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ramisis
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Any one travelled with a bike on ryanair recently.?How did you prepair the bike?
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i can't work out if you've misspelled prepare or repair.0
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I prepaired my bike (male, 2 years old) with a female bike of similar observable phenotype(s).
If all goes well, in a few months I should have my half of a litter of tiny baby bikes to give away!!0 -
work it out, shouldn't be too hard for a couple smart arses0
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↑ Am I to assume from the above that you for one would not be the slightest bit interested in a perfectly formed tiny baby bicycle, to have and to hold, and to tutor in the ways of righteousness?
No matter what provenance?
With regard to observable phenotype - I was only joking in my previous post; in reality I have access to full pedigree certification.
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I have taken my touring bike as is on Ryanair, just wheeled it up to them and they take it away by hand.
My racing bike I pack into a hard case.
Note Ryanair now have a 20kg weight limit on bikes- that is tough to meet if you are boxing the bike in a hard case. They don't always enforce this but I have been on flights where they did and the excess is £20/€20 per kilo. Note this is a new restriction in the last 12 months.
I've never had a problem with them.0 -
Place chain in smallest ring and largest rear sprocket, remove pedals, flip and lower bars, lower saddle, lock front wheel to frame to prevent wobble.
Put plumbing pipe insulation over all the tubes and taper in place.
Put whole bike into tough polythene bag and ducktape up.
Do not leave waterbottles with their caps on, security want to inspect them. I left an uncapped bottle in a cage and it wasnt a problem.
The packing material packs up to the size of a large tent that can be bungied to the rear rack. It weighs a lot less so if you must, you can ride with it. The extra plastic groundsheet comes in handy when pitching a tent on stony ground.0 -
Travelled with Ryanair last summer, with bikes in plastic bags. No problems at all. Though from what I understand, the airline is immaterial (except for price/weight, etc). The people most likely to wreck your bike are the handlers who are employed by the airport, not the airline.0
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Neil Pryde bike bag with hard base. Lined this with cardbard bike box. Undo rear mech and tape with chain to seat stays. Pipe lagging on frame. Wheels into bags in bike bag. put bike in bag and stuff the bag thoroughly with bubble wrap.
The resulting package is arguably as tough as a hard case, but with more give which I reckon is safer. Its also considerably lighter. I would never dream of entrusting my bike to the baggage handlers in only a plastic bag!0 -
wow. nice sense of humour ramisis. i have used ryanair a few times with bikes but not recently. i have had no problems with them but have heard horror stories from friends and other posters on this forum. a general rule of thumb appears to be, pack your bike properly and you should be alright. or perhaps that should be, to avoid repair, prepare. hope it goes well for you if you use them.0
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Nickwill wrote:Neil Pryde bike bag with hard base. Lined this with cardbard bike box. Undo rear mech and tape with chain to seat stays. Pipe lagging on frame. Wheels into bags in bike bag. put bike in bag and stuff the bag thoroughly with bubble wrap.
The resulting package is arguably as tough as a hard case, but with more give which I reckon is safer. Its also considerably lighter. I would never dream of entrusting my bike to the baggage handlers in only a plastic bag!
The trouble with a bike bag where the wheels are removed and it's all packed down is that it is actually easier to mistreat. Whilst sat on the plane, I once watched another plane being loaded as I was preparing to fly out with family, and a bike in a bike bag was picked up off the trolley and thrown onto the floor by the conveyer belt loading the plane, and other luggage then thrown on top of it. I hate to think how it fared. I have also seen my bike, in plastic bag, be picked off the trolley (at the top, no tower of suitcases on top of it), and carefully placed by the conveyer belt. fully assembled bikes are much more difficult to handle, and as such don;t get chucked around like ordinary luggage.
Of course, if someone is of a mind to damage them, they it is easier, but I don't think the handlers tend to be spiteful, they just aren;t that careful.
It also saves a hell of a lot of time the other end. Fifteen minutes reassembly, bag rolled up and stashed in a pannier, and you're off.0 -
MichaelW - "Place chain in smallest ring and largest rear sprocket."
I think you should say put the 'chain on the biggest chainring' - not the smallest...
The idea is that the chain will protect the teeth. The small ring is unlikely to get banged about.It's an uphill climb to the bottom0 -
When coming back from the Spanish stages of the Tour last summer I saw the way bikes were treated by Girona airport staff as they were placed on Ryanair.
I drove when I took my bike in March...0
