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Breakaway bicycles7/11/2023 As far as full-size bikes go, the Ritchey Break-Away wins the award for feats of limited space! We even managed to load three Ritchey suitcases into the trunk of a Japanese taxi cab. It splits in half and fits into its own travel case – definitely an all-road companion you can take with you anywhere! Compact travel luggage sizeĪfter seeing the size of Ritchey’s travel case, we knew that this was the perfect size for travel! Measuring at 8.5 inches deep, 26.5 inches tall, and 31 inches wide (21.6cm x 67.3cm x 78.7cm), – the travel case is much more compact than even the Birdy or Reach when packed for air travel. So where does that leave us?Īfter going back to the drawing board to evaluate our choices for a highly versatile (and packable) all-road bike for traveling, we came across the Ritchey Break-Away Cross after doing lots of research based on our air travel experiences. And on the other hand, non-folding full-sized bikes will never be able to reach a compact luggage size and will be always be cumbersome to handle. Bikes with folding mechanisms will be inherently heavier due to all the additional mechanical parts. Size and weight are the two obvious factors that can make handling bulky luggage difficult. Trying to transport bulky bike luggage between the airport and into cars, vans and trains is challenging to say the least. In general, we did not have any major problems with air travel, except perhaps the size of the bike luggage itself when we’re trying to get to an airport or to any location after that. To date, we have traveled with a variety of bikes, from smaller-wheeled folding bikes such as the Birdy and Reach, to full-sized ones such as the Change Bike. The Ritchey Break-Away Cross is a full-size cyclocross steel rig with a clever trick up its sleeve – it can be split in half and fits into a travel case that is amazingly compact for what it is, with 700c wheels and everything else!
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