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The bike I use for commuting is a Brompton. Folding it up to put in its padded bag takes less than 30 seconds and I do that every time I put it away in my hall

by Lio 6y ago

The bike I use for commuting is a Brompton. Folding it up to put in its padded bag takes less than 30 seconds and I do that every time I put it away in my hall. I don't own a flight case for it but they exist and don't require disassembly to use. I'm not saying that everyone does this, just that treating a bike like a musical instrument isn't that far fetched an idea. > you must admit having several bikes is pretty extreme in itself. I'm in a bike club. I know so many people with more than one bike it's not even a joke any more. N+1 and all that.

lmm 6y ago
> Folding it up to put in its padded bag takes less than 30 seconds and I do that every time I put it away in my hall. But you leave it unboxed for 8 hours at the other end, right? I don't think any musician would do that with their instrument. > I don't own a flight case for it but they exist and don't require disassembly to use. Sure, because it's a dedicated folding bike. Will this bamboo bike go in a flight case without any disassembly?
- Lio 6y ago
  > Will this bamboo bike go in a flight case without any disassembly? Yeah if you want that. BikeBoxAlan have a case you put a bike into and only need to remove the wheels[1]. If you'd discount that because of such minor disassembly you'd have to discount the minor disassembly of putting a flute or Sax in it's box too. As I said though, you don't have to treat the bike like that but you could easily if you wanted to. 1. https://www.bikeboxalan.com/product/triathlon-easyfit/?v=79cba1185463 https://www.bikeboxalan.com/product/triathlon-easyfit/?v=79c...
  - lmm 6y ago
    And you'd what, stash a second box at the office? Always have a support car? Only do circular rides from home? I'm sure there are some people whose lifestyle lets them treat a bicycle like a musical instrument. I really don't think most people could do it, not while riding with any real frequency. I count myself lucky that my office has underground bicycle parking (and we're still talking wheel-bender racks next to the A/C exhaust vents). I stand by the statement that a bicycle that needs to be looked after that carefully isn't, by the usual standards of such things, a practical bicycle.
    - Lio 6y ago
      Of course I don't keep a second box at the office. Likewise I know very few people that keep a piano in a flight case when they're not transporting it. I actually do have bikes that I only take on circular rides because of their value and I baby the hell out of them but that's a false dichotomy. They are not saying you have to treat these bikes as fragile musical instruments. They're just saying that if you do it will incur less wear and tear. A carbon fibre bike frame is probably more fragile than a steel one. That limits the number of use cases for carbon but doesn't mean it's not a practical material for different usecases. As a further example, I have a TT race bike. I keep mine hanging up in the garage an only take it out to races or for circular training rides. I have a friend that commutes on his TT bike as a form of training. Mine will last longer than his.

by Lio 6y ago

lmm 6y ago

> Folding it up to put in its padded bag takes less than 30 seconds and I do that every time I put it away in my hall. But you leave it unboxed for 8 hours at the other end, right? I don't think any musician would do that with their instrument. > I don't own a flight case for it but they exist and don't require disassembly to use. Sure, because it's a dedicated folding bike. Will this bamboo bike go in a flight case without any disassembly?

Lio 6y ago
> Will this bamboo bike go in a flight case without any disassembly? Yeah if you want that. BikeBoxAlan have a case you put a bike into and only need to remove the wheels[1]. If you'd discount that because of such minor disassembly you'd have to discount the minor disassembly of putting a flute or Sax in it's box too. As I said though, you don't have to treat the bike like that but you could easily if you wanted to. 1. https://www.bikeboxalan.com/product/triathlon-easyfit/?v=79cba1185463 https://www.bikeboxalan.com/product/triathlon-easyfit/?v=79c...
- lmm 6y ago
  And you'd what, stash a second box at the office? Always have a support car? Only do circular rides from home? I'm sure there are some people whose lifestyle lets them treat a bicycle like a musical instrument. I really don't think most people could do it, not while riding with any real frequency. I count myself lucky that my office has underground bicycle parking (and we're still talking wheel-bender racks next to the A/C exhaust vents). I stand by the statement that a bicycle that needs to be looked after that carefully isn't, by the usual standards of such things, a practical bicycle.
  - Lio 6y ago
    Of course I don't keep a second box at the office. Likewise I know very few people that keep a piano in a flight case when they're not transporting it. I actually do have bikes that I only take on circular rides because of their value and I baby the hell out of them but that's a false dichotomy. They are not saying you have to treat these bikes as fragile musical instruments. They're just saying that if you do it will incur less wear and tear. A carbon fibre bike frame is probably more fragile than a steel one. That limits the number of use cases for carbon but doesn't mean it's not a practical material for different usecases. As a further example, I have a TT race bike. I keep mine hanging up in the garage an only take it out to races or for circular training rides. I have a friend that commutes on his TT bike as a form of training. Mine will last longer than his.