Jim Thomas
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Dear Mr. Lanton,
Overseas with your own bike is easy and great. The Euro is not great
for buying in terms of exchange rate - at least that is my opinion.
On overseas flights, you should read the airlines rules, but most if
not all airlines let a boxed bike go free as long as it is one of the
two pieces of checked luggage and not overweight. The local bike
shops get several deliveries per week and will likely give the box to
you along with some special packing. Also, you can pack clothing
around the bike and perhaps have plenty of room to bring stuff home
as well. Be sure to read the airlines web page though, sometimes the
check in people don't know all the rules. Printing it out is a good
idea.
Jim
James P. Thomas
1316 SW Mitchell Lane
Portland, OR 97239
(503) 341-2555
ji-@voicedoctor.net
http://www.voicedoctor.net/jim/
On Jul 25, 2005, at 12:55, Ed Lanton wrote:
I have a friend whose sone will be travelling to Europe on a
student exchange program. He'll be living in the Loire valley with
a host family for six months. His son wants to maintain his
training regimen while in France.
Does anyone have an informed opinion about bringing a bike over and
back as opposed to buy then sell while in France?
Thanks
Ed Lanton
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<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Mr. Lanton,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Overseas with your own bike is easy and great. The Euro is not great for buying in terms of exchange rate - at least that is my opinion. On overseas flights, you should read the airlines rules, but most if not all airlines let a boxed bike go free as long as it is one of the two pieces of checked luggage and not overweight. The local bike shops get several deliveries per week and will likely give the box to you along with some special packing. Also, you can pack clothing around the bike and perhaps have plenty of room to bring stuff home as well. Be sure to read the airlines web page though, sometimes the check in people don't know all the rules. Printing it out is a good idea.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Jim</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#0507ff" style="font: 13.0px Helvetica; color: #0507ff"><B>James P. Thomas</B></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Helvetica"><B>1316 SW Mitchell Lane</B></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Helvetica"><B>Portland, OR 97239</B></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Helvetica"><B>(503) 341-2555</B></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Helvetica"><B><A href="mailto:ji-@voicedoctor.net">ji-@voicedoctor.net</A></B></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Helvetica"><B><A href="http://www.voicedoctor.net/jim/">http://www.voicedoctor.net/jim/</A></B></FONT></P> </DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jul 25, 2005, at 12:55, Ed Lanton wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV>I have a friend whose sone?will be travelling to Europe on a student exchange program.? He'll be living in the Loire valley with a host family?for six months.? His son wants to maintain his training regimen?while in France.? </DIV> <DIV>?</DIV> <DIV>Does anyone have an informed?opinion about bringing a bike over?and back as opposed?to buy then sell while?in France?</DIV> <DIV>?</DIV> <DIV>Thanks</DIV> <DIV>Ed Lanton??? </DIV><P>__________________________________________________<BR>Do You Yahoo!?<BR>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <BR><A href="http://mail.yahoo.com">http://mail.yahoo.com</A></P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>
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