Packing a bike transport bag

Im taking my bike by air to Finland soon. This may sound a daft question: I
have a Pro ace nylon bag with a pocket for the wheels. What I'm not sure
about is how to pack my bike into it. Do I just take the wheels, pedals off
and rotate the hadle bars. Should I take the rear mech off as well?
Any help to prevent damage in transit will help.
Chris

Chris Nowak wrote:
Im taking my bike by air to Finland soon. This may sound a daft question: I
have a Pro ace nylon bag with a pocket for the wheels. What I'm not sure
about is how to pack my bike into it. Do I just take the wheels, pedals off
and rotate the hadle bars. Should I take the rear mech off as well?
Any help to prevent damage in transit will help.
Chris



Take the wheels off and put them in the pockets. Take the rear
derailleur off and tape or ziptie it inside the rear triange where its
protected. Take the pedals off (should be a pocket to put them in) Get
some old hubs, hub axles or plastic spacer from the LBS to put in the
front and rear dropouts to stop them being pushed together. Put the
frame in the bag. Don't rotate the handlebars, just turn them so the
forks and handlebars are at right angles to normal. Pop the wheels in
the bag - if you can get them put the plastic discs in the end of the
axles to stop them punching holes in the bag and then damaging the
frame. Pack the bag out with clothing or other soft protection and zip
it closed. Don't forget to take the pedal spanner, wheel skewers, pump,
cutter if you used zipties and allen key to reattach the rear derailleur.

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In message
"Chris Nowak" wrote:

I'm taking my bike by air

Snip

Depressurise the tyres.
(And shocks if you have them).

I know that now luggage is put in bomb resistant boxes, but an
exploding car tyre can take out a C130 Hurcules.

Martin.

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Martin Dann wrote:

In message
"Chris Nowak" wrote:


I'm taking my bike by air


Snip

Depressurise the tyres.
(And shocks if you have them).

I know that now luggage is put in bomb resistant boxes, but an
exploding car tyre can take out a C130 Hurcules.

Good grief. Not again...

James

Martin Dann wrote:

Depressurise the tyres.
(And shocks if you have them).


Absolute rubbish. The excess pressure in a hold is about 5psi or within
the tolerance to which to inflate your tyres anyway. When was the last
time you had a tyre explode on you and did it take out your garage when
it did? To quote British Airways:

"It is not necessary from a safety perspective to deflate typical tyres
found on bikes and wheelchairs."

Ditto shocks.


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Tony

"A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought" Lord
Peter Wimsey (Dorothy L. Sayers)

On Sun, 22 May 2005 03:22:06 +0100, Martin Dann
wrote:

In message
"Chris Nowak" wrote:

I'm taking my bike by air

Snip

Depressurise the tyres.
(And shocks if you have them).

I know that now luggage is put in bomb resistant boxes, but an
exploding car tyre can take out a C130 Hurcules.

Martin.

You're having a laugh, right?

a) Top posting.
q) What's the worst thing about UseNet?

On Sun, 22 May 2005 09:17:02 +0100, Tony Raven
wrote:

Martin Dann wrote:

Depressurise the tyres.
(And shocks if you have them).


Absolute rubbish. The excess pressure in a hold is about 5psi or within
the tolerance to which to inflate your tyres anyway. When was the last
time you had a tyre explode on you and did it take out your garage when
it did? To quote British Airways:

"It is not necessary from a safety perspective to deflate typical tyres
found on bikes and wheelchairs."

Ditto shocks.


No it's true. Didn't you notice the pilot of the plane letting down
_his_ tyres just before takeoff?


Tim

Tim Hall wrote:


No it's true. Didn't you notice the pilot of the plane letting down
_his_ tyres just before takeoff?


No but that explains the flight engineer being out on the wing with a
track pump just before landing.

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Tony

"A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought" Lord
Peter Wimsey (Dorothy L. Sayers)

Tim Hall wrote:

No it's true. Didn't you notice the pilot of the plane letting down
_his_ tyres just before takeoff?

If the Concorde pilot had done that....

James

James Annan wrote:
Tim Hall wrote:

No it's true. Didn't you notice the pilot of the plane letting down
_his_ tyres just before takeoff?


If the Concorde pilot had done that....


That was the problem, he left it to the Continental pilot to do it for him.

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Tony

"A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought" Lord
Peter Wimsey (Dorothy L. Sayers)