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It looks like all that is about to change.  Here is an e-mail from an official at the Michigan Department of Transportation responding to a question about bikes on Amtrak in Michigan.
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Hello,

Thanks for your e-mail to MDOT. I've recently spoken to a staff person with MDOT's Office of High Speed Rail and Innovative Project  Advancement and she spoke with Amtrak in May about this issue.  Currently, there isnot any checked baggage on the Michigan trains, which is an Amtrak policy due to limited staffed stations etc.

Amtrak says that golf bags and bikes will soon be accommodated. They need to install racks on the train to secure them, but this is supposed to happen yet this summer. That does not mean there will be checked baggage......just the ability for a passenger to load clubs or a bike.

Please watch the national Amtrak Web site for updates on this subject.



Janet Foran
Office of Communications
Michigan Department of Transportation
P.O. Box 30050
Lansing, MI 48909
office phone: 517-335-7176
cell phone: 517-937-7219
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-met-schmich-0730-20100730,0,5781993.column

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Filmed over the period of a few months in and around Edinburgh, Scotland by Dave Sowerby, this video of Inspired Bicycles team rider Danny MacAskill (more info at http://www.dannymacaskill.com ) features probably the best collection of street/street trials riding ever seen. There's some huge riding, but also some of the most technically difficult and imaginative lines you will ever see. Without a doubt, this video pushes the envelope of what is perceived as possible on a trials bike.

Here is a link to a Dec 2009 New York Times article on Danny MacAskill and the video:  http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/sports/global/29cyclist.html?_r=2&emc=eta1]]> Thu, 7 Jan 2010 11:09:16 Larry