How To Fly With A Bike | Mountain Bike Travel Tips
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4 жыл бұрынSo you're going on a riding holiday with your mountain bike, should you choose a cardboard bike box or dedicated bike travel bag to fly with? Here's Neil with the pros and cons 🛫
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@MegaGouch 4 жыл бұрын
16:57 as someone who works at an airport, baggage handlers don't treat anything with respect, no matter what it is you are flying with make sure it's well protected. I've seen bags dropped on the tarmac countless times and seen multiple time bags and parcels being dropped 4+ meters from the aircraft onto the tarmac. You'd hope that'd be difficult with a bike bag, but never ever trust them to look after your stuff!
@swilhelm3180 2 жыл бұрын
That's depressing to read!!! But thank you for your honesty.
@ilyXASPER 4 жыл бұрын
12:55 who else kept staring at the bug
@Beets82 4 жыл бұрын
Yep, don't fly to Australia or New Zealand with bugs in your bags, you'll get more prison time for that then trying to smuggle in post ride relaxants...
@rcs2003 4 жыл бұрын
How to fly with mtb? Look for a kicker ramp and send it
@sinetwo 2 жыл бұрын
You may end up in heaven, which is one of flying
@riverspohn9375 2 жыл бұрын
hell yeah dude
@andysearle5827 Жыл бұрын
Your comment made me laugh out loud! Thanks!!
@milessmith589 4 жыл бұрын
Don't use a cardboard box from a bike shop use one that had a plasma screen in it. Baggage handlers treat them with care, if they happen to be 'haters' they'll be drawn to your bike in a clearly identified bike box like they are when they are driving past you on the road. 👍
@Alisnotboring 4 жыл бұрын
I can confirm, if you bring beers and biscuits to my bike shop you will get a better service.
@ragzontour 3 жыл бұрын
This has got to be one of the most useful channels on KZfaq! Great work chaps, simply outstanding.
@Mr.ZiggedWhenHeShouldaZagged 4 жыл бұрын
Keep old hubs to put in place of wheels to prevent frame/fork squeezing, and put a strap over the seat in case the dropper lever gets nudged
@OLI-vx1md 4 жыл бұрын
Heres my 2 cents... Take the stem off, with the bars still in place.. Pop a couple "spare" headset spacers and nip the top cap back up to keep the headset compressed nicely and that way your bars are exactly how you ride them.. no resetting them when you land! 😉😘...🤙
@rupedog 4 жыл бұрын
Great tip!
@splash_rtc5219 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome content as always GMBN!
@brandonquinn5835 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, very helpful, iv got an evoc bike bag, and am going to use it soon, so this video helped alot
@declanfaughey8471 4 жыл бұрын
Very helpful video full of useful tips for packing your bicycle, as I am going travelling to the UK by car ferry, for a weekend of mountain biking in Wales for my Stag do with all 5 of my mountain biking group mates. In order to fit all 6 bikes into my mate's van are going to have to pack our bikes into bike bags. Will be showing this to my mountain biking club mates, bring on Wales.
@falco5732 4 жыл бұрын
Put on record that I was here for a "how to get big air" video
@patrickjohnson8264 4 жыл бұрын
Falco same
@jakeehrlich4068 4 жыл бұрын
good piece of advice. Take the bike apart with the tools you will take with you to ensure you have the same tools when you arrive. Especially if you have a home bike shop that you are used to using.
@yokesandspokes 4 жыл бұрын
As an airline pilot, I can tell you this. A sealed tire is considered hazmat (hazardous material) because of the change in pressure as the plane climbs. Even though the cargo holds on most planes are pressurized, they still regularly reach a pressure altitude of 8000 feet. There isn’t much risk there, but if there’s a decompression event on the flight, the pressure in the tire increases along with the risk of an explosive rupture. For more (and for fun) you should inflate a tire until it bursts.
@newttella1043 4 жыл бұрын
This might be important for roadies who inflate well over 100 PSI. But on an mtb, rarely is the pressure above 35 PSI, well under the tires max of 75 PSI.
@yokesandspokes 4 жыл бұрын
Newt Tella I don’t think the volume of air would be enough to do anything in a road bike. lol. But what about that one idiot who keeps it at max psi? Maybe not even an idiot. Could be that one person who went to the skate park the night before and forgot to deflate. Point is when tsa (or whichever security agency is in your country) goes through your bag, they’re not going to pull out a pressure gauge, they’re going to squeeze the tire. If it doesn’t give, they’re going to reject the bag, or at least that’s what they’re supposed to do.... they almost never do.
