How many unicycles are you bringing for UNICON? And how do you make it work
with the tight waight restrictions?
From Denmark we are only allowed to bring 20 kg. And with 3 unicycles, I end
up wearing all my other luggage.
How have other people splved that? Or what are your luggage limitations?
Lars Lottrup
Denmark
www.unicycle.dk
A pic from our recent National:
See more at www.unicykel.com under “Billeder” (LM=Nationals)
I’m bringing my Coker and 29’er. Between them I’ll bring along with 110, 125, 150 and maybe 102mm cranks. I’ll be using the same pedals and seat in forder to save some weight. They both go in the same Coker bag (I had one made up specially when I was travelling earlier this year). Other unicycle equipment- Helmet, gloves, cycle jersey and shorts, and maybe my 661 Veggie shins. I estimate that will come to roughly 18-20kg. Also will avoid bringing anything more than a spanner/crank puller and 5mm allen key.
I emailed the organisers and they seem to think I could borrow a 24’er for the track racing. They’re not my specialty events, so not too fussed about not using my own equipment. I did contemplate building up a 24’ using wheel that could be fitted to my 29’er frame.
Apart from that I’m trying to travel light- just a sports bag for my clothes/stuff- hopefully with just that I can avoid paying excess or getting charged for a b*ke
I’ll have a small backpack as hand luggage, with my helmet attached.
Seeya there!
Another unfortunate fact of life about travel today is that while you might want to throw the heavy stuff into your carry-on baggage, in general you can’t. Be very careful not to bring any metal items in your carry-on that could be considered tools. I once got busted for a pair of pedals - they say with a straight face that pedals are tools and are not allowed. Also you probably have a 15kg limit on carry-on just due to the overhead bins not being all that strong.
Of course for Lars and Ken, the rules are a little relaxed assuming your flights don’t go through any part of the US. But I’d still be very careful about metal stuff.
We have a less restrictive weight allowance - have to check my ticket but it’s either 50 or 70lb (22.7 or 31.7kg).
—Nathan
I’ll be doing like Lars, and wearing most of my clothes onto the plane.
2 unis and an alternative crank and pedal set up and a hockey stick and pro and basic tools brings me to about the 17kg mark. With a 20 kg hold luggage limit and 5kg carry on limit!
Oh for the old days like on the way to China for Unicon 10 when my bum bag weighed in at 5 kg and my hand lugage at 15 or so. even tho the limit was 5! I had all my cranks and pedals in handluggage.
Thats why I wil not have a coker with me at unicon. I will be buying shower gel and the like once I arrive, and having an event T ordered means I need to take one less T shirt.
Sarah
Yes, I think your weight allowance goes by airline. I believe ours (United) is actually higher than what it was last year for NAUCC in Minnesota. For that trip I had to pay the overweight charge in both directions.
For Unicon XII I’m bringing only 2 unicycles, but a bunch of extra parts to make one of them flexible. One is my 20" Freestyle and the other is my 29er, “The racing unicycle of the future!” The 29er will be good for the new 700c races, the 10k, and the MUni events. I will have two tires and several sets of cranks.
Then there is all the stuff that goes with the unicycles: safety gear, spare tubes, tools, small pump. Remember folks, Japanese bike tires have funky valves (not presta). If you have schrader valves especially, bring a mini pump if you have one!
Then there will be clothes, gifts, and paperwork, along with my laptop computer and everything associated with that, including a spare battery and bunches of CDs/DVDs. Don’t forget the extra pair of shoes for the gym.
At least my camera is smaller and lighter than what I used to use. I went from a big, heavy camera bag that was its own piece of luggage, to one small section in my butt bag for camera, spare battery, extra memory card, lens tissue, and even the charger! My film setup was a 35mm camera, three lenses, and a little 35mm camera for the butt bag. Plus a flash, and batteries for the flash. Don’t forget all the film!
I will have a multi-card reader, so I’ll be able to download pictures from just about any type of camera if people run out of space. Then I might even be able to burn them to CD!
Thanks Sarah, for the reminder about shirts. If you know you ordered some and might be buying more, you can bring that many less!
I will also bring whatever Harper shirts are leftover after NAUCC, which hopefully will be very few!
Re: Waight for UNICON?
We’re flying Horizon/Alaska Eugene-Portland (OR, USA), and
Northwest Airlines Portland-Tokyo. Northwest allows an amazing 70 lbs. for
each of our allowed suitcases (four total), and 40 lbs. for carryon
luggage. But Horizon/Alaska has a 50 lb per suitcase limit, so we’ll be
limited to that. Compared to the rest of the world, though, it sounds
pretty good.
I think Scott and I will take five or six uni’s: 20", 24", and
muni for him and maybe for me too. If we can’t fit it all in, then I’ll
just bring my 24" and try to borrow some other short woman’s 20" for the
obstacle course, which is the only thing I’ll need a 20" for. Unless I can
actually stay on the slow board for 10 meters.
Scott is working so hard trying to be ready to be gone from work
for five weeks (we’re going to Salt Lake City for Nationals, and we’re
staying in Japan almost an extra two weeks after Unicon to visit friends
and former boarders AND celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary) that he
hasn’t even thought about packing yet. We do have some big suitcases that
we used when we flew to Toronto for NAUCC three years ago, and we packed
our uni’s in them for that. If we don’t fill them too full, they’re under
the 62 linear inches limit.
We’re driving to Salt Lake City (and back), so the Unicon packing
will happen the one day we’re home before flying out. It will probably be
a little crazy.
Jody
At 01:37 AM 7/8/04 +0200, you wrote:
>How many unicycles are you bringing for UNICON? And how do you make it work
>with the tight waight restrictions?
>
> From Denmark we are only allowed to bring 20 kg. And with 3 unicycles, I end
>up wearing all my other luggage.
>
>How have other people splved that? Or what are your luggage limitations?
>
>Lars Lottrup
>Denmark
>
>www.unicycle.dk
>www.unicykel.com
>
>A pic from our recent National:
>http://www.unicykel.com/billeder/LM%202004/Jepser-Andersen/LM2004-043.jpg
>
>See more at www.unicykel.com under “Billeder” (LM=Nationals)
>
>
>
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