| Re: Airplane travel with bicycles
"Dominic Sansom" wrote ...
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> Deflate tubes as some cargo holds are not always pressurised and a loud
> BANG as your tyres burst may not go down well at 32,000ft.
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> (apologies if this has already been mentioned)
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> Dominic Sansom
Is that myth still going around? The airline I checked with told me this was
not necessary.
Suppose the cargo hold is completely unpressurized. That would be equivalent
to overinflating your tires by 15 psi (atmospheric pressure at sea level). A
15 psi difference is not going to cause your tyres (or your tires) to burst
unless your tires are so threadbare that they are on the verge of bursting
already.
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mark
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