My brother and I would love to take a Coker to UNICON, but I am not sure
how and whether it requires lots of packing. For our return flight, we
won’t have lots of time (We’re leaving after the 10K race on the afternoon
of the 28th and have a flight that night at 10pm.
Also, how far is it from the 10K race to the airport?
Thanks
David
Co-founder, Unatics of NY
1st Sunday / 3rd Saturday
@ Central Park Bandshell
1:30 start time after 11/1/01
Re: how to take Cokers on a plane?
David Stone <dstone@packer.edu> wrote:
> My brother and I would love to take a Coker to UNICON, but I am not sure
> how and whether it requires lots of packing. For our return flight, we
> won’t have lots of time (We’re leaving after the 10K race on the afternoon
> of the 28th and have a flight that night at 10pm.
A bike bag, might be the answer, and or the greyhound bus. Cokers fit
quite well in bike bags, Roger and i shared one going to China.
> Also, how far is it from the 10K race to the airport?
Geees, don’t you guys have maps in America? According to the Map I have
(bought in London with ease, no special order or anything). it is about
30 miles
from Snoqualmie to Sea Tac Airport. add another 20 miles if going from
Snoqualmie pass. add some more miles coz i measured it with a ruler along
high ways and you might not like some of them.
Unicon 11 ~ Washington USA.~ July 25 - Aug 2 2002
The world unicycle convention and championships.
http://www.nwcue.org
RE: how to take Cokers on a plane?
> My brother and I would love to take a Coker to UNICON, but I
> am not sure how and whether it requires lots of packing.
If you’ve ever watched how your luggage gets handled, you’d know you want to
protect it! But large, fragile items get flow all the time as well, so
there’s always the question between trying to pack and protect it (and not
get hit with “cycle” fees), or let it fly naked so they know to treat it
nice. It’s a gamble either way. Even if you pay a cycle fee (if the airline
has one), you usually have to sign a waiver that says it’s okay for them to
destroy your vehicle anyway.
I hope some of our other flying Coker riders will chime in with some advice.
> Also, how far is it from the 10K race to the airport?
The location of the 10K has not been figured out yet, but the organizers are
looking at various ways to work it in the North Bend/Issaquah area. I have
not heard of talk of doing it up at the Summit, so that saves you a good
half an hour at least. Except they haven’t actually set the location yet…
Good luck,
JF
Re: Re: how to take Cokers on a plane?
I can only speak for myself, but I think some Americans tend to be pretty skittish when it comes to travel. I, for one, don’t know what the hell I’m doing. I’m afraid I’m going to end up scared and alone, with all my clothes stolen, sleeping in an airport chair clutching my unicycle.
Well, it’s not that bad, but I am a little aprehensive about finding transportation from the airport to the hotel and to the event venues, I just don’t really know what I’m doing.
Europeans, on the other hand, do a lot more traveling and are a lot more used to it, I think. You can drive the same distance we would drive to get to another state, and your in a whole other country, with a completely different language! You guys have to be ready for the rigors of travel!
I’m just glad I got into all this stuff during a year where UNICON is being held in USA. I don’t think I could handle Japan…
Anyone in the North Bend area know if there is an airport shuttle service that goes from SeaTac airport to North Bend? Shuttle Express only goes as far as Issaquah and won’t get you all the way to North Bend.
john_childs
RE: how to take Cokers on a plane?
> > I can’t believe I have better access to maps than
> > you do in new York.
I guess you guys have a better Web there… 
But to be fair, I think he meant from wherever the race will be, meaning
where will the race be. At the moment, the Valley seems more likely than up
at the pass. Beyond that, I like Yahoo Maps better than Mapquest.
> I can only speak for myself, but I think some Americans tend to be
> pretty skittish when it comes to travel. I, for one, don’t know what
> the hell I’m doing. I’m afraid I’m going to end up scared and alone,
> with all my clothes stolen, sleeping in an airport chair clutching my
> unicycle.
That being the case, I highly recommend a rental car. If you can’t afford
that, it might be possible to hook up with some other people who are renting
cars as well. I’m sure somebody out there wouldn’t mind sharing the expense
(as well as saving you from the above).
The conventions this year are spread out more than in the past, in an area
with very limited mass transit. Different unicycle conventions in different
years have their strengths and weaknesses. In China you could get a pedal
taxi, scooter taxi, motorcycle taxi, teeny van taxi, normal car taxi, small
or big bus right outside the hotel. And the subway was less than a mile
away. But the combination of heat and humidity is something you would have
to experience to understand. This year we should have beautiful riding
weather, but less transportation options.
When it comes to transportation at these things, I have a saying: “Never
without a car.”
> I’m just glad I got into all this stuff during a year where UNICON is
> being held in USA. I don’t think I could handle Japan…
Japan will be awesome if we can ever get them to host it again. But yes,
it’ll cost a bit more for us Americans to go there. Don’t miss it this year,
because it may be a long time before UNICON gets back here again…
Good luck,
Stay on top,
John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone
2002 NAUCC and UNICON Referee
jfoss@unicycling.com
Go to NAUCC and UNICON 2002! www.nwcue.org
I UPS’d my Coker to Adrian in 00. It was cheaper than Greyhound and less hassle?? than baggage check.
-Mark
Re: how to take Cokers on a plane?
Cokerhead.65iba@timelimit.unicyclist.com writes:
>
>I UPS’d my Coker to Adrian in 00. It was cheaper than Greyhound and
>less hassle?? than baggage check.
>-Mark
But is that easier (or cheaper) than getting a bike bag or packing it in a
box and checking it on the plane?
And I don’t have time to UPS it after UNICON, so I need a way of taking it
on the plane.
See you there!
David
Co-founder, Unatics of NY
1st Sunday / 3rd Saturday
@ Central Park Bandshell
1:30 start time after 11/1/01
Re: how to take Cokers on a plane?
John Foss <john_foss@asinet.com> wrote:[color=darkred]
>> > I can’t believe I have better access to maps than
>> > you do in new York.[/color]
> I guess you guys have a better Web there…
Web, smeb. I bought that map over the counter with cash in a London
shop. Curiously, both joe M and I took our unicycles into the same shop on
the same day, but neither knew the other had done so till we met up at
hockey in the evening.
sarah
– Unicon 11 ~ Washington USA.~ July 25 - Aug 2
2002 The world unicycle convention and championships.
http://www.nwcue.org