[stoney]

random thought....sh!t you should figure out before you enter a tri race in another state....can i afford to get the bike there...

I can afford it. I'm just trying to do it in the cheapest way possible!

How do you think I have money to spend? By spending it wastefully?

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

I can afford it. I'm just trying to do it in the cheapest way possible!

How do you think I have money to spend? By spending it wastefully?

If making sure your bike was safe was wasteful spending, this thread wouldn't exist.

 

[stoney]

Have you looked into tri bike transport? They go from denver boulder to most of the big races? Pretty cool idea and was affordable when I used them a few years back and no problems and the bike was driven down in a box truck with a bay for each bike at about the cost of FedEx and no stress dealing with bike shape when it arrived. There are a couple of these types of companies that offer this service to and from triathlons in colorado or there where a couple of years ago.
Not 100 sure which event you are doing web page here
http://www.tribiketransport.com/stops.events

That is f*in brilliant! Problem solved. I don't even have to worry about building the bike and any adjustment issues when I get there. Totally worth it.

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

I think that's only for real races though

 

[jonKranked]

I think that's only for real racers though

fixed.

 

[Pesqueeb]

the only way to ensure it gets there is to ride it yourself.

This. 1. If you think it's any safer on a domestic airline, I've got bad news for you. 2. I also know that I'd much rather fight Fedex on an insurance claim, than any airline. 3. If stoney is going DEN-AUS, I'm pretty sure I know what airline he's flying on, the size of our cargo pits, the people who are working them, and what summer time weight restrictions are like.

 

[Da Peach]

make sure you swab it for ebola before you ride it.

 

[Adventurous]

If you start training now I'm sure you could smuggle it on the plane in your ass by then. Asstribikes.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

I have three shipping setups. A Colorado Bike Box, some kind of a Ritchie suitcase, and a pair of plywood boxes I built for getting bike and gear to HI and back. They're all in Vermont. This and five dollars gets you a sh1tty cup of alleged coffee.

 

[kickstand]

as a packaging engineer i have to ask, have you validated this configuration?

Yes. There's a few bikes in this focus.

*edit*
Also used swim noodles to ship a few bikes.

 

[stoney]

This. 1. If you think it's any safer on a domestic airline, I've got bad news for you. 2. I also know that I'd much rather fight Fedex on an insurance claim, than any airline. 3. If stoney is going DEN-AUS, I'm pretty sure I know what airline he's flying on, the size of our cargo pits, the people who are working them, and what summer time weight restrictions are like.

It's not your airline. Thankfully. It's the one you want to be at though.