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We’re fools at times alright, but usually not complete ones.
2 weeks agoYes, of course we’ll buy. New spanner - did so today, as well as a new cable lock that’s also gone missing. I’m convinced I just walked off and left them on the floor when I was done boxing the bikes. We wouldn’t have taken them as carryon - everything like that would have gotten packed into one of the panniers as checked luggage,
2 weeks agoEnjoy!
2 weeks agoGlad it is NOT on the wetter part of the pavement! :)
2 weeks agoExcellent advice but can I add buying a new pedal wrench to Dodie’s instructions? We had to buy a new one the year Keith accidentally tossed ours into the pannier that was serving as his carry on bag, instead of the pannier that was going in the bike box. I have never forgotten the way airport security took every last thing out of his pannier before triumphantly producing the wrench. They knew exactly what was there and where it was of course. We had no idea what the problem was. I think the genuinely astonished expressions on our faces when she pulled it out convinced her we hadn’t been hoping to sneak it onboard!
2 weeks agoWell, that’s true. I was really quite proud of my walk there. When we came out afterwards it was a different story though. It was a blessing that the streetcar was arriving just then, because if I’d had to walk back downhill I’d have been in real trouble.
2 weeks agoWhen the buzzing started in your short pants my thoughts went wild, speculating on what this could be. But further to the shorts, it seems good that you had on athletic gear for the speed walk to the concert!
2 weeks agoWhere I am going with that thought is that previously airlines allowed bicycles I. Plastic, but seem to have backed away from that. Even the European Airlines. Idle curiosity, if Alaskan would allow a plastic wrapped bicycle.
2 weeks agoYes. This was a point Rachael was anxious, but I think it’s pretty standard that they are available at the desk for wrapping oversized messes. No charge.
2 weeks agoYou noticed! I took pains to center myself in the mirror.
2 weeks agoI forgot to ask you the story about the wheels being in a heavy duty plastic bag. It appeared to be furnished by the airline?
2 weeks agoTIL the alternate name for these evil creatures from the Great White North is Cobra Chicken.
They can take off, eh?
Good selfie in the mirror
2 weeks agoI feel you. If I had a nickel for every late-night/early-morning last minute packing frenzy....
2 weeks ago
No idea if Alaska accepts bgfed but unboxed bike. You’d have to check with them.
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