tools do you/did you carry?

I raise you with the Thule bike box that weighs in at 10kg unloaded. Add one 15kg trail bike and some kit and boom - it's close to half my weight. And it has no front wheels.

Never, ever again. We drove to the alps last year. Easier.

I <3 this thread.

Can we bring back the LFGSS Friends list so I can add @amey as my friend?

How I fly (packing helmet, clothes and tools inside, before the final thick wrap-up).

On a geared bike, how easy is it to re-cable when handlebar is removed from frame?

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Is this built yet?

Dude just get the Zefal HPX.

There is no frame pump out there that are as reliable, affordable and tough as the Zefal.

plus airlines wont charge ever and you can pack all your stuff in it like a normal bag.

Selected airline won't charge you for sport equipment.

British Airway for instance, sometime work out cheaper than other plus sport equipment charge.

Virgin Altantic to America also don't charge for sport equipment, so a full size bike plus clothes in it, and a backpack sufficient for 3 weeks.

You forgot, i am not white and do visit the 3rd world often

shut up. you don't do this.

I've seen baggage handlers throwing bikes from the plane onto the tarmac. If you do this and it survives that's just insolent.

Done it 5 times, maybe more - in different variants. This one with too little foil, could have gone wrong if the black nylon under hadn't hold up.

Now I just use plenty of foil.

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shut up. you don't do this.

You kinda can.

I actually wheeled my bicycle to the baggage handler, all I did was rotated the handlebar, removed pedals and deflated tyres slightly.

There's two schools of thought on flying with a bike;

1. Pack it in a box and make it bombproof so baggage handlers can't do any damage.
   
2. Keep it as bike like as possible in the hope that the baggage handlers treat it with the reverence it deserves.
   

Incidentally, Amey is going to Etape with me and a few other Londoners on the same flight. We'll all have normal bikes in full-size cases.

But whatever. New Bike Day.

These are a great addition to an HPX - you get a (not too accurate but still useful) gauge and don't have to worry about yanking your valve stem around too much.

Aren't you brazing the direct mounts on anyway?

Does no-one do the thing where you push the head of the pump against a wall/tree so it can't move? Allows for vigorous pumping.

Tree? You must live in countryside .. this is metropolitan elite only thread. Diesel fumes, flat whites, regents laps, remain voters only.

wall

They are building a wall already? S&S will come in handy when mass deportations begin.