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Custom Travel Bikes and S&S Couplers and Z-couplers Packing Instructions

If you’re looking for a premium custom travel bike with S&S couplers or Z-couplers, Zinn Cycles has extensive experience fitting, designing, and building break-apart travel bikes. Lennard spent many years traveling the world for cycling events as well as vacations, honing this expertise. We’re dedicated to providing our community with customized bicycles and unmatched performance to ensure your ride is smooth, comfortable, and fast.

Choosing a Zinn Cycles Travel Bike

Instead of struggling with huge bike cases and expensive baggage fees, you could be traveling with a compact bicycle that’s outfitted with S&S couplers or Z-couplers, easy for packing and unpacking your bike – all while meeting air regulations.

Whether you prefer a titanium or steel custom travel bike, we can build it to ensure that it’s easy to take apart and pack up.

Traveling With Our Bikes

Travel with a high-performance bike that fits you perfectly. Shop Zinn Cycles and explore our options for your premium break-apart travel bike. Browse these custom bikes, which may each be designed and built as a travel bike.

Please note that some travel bikes may need additional carrying cases for accessories, like racks, fenders, and tires, including 29er mountain bikes, e-bikes, and touring bikes.

Why Frame Couplers?

The reason we utilize S&S couplers or Z-couplers for packing is because they allow the rider to fully break apart their bike and pack it into an airline regulation suitcase. Both types of couplers are incredibly strong and lightweight and do not affect the performance of your bike in any way. This is a great option for someone who wants to be able to travel with their main bike to avoid needing to rent a sub-standard or ill-fitting bike at their destination. Also you no longer need to travel with folding bikes with tiny wheels when you can travel with your full size road or gravel bike that you ride every day.

Additional Travel Bike Features

Some of the additional features you can expect from these bikes include:

  • Zinn travel stem build
  • Slotted cable guides
  • Cable stops with in-line adjusters
  • Simplified disassembly & packing
  • Internally routed hydraulic brake hose using a hose coupler

We also make accommodations for those who need Big & Tall bike sizes with multiple S&S couplers or Z-couplers for packing the top-tube and down-tube. If you are taller than 6’2”, you may need four couplers in your frame to make packing your travel bike possible without removing the fork from the bike.

A Bike Fitting for Every Frame

It doesn’t matter where you live, Zinn Cycles will always work with you to guarantee the fit of your bike. We strive for perfection with an in-house service that offers comprehensive bike fitting in-person or online by our in-house experts. Our team in Boulder, Colorado, is happy to work with you or with a local fitter in your area to ensure a comfortable ride.

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No matter where you live in the world, we will work with you to make sure the fit of your Zinn bike is absolutely perfect. We offer a full service in-house bike fitting for those who can make it to Boulder, Colorado and we also have detailed measurements instructions for those who cannot make it out for an in-house fitting. We are also happy to work directly with a bike fitter in your area, and we offer upgraded 3D bike fittings at the Boulder RETUL Center.

Are You Ready for Your Dream Bike?

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