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Air lines unfair charges for bike transport

alastair — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:59:59 +0000

I purchased a ticket last month to fly to France to Tour the Alps with a group with Ben Sarotta of Serotta Bikes. The Trip the people the experience was great with exception of getting hosed by the AirLines,

North West / Delta. Upon arrival to get my boarding pass I was informed that I would have to pay $300 each way to transport my bike. The bike was in an approved bike case and weighted less the 50 lb max. Your allowed 2 pieces of luggage up to 100 lbs. Even though I had no other check in baggage … they charged me the full $600…

So the trip cost me an additional $600 for transport of my bike…
Upon return I decided to check my carry on to avoid carry it around between layovers. When I arrived back at my distination my bike and luggage was not there…
The Air Line delivered it 12 hrs later. Upon unpacking I discoved that my Gramin, bike computer, cell phone, camera and new gifts were stolen….
The air line states that they are not responsible for missing electronics ???

My reason for writing this is so that you may be able to alert others of the excessive bike transport charge from Northwest Air and Delta Air lines, before they buy thier ticket.

MSC BIKES USA WEBSITE GOES LIVE

sam — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:13:14 +0000

MSC Bikes USA announces the launch of www.mscbikesusa.com on september 11th. MSC Bikes SL is a manufacturer established in Barcelona, Spain. The MSC’s new website showcases the stylish components linse and unique design of bikes.
As they officially say on its website through its U.S. Sales Director: “The main goal for mscbikesusa.com is to take the place of a paper catalog as much as possible. We can reduce our carbon footprint and provide our audience with better information than print media can provide alone.”
http://www.mscbikesusa.com

Check your handlebar and stem every year

sam — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:47:15 +0000

As bike shop owner i often see poorly maintained bicycles. Especially with highend carbon roadbikes and mountainbikes it is necessary to inspect handlebar and stems very closely. It is not sufficent only to look at them. You have to dissassemble the handlebar and check wether your carbon handlebar is not threatend at the stem clamp. Often the handlebars are – because of to high torque – damaged exactly at this area.

So keep in mind: Check you handlebar – carbon or aluminum – every year and after every downfall. Do not only look at it, but dissassemble the handlebar for grooves!

Otherwise your next ride could end like this.

Thomas
http://www.tomsbikecorner.de