Comments on: Take Apart Touring Bike with S&S Couplings http://www.truenorthcycles.com/2008/05/21/take-apart-touring-bike-with-ss-couplings/ Handcrafted Excellence, One Bike at a Time Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:51:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: David http://www.truenorthcycles.com/2008/05/21/take-apart-touring-bike-with-ss-couplings/#comment-111 David Fri, 23 May 2008 03:02:45 +0000 http://www.truenorthcycles.com/2008/05/21/take-apart-touring-bike-with-ss-couplings/#comment-111 ...and Phil - a lot more than 33's can fit on this bike - try that with your calipers - it is a touring bike though, not just a travel bike....However, I agree - Hampsten's bike is pretty sweet. …and Phil - a lot more than 33’s can fit on this bike - try that with your calipers - it is a touring bike though, not just a travel bike….However, I agree - Hampsten’s bike is pretty sweet.

]]> By: David http://www.truenorthcycles.com/2008/05/21/take-apart-touring-bike-with-ss-couplings/#comment-110 David Fri, 23 May 2008 02:20:52 +0000 http://www.truenorthcycles.com/2008/05/21/take-apart-touring-bike-with-ss-couplings/#comment-110 I'm not sure what new restrictions you are talking about. Most airlines will charge $50 to $125 per direction for taking your bike. Most don't differentiate based on the size of the bike. With the S&S couplings, you travel with luggage, not a bike. ;) I’m not sure what new restrictions you are talking about. Most airlines will charge $50 to $125 per direction for taking your bike. Most don’t differentiate based on the size of the bike. With the S&S couplings, you travel with luggage, not a bike. ;)

]]> By: Darren Alff http://www.truenorthcycles.com/2008/05/21/take-apart-touring-bike-with-ss-couplings/#comment-109 Darren Alff Fri, 23 May 2008 02:00:03 +0000 http://www.truenorthcycles.com/2008/05/21/take-apart-touring-bike-with-ss-couplings/#comment-109 With the new airline restrictions, is having a coupled touring frame really a neccesity anymore? I just recently flew to Aruba with a Bike Friday with 20" wheels and had no problems, but if I had taken a bike with full sized touring wheels I think it would have been a different story. Good looking bike though! With the new airline restrictions, is having a coupled touring frame really a neccesity anymore? I just recently flew to Aruba with a Bike Friday with 20″ wheels and had no problems, but if I had taken a bike with full sized touring wheels I think it would have been a different story.

Good looking bike though!

]]> By: Phil Koop http://www.truenorthcycles.com/2008/05/21/take-apart-touring-bike-with-ss-couplings/#comment-108 Phil Koop Thu, 22 May 2008 13:02:56 +0000 http://www.truenorthcycles.com/2008/05/21/take-apart-touring-bike-with-ss-couplings/#comment-108 Nice, but ... cantilever brakes. Check out Andy Hampsten's travel bike. Wound Up long reach fork + long reach Shimano calipers give clearance for 33mm tires with caliper brakes & road geometry: http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/tech.php?id=/tech/2008/probikes/andy_hampsten_may08 Nice, but … cantilever brakes. Check out Andy Hampsten’s travel bike. Wound Up long reach fork + long reach Shimano calipers give clearance for 33mm tires with caliper brakes & road geometry:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/tech.php?id=/tech/2008/probikes/andy_hampsten_may08

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