Taking my bike on Ryanair with a CTC bag

MB Lacey · 05-09-2013 04:40PM

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

The simplest thing is to invert them (i.e. screw back onto the inside of the crank arm). It stops them going missing/falling out etc.

Ooooh that's what people meant by inverting them!!

:rolleyes:

yes that would have been a lot easier - I took mine off completely.
The pedals and the 15mm wrench I used to remove them were heavy! So if you were watching your luggage allowance your advice there is helpful

Oryx · 05-09-2013 04:49PM

Abhainn wrote: »

Thats good news. Travelling to Amsterdam from Dub with AL next Thurs with bike bag. Booked bike a few weeks ago and was told limit was 15kg " Are you sure?". "Yes".
Last Sept travelled to Barcelona with AL. Bag must have weighed 25kg. They made no comment at all about it

from website: The maximum weight allowable for carriage of sports equipment is 23kgs / 50lbs

I got hit for over E100 (cant remember) for overweight bike box with AL two years ago, all fine on the way out, they waived the charge, but it was pay up or no flight on the way back. Its not always guaranteed they will ignore it.

Though Im glad they put it up. 15kg was crazy.

Wishbone Ash · 05-09-2013 04:57PM

Oryx wrote: »

I got hit for over E100 (cant remember) for overweight bike box with AL two years ago, all fine on the way out, they waived the charge, but it was pay up or no flight on the way back

I often wondered if in those situations,would it be possible to simply book a "second" bike - i.e. pay €40 x 2 and double your allowance rather than fork out €100 in excess fees.

It seems strange that the weight limit is so arbitrary depending on the staff on duty. (Although that probably works in our favour most of the time).

Idleater · 05-09-2013 11:42PM

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I often wondered if in those situations,would it be possible to simply book a "second" bike - i.e. pay €40 x 2 and double your allowance rather than fork out €100 in excess fees.

There is a max 32kg weight per item so this is not guaranteed to work.

I packed my bike in a box and it was 18.5kg (potentially 3.5kg over the charge limit for aer lingus) and it was fine though I had read the excess kg charges just in case. I did wonder about the €40 bike fee, as I would have gotten 20kg for €20 as a checked bag.

Seaswimmer · 23-09-2013 09:05PM

Ok.

just back from 1100KM through Portugal, Spain and France. Flew ex Dublin to Porto and turned up at terminal 1 with our bike and our CTC bags at the ready.

spoke to the man at oversized luggage before we did anything and he said he couldn't put bikes on unless they were in boxes or bike bags and suggested we go back to the airline desk.

Went back to Ryanair and a girl there made a quick call and 2 baggage handlers arrive up and wheeled both bikes away as they were. No tyre deflation, no pedal turning and we even left on the handlebar bags and panniers with some items in them.
Bikes arrived safely in Portugal.

Left Biarritz today and they insist on bike being boxed but for 11 euro they give you a box, tape and scissors and a place to pack it all up.
Lowered saddle, turned bars, took off pedals and threw what we could into the box with the bike and once it was less than 30kgs it went on the oversized belt.
Arrived safely in Dublin where we left the boxes..

So more inconsistency in Dublin but a good system in Biarritz which would be ideal if more airports did it..

Taking my bike on Ryanair with a CTC bag

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