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Re: Europa-List: Europa - folding bikes

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Europa - folding bikes
From: ivor.phillips@ntlworld.com
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:42:21

I Agree with Roddy, I also have a Brompton and its a good compromise as a road
bike and very easy to fold/stowed, Mine is a XS so cannot vouch for the classic,
but would assume it will fit,
Ivor
---- RoddyEuropa@aol.com wrote: 
> 
> I think in this area you very much get what you pay for. I had a cheap ebay
>  folding bike and you could get it in the plane, with some difficulty, but
> it was  thoroughly unpleasant to ride. I now have a Brompton and I think it
> is  brilliant - marvel of design and engineering, light, very easy to ride
> and fits  very easily in the back. But at a price (I think about 500).
> Roddy Kesterton
> #220
> 
> PS Carl - happy to show you if you are in the area - home airfield
> Andrewsfield is close by to Earl's Colne.
> 
> In a message dated 27/06/2009 10:05:30 GMT Daylight Time,
> carl@flyers.freeserve.co.uk writes:
> 
> -->  Europa-List message posted by: "Carl Pattinson"
> <carl@flyers.freeserve.co.uk>
> 
> I am considering buying a folding  bike to carry in our Europa and wondered
> if any owners had experience of  this. Please note we have the old style
> non
> extended baggage bay.
> 
> I  have just changed jobs recently and my companys head office is about a
> 150
> mile drive away. I only have to visit occasionally but I thought it might
> be
> fun to drop in by air - 70 nautical miles  from our local airfield
> Bicester.
> Problem is the nearest airfield at the other end, Earls Colne is  5 miles
> from the company. If I had a small folding bike I could ride there  (just
> me,
> no passenger).
> 
> Question is how easy is it to get a  folding bike into the aircraft
> (passenger seat or baggage bay) and if so  what would be the best size/
> make.
> 
> Any advice appreciated.
> 
> Carl  Pattinson
> G-LABS
> 
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