Great video and useful, thanks! I have one comment which is useful hopefully... if you have a complete itinerary for flying to your destination (like under a single booking code), the airline on the first leg of the trip sets the standards for baggage acceptance, so even if you have a different airline on a second leg of the booking, as long as it was accepted by the first it'll be no problem. :)
@photopuppet Good Point. When I went on the Norway trip I was preparing for when I made the video, the first leg of the trip was on Alaska Airlines. At that time Alaska had no baggage fees, so the who trip out incurred no charge.
awesome documentation. hope it will work on my trip. Anyone knows how much the 'boxed bike' roughly costs from the US- Germany in addition to the flight?
MY tip for anybody with a full suspension is remove the rear swingarm and front forks. I managed to fit mine into a largest size suitcase with everthing apart from the wheels which were in seperate padded wheel bags. a full suspension bike is smaller to transport than a rigid bike. removing the rear swingarm makes it so much smaller. you could actually fit it into a pretty small nice sized box with this technique.
"Don't wait until the night before you get on the plane to pack your bike" - I'm gonna have to bust out early to get the pipe insulation and zip ties for the zip ties. Thanks for making the video. Annapolis to Tunis, this should help them arrive safely.
great video Chuck ! i am packing my bike now to go on a trip to the wild country side of Northern Quebec, around the marvelous lac St Jean ! cheers mate !
hey Chuck, although your great video is from 2007, it will help me now in 2010 ! thanks for the video and I have my notes taken from it here to go on my trip to Northern Quebec ! cheers man.
Great help! I am now an expert on packing a bike... I cannot believe that my lovely bike is now just in pieces and that's me who did it. Of course by the help of this video...
Great video Chuck. I had Evans bike shop in UK pack my new bike for a flight. When I got to the airport I checked to see they had deflated tyres and they hadn't; nor had they secured or put any packing on any of the bike (except for a tie on the cranks and one on the handle bars). I had to throw a whole lot of clothes in the box (in the Heathrow departure area)to secure the bike. I think I'll send them your video!
haha opps! glad you told me that actually now I know - you want something done u have to do it yourself! Where were you going? Any tips? I was thinking about the Morzines?
Great video and useful, thanks! I have one comment which is useful hopefully... if you have a complete itinerary for flying to your destination (like under a single booking code), the airline on the first leg of the trip sets the standards for baggage acceptance, so even if you have a different airline on a second leg of the booking, as long as it was accepted by the first it'll be no problem. :)
photopuppet 2 weeks ago
@photopuppet Good Point. When I went on the Norway trip I was preparing for when I made the video, the first leg of the trip was on Alaska Airlines. At that time Alaska had no baggage fees, so the who trip out incurred no charge.
chuckmatflix 2 weeks ago
awesome documentation. hope it will work on my trip. Anyone knows how much the 'boxed bike' roughly costs from the US- Germany in addition to the flight?
sbrinkable 2 months ago
Awesome video. Thanks for the help, bike came out perfect.
pasqualified 5 months ago
very helpful vid! thanks
james1327 6 months ago
Thanks for this great video! I'll make sure to have pipe insulation and zip ties ready when heading of from the airport :)
julienmueller 10 months ago
very cool video, thanks!
ekimzaga 1 year ago
Thx Chuck for the video! I am finding out how to take my bicycle from Australia to Spain and I am very lost. Your video helped a lot!
ArthurHM 1 year ago
MY tip for anybody with a full suspension is remove the rear swingarm and front forks. I managed to fit mine into a largest size suitcase with everthing apart from the wheels which were in seperate padded wheel bags. a full suspension bike is smaller to transport than a rigid bike. removing the rear swingarm makes it so much smaller. you could actually fit it into a pretty small nice sized box with this technique.
1982FMJ 1 year ago
very helpful ~ thanx very much
wan1912 1 year ago
"Don't wait until the night before you get on the plane to pack your bike" - I'm gonna have to bust out early to get the pipe insulation and zip ties for the zip ties. Thanks for making the video. Annapolis to Tunis, this should help them arrive safely.
asd2010grad 1 year ago
Excellent video Chuck!!
scandalinbohemia 1 year ago
great video Chuck ! i am packing my bike now to go on a trip to the wild country side of Northern Quebec, around the marvelous lac St Jean ! cheers mate !
echobunnytube 1 year ago
hey Chuck, although your great video is from 2007, it will help me now in 2010 ! thanks for the video and I have my notes taken from it here to go on my trip to Northern Quebec ! cheers man.
echobunnytube 1 year ago
Google "Bike Box".
1jks 2 years ago
Thank you for the demonstration. It will come in handy very soon.
vmontpetit 2 years ago
Great video. Thanks for posting it. I will just start packing our two moutain bikes to take them back to Brazil.
fmp1976 2 years ago
Great help! I am now an expert on packing a bike... I cannot believe that my lovely bike is now just in pieces and that's me who did it. Of course by the help of this video...
rosasebnem 2 years ago
good man, Chuck - you've made something complicated appear simple.
pedrosw18 2 years ago
zip tie the zip ties!! that cracked me up!! awesome vid thanks
chamois9 2 years ago
I get a lot of mileage from the zip ties.
They truly are your best friends!
Thanks
chuckmatflix 2 years ago
Great video Chuck. I had Evans bike shop in UK pack my new bike for a flight. When I got to the airport I checked to see they had deflated tyres and they hadn't; nor had they secured or put any packing on any of the bike (except for a tie on the cranks and one on the handle bars). I had to throw a whole lot of clothes in the box (in the Heathrow departure area)to secure the bike. I think I'll send them your video!
gustav7 3 years ago
haha opps! glad you told me that actually now I know - you want something done u have to do it yourself! Where were you going? Any tips? I was thinking about the Morzines?
chamois9 2 years ago
Thanks for the info.
rutgers13 3 years ago
Great video Chuck! Very thorough and detailed!
Colette
jtdowning 4 years ago