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easy part of any project is taking everything apart. If you are careful as
you take your Bike Friday apart, you will be more likely to get it back
together. Breaking the Flying Shoe into its packing parts was no real challenge, though it was
a little different from a standard BF.
The first steps involved
removing components: |
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| Pedals |
I removed the pedals from the cranks. They were wrapped in a towel
and made ready to take their place inside a helmet. We also traveled with a third set of pedals so that fitting for an adult
stoker wouldn't require removing pedals from the crank shorteners and
installing larger toe clips. |
| Crank shorteners |
The Shoe is equipped with four hole crank shorteners from Tandems
East. When the crank shorteners were removed, I threaded the fixing
bolt into one of the unused pedal holes. |
| Seats and posts |
When packing, plastic grocery bags make wonderful seat covers.
Drop the seat in, wrap the handles of the bag around the seat post in
opposite directions, and tie. |
| Front Wheel |
| Just as fast as you can say "Dremel tool", the lawyer lips
were gone. After removal, I used some clear acrylic spray paint to
cover the bare metal. Nail polish or touch up paint would
probably be even better.
The
front wheel now is a joy to install. |
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| Stoker bars |
I have some older Profile MTB bars installed upside down for the stoker.
I disconnect the cable for the brake lever bell, and remove the bars from
their stem. I then loosen the adjuster on the stem and collapse it
to its shortest length. Depending on how full your suitcase is you
may not need to do all of these steps. |
| Rack |
I removed the rack from the bike and (the second time) removed one of
the mounting stays from the rack. It then fit nicely over the front
section of the bike (in the samsonite). |
| Fenders |
I removed both the front and rear Esge fenders. The fenders did not go in the suitcase since we decided that we were
traveling to a much drier climate. If I had to guess where to cram
them in, I would have tried putting them with the front wheel in the
Samsonite.
For the second trip, I packed the standard Apex fenders loose in a suitcase. When we arrived, the rear fender plastic had been broken
at one of the rivets. I drilled the rivet out and replaced it using a
larger backing plate. I should pack them a
little more carefully next time. |
| Right hand cranks |
| To make the rear section fit nicely in the Carlton, I needed to removed
the right hand crank. To get enough room in the Samsonite to fit the
fourth helmet, I also need to pull its right hand crank. This was
accomplished with the crank puller from my tool box. I have since
installed a Sugino Autex in both right hand cranks. The Autex is a
one key crank release much like those made by Synchros, but heavier and
cheaper. |
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| Stem |
I collapsed the stem into the steering mast, and removed the mast from
the bike. After the stem and bar combination was fitted into the
suitcase, I loosened the bar clamp and allowed the bars to rotate to a
flatter position. |
| Timing Chain |
The timing chain traveled in a zip-loc bag. The main chain caused
some paint damage on the original trip, so for the return, it was also
removed and placed in the same bag. Use Super Links or some other
master link for easy removal. |
After parts removal, it was time to disassemble the
frame:
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