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Re: Hawaiian Airlines no longer accepts bikes in soft cases [gmh39]
gmh39 wrote:
Damn. I assume you're not doing that with one of them fancy carbon bike now are ya?


The risk in this mode is not the carbon, or steel, or Al or Ti. It's the drivetrain But the entire bike is assembled. You check the bike in with the chain going from big ring to second biggest cog in the back to have max chain tension both ways. I would take a sponge and tape it around front and rear derailleur and then roll the dice. Never any problems. I have not done this in a bit now since I am 'too rich' to cycle up to an airport and can afford a car and park it. When I could not and bike was my transport, it was not an option so I biked to the airport, checked my bike in and when then when I landed on vacation, I could ride to where I wanted. I figured, rather than own a car, I could see the world with my bike and use the car+gas money seeing the world using my legs for gas. But I'm not wired like most people. But people don't believe this stuff like riding up to a check in on your bike is possible and it is. I doubt there is a single ticket agent who would decline you getting on board if you act poor and say this is your only transport on both sides. I realize this is not the ST user financial profile too. It's not like most people around here are riding up to Toronto Airport to get on a flight to Dubai, connect in Islamabad and ride the Karakoram Highway amidst some dicey war zone over the Pamirs to China, but there are guys doing that type of stuff all the time (and no, my wife won't let me do that anyway, but I can dream on)...by the way this is the route:









Route profile, Islamabad to Kashgar (China)



In any case, not sure what you would do with a hard case bike case on a bike tour. Only option is leave with cardboard and ditch at the airport and when you return try to find a local bike store that gives you a bike case and take taxi to the airport or just ride up and check your bike in....on my bike tours, I did the cardboard box on the way out and just rode up to checkin on the way back.
Last edited by: devashish_paul: Aug 1, 18 6:06

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