Channel Tunnel

[JimOD]

OK, it's silly question time. I find myself at a loose end in a couple of weeks and was considering a little trip through France, Belgium, Luxembourg and others. The tunnel is the cheapest so I was thinking of going through that way. Now, here's my question. What do I do with my bike once onto the train? Do I strap it down like on a ferry or does it just sit there on its side stand?
Jim

[DougieB]

park it in gear and sit on it. or get off and sit on the floor. no strapping it down required.

[alexpezzi]

Hi Jim,
I went last year and one of the assistants on the train told me that the carriage I was on didn't have suspensions (?) I don't know if it was a temporary inconvenience or maybe some carriages are just like this but I felt like I should have brought a tie down strap (although my tenere has a quite long side stand). I used a bungee strap instead.
Mind the ramps by the way, they are quite slippery when wet and you board the train from the side.
Have a nice trip.

Regards.

[illustratedman]

Just park up in gear as mentioned before. The tunnel is very close to me 1/2 hour away so i use it a fair bit. I have had the odd rough carriage where everyone sits around watching their bikes nervously as they rock about. I take a velcro strap to tie the front brake on as well for a bit of extra security, still ive not seen one fall over yet.

[illustratedman]

P.S the dover/calais ferry is normally cheaper but admittedly not as quick and easy, and when you turn up at the tunnel have the credit card to hand you booked with for the auto check in.

[BORN2BMILD]

if you book the tunnel and say you are coming back next daybut dont use the return leg you can get it for £ 22 dont know if they do anything about not using return leg i was just looking to go on a ciggy run