@newttella1043 4 жыл бұрын
@@yokesandspokes I agree that making your tires feel soft will convince the security agent that your tires are safe. But your first point about road tire volume makes me scared that you are a pilot. Volume and pressure are not the same.
@yokesandspokes 4 жыл бұрын
Newt Tella first off, you’re a troll, second you need volume and pressure. At no point did I separate the two.
@yokesandspokes 4 жыл бұрын
Newt Tella I would be willing to bet that a road tire would do less damage at 100psi than a mountain bike tire at as you said 75psi when popped. What tire is that anyway? I’ve only ever had tires rated to 60psi
@RuggedBubbles 4 жыл бұрын
Super informative 🙏 thank you!!!
@repenning1 4 жыл бұрын
some airlines have a 23 kg instead of the 32 kg weight limit. That makes it pretty hard. Important tip about breaks: if you have adjustable reach break levels dial them all the way in (so that they do not actually work even when the handle is all the way pulled). This way your bike is immune to accidental lever pull which could result in the break pads migrating inwards to the point where you have to pull them apart again or even bleed the breaks.
@lallantadoblada331 4 жыл бұрын
Alexander Repenning yeah! Not a word about pulling a brake spacer in the caliper after removing the wheels. Maybe it is obvious (and it should be), but working in a bike shop I see many people that don’t even think about it. And have a lot of trouble later.
@cataca91 2 жыл бұрын
what you call "breaks" are actually spelled "brakes"
@hakanvanli11 9 ай бұрын
PERFECT EXPLAINN 👏✨
@kresnacakra78 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, finally I don't have to deflate my tyres.. Great video :b
@miguele.antonetti9999 4 жыл бұрын
Good one! :)
@paulbyrne4214 4 жыл бұрын
Australia's quarantine service and New Zealand's MAF are very strict and for good reason. Just put new tyres on for your trip and clean the bike and you'll be sweet
@mjswallow1988 4 жыл бұрын
Great video! Do you recommend letting pressures out of tyres, forks, shocks before flying?
@newttella1043 4 жыл бұрын
If you don't take air out of either tires or fork, nothing bad will happen. But airport security assume everyone pumps up their tires to 120 PSI, so that's why they ask you to deflate them. No need to change fork pressure ever.
@pelleliland4806 4 жыл бұрын
Good time for this one❤️. Perfekt for corona virus just joiking
@mjones3544 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video! Why do you leave the derailleur hanger on the frame, and not remove it with the derailleur? Thanks!
@DAllan-lz3lg 4 жыл бұрын
Very nice video although you’re more trusting of baggage handlers than I am.... !
@garrycommander9351 Жыл бұрын
now i'm now when i bought my first bike what i need to do, i probably going back to home in the vacations i don't want but i don't control that things maybe the college just send me back any vacations even this is good too anyway because i stay when i need back for some reason or true vacation i can do it anyway i need stay one bike here because the price of the most cheapest is a lot expensive here. anyway thanks for the video
@VdubSPAZ 4 жыл бұрын
The funny thing is every time I keep hearing you say beer and biscuits I'm like why would he want to be bring biscuits 😂..... Then I remember my crazy friend from over the other side of the pond kept telling me how sweet his biscuits were and that they had chocolate chips in them and I was like that doesn't sound like muffins.... Then he informed me know that's cookies for the United States 😂
@chrisbennett5796 8 ай бұрын
As an Australian, I totally agree with you about the strict quarantine laws here. That wood lice (12:54), would see you thrown in jail or deported here. Your bike would be incinerated and your grandmother put on a terrorist watch list. Tell Blake to clean his bike!
@2batpeace 2 жыл бұрын
Great video! My airline allows a maximum of 270cm total dimensions. That wasnt covered here. Can someone provide that information? Just the size of the box vs the protective case. thank you
@linang2211 Жыл бұрын
Very Nice
@TheProjectX3 4 жыл бұрын
I got a bag that folds completely and fits into backpack. Not that protective but I am not going to a fashion show either.
@jackn-cyclist3348 4 жыл бұрын
Delta is free as part of your checked bag allowance.
