A few years ago when I got my Bike Friday I bought the suitcase that the bike fits into but I stopped short of ordering the kit that converts it into a trailer. This trip sounds like a good excuse to finally complete the system, so I placed an order for one before leaving on my Erie Canal trip and told them to deliver it to the UPS store in Ogdensburg NY so I could pick it up on the way home. Unfortunately there were some delays in shipping and the package did not arrive when I got there. It ended up sitting on the American side for a couple of weeks more, as I timed picking it up with a drive to Toronto to attend a small reunion of friends from Manila whom I had not seen since 1978.
In jest, I refer to the suitcase as "Bike-a-muckee" after Benamuckee, the cannibals' god in Robinson Crusoe, as it swallows up Bike Friday. I'm thinking maybe I should Asian-ise that to "bike-maki", like rolled up sushi :) Now that the suitcase has trailer wheels, it gets to be towed around like Friday's cultural baggage. No stickers are forthcoming, it's a private joke.
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