Heathrow

"Robberg" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Has anybody had experience leaving Heathrow by bicycle, any assistance
would
> be appreciated. Also when flying out of Heathrow are bike boxes available ???
>
No personal experience, but there are some postings on Farnsworth's site, if you haven't checked
there yet.

http://www.bikeaccess.net/SelectArea_db.cfm?Q=Airport&Area=UK,-Ukraine

NEVER use bike boxes if you can help it. Your bike is more vulnerable in them in our considerable
experience.

What about hard sided bike boxes?

Gearóid Ó Laoi, Garry Lee wrote:
> NEVER use bike boxes if you can help it. Your bike is more vulnerable in them in our considerable
> experience.

"Gearóid Ó Laoi, Garry Lee" <[email protected]> wrote:

>NEVER use bike boxes if you can help it. Your bike is more vulnerable in them in our considerable
>experience.

As you said: "if you can help it." Many airlines, especially for some reason the US-owned ones
(American, United, and some of the other soon-to-be-ex airlines) require cardboard (or hard shell)
boxes. When I last flew from Heathrow to the states, American required a box, which at least they
supplied. They also insisted that I completely deflate my tires. Not because this is required for
safety, but because they wanted to feel all around the deflated tires to make sure there were no
sticks of dynamite (or heroin?) hidden inside.

A real hard case should be fine, but cardboard isn't because the ONLY time in numerous numerous
flights we used them 2 out of 7 frames were cracked, and we never had a crack on any other occasion