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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: Mikku on April 04, 2017, 10:30 AM
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I've been meaning to get a bike bag for a while, as you can't take bikes on Japanese trains without one. The normal ones are made for road bikes but I recently found out that Tioga made a BMX-specific one, so picked mine up yesterday:-
(http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m572/Trident393/BMX%20Stuff/Tioga%20bmx%20cocoon.jpg) (http://s1132.photobucket.com/user/Trident393/media/BMX%20Stuff/Tioga%20bmx%20cocoon.jpg.html)
This should give you a better idea of what it is:-
(http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m572/Trident393/BMX%20Stuff/Tioga%20bmx%20cocoon%202.jpg) (http://s1132.photobucket.com/user/Trident393/media/BMX%20Stuff/Tioga%20bmx%20cocoon%202.jpg.html)
& this is what it actually looks like with a Crupi race bike inside:-
(http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m572/Trident393/BMX%20Stuff/Kawaguchi%202nd%20001.jpg) (http://s1132.photobucket.com/user/Trident393/media/BMX%20Stuff/Kawaguchi%202nd%20001.jpg.html)
(http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m572/Trident393/BMX%20Stuff/Kawaguchi%202nd%20002.jpg) (http://s1132.photobucket.com/user/Trident393/media/BMX%20Stuff/Kawaguchi%202nd%20002.jpg.html)
I don't think Tioga had in mind a Pro XL racing frameset when they designed it because it was a bloody tight fit! I took the pedals off to make life easier and then took it on its maiden outing today! I got some bloody odd looks along the way but it worked, so job's a good'un! :daumenhoch:
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So presumably bikes need to be covered to prevent dirt/oil/bike parts coming into contact with people and the train itself ???
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Top buy Mick!
The bag issue was a serious impediment on our box jaunts the first year I went to see our kid. We still got about loads but were restricted to where we could physically ride to and back in a day. 3 bags seemed a bit of an extravagance for 12 days :(
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That's awesome!
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So presumably bikes need to be covered to prevent dirt/oil/bike parts coming into contact with people and the train itself ???
Yes mate, that's it in a nutshell! It's still a bloody mission taking it on the train, as you're taking up the standing space of 3 people, more so in rush hour, but you'd have to be an idiot to attempt that!! Today I travelled mid-morning and mid-afternoon - 75 minutes on 3 trains - and it wasn't too bad standing at the very back or very front of the train. :daumenhoch: