TheLegend

You have a hammer? A BIG one?

LEt the experts tell you about the riding performance, weight and whatever of the tubeless - I can tell you from my own experience of how nice it is to reduce your punctures from 7 times out of 10 rides to 0 times in about 80 rides! definitels worth every penny - GO TUBELESS!

yeah, you could solder some plates in to get the jokey wheels further apart. nice trick, very clever and surely attracting attention wherever you go! FAR OUT MAN!

I dunno, what's the issue?

and the chain is too long

yes, take the plastic behind the cassette off"!!!!!

Whats this supposed to mean? Or is it just another Rascist Remark, I am proud of who I am, and if you have a problem with it, deal with your issues. BTW, I always ask for a discount so BLEH to you Oh and smart mouth, I don't work for TNT, they are a global player in freight forwarding and I use them to import all my cargo out of the US, Italy, Germany and Japan haha, great, you must love this sensitivity If I am not mistaken the comment was done relating to those sex hotlines you can call - which all offer you cheap rates. CALL ME!

check un-accopanied freight with different airlines (is named differntly now, but still the same). usually quite cheap!

No skattie' date=' the wheels weren't only flat, they were "torn beyond use". [/quote'] Ag dankie pop....well then, if it does matter so much, I've seen a tyre get torn to shreds by over inflation. That being said, it was a very old tyre on which the rubber had deteriorated badly. It was beyond it's useful life and really should have been replaced. The bead on the tyre was torn from the casing at least a third of the way round the tyre with some tears running up into the sidewall. Point being that it is possible. OH NO, you are turning itno him! Behold!

You are merely perpetuating a myth. I get into trouble for questioning statements like this but were I you when you heard this from someone' date=' I would have asked them to please explain how the tyre managed to burst. See, when a bicycle tyre is overinflated (which is effectively what happens when you take a bike to the moon) the tyre doesn't burst but the tube bursts. Further, the tube can only burst when it is outside the tyre. It cannot burst inside the tyre. How does this happen? The overinflated tube lifts the bead and pop outside like a hernia. Once outside, it finds that the atmosphere there is a bit lacking and then bursts. Immediately it retracts before the bead can subside, leaving you with the impression that the tube burst inside. Rule of thumb: if you heard a bang, it happened outside the tyre not inside. This type of questioning anything that doesn't sound kosher doesn't do much for getting invited to the next dinner party though. [/quote'] Who cares for the specifics.....the wheel was flat....end of story ah, a children's birthday party - FUN

He should have told them to deflate their prices a bit! 150 euros is too much, the check in person probably didn't understand that it was "sportsbaggage". I encountered this once and the lady wanted 1600,- euros from me. Eventually she understood that it's sports bagagge. Airlines have different regualtions and prices. International flights should be around 80 euros, domestics in europe about 40 euros. (Lufthansa apparently has two prices leaving from jo'burg, deoending if your box weight's over or below 15 kg's - was quite surprised, cause I'd never heard that before) In SA prices seem to vary for domestics. BA apparently for free, SAA 200-250 rands. In June they transported my 42 kg bikebox for free - alongside my suitcase. Nice check-in lady.

Its not luck that made you stay on the bike but the great design of the pedal. Unlike other pedals your shoe will not come loose if the tip breaks off. ya, tell him tiger!

no crash, that dude is talking crazy! close ups as well please!

shush man, PSSSSSSSSSSSST!

try it out, take pics!

CWC has banner ads on the Hub' date=' which they would have to pay for, so it's not free. By posting competitions in the forum they do get free exposure, but I don't think that's an issue, since I doubt anyone here minds winning bike goodies? Unless you're a competitor? [/quote'] the bold printed part of your text explains a lot! Yes, I am a competitioner. The less people know of CWC the less people get their bike repaired (since CWC is the only bike store in teh country) and the more chicks I can score at races after fixing their bikes

oh yeah, the air expands and the tyre bursts...does that happen before the beerbottles explode, your shaving foam container bursts, the deodorant can makes boom and the dogs eyes puff out? unless your tyres are inflated to the very max you don't need to deflate them. the cargo holds are pressurized (except for some russian transporters ) TheLegend2008-08-05 02:27:18

Is the hub becoming a free advertisement platform for CWC?

agree' date=' leave the bike as whole as possible. went to Europe. CT - Jhb - Rome - Marseille. and then back. i just bubble wrapped the tubing. unscrewed the derailleur and turned the handle bars square and taped it onto the top tube. at checkin the staff came and fetched the bike and wheeled away to be loaded. first in and first out (bike was always the 1st item onto the rotissary).[/quote'] when flying overseas I would definitely go for the box - where else can you store all the extra luggage?

haha, exactely - have someone observing them throwing the bike in. That gives you a much better feeling

On national flights it's enough to bubble wrap the bike a bit. Perhaps take the pedals of, handle bar square and off you go!

Oh, there's many opinions to that. better delete that post and ride, waht you prefer! it's all just opinions after all...