@thomasberry2632 4 жыл бұрын
12:54 most famous woodlouse
@darkwolve 4 жыл бұрын
I'll put a a bigass obnoxious tag or sticker on my bags with my final destination very huge and bold letters covering the entirety of the tag. If it's getting ready to be sent the wrong direction... It's waaay more likely that they'll catch it just by the distracting tag. - It shouldn't be hanging or it might be torn off accidentally or even intentionally by staff. Make it secure on the top of the outside
@tissaenduroadventures7425 4 жыл бұрын
Thats a really good one, one I will definitely remember!
@hhussain679 2 жыл бұрын
I have a giant stance 2 XL bike size. Which is the best travel bag for this size bike? Thanks
@tinman8888 4 жыл бұрын
Does anyone release pressure in their shocks? Or just tyres if your going to do anything at all?
@paulawestcott7228 2 жыл бұрын
Can I use a hard case luggage instead of box? The bubble wrap and inflatable lilos help. Thanks for replies.
@ericcollins910 4 жыл бұрын
What is the brand or name of the backpack sitting on the window ledge?
@rupedog 4 жыл бұрын
Buy a cheapo or an old or get/borrow an old stem, remove normal stem with ur bar on, use old/spare stem to secure forks...dont need to reset up ur bars.
@EchoFoxtrott1 4 жыл бұрын
#askgmbn do you need to let the air out of your rear shock and forks before you fly?
@gabiistrate2936 4 жыл бұрын
Awsome content! But that bug tho... :)
@mikec.9760 4 жыл бұрын
Great video. But there is a third option, a hard case. I've flown with my bike packed in an EVOC soft case similar to your DB case. Still, the baggage handlers somehow managed to damage it. Now the Thule RoundTrip Transition hard case is the only one I trust. Haven`t had so much as a scratch on my bike since. Thanks again for all the informative and entertaining videos.
@wutzzz138 2 жыл бұрын
Out of curiosity, did you over pack the Evoc one? Did you stick to 50-55 lbs? Fabric bags when they get pulled where they’re not suppose too, due to overweight, they tend to fail. Bit nervous with my Evoc case.
@mikec.9760 2 жыл бұрын
@@wutzzz138 No, with the soft case it was just the bike. FYI, if you fly Southwest Airlines they allow up to 100lbs. in your bike case for $75.00 each way. I would only recommend that much weight if you're using a hard case. Then you can pack the rest of your gear and tools with your bike. Just pad everything. You can use pipe insulation from Home Depot to protect you frame. Durable and light.
@wutzzz138 2 жыл бұрын
@@mikec.9760 cool! I am using Delta in an intercontinental flight. I did buy a lot of pool noodles and a big a** foam panel from Home Depot to custom cut. TSA is a bit ambiguous with oils. Have you flown with chain oil, etc in the bike bag? Also what kind of gear have you packed in your carry-on? I am trying to shift the weight but don’t know if things like rotors and pedals I can have in the carry-on. I haven’t found that on the TSA website.
@mikec.9760 2 жыл бұрын
@@wutzzz138 first off, wishing you Happy Trails on your trip/bike ride. As far as packing the bike, the pool noodles should work just fine. I don't know the cost comparison of them and the pipe insulation. They're both similar in design. Yes, you are correct about TSA being a pain in the butt. Pack your oils and your CO2 cartridge along with your toiletries in your suitcase. They'll be camouflaged along with the other flammable items you have in there. Being that I use a hard case to pack my bike, I pack almost all of my gear in there, including my Camelback, shoes, pedals, pads and guards, Etc. Southwest Airlines will allow up to 100 lb in your bike case for a $75 charge each way. So, I fill that bad boy up. And being the case has wheels it's not that hard to navigate through the airport. Have a great time on your trip.
@mikec.9760 Жыл бұрын
@@wutzzz138 Hi there. No, don't pack any chemicals in your bike box. Pack them in your toiletry bag in your CHECKED LUGGAGE. TSA will confiscate them in your bike box. Also, not sure how Delta works on weight and size of the bike box, but Southwest Airlines allows you 100 lbs. for a charge of $75.oo each way. I pack anything and everything in my bike box up to about 95 lbs. Saves me from having to take another piece of luggage. Happy travels.
@JClark2600 4 жыл бұрын
What about a shock pump and a torque wrench?
