| Re: Airplane travel with bicycles
Mark Weiss Wrote:
> > Deflate tubes as some cargo holds are not always pressurised and
> 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 i
> 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 fin
> without
> deflating them.
>
> On the other hand, deflating them a bit certainly can't cause harm ....
I had two tubes blow on separate occasions while flying. Both were o
road bikes (never had a problem with lower pressure MTBs) and they wer
inflated over 110psi.
I now make sure I deflate all tubes when I fly
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Dominic Sanso
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