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Shipping Bicycle
Hi all
Can anyone advıse of a cheap/reputable company for shıppıng my tourıng bicycle from Istanbul, Turkey to Australıa? Apprecıate any advıce on companıes to use, costs, your experınce, etc. Look forward to any help! Cheers |
Can't you just check a bike in as luggage ??
I'm sure I've seen bikes, as well as bloody great big golf bags and even surfboards sitting around airports. |
Standard parcel companies will transport bikes, people like DHL and UPS. Thing to do is to try and get yourself to a bicycle shop and ask for a shipping box that one of their bikes come in. I've used UPS to send a bike to Australia before and it got there no problem and I could track it on-line, but they did want it well packed.
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At the destination, there are no carnet requirements, re-filling of fuel tanks or heavy lifting! - ideal. |
not any more you can't, at least in the UK. many/most airlines are now imposing restrictions (least of which is a 'proper' bike bag, which you'd have to dump at the other end). it's become a right pain in the ****.
best check with your airline before turning up at the airport. seeing a few reports of cyclo-tourists being rejected at airports here. BA, SleezyJet and RyanScare are ones to be wary of. still, not as bad as trying to take a surf board on a plane trip.... |
You almost certainly would have to pay, but nothing like as much as to transport a bike that has an engine.
CTC - the UK's national cyclists organisation I agree that the cheapie airlines can't be bothered with anything that gets in the way of making a few £. A half decent airline that is used to providing good service would certainly carry a bike. |
British Airways are at it as well, with new rules:
British Airways - New baggage policy the rest will no doubt follow. |
Bike Bag
Hi Chris,
Not sure how helpful this well be as see your inquiry was three weeks ago. I have had a bit of experience shipping my mountain bike to a flew places from Canada, and although I see on the post there may be more restrictions then when I last did it. But the way I have shipped my bike is using a product that holds the bike and allows you to fly with it as check-in luggage. I am not at home right now or could check the bag, I am actually in Europe right now on a five week motobike trip, but will check when I get back to Canada and let you know the product name for future reference. Velo-bag seems to ring a bell? Anyhow, as per the other post, the disasembly required is very minimul: Handlebars off, turned sideways and taped, Pedals off ( I wrap them in bubble wrap and zap strap them to the frame. Seat and seat post off ( I tape it to the seat tube inverted) Front tire off (It goes in its own little pouch in the bag) That about it. Places I have taken it as checked in luggage are Eire, Trinidad and Tobago, Fiji, Philipennes, Cuba, Mexico to name a few. Had a quick peek on the internet. Here is a page showing some products, but I do not see the one we used, but they are very similar. Mountain Bike Bags Ours was a soft shell bag with extra padding at the hubs for protection. One thing we found that often charter airlines we a little more accomadating with bikes as they also take skiis, surfboards etc. With the larger airlines, we always tried to check in advance to be sure. Hope that helps a bit! Kind regards, Ian |
The BA link is a 404 but I thought they did a 'sporting goods' allowance?
I took mine to India on Emirates in a bike box and just brought it back in a tarp wrapped in string. Cant see the prob as long as it's under the weight limit (30kg with Emirates). One mistake I made: deflating the tyres completely; the rim cut the tube at some point in transit. A rotor got bent too but it bent back OK. I packed it better on the way back. Took a bulky IK back with Ryanair once and had to sign some damage disclaimer which I think is all they are worried about. Ch |
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