Originally Posted by
Ex Pres
I'm confused. You can take a full size bike up to 50# on many Amtrak routes for less than $20. You have to check it in, not carry on, but I've not heard of anyone having issues with them.
...this ^^^. sometimes you have to pull the pedals and turn the bar, but other than that, it's pretty painless. Both those operations are easily accomplished by carrying a couple of tools. What would be really great would be if they had the same rules and policies for every route, but apparently standardizing their bicycle policies is beyond the abilities of Amtrack. So you kinda have to take what you can get and hope nobody running your particular train throws you a curve.