Bikepacking Guide - How To Fly With Your Bike

If you're planning on heading abroad for your cycling holiday, you'll need to think about how you'll get your bike on the plane.
In this video, we look at preparing your bike to fly, and go through some things to think about while boxing up your pride and joy.
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[@erictofflemire8200]

Running your thru axle through a piece of PVC as a spacer between the forks (and rear stays) is a lot safer; it adds rigidity and prevents them from being smashed together.

[@clarencelaboranti4835]

A torque wrench, even if a compact one, is a worthy addition to these cases even if that means lugging that thing throughout the whole trip. The last thing you want after you re--assemble your bike, is a fork steerer or a handlebar starting to crack mid--adventure. Excellent tips, by the way.

[@BikeTouringMike]

Useful info. Do you ride around with all that bubble-wrap on your tour or how do you find new wrap for your flight back home?

[@Restrapltd]

You'll want to dispose of the bubble wrap at your destination and find new bubble wrap and packaging for the flight back home. Bubble wrap is easy to get hold of at a post office, or something similar. If you're getting a bike box sorted from a bike shop they often keep hold of the packaging, which you can use, too. A more environmentally sustainable solution would be to use newspaper instead of bubble wrap, which can be recycled along with the cardboard box.

[@Liljoozy]

@@Restrapltd Should I assume, then, that on international trips (particularly to the developing world), newspaper would likely be the best option?

[@Liljoozy]

Have you ever considered travel couplers? I am thinking about them to avoid having to pay to ship a huge box like this one but am afraid about frame rigidity performance decrease.

[@Restrapltd]

Not a lot of frames have these, and it's a pricy option. But if you do travel a lot then frame couplers would be a great way to save on shipping size!

[@Liljoozy]

Are you paying not only overweight but also oversize luggage for this box, or only oversize?

[@Restrapltd]

It depends on the airline. You'll have to check the weight limits of the airline you're flying and do your best to keep it under that limit. One thing to bear in mind is that the box itself will weight 1-2kg too. Depending on the airlines prices, it could be worth just taking the hit on the extra charges.

[@THEGEEK2001]

I throw pedals in a pairof sock