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dhroadie
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I am going, have booked my flights 
Ventoux will rule! Hell of an etape though. I cannot wait!
Having taken DH bikes overseas a few times, will I get away with a box for my roadie? Or will I be better off getting a soft-sided bag (with padding) like Topeak do? Don't r e a l l y want to splash out $500-ish on a hard shell case.
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XCrazy
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| Posted: Sun 26/Oct/08 2:52pm Post subject: |
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| dhroadie wrote: | | I am going, have booked my flights |
SO jealous right now!!!! 
That will be awesome  
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dhroadie
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| Posted: Sun 26/Oct/08 2:59pm Post subject: |
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Will write a blog or some tihs to keep all informed of how I get on. Either that or regular, bran-based-cereal style updates on Vorb 
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Joel
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| Posted: Sun 26/Oct/08 5:34pm Post subject: |
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| dhroadie wrote: | I am going, have booked my flights
Ventoux will rule! Hell of an etape though. I cannot wait!
Having taken DH bikes overseas a few times, will I get away with a box for my roadie? Or will I be better off getting a soft-sided bag (with padding) like Topeak do? Don't r e a l l y want to splash out $500-ish on a hard shell case. |
buy a new bike in Europe! some nice bling
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Alf
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| Posted: Sun 26/Oct/08 6:24pm Post subject: |
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| dhroadie wrote: | I am going, have booked my flights
Ventoux will rule! Hell of an etape though. I cannot wait!
Having taken DH bikes overseas a few times, will I get away with a box for my roadie? Or will I be better off getting a soft-sided bag (with padding) like Topeak do? Don't r e a l l y want to splash out $500-ish on a hard shell case. |
If you want to go with the soft-sided bag and you're in Chch you can borrow mine. It did a fine job for me in Europe this year. No damage to bike and packed with everything else imaginable I needed for riding it weighed 25kg. I took the biggest carry on bag I could get away with for everything else, carried that on the plane and it was mint.
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dhroadie
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Thanks for the offer dude! I'm in Welly but would be more than willing to pay for you to send it up closer to the time, if you were OK with that.
Nice one!
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thelivo
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| Posted: Thu 30/Oct/08 9:55pm Post subject: |
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| dhroadie wrote: | I am going, have booked my flights
Ventoux will rule! Hell of an etape though. I cannot wait!
Having taken DH bikes overseas a few times, will I get away with a box for my roadie? Or will I be better off getting a soft-sided bag (with padding) like Topeak do? Don't r e a l l y want to splash out $500-ish on a hard shell case. |
bar steward. i hate you
j/k
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