Comments on: Flying with recumbent bicycles https://www.nextstopwhere.com/2017/03/08/flying-with-recumbent-bicycles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flying-with-recumbent-bicycles Eva Pfarrwaller & Miguel Anjo travel blog Sun, 09 Jan 2022 16:37:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Travel with recumbent bicycles on trains – Next Stop: Where? https://www.nextstopwhere.com/2017/03/08/flying-with-recumbent-bicycles/#comment-4548 Sun, 09 Jan 2022 16:37:54 +0000 https://www.nextstopwhere.com/?p=945#comment-4548 […] information on traveling by airplane, check the Flying with recumbent bicycles […]

]]> By: Jo https://www.nextstopwhere.com/2017/03/08/flying-with-recumbent-bicycles/#comment-155 Thu, 23 Jan 2020 18:29:14 +0000 https://www.nextstopwhere.com/?p=945#comment-155 I have traveled with recumbents many times, but the last time was about 10 years ago. We always left the derailleur on, but protected things with plastic water bottles. In the past we just bubble wrapped the bikes, even leaving the seats on, but I think airlines have gotten more picky about how they will accept bikes.

]]> By: eva https://www.nextstopwhere.com/2017/03/08/flying-with-recumbent-bicycles/#comment-153 Sun, 27 Oct 2019 18:31:48 +0000 https://www.nextstopwhere.com/?p=945#comment-153 In reply to lmm.

Hi, our bikes don’t have derailleurs as we have Rohloff gears, which only has a chain tensioner, which we left in place, protecting it with some folded cardboard.

]]> By: lmm https://www.nextstopwhere.com/2017/03/08/flying-with-recumbent-bicycles/#comment-148 Tue, 10 Sep 2019 09:29:37 +0000 https://www.nextstopwhere.com/?p=945#comment-148 You left the derailleur in place and it wasn’t a problem? Everything I’ve read elsewhere says to remove the derailleur hanger when flying but that seems a bit complicated, so if it’s safe not to then I’d rather leave it on.

]]> By: Karl https://www.nextstopwhere.com/2017/03/08/flying-with-recumbent-bicycles/#comment-131 Tue, 08 May 2018 07:24:52 +0000 https://www.nextstopwhere.com/?p=945#comment-131 I wouldn’t pack my bike this way again due to my experience flying to America and finding out the handlebar stem was broken due to being handled badly at Heathrow by baggage handlers and in front of me no less! Next time I will but a box they weigh 11 pounds and my bike weighs 33 so that’s well within the 50 pounds weight limit.

]]> By: Touring on a recumbent bicycle: Everything you need to know – Next Stop: Where? https://www.nextstopwhere.com/2017/03/08/flying-with-recumbent-bicycles/#comment-86 Thu, 10 Aug 2017 16:09:41 +0000 https://www.nextstopwhere.com/?p=945#comment-86 […] are a bit longer than normal bikes, but they’re also narrower, which can be an advantage when you have to fit them in the airport x-ray machine, for […]

]]> By: 10’000km review: Azub Six vs HPV Streetmachine – Next Stop: Where? https://www.nextstopwhere.com/2017/03/08/flying-with-recumbent-bicycles/#comment-83 Wed, 09 Aug 2017 13:15:13 +0000 https://www.nextstopwhere.com/?p=945#comment-83 […] Packing a recumbent bicycle for air travel […]

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