Amsterdam to Brussels

richiemack

Lads I was looking for a bit of advice. Myself and a mate are being sent to Brussels for a few days training next month, and we were hoping to get there a couple of days early. Our trip is being paid for and they won't change flights, so our plan was to fly into Amsterdam a couple of days early and cycle from there to Brussels, except the only problem we have is that we will need to get our bike boxes from Amsterdam to Brussels, as we cannot get back there due to flying from Brussels, and not having enough time. Has anyone any idea how we could get the boxes sent from Amsterdam to Brussels while we are cycling? without costing an arm and a leg of course

richiemack

has anyone any experience, or ideas to share?

DirkVoodoo

Local courier maybe?

petethedrummer

No experience.

It would be nice if you could rent them at your departure airport and deposit them at the arrival one. Or from the airline.

blorg

What sort of bike? Consider flying without a case if it is not carbon.

richiemack

Both bikes have carbon forks, but we'd prefer to take boxes to avoid them getting bashed about. I heard today that it may be possible to rent in one place nd drop of at another, if anyone knows anything about this may be useful

Raam

You could smother them with bubble wrap and still go without a box. Then just ditch the wrap when you land and buy some more at a hardware shop at your departure point.

scottreynolds

I can't believe I, nor no one else, thought o this before and I know its too late but.......

Can't you just use a cardboard box from a bike shop in Ireland discard it when you arrive and the same on the way back ....

blorg

scottreynolds wrote: »

I can't believe I, nor no one else, thought o this before and I know its too late but.......

Can't you just use a cardboard box from a bike shop in Ireland discard it when you arrive and the same on the way back ....

You can, and I've done that before myself, but it can be a bit of a hassle finding one in a foreign city in a hurry before your flight out. Aluminum bike with carbon fork I would just put some foam around the fork, that's what I do with my tourer (titanium frame/carbon fork.) Tiny and Tom brought their bikes to the Alps unboxed too although I think there may have been minor issues on that one.

ROK ON

You could try to cover your bike with foam insulation tubing. Someone advised me to do that when I was carrying a bike on a bike rack.

Very cheap (any plumbing/DIY shop), easy to put on - and specifically designed to cover tubing (which is what bike frames are).

Finally - you could always take off the front and back deraileur - (but would obviously need to be able to re-assemble them again).