| Re: Airplane travel with bicycles
> 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.
Most aircraft baggage compartments are pressurized to nearly the same
altitude as the passenger cabin -- around 8,000 feet MSL. This is because
the aircraft carry lots of baggage that is sensitive to altitude -- animals,
for example. Bike tires don't blow at those altitudes. Last summer, when I
flew with my bike from the US to Europe and back, the tires did fine without
deflating them.
On the other hand, deflating them a bit certainly can't cause harm ....
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