John Foss  > Unicycling > Unicycling Society of America Conventions > 2003, Twin Cities, Minnesota
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John Foss > My wonderful, wheeled, expandable, soft-sided unicycle luggage, available at your local flea market's luggage vendor for $30 or so. For this trip I had both extensions opened. Those black lines across the bag are the extension zippers, and usually I leave one of them closed, which makes the bag close to the usual maximum allowable size. However, this bag can still be measured as oversized with one extension closed, so be advised. So far I've never had to pay for oversize, probably because it just looks like regular luggage. And that was before the airlines got so strict. Today it would probably be way too expensive to fly with this bag fully extended.
John Foss > Inside the bag is foam to protect the frames, and foam panels to protect the bag's contents. The foam also obscures the fact that there are cycle wheels in there from nosy check-in persons. Also you can see my Camelbak and tool bag. Also you can see one of my Roach leg pads protecting one of the uni frames.
John Foss > Foam on the unicycle frames is more about protecting the bag than protecting a chrome finish. Miyata frames have pointy ends that will cut right through your bag if they aren't covered.
John Foss > Put the wheels in garbage bags. This keeps things cleaner, and also makes them slide in and out of the bag much more easily! For a more compact packing job, remove the frames from the wheels (put all the hardware bits in ziploc bags. Bring extra ziplocs, and extra garbage bags for the trip home (the originals may get torn up).
John Foss > The complete contents of the unicycle bag for this trip to NAUCC. 24 x 3" MUni, 24" regular uni, 20" Freestyle uni with very long frame (which I left on), Camelbak, rain jacket, leg armor, two sets of kneepads, saddles, my foam panels, pump, gray bag of tools, Coker extension handle, riding shoes, extra tape, and green bag containing gloves, pedals and maybe more! I think this collection of stuff came out to more than the 50 pounds that's now the striclty-enforced maximum on US carriers. At that time, it only cost $25 extra for being overweight... Don't be overweight these days, it can be very expensive! Always weigh your luggage before leaving home.
John Foss > This is pipe insulation, available at your hardware store for next to nothing. And some tape. Leave the seat post clamp on to protect the tubing. This foam protects the paint on my red Wyganowski Freestyle frame.
John Foss > Some more pipe insulation for my red Wilder frame. I'm still using this same taped-up piece of foam in 2008.
John Foss > Remember, anything small and hard can poke through your bag if things shift in a bad way. Keep ends and sharp things, like wheel axles with the cranks off, covered!
John Foss > When unpacked, the uni bag folds flat, and you can stick it in the closet or under the bed. The wheels? Not the greatest but still about 100 times better than no wheels. Just make sure the corners of the bag aren't dragging on the ground/ that's where these bags seem to wear out first...
Put the wheels in garbage bags. This keeps things cleaner, and also makes them slide in and out of the bag much more easily! For a more compact packing job, remove the frames from the wheels (put all the hardware bits in ziploc bags. Bring extra ziplocs, and extra garbage bags for the trip home (the originals may get torn up).
> Put the wheels in garbage bags. This keeps things cleaner, and also makes them slide in and out of the bag much more easily! For a more compact packing job, remove the frames from the wheels (put all the hardware bits in ziploc bags. Bring extra ziplocs, and extra garbage bags for the trip home (the originals may get torn up).
Put the wheels in garbage bags. This keeps things cleaner, and also makes them slide in and out of the bag much more easily! For a more compact packing job, remove the frames from the wheels (put all the hardware bits in ziploc bags. Bring extra ziplocs, and extra garbage bags for the trip home (the originals may get torn up).
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