Originally Posted by
prathmann
Seems risky. ...
That's just the thing. You prepare your equipment, you rinko your bike and bag it properly, you buy your ticket, you get on your train, and you don't know if the conductor will let you ride.
By this time you have registered for an event, reserved a hotel room, etc; maybe you've paid for all this in advance, and all this is up in the air.
It's gambling. And I don't like gambling.
I'm considering this approach for getting home from a flèche; if the event is already done before I mess with Amtrak, a recalcitrant conductor would not completely ruin my day.