Quote Originally Posted by Thorn View Post
Continuing the thread hijack....I read a negative review on the Bike Friday that said after reconstituting it, that the derailleur always needed to be readjusted. In y'all's experience, any truth to that? My guess is not, but I've been trying to find opinions, both positive and negative.

Background...I just bought a custom bike. The fit is wonderful and very much non-standard. I take 1-3 bike vacations a year so I figure I have 3 options...take my beautiful new custom in a big box, paying upwards of $250/trip and risk TSA and baggage handler damage, continue renting bikes that can never fit for upwards of $250/trip, or, seriously contemplate a Bike Friday. I have to admin the latter idea is intriguing. This thread has me thinking it should be a plan and I should start saving the pennies.

Any negatives?
Thorn, I'll give you a full report once i have the bike and post-vacation. I, too, have a beautiful custom bike. I would love to bring it on vacation, but it's so cumbersome, not to mention the extra airline charges. Plus, this vacation I am flying into Paris and out of Barcelona, so it's kinda hard to be lugging a big bike box with me. You can always find cardboard boxes, but I don't want to put my nice custom bike in a cardboard box for the airlines to abuse. I want the flexibility to be more mobile on my bike vacations.

Stay tuned..should be start a new thread in the first category or keep it here?