Re: travelling with bikes

"Andrew Chaplin" <ab.chaplin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "doug thomas" <thomform@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Just came back from the Dominican Republic. We brought mountain bikes 
>> down in Voyageur Bike carry bags that were purchased at Central Cycle
in 
>> Hamilton.
>>
>> All that I had to do was take the wheels off, and put them in pockets 
>> beside the frame and load them and zip up the bags and we were off.
>>
>> Air Canada wanted $50.00 more to load the two bikes on the airplane.
>>
>> We managed to find some back roads to ride.
>
> How accommodating was the traffic to cyclists on the road? Were you the 
> only ones you saw, or did locals cycle too? Did Customs give you any
grief 
> on re-entry (assuming you brought them back)?
> -- 
> Andrew Chaplin
> SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
> (If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.)
>
Dear Andrew

The traffic was absolutely horrendous. You take your life in your hands on

the road. The locals tell me that drivers simply have no concern for 
pedestrians or cyclists. There were only a few cyclists on the roads.  I 
found a route across  a golf course - for about 100 yards which brought us

into a large developing area with few vehicles. We were able to do about
20 
to 30 kms. per day at a leisurely pace.

We had no problems with customs at all.