Papa Manual

This is the last warning! Please do not post unless you are posting a picture of a bike (quoting pictures doesn't count). Comments, suggestions etc can be directed through PMing or another topic. This thread fills up with a lot of rubbish where as it's supposed to be just eye candy.

Stop bitching kiddies. Anyway, reakon a 20" would be fine, the old t-pro is what I started on.

Compression: Danny's guide to compression using DIVX and VirtualDUB can be found here. Video Format: I’ve posted this because of all the people complaining saying "please convert it to mpg as I can't play avi's" Well you can you just need to do what the rest of us have done....... Update you windows media player to the latest version here http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsme...ia/default.aspx The download the kazaa lite codec pack http://c2.edskes.com/klcodec225f.exe And as if by magic all your Avi's and Mpeg's should work fine.

Why the hell aren't there more foam pits in England? That's rediculous, they're not amazingly hard to construct safely, so how come there's only one? I think they're really useful, I'm really surprised.

Thought this should be in FAQ as this is a common problem that I have as well.

It depends on the airline. Some people try to charge just for having a bike. If they do that say you want it included in your baggage allowance (if you don't have much else with you). You can't say prices and stuff unless you know the airline! The one i use to get to the UK is free, but another operator charges £20 there and £20 back - b*stards. Like UrbanPoet says, get to the airport early to avoid trouble. The tyres thing, hmmmmm, well my mate took his bike away last year and the tyres went bang during the flight. Made a loud noise and all, not good. I think its just if you run the pressure quite high. Its best to deflate them. You should take as many tools as possible Julian, including things like a spoke-key, a small pump, tubes, allen keys, chain splitter, just general common-sense things. Don't take sharp objects though and make sure all your tools go in your bike-bag/bike-box as when i went to London they took nearly all my tools off me saying they weren't allowed on the plane, including allen-keys!

Ok, i know not many people travel by plane to rides (except me :-) but i'm pissed and bored so i'm going to do a little guide on how to do it. Right, first of all, work out which airline is cheapest for you to travel with. Then go call them up and ask if you can count your bike as part of your baggage allowance, that way you won't have to pay any extra to take the bike. Right, next, you need a bike bag. You can pay between £40 and £170 for these. Planet-X do a fairly good one apparently (i have an unbranded one i borrow off a mate). That Planet-X Bike Bag Theres another way, you can go to your local bike shop and get a bike box, the boxes bikes arrive to the shop in. Luis (trexrydr) did this the day we went for the london ride (feb 2nd '03). Its pretty effective but harder to carry. Next up, when you get to the airport, make sure all your tools are in your bike-bag, not your carry-on luggage (even then, don't take anything sharp!) otherwise the B*****d security men at the airport will nab all your stuff. When you check-in, get the baggage handlers to put a fragile sticker on the bike (when you handle the bike before they take it, handle it VERY carefully, as if there were a sheet of glass inside, then they'll treat it a bit better). Thats pretty much it. Oh, one more thing, when you go to baggage reclaim, your bike might come out somewhere different because its a bigger piece of luggage compared to most. Oh well, thats me done, Jon.