Shipping Bicycles by Air

Others have also shipped bicycles in airline (or bike shop) provided cardboard boxes, which seems to work surprisingly well considering the damage to the fiberglass box. Make sure that you always take off the pedals and the seatpost with saddle. Consider removing the rear derailleur and tape it to the frame, a bent dropout would be the end of the trip.

The handlebars must be turned sideways. (Bring tools to do all this.) Always let most but not all of the air out of the tires or some physics-impaired baggage handlers might do it for you when you aren't looking. If you ship bicycles with the wheels removed, put spacers into the dropouts, you can get them for free from bicycle stores.

International flights allow two pieces of baggage, one of which may be a bicycle, if the individual package weight does not exceed 50 lbs. Make sure you tell the airline that you have a bicycle with you; most shuttle flights use small aircraft that don't have room for bicycles.

Finally, check with your airline on the current regulations as they are changing almost daily.

Happy cycling!

Content by Thomas Driemeyer, www.bitrot.deEdited by Reg Gupton

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