Has anyone out there had any experience with having a road bike retrofitted with couplings to turn it into a travel bike?
Thanks.
Retrofitting with Couplings
Thu, 05/11/2006 - 7:58am
Thu, 05/11/2006 - 9:04am
#1
sandsmachines.com
I personally haven't, but I've heard nothing but good things about them. The SandSmachines.com website is great, with a lot of photos, technical information, reviews, and companies that do the retrofitting.
FYI: you can retrofit steel, ti, and certain carbon frames, as long as the tubes have round shape. it apparently doesn't work with alu frames. also, make sure that you go *only* with one of the manufactures specified on the S & S website. There are a few knockoffs out there that aren't as good.
Fri, 05/12/2006 - 9:55am
#2
Just had a 1999 Seven Axiom Frame done
Just had a 1999 Seven Axiom Frame done by Bilenky. I haven't had the time to build it up yet so I can't tell you how it feels. Howvever, Pieter Maessen had a Merlin done by Bilenky last year and he was going 45+ mph in the Pyrennees last July with it so it must have been very well done.
http://www.bilenky.com/hack.html
$650 for titanium and $450 for steel couplers
$450 for the travel case/kit
Sat, 05/13/2006 - 11:07am
#3
coupling rocks !
...actually it was 54 mph (86 km/h).
I got a Merlin Agilis retrofitted by Bilenky. I rode the bike before it was chopped in two pieces and feel no difference. Bilenky does a great job.
Pieter
Fri, 05/12/2006 - 10:45am
#4
S &S coupler retrofitter in Phila.
Harry Havnoonian (HH Racing) in Philadelphia (Media, that's a town name contiguous to Phila.). Tel.: (610) 565-9535. E-mail: [email protected]
Fri, 05/12/2006 - 7:23pm
#5
Thanks for the input (nm)
