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Handlebars and boxing a bike
I'm looking at taking my road bike on a plane and have got a bike box
from the LBS. All the packing tips I've read mention turning the handlebars 90 degrees but I can't seem to make them fit. The box is not very wide (190 mm) but even the standard Qantas box (300 mm) wouldn't fit handlebars that are still attached to the bike (even when rotated). What else do I need to do? Derek |
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Derek wrote:
I'm looking at taking my road bike on a plane and have got a bike box from the LBS. All the packing tips I've read mention turning the handlebars 90 degrees but I can't seem to make them fit. The box is not very wide (190 mm) but even the standard Qantas box (300 mm) wouldn't fit handlebars that are still attached to the bike (even when rotated). What else do I need to do? Derek As well as rotating bars by 90 deg, loosen the stem were it attaches to the bars and rotate the bars there as well. I've done this a couple of times. Basically, the brake hoods end up pointing at the ground, one side of the drops may end up hooking under the top tube. I won't try an "ascii art" this! Be careful of any cables and wires as you do this. DeF -- e-mail: To reply, you'll have to remove finger. |
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Looks like I'll need a bigger box then. I tried this yesterday and it
was still quite wide. Bit of a squeeze getting the drops under the top tube too... |
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If you have a quill stem, you might need to pull it out of the head
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DeF Wrote: Derek wrote: I'm looking at taking my road bike on a plane and have got a bike box from the LBS. All the packing tips I've read mention turning the handlebars 90 degrees but I can't seem to make them fit. The box is not very wide (190 mm) but even the standard Qantas box (300 mm) wouldn't fit handlebars that are still attached to the bike (even when rotated). What else do I need to do? Derek As well as rotating bars by 90 deg, loosen the stem were it attaches to the bars and rotate the bars there as well. I've done this a couple of times. Basically, the brake hoods end up pointing at the ground, one side of the drops may end up hooking under the top tube. I won't try an "ascii art" this! Be careful of any cables and wires as you do this. DeF -- e-mail: To reply, you'll have to remove finger. While you're at it, loosen the shift/brake levers as well. One thing I've learned with air travel is that if you don't loosen something, it will get bent. Ritch -- ritcho |
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ritcho wrote:
DeF Wrote: Derek wrote: I'm looking at taking my road bike on a plane and have got a bike box from the LBS. All the packing tips I've read mention turning the handlebars 90 degrees but I can't seem to make them fit. The box is not very wide (190 mm) but even the standard Qantas box (300 mm) wouldn't fit handlebars that are still attached to the bike (even when rotated). What else do I need to do? Derek As well as rotating bars by 90 deg, loosen the stem were it attaches to the bars and rotate the bars there as well. I've done this a couple of times. Basically, the brake hoods end up pointing at the ground, one side of the drops may end up hooking under the top tube. I won't try an "ascii art" this! Be careful of any cables and wires as you do this. DeF -- e-mail: To reply, you'll have to remove finger. While you're at it, loosen the shift/brake levers as well. One thing I've learned with air travel is that if you don't loosen something, it will get bent. Ritch Agreed, indeed, you should loosen them a bit anyway in case your bike falls over or you have an off. Better the levers twist a bit than bend or snap. One advantage of twisting the bars down is the levers end up in the middle of the package, well away from any exterior knocks. DeF. -- e-mail: To reply, you'll have to remove finger. |
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Derek wrote:
I'm looking at taking my road bike on a plane And don't carry any tools in your carry-on luggage. You may have them confiscated. |
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Evan Wrote: Derek wrote: I'm looking at taking my road bike on a plane And don't carry any tools in your carry-on luggage. You may have them confiscated. And don't leave your mobile phone - switched on - in the saddle bag They really don't like that! (no, it wasn't me...) Ali -- alison_b |
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On 2005-12-02, Evan (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea: Derek wrote: I'm looking at taking my road bike on a plane And don't carry any tools in your carry-on luggage. You may have them confiscated. I just heard on the news that America has seen that the security screenings for scissors and ball-point pens are useless, and have just stopped doing such screenings. Australia are not going to follow suit, unfortunately. -- TimC "It took people a long time to figure out which machine was [mooing], and even longer to figure out how. But for some reason it didn't take them any time at all to figure that I'd done it." -- Paul Tomblin on ASR |
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