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<DIV><FONT face="Calisto MT" size=2>I did something similar a few years
ago. I was living in Connecticut for a few months working on a new build
ship. I bought a cheap bike there to use in and around the hotel and
shipyard. When the ship was ready to leave for Alaska (its final
destination) I brought the bike on board and used in the ports along the way
(Fort Lauderdale, Panama, Acapulco, San Diego, Seattle). Finally on
reaching Juneau, Alaska, the bike was my companion for a few days before I flew
home. I tried unsuccessfully to pawn it there, but finally one of my co
workers took it for a needy family, which was fine with me, as I had no
intention of lugging the thing back home with me. I did briefly consider
riding it home to Delaware but that idea didn't last. Anyway it was a
great fun and very useful while I had it. It cost about $110, and I
definitely got my money's worth out of it. So give it a go Gary.
There are worse ways to travel to San Diego. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Calisto MT" size=2>Oh, Tone, you haven't bicycled until
you have bicycled on an open car deck on a ship in the middle of a rolling
sea. Its like biking very lots of short but steep hills, only you can't
see them. Hey, a guy has to do something to stay fit on a
ship.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Calisto MT" size=2>Alex</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Tone@moon-shine.net href="mailto:Tone@moon-shine.net">Tone</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=groop@groo.com
href="mailto:groop@groo.com">groop@groo.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, 20 April, 2008 20:41</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Groop] Groo TPB on eBay
& a Question</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><st1:City><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Gary</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:City><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Do what I tend to do. If you already have a bicycle (which most people
do), get a bike box from a bike shop, take off the pedals and disconnect the
wheels, and bring you bike with you on the plane to your destination. When you
get there put your bicycle back together and ride to where ever you need to
go. As far as the bike-box either <SPAN class=GramE>fold</SPAN> and carry the
box or discard it and get another box from a local bike shop before you flay
back.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
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</SPAN>On my overseas trips to Zurich-Switzerland, Freiberg-Germany,
Vienna-Austria, Budapest-Hungary, and Tokyo-Japan I brought my bicycle with me
and used it as my primary method of transportation while in each city. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Although technically during that trip
when I flew in and out of </SPAN></FONT><st1:City><st1:place><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Zurich</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:City><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, I biked
to </SPAN></FONT><st1:City><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Freiberg</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:City><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> and back.
Also on the trip when I flew into </SPAN></FONT><st1:City><st1:place><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Vienna</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:City><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, I
actually biked down alongside the
</SPAN></FONT><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Danube</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceName><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN></FONT><st1:PlaceType><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">River</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> over the
course of three days & two nights then flew out of
</SPAN></FONT><st1:City><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Budapest</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:City><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. In all
those overseas cycling trips I spent about a week in each city and rode my
bike to get everywhere I wanted to go.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Now that I have a cargo bike, it is much harder to dismantle and carry
as luggage on a plane. In time I really want to get a smaller folding bike to
make overseas trips with a bike that much easier. </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Wingdings size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN
style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings">J</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>And </SPAN></FONT><st1:City><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Gary</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:City><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">,
generally it tends to be less expensive to simply buy a cheap bike at your
destination rather than rent one. Over the course of only a few days a rental
bike might actually add up to costing more than a fully purchased cheap
bicycle. Even a super cheap crappy new bike should last you a couple of days
over a weekend or weeklong trip, then you can give it away or simply abandon
it with a “Free Bike, take me!” sign.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">_<I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">TONE</SPAN></I>_<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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