[Yak] Where to go in central Italy?

[David Lipsky]

I think we got ours when ordering a case from Sands Machinery, not thru a bike shop, but am not sure now....(3 yrs later).
What's great is that, in addition to the toughness of the material, a cover piece that is an inch or more longer than, say, seat post, stem or steerer mast will close up over the end and thus won't allow the piece to slide out in that direction.
The widest material won't do the main BF frame tube but two could be used as a wide enough cover. 
I cut tabs in some covers so that they can go around corners, so that one long piece could be used to, for example, go down one fork leg, across the spacer and back up the other leg. 

Does anyone have a clever solution to provent the steerer stub from chewing up the inside of the suitcase?

David Lipsky
in Bologna

On Aug 31, 2010, at 12:43 AM, Paul Webb <paul.webb.1 at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> Hi Faith, 
> 
> They would be these, I think:
> 
> <http://www.sandsmachine.com/ac_cover.htm>
> 
> They do look effective - better than either the foam pipe
> insulation or the Bike Fridays felt bags.
> 
> It's not immediately clear whether Sands Machine sell these
> covers retail, but a call to them should find that out. (Their
> couplings are sold to frame builders only - not that anyone else
> can do much with them !)
> 
> Paul
> 
> On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:44:11 -0400, you wrote:
> 
>> Excuse my ignorance but I'm interested in getting the S&S ripstop material to use in packing my folding bike which TSA damaged the first time I traveled.
>> 
>> What is S&S and where can I get this? Thanks.
>> 
>> The protective pieces that come with the Samsonite suitcase from Bike Friday are ok but they come off in transit.
>> 
>> Faith
>> 
>> From: yak-bounces at bikefriday.com [mailto:yak-bounces at bikefriday.com] On Behalf Of David Lipsky
>> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 4:41 PM
>> To: Yak
>> Subject: [Yak] Where to go in central Italy?
>> 
>> Yaksters,
>> My wife and I will soon be in Bologna, Perugia and then Siena. Does anyone have specific suggestions of things to see and do by bike while there?
>> We'll be in apartments for five or six days in each place so we are planning to do day trips of 30 to 60 miles. We can use a car to get a little farther away and we have a bike mounted Garmin eTrex GPS with regional maps.
>> My new PRP survived flights and rental car trips from Berkeley to San Diego (Southwest) to Charlottesville to Venice (United) to Borso del Grappa (the Italian Cycling Center) with only a minor bend to the large chain ring which doesn't seem to have affected the shifting much at all.
>> I used S&S frame protection material for the smaller frame tubes, seat mast, stem and bars. These are 7" or 9" wide rolls of padded ripstop nylon with Velcro along the edge. You cut to length, wrap around the frame member and it sticks to itself and protects well.
>> I ended up with a Samsonite Flite 31" because it was available at a Berkeley luggage shop. (I would have preferred the 30" Flite.) Lots of room and no excess airline charges, so far. It is a bit difficult when you get on an Intercity high-speed train and have to carry/drag it to the other other end of the car because that is where your seat is -- The wheels are of no use when the aisle is only 20 inches wide!
>> I found the TSA "We searched your luggage" calling card, but nothing was disturbed that I could detect.
>> Ciao,
>> David Lipsky
>> 
>> 
>> 
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