DaveB wrote:
> MikeyOz wrote:
>
>> Working in Perth for a couple of weeks and toooooo scared to ship my
>> bike over to Perth, Its insured, but not even going to risk it!
>>
>> Might there be a bike shop fairly close to the CBD, that would rent out
>> a half decent road bike I could use for a couple of rides on the weekend
>> ?
>>
>> any info much appreciated, links, phone numbers, email adds, ride
>> details also.
>>
>>
>
> For a couple of weeks maybe it's worth finding a shop that sells second
> hand bikes. You might be able to pick something up for $100 or so and
> see if you could sell it back to them for half that. Worth thinking
> about anyway. My first roadie was only $90 second hand from a bike shop.
>
> DaveB
And for that matter you can also shop for a secondhand bike in Perth via
the Quokka, the local version of the Trading Post readers mart
publication. And it has on-line items.
As to transporting a bike to Perth I've taken roadbikes, trikes,
folders, MTBs and no problems with any damage in transit. About a dozen
trips around the country. No carbon bikes of course but then it just
comes down to your packaging arrangements in that regard. If you aren't
using a hardcase then pad the frame with foam tubing and use cardboard
between the frame and wheels and between the wheels and inside of the
bikebag. Use spacers for the dropouts (those plastic things that bikes
are packaged with when first transported to the bikeshop in a cardboard
box), wrap the chain up in plastic and out of the way, take of the seat,
bars, cranks, anything else that sticks out or makes the package bigger,
use cable ties to hold everything together solid. In fact, funnily
enough, if you make your package look less like a bike it might also
travel better. Smaller is also always better.
But then it is your bike, your precious.