Coker on a plane?

I have relatives on the north coast of NS, they drive when they've come
down here (and Connecticut is a lot further then Maine) and so did I
when I visited them for a wedding. Also, there are ferrys you could
take - Bar Harbour and Portland to Yarmouth. So, why go by plane?

I'd love to do this ride, but I think it's a bit out of my league.

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sockmonster said:

In September, I'm going to go up to Halifax, Nova Scotia to preview the
course for Ride The Lobster, an 800k unicycle relay race to be held in
June 2008.

Dude - I fully plan on riding that race, and I fully plan on driving the
6 or 7 hours to Bar Harbor and taking the ferry to Yarmouth, where the
race is to start. Why fly? Ferries are more fun anyway.

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brian.slater said:

So, why go by plane?

Well, maybe for you guys there are other options. But not all of the
13 countries are a drive and ferry ride away. It'll be hard enough to
get there from sunny ol' England without flying, let alone the poor
guys that are coming all the way from New Zealand!

STM

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Do a search on Coker luggage, or traveling with Cokers. Nathan Hoover
has written about it, and has bags specially made to fit the wheels.

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Bike bags generally fit Cokers very well. I have travelled with mine
many a time and the wheel fits in really nicely. You can often hire
these bags if you need to from your local cycle store. Would suggest
going for the soft padded version not the hard ones.

Roger

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I tried to take a uni on a plane to an island off england, I emailed
then but got I reply saying that I would not be able to take it on a
plane due to sucrity reasons (just after london attack) so I had no uni
🙁

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another bit of advice:
shut up and ride🙂

some people get the concept, some don't

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that's the great thing about Cokers.....you don't need to fly there 🙂

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"Coker on a plane?" Isn't that a movie? Wait, that was Snakes on a
Plane.

I've never taken a Coker on a plane, but I have taken my prop table,
uncicycle, juggling [censored] with me on a place. The bigest thing is the
table and breaks down to basically just the tabletop, which ends up
about the size of the coker with the seat taken off.

It should be just within range being small enough to be considered not
oversized (something like 82" combined). So maybe if you have one
checked luggage and the other is your coker they may take it. Some
airlines have a set fee for anything like a bicycle, and they'd
probably consider a unicycle for the same fee. Otherwise you get
charged oversize/excess fee around $50-100. If you have a flight with
no other airline connections this is am OK rate, otherwise for each
connection you make the other airline will charge the fee to you again.

Other than that there are shipping companies, UPS FedEx or companies
that handle excess baggage right there at the airport.

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thayr said:

"Coker on a plane?" Isn't that a movie? Wait, that was Snakes on a
Plane.

sory i couldnt resist

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spazdude222 said:

Grab your [censored] and double click!

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Haha! Nice.

http://epicmoviethemovie.com

"These snakes on this damn plane!"

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I've flown with cokers twice. 1st time I checked it in as is, with
pedals removed. that was a single domestic flight and it was fine. 2nd
time the wheel went in a bike bag (with roger's coker) and the frame
in my checked bag. hat was multi flight trip and probadly it was
safer that way with bagage handlers in 3 airports in 3 countries.

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Sorry Dan, but I loved the idea and had to give it a shot!

Coker on a plane!

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captions! ?

"Your telling me, there's no other wheel?"

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brian.slater said:

I'd love to do this ride, but I think it's a bit out of my league.

It's a relay race, so get a team together, and you won't be alone.

Even though it's competitive, the biggest incentive to make the trip is
to meet unicyclists from around the world.

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Brian MacKenzie said:

that's the great thing about Cokers.....you don't need to fly there 🙂

I could ride there... I rode around New England earlier this year.
(shameless plug- www.unicyclemax.com) But I'd be looking at about three
weeks each way....

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rogeratunicycledotcom said:

Bike bags generally fit Cokers very well. I have travelled with mine
many a time and the wheel fits in really nicely. You can often hire
these bags if you need to from your local cycle store.

Great advice Roger...I now owe you big time. After reading your post,
I happened to be up at my LBS buying a new cyclometer for my son for
Christmas. They had a big Athalon bike bag hanging from the ceiling
with a sign on it that said "Rent Me - $35 per week". I asked the
owner "How much would it be if it had a "Buy Me" tag instead of a "Rent
Me" tag?". She said "I'd sell it to you for $100." Well, that seemed
like a decent deal, but I've never priced one of these out and frankly
couldn't tell from where it was hanging if it would even fit a 36"
wheel. I told her I'd be in the next day to see if my coker would fit.

When I started searching on Bike Bags, I found a lot of options...most
of which seemed too small in dimension, and almost all of which were
well over $100. I found the Athalon site also, but it appears they're
not making the bike bags anymore. So the net of it was it seemed to be
a great deal, and I went back up today with my GB4 36 to see if it
would fit. Not only does it fit without having to separate the wheel
from the frame, but I think it will actually hold two 36-ers and frames
if properly dis-assembled and packed. That will make for good traveling
if I can convince my son to join me for the Lobster race. The bag is
super spacious, has a center compartment for the bike, plus a big
zipped compartment on each side for the wheels. All are well padded.

But the best news is this: when the owner rang up the sale, she only
charged me $75. A screamin' deal, making my day.

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Chrashing said:

captions! ?

"Your telling me, there's no other wheel?"

Haha I could definitely see him saying that.

"Amy, I'm gonna need a longer post."

I thought this would be a thread about trying to ride a coker on a
plane. I tried to ride a coker on the subway before and fell into a
gangster.

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Chrashing said:

"Your telling me, there's no other wheel?"

TheObieOne3226 said:

"Amy, I'm gonna need a longer post."

"He says it's circus equipment, no charge. I say it's a bicycle and he
owes us 70 bucks."

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Captions?

Chrashing said:

"Your telling me, there's no other wheel?"

TheObieOne3226 said:

"Amy, I'm gonna need a longer post."

DonO said:

"He says it's circus equipment, no charge. I say it's a bicycle and he
owes us 70 bucks."

"No camara, but that international spy MacKenzie can't be far."

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