Yep, Martha is right on, that is the way we did it when we landed in Geneva, located the bikes,
found a non-crowded spot, opened the boxes, spent five minutes with the allen keys, mounted the
panniers, put the boxes next to a garbage bin, and then we more or less cycled through customs. No
hassels. Were just minding our perfectly legitimate business correctly.
Per
http://user.tninet.se/~ipg289h/fu99/singletrack/SingleTrack2000.htm
"Martha J. Retallick" <
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> On 18 Feb 2003 07:46:22 -0800,
[email protected] (yelnep) wrote:
>
> >Does anyone have experience putting a bike together outside of an airport in the US since 9-11?
> >We are taking our bikes to Tucson in cardboard boxes & want to assemble them outside the airport,
> >dump the boxes and ride away. Is any part of this activity not allowable?
>
> Martha here (in Tucson).
>
> Here's what to do: Pick up your bike at the baggage claim.
>
> And don't dawdle in the airport on your way there. Our baggage boys and girls do their job
> quickly, and you want to be in the claim area when your bike comes through the door. Yes, it will
> come through a door. The conveyor belts are too small for a bike box.
>
> It's likely that someone will drag the box right to you -- we bicyclists must give off some sort
> of signal, because the baggage crew ALWAYS know who wants what's in that bike box.
>
> Then, tear the box open and push it off to one side. You won't be needing it anymore. Who knows,
> in this crazy town, your bike box may be just the thing that someone else needs to soak up oil
> spots beneath the Ford.
>
> Reassemble your bikes. Confidently. Show off a little. (I used to be a bike mechanic, and there
> was a great deal of showmanship involved in that line of work.)
>
> Then roll out the door, and up Tucson Boulevard. Welcome to town!
>
> Martha Retallick