Are students really as dense and lacking in common sense as they seem to be on BE. FFS it is a BICYCLE.....why doesnt he RIDE it between terminals or WHEEL IT.

Jesus H Christ!!!

Terminals at Manchester 1/2/3 all within about 300 yards of railway station which is in the complex of the terminals with mobile walkways to the platforms. Trains direct to Piccidilly, Mcr then onward to Durham.Check out various bicycle carry packages,very neat nowadays and lightweight. If in doubt, wait till you get up to Durham and then steal one, everyone else does it.it would save time and money !

I think it's you that's being dense - bikes have to be packed in cardboard bags, cases or boxes before being checked in, as you might have guessed from the references above to bags and boxes.

back at you!

I've been shipping bikes and bike parts to the UK all year via FedEx for a friend in the UK who buys them off Ebay. A full bike is usually between $70 and $100 and it gets there in 3 days.

That's how I'd get it there in his situation. Many of the cyclists I have ridden with often FedEx their bikes to events rather than take with them on the plane. They seem to think it will be better treated by the FedEx guys than the airline baggage handlers.

When I came back from the States in June there were three cyclists whose bikes were in a sorry state at the luggage carousel - admittedly, it looked like they hadn't been packed particularly well (they were in cardboard bike boxes) - but hard to tell if that was actually bad packing or the aftermath of being slung around like a sack of potatoes by the airline staff. I couldn't see them getting very far on their bike tour without a little attention from a bike wrench.

You're obviously a student as anyone with any common sense would take the bike out of the box, attach the front wheel and then wheel it. I appreciate that this might involve a certain amount of radical thinking along the lines of actually using your student hands for a task other than lifting a half of cider, rolling a joint, opening a pot noodle or holding an open palm out to mum and dad.

GYAC, mate. The bike isn't packed fully assembled into boxes or bags because the box would be too big to be handled and all the stuff would be rattling around inside. The wheels are removed, handlebars rotated 90 degrees (or removed, it's easier), pedals removed, rear mech removed and (ideally) crankset removed. Then there's all the pissing about with skewers, seatpost and jamming the holder-thingies in the dropouts. Then the whole lot is disassembled and packed with copious amounts of bubblewrap, tape and cardboard.



It takes a ******* age to do properly and just as long (if not longer, weirdly) to reassemble. It's not something you particularly want to be doing in the middle of an airport (speaking as someone that's done it a few times).

Unlike most people on this thread, you apparently don't have any relevant experience or knowledge to contribute. Maybe you should stick to topics you know something about like...umm...hold on, I'm sure we'll find out sooner or later.

Pimpbot: oh, yeah, if FedEx only costs $100 for a full bike, I'd definitely send it that way in that case. That's exactly the same price as he's likely to be charged by the airline per segment!

Where does it say that it has to be packed like that by law? You could just remove front wheel, turn the bars and remove the crank gear and it would easily fit in a box and still be able to have the front wheel put back on in a second and ****ing wheeled through the airport.

As this is way to complicated a task for the accademic student mind then just put the bike on a trolley and push it...failing that carry it, its only 25Ibs you pussy.

Even in a bike bag its a lot more comlicaed than that, i a box, cardboard or purpose designed for re-use, its a lot worse..

Nowhere! You could "legally" check in a Ming vase unpacked too, if you wanted, but no-one would expect it to be in very good condition after it's been Seeing as the OP started off by saying it's a good bike that's worth keeping, it wouldn't make much sense to transport it in a condition that's likely to get it damaged (i.e. sticking it in a big cardboard box and hoping nothing happens to it).

A smarter (and less beardy) person than you might have just said "oh, you're right - I hadn't thought about that" by now and exited gracefully, but you're just blustering on. Anyway, like they say, "never argue with a fool, because people looking from a distance can't see who is who", so cheerio...