@ajcastillomtb8164 2 жыл бұрын
I want to know if is it ok to bring fullface helmets as handcarry hanged at the back of the backpack
@lesleykenwood2715 3 жыл бұрын
I like the idea of a bike bag but if you're bike touring for several months, where can you store it, and also, it you arrive at one destination and depart from another, what then?
@HuddBob 4 жыл бұрын
I thought this was going to be a Jump tutorial. XD
@rick_1968 4 жыл бұрын
If you go on a bikepacking event and just fly there and get home from e.g. another airport, you leave the box at the airport. But where do you leave it, is there a designated area to get rid of, or could you get rid of it at the by-a-new-box department?
@MrDblStop 4 жыл бұрын
I have this question also. I'm flying to Montpellier, France, later in the year and want to do a few days biking along the Grand Traversee du Massif Centrale. Leaving a box somewhere doesn't seem to be an option. There are cheap bags available on ebay which fold and strap onto the bars, not ideal, but that seems to be the best option I've found so far. It should be OK as my Trek X-Caliber has rack lugs, but it might take up too much storage space if others' bikes don't have lugs. Ideally I'd prefer to fly with a box and leave it somewhere to so I could re-use it.
@migatron1 4 жыл бұрын
I wonder if they'll let me ride my bmx directly onto the deck of the cruise ship
@jackbeames7643 4 жыл бұрын
Can anyone help I’m not worried about packaging. However I need to know how to get the bike to the airport in the first place and what car to get the other end. Our car is not big enough for luggage and a bike
@aliikane 4 жыл бұрын
Quite informative. But the real question is how did Blake get Neil to pack up his bike? Did Neil lose a bet? Blake is sneaky.
@PuresG1ft 4 жыл бұрын
Really speed up over that jump and hope you don’t die when you come crashing down. Alternativly you can try and miss the ground when falling in order to fly but that is a pretty hard task.
@DowzerWTP72 4 жыл бұрын
I think you're on the wrong video mate. What are you talking about?
@florisbiezeman3800 4 жыл бұрын
Just ordered my first mountainbike ever!
@joshifyed9855 4 жыл бұрын
What is it?
@florisbiezeman3800 4 жыл бұрын
@@joshifyed9855 A Canyon Grand Canyon AL SL 7.0
@Pienimusta 4 жыл бұрын
Sometimes your luggage might travel on completely different plane. I traveled through 3 different airports, luggage went straight on other plane.
@mouseamillion 4 жыл бұрын
Just a note: EasyJet is actually £45ew pre-booked. I'm off to Morzine at the end of July and that is the cost.
@Hmanfoil 2 жыл бұрын
hi mate, booking with easy jet, it says on their site you cant put anything else in the box other than the bike? did you?
@swilhelm3180 2 жыл бұрын
Once the rear wheel is off we worry about the front chainring. But why not just place the bike in the box upside down?
@tomymacmillan Жыл бұрын
How u prevent brakes from randomly being stuck without rotors?
@JClark2600 4 жыл бұрын
What about a block for your disc breaks? Do you just say fuck it and try and pry them apart when you get there?
@danielsantiago5129 Жыл бұрын
what size bike for someone who is 6'2''?
@willbennett7107 4 жыл бұрын
Very informative but will never have the balls to fly with my pride and joy
@rupedog 4 жыл бұрын
Woodlouse...12.55
@Mr_RichardH 4 жыл бұрын
Woodlouse in the bag!!?!?!
@losfmora5448 2 жыл бұрын
Goodness it took me until the end if the video to find out that he meant to take it on a damn plane hahaha..
@XDarkClown99 2 жыл бұрын
I guess you didn't read the title
@davidking3699 4 жыл бұрын
at 1:36... "haven't been that high for a while..." a wife and children will definitely cramp a previously single man's lifestyle...
@andresacuna6419 4 жыл бұрын
I thought this was going to be the sickest jumping tutorial to get massive air...
@RyanMcClure Жыл бұрын
Summary: “Look to see if anythin is touchin anythin.”
@rockgsxr 3 жыл бұрын
how are you going to move that cardboard bike box around ?
@noahsutton5911 4 жыл бұрын
You know you have a Dh when you're cassette and mech put together is smaller than your rotor😂
@floriankrampe9774 4 жыл бұрын
Where can i buy this multitool and the ratch set?
