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Trailers, convertable In re trailers, my wife towed her BF Carlton case as a trailer on our 1200 mile self-contained 2003 trip from Seabrook Island, Charleston, SC to New Smyrna Beach, Florida and back. Perhaps significantly, she has not used it so again. It was occasionally difficult to...

Packing Quest II 20" off to Maui. In February 2012, we sucessfully shipped our folding bikes to Maui and back, a Bike Friday AirGlide and my Quest II 20". They traveled in Samsonite Flytes via USPS Parcel Post for $50 each, each way. We shipped them a month in advance (from our rural and...

Knee pain. When your knees hurt, shift down. When your chest hurts, shift up. That's unrealistically simple but better than hurting in the middle of a ride. I find my right knee hurting (front outside) when I try too hard and wind up mashing rather than spinning. The not often spoken...

Locking against a joyrider or a knowing bike thief? It'd almost be worth it to watch a joyrider try a Cruzbike. Contrarywise, locks will not deter a knowledgable thief. We lock our bikes together against the opportunist bagging my wife's Bike Friday.

Use the familiar type mirror Riding a new bike is not the time to be learning a new mirror too. I use a Mirricycle because that's what was on the previous ride. Previously I used a Micro-mirror inside my glasses.

Draftmaster car carrier I haven't mounted my Quest to our Draftmaster, but I have no doubt that it will. Previously it has carried 2 Greenspeed trikes or one trike and my wife's Bike Friday Air Glide at 100 miles per hour. My Greenspeed trike was destroyed while on the Draftmaster by the...

Young's Modulus of steel I don't know just what alloy are the shifter cables but the general steel Young's Modulus is 200 GPa/30 x 10⁶lbf/in² You ain't stretching shifter cables!