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Bike on Ryanair

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    #32
    blobbie
    Registered Users Posts: 673 ✭✭✭blobbie


    07Lapierre wrote: »
    I wonder what airline Dan Martin uses? :)

    http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/dan-martins-garmin-sharp-squad-arrive-at-tour-of-beijing-without-their-bikes/

    A wee bit of an article here about world tour team logistics

    http://cyclingtips.com.au/2014/02/the-logistics-of-taking-a-worldtour-team-overseas/


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    #33
    ryan_sherlock
    Registered Users Posts: 885 ✭✭✭ryan_sherlock


    spyderski wrote: »
    Let us know how you you get on with them, especially regarding dimensional weight for bikes.....

    So far so good - they picked up one package going to Mallorca, and then my race wheels etc.. coming home. A day of traveling yesterday was made a hell of a lot more straightforward - so far, so good.

    Dimensions is the killer, not weight (when you have a large box, they convert that to an allowed weight, the allowed weight will be much less than a bike + kit etc... in the box)


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    #34
    ryan_sherlock
    Registered Users Posts: 885 ✭✭✭ryan_sherlock


    My bike and bags arrived in all their various locations. I was on 5 trains, 2 buses and 1 plane coming home from Belgium - sendmybags.ie was very very much worth while.


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    #35
    Roddy23
    Registered Users Posts: 2,473 ✭✭✭Roddy23


    Sorry to hijack this thread but looking for opinions on the following bike bag as CRC seem to be having a decent sale at the moment. Will be flying transatlantic in the new year and am hoping to bring a road bike with me.

    Would the following be suitable?

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/ie/en/brand-x-complete-bike-wheel-bags/rp-prod104581

    I've looked at hard cases online and this while only a padded non hard case looks like it might do the job. Hoping to fly with aerlingus so just wondering if anybody has done something similar and any recommendations they might have?

    Thanks


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    #36
    ryan_sherlock
    Registered Users Posts: 885 ✭✭✭ryan_sherlock


    We have one - it is fine, a little small maybe but will do the job.

    I also have an Evoc bag which is (more or less) the Gold Standard for collapsible bike bags but it is €€€. http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/ie/en/evoc-bike-travel-bag-280l-2014/rp-prod64766


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    #37
    wav1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭wav1


    Booked a bike on a return flight to Carcassone France today[Ryanair]
    Flites e54 return Bike e100 return


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    #38
    rab!dmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 629 ✭✭✭rab!dmonkey


    I had the CRC version of the Brand-X bag - same thing, just a different colour - and I wouldn't recommend it. It began showing wear after one trip and eventually tore apart. I've used the previous model of the EVOC bag since then and found it to be a quality product - well recommended if you travel once a year or more.


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    #39
    slow
    Registered Users Posts: 194 ✭✭slow


    if it's a bike bag you want, it's hard to beat this for value. I've put two bikes into it.

    http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/BAPXDLBB/planet-x-deluxe-bike-bag


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    #40
    Seaswimmer
    Registered Users Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭Seaswimmer


    Quick update (and warning) from Malaga airport. Flew out about 10 days ago and came back Dublin-Malaga Aer Lingus yesterday.. Going out had the bike boxed and no problems except comes out on normal luggage belt but was placed well.

    Going home we hadn't kept the boxes but as Aer Lingus policy says only that handlebars need to be turned and pedals removed we arrived at the airport expecting all would be ok.

    It turns out now that Malaga Airport expect bikes to be bagged or boxed even when flying with Aer Lingus. We ended up being brought to a secure area of the airport where bikes had to be squeezed through an xray machine (bit of dismantling and reassembly required). CO2 cartridges were removed from one bag (but not another).2 handlers did wheel the bikes away from us and they arrived safely back inDublin but if flying through Malaga with Aer Lingus I would recommend boxing bikes even when Aer Lingus will carry them unboxed..

    No boxing facilities are available in the airport.


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    #41
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,960 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    slow wrote: »
    if it's a bike bag you want, it's hard to beat this for value. I've put two bikes into it.

    http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/BAPXDLBB/planet-x-deluxe-bike-bag
    How? ...it can be difficult enough getting one bike into a bag! :confused:


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    #42
    slow
    Registered Users Posts: 194 ✭✭slow


    The Planet X bag is maximum dimensions. A beast of a bag.


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    #43
    cornet
    Registered Users Posts: 133 ✭✭cornet


    Ryanair now charging €60 each way


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    #44
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,960 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    cornet wrote: »
    Ryanair now charging €60 each way
    Still a lot less hassle than Aer Lingus or some of the US airlines.


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