travel for a living bring bike?
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I think it will depend on how long your will be in a certain place while travelling. My son used to travel a lot for work and he could be in one country for 2-4 weeks. He has been to all kinds of interesting places, Tunisia, Argentina, Brazil, Thailand, several European countries. He went to Australia twice for a month each time. The second time he took his bike with him. Being in a place long enough to have weekends makes taking a bike worthwhile. Later on his trips were shorter so he would just rent a bike for a day, much less trouble than transporting a boxed bike through multiple airports
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I think it will depend on how long your will be in a certain place while travelling. My son used to travel a lot for work and he could be in one country for 2-4 weeks. He has been to all kinds of interesting places, Tunisia, Argentina, Brazil, Thailand, several European countries. He went to Australia twice for a month each time. The second time he took his bike with him. Being in a place long enough to have weekends makes taking a bike worthwhile. Later on his trips were shorter so he would just rent a bike for a day, much less trouble than transporting a boxed bike through multiple airports
From my understanding it will be mostly just be the pacific northwest. Nothing exotic. Probably a bunch of small town usa, which would be fun to explore on a gravel bike.
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I used to travel at least once a month when I was living full-time in Bangkok. Fun cities to bike in were Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta. Not so fun cities were Manila and New Delhi. The UAE and Qatar were ok unless it was summer. Just too hot then. I always used a bike case and they worked very well. Most airlines were very accommodating.
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I used to travel by air domestically about 25%, of the time. I bought a cheap sleeping bag at a Wally's, sewed it folded to the length of my longest bicycle frame, and I always took it with me.
Don't remember if they charged extra
I had a big case of electronic test equipment so my employer always paid what ever.
Now I have a solo and a tandem Ritchey that flies for work or pleasure travel.
When I travel by car I throw an appropriate bike in.
Don't remember if they charged extra
I had a big case of electronic test equipment so my employer always paid what ever.
Now I have a solo and a tandem Ritchey that flies for work or pleasure travel.
When I travel by car I throw an appropriate bike in.
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It was a dream job until it wasn't. When you have a couple of very young children at home being away for weeks at a time gets old fast
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If you travel by car then a folding bike would be a good addition and good ones sell for less than $1,000 new. If you fly then it becomes very expensive. When I was living in Dallas and spending a great deal of time in the SF bay area I ended up buying a second bike as it was much cheaper than paying the airline baggage fees.
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If you travel by car then a folding bike would be a good addition and good ones sell for less than $1,000 new. If you fly then it becomes very expensive. When I was living in Dallas and spending a great deal of time in the SF bay area I ended up buying a second bike as it was much cheaper than paying the airline baggage fees.
I am envious of runners. Easy to pack some good running shoes and shorts. :-) My knees just not happy running or hiking down hill.
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