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    Flying with a bike--tip the skycap?

    the search function tells me we should have searched for this before
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    Flying with a bike--tip the skycap?

    thanks for the info- seliger, I like your style, making up obscure airline rules and generally trying to confuse the counter people to get your bags on the plane. "These skis don't have bindings, so they don't actually count as extra luggage on Tuesdays and Thursdays ma'am." now for a...
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    Flying with a bike--tip the skycap?

    I'll be flying with a bike for the first time this summer. Usually when I travel with skis I can talk my way through excess baggage fees, but a lot of folks I know swear by just leaving the skis with the skycap, tipping well and letting them take care of it. Has anyone ever gotten around...
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    riding in Tokyo area

    thanks for the advice. i read on gaijinpot that one dude would pull the wheels, bungee them to the frame and throw a tarp over the bike. then i guess it would be feasible to throw the tarp/bungees in a camelbak and go ride. i'm less concerned with dh-ing as you could just leave the travel...
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    riding in Tokyo area

    ah brutal. so, no car--no mt. biking is basically what we're dealing with here? or at the very least no short mt. bike trips where you wouldn't want to take the rig apart...
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    riding in Tokyo area

    From the depths of the archives--I may be spending a year in Tokyo (downtown) on a work assignment. If I didn't have a car, would riding be possible at all? DH riding would be most important but post-work or daytrip trailrides would be nice as well. I've read that to bring a bike on the...
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    sherman slider--what did jenny break?

    03 Sherman Slider First couple of runs yesterday my lady friend was over the bars twice and almost a 3rd time. turns out her fork was only getting about an inch of travel, whereas before (or at least for most of the season, maybe the problem started on saturday) the fork was working...