@Beets82 4 жыл бұрын
A bike shop. Looks like topeak
@floriankrampe9774 4 жыл бұрын
@@Beets82 and whats the producer of the ratch?
@Beets82 4 жыл бұрын
@@floriankrampe9774 the multitool and ratchet are both topeak.
@bidudcheck6315 4 жыл бұрын
No one is going to fly any time soon because of the corona
@jibran_km 4 жыл бұрын
Hiiiiii
@edrcozonoking 4 жыл бұрын
except for the unfortunate name those bags are nice.
@normasnockers323 2 жыл бұрын
WELL DONW MATE, BIG HELP TO ME, COMPLTWTE AMTtuer moving baaaaaaask to UK, with no experience of moving bikes
@feelfreemtb3474 4 жыл бұрын
What about your brakepads compressing!!??
@nooranik21 3 жыл бұрын
If you get a bleed kit for your brakes, they usually come with a bleed block that you'd put in while bleeding. This can sit in place of the pads while flying as well and stop your calipers from coming out.
@GTiR23 4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget your hazmat suit either
@jasonrusch 2 жыл бұрын
I wish my LBS would rent those travel bags.
@VdubSPAZ 4 жыл бұрын
And you guys called potato chips "crisps" and you call french fries "chips"
@addisonhall5027 4 жыл бұрын
And they call crisps french fries.
@ankurasati8037 11 ай бұрын
The bike is solid and my Ebike conversion went great. kzfaq.infoUgkxHL1v1R3NE5x4KiYfyt8dnQmyNYz7qi5L Very smooth ride at 30mph with no problems (135 miles ridden so far). The picture is a bit deceiving - there is WAY less space in the center of the frame than it shows. The suspension connection takes up the entire thing. So I needed to attach my battery on the bottom of the frame and my controller on the top. Instructions for assembly were lacking but honestly it wasn't too hard to figure out even though I have very little bike knowledge. Watched some youtube videos on adjusting the disk brakes but that was it. Still, I am loving it and very happy with the purchase.
@ka81alex 4 жыл бұрын
Uhmm... You MUST put a correct-length piece of pipe between dropouts on chainstays and fork!!!!
@biketalkph6880 4 жыл бұрын
Simple by a plane 😂😂😂
@ericcartman8694 4 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who thought he was going to make his bike fly from the title?
@hasanlituran5895 2 жыл бұрын
Anyone has had experience with Qatar Airlines before? They don't have too much information on website, I wonder if they would accept my bike box.
@travelisalife6002 4 жыл бұрын
Hy Sir raj
@robertsutton3001 3 жыл бұрын
A biscuit?
@cormacpetre4805 4 жыл бұрын
Yo i am early
@bowzerdude5646 4 жыл бұрын
How do you stop your bike from getting corona virus?
@willbennett7107 3 жыл бұрын
Put it a mask on
@irvhh143 3 жыл бұрын
Cut up oid inner tubes into strips to make thongs. Won't come unstuck like tape. Being elastic, they won't come loose like string.
@christianstoll8160 4 жыл бұрын
16:55 LOL as if hey gave a F*ck
@joeyfudge 4 жыл бұрын
Was anyone else hoping to understand how riders get through the darkfest lines??
@patrickjohnson8264 4 жыл бұрын
I thought this video was gonna be about how to jump
@carlwheezer7459 2 жыл бұрын
Guy 1 :So what as the highest you've gone on your bike Guy 2: oh man got like 25 ft of air once Guy 3 : man I hit 30,000ft once
@donbenincasa7442 4 жыл бұрын
Potato bug lol
@adammoffett6935 4 жыл бұрын
12.55 bug in the douchebag😂
@shadowowolf 3 жыл бұрын
Ok but how do I literally fly with a bike
@pravinjathar3827 4 жыл бұрын
There was a cockroach in the bag
@rupedog 4 жыл бұрын
Woodlouse
@JClark2600 4 жыл бұрын
You don't lock a $5k plus bike?! WTF?!
@jyepeel6686 4 жыл бұрын
First
@sly6784 4 жыл бұрын
first
@tstodgell 4 жыл бұрын
“How to catch coronavirus with your mountain bike.”
4 жыл бұрын
Instructions unclear, now how and where do i land with my bike?
@bodhisaunders8273 4 жыл бұрын
1st
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