Airplane travel with bicycles - Page 8 - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

01-13-2005, 04:14 PM

Diablo Scott <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>>> I met a guy recently with a very nice S&S coupled bike. He said he
>>> always listed the contents as "bicycle parts" and that confused the
>>> baggage clerks enough that he never got charged the $50 bicycle fee.

Pat wrote:
>> What did his packing look like?

Diablo Scott <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> I didn't see it, but he described it as the size and shape of a largish
> suitcase.

Probably a lot like this: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
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"It said 'Insert disk #3', but only two will fit..."

01-13-2005, 04:14 PM

Diablo Scott <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>>> I met a guy recently with a very nice S&S coupled bike. He said he
>>> always listed the contents as "bicycle parts" and that confused the
>>> baggage clerks enough that he never got charged the $50 bicycle fee.

Pat wrote:
>> What did his packing look like?

Diablo Scott <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> I didn't see it, but he described it as the size and shape of a largish
> suitcase.

Probably a lot like this: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
--
Darin McGrew, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ], [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
Web Design Group, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ], [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

"It said 'Insert disk #3', but only two will fit..."

01-13-2005, 04:14 PM

Diablo Scott <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>>> I met a guy recently with a very nice S&S coupled bike. He said he
>>> always listed the contents as "bicycle parts" and that confused the
>>> baggage clerks enough that he never got charged the $50 bicycle fee.

Pat wrote:
>> What did his packing look like?

Diablo Scott <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> I didn't see it, but he described it as the size and shape of a largish
> suitcase.

Probably a lot like this: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
--
Darin McGrew, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ], [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
Web Design Group, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ], [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

"It said 'Insert disk #3', but only two will fit..."

01-13-2005, 04:51 PM

: > What did his packing look like?
: >
: > Pat in TX
: >
: >
: I didn't see it, but he described it as the size and shape of a largish
: suitcase.

So, they "bought" the excuse that it was just bike parts....was the suitcase
nice looking or did it look kind of industrial? I guess I am saying, would
something a little rough around the edges and beaten up a bit 'sell' the
idea easier?

Pat in TX

01-13-2005, 04:51 PM

: > What did his packing look like?
: >
: > Pat in TX
: >
: >
: I didn't see it, but he described it as the size and shape of a largish
: suitcase.

So, they "bought" the excuse that it was just bike parts....was the suitcase
nice looking or did it look kind of industrial? I guess I am saying, would
something a little rough around the edges and beaten up a bit 'sell' the
idea easier?

Pat in TX

01-13-2005, 04:51 PM

: > What did his packing look like?
: >
: > Pat in TX
: >
: >
: I didn't see it, but he described it as the size and shape of a largish
: suitcase.

So, they "bought" the excuse that it was just bike parts....was the suitcase
nice looking or did it look kind of industrial? I guess I am saying, would
something a little rough around the edges and beaten up a bit 'sell' the
idea easier?

Pat in TX

01-13-2005, 07:15 PM

Diablo Scott wrote:

> I met a guy recently with a very nice S&S coupled bike. He said he
> always listed the contents as "bicycle parts" and that confused the
> baggage clerks enough that he never got charged the $50 bicycle fee.

The whole point of an S&S bike is that it fits in a suitcase that's under the
maximum size limit -- 62" for L+W+H. That doesn't mean an aggressive counter
clerk won't try to charge you anyway, though.

Matt O.

01-13-2005, 07:15 PM

Diablo Scott wrote:

> I met a guy recently with a very nice S&S coupled bike. He said he
> always listed the contents as "bicycle parts" and that confused the
> baggage clerks enough that he never got charged the $50 bicycle fee.

The whole point of an S&S bike is that it fits in a suitcase that's under the
maximum size limit -- 62" for L+W+H. That doesn't mean an aggressive counter
clerk won't try to charge you anyway, though.

Matt O.

01-13-2005, 07:15 PM

Diablo Scott wrote:

> I met a guy recently with a very nice S&S coupled bike. He said he
> always listed the contents as "bicycle parts" and that confused the
> baggage clerks enough that he never got charged the $50 bicycle fee.

The whole point of an S&S bike is that it fits in a suitcase that's under the
maximum size limit -- 62" for L+W+H. That doesn't mean an aggressive counter
clerk won't try to charge you anyway, though.

Matt O.

01-14-2005, 12:46 AM

Deflate tubes as some cargo holds are not always pressurised and a lou
BANG as your tyres burst may not go down well at 32,000ft.

(apologies if this has already been mentioned

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Dominic Sanso