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Thank you for all of your advice!


The day has finally come and she's all gaffer tape'd up and ready to be flown to Norway!


http://i.imgur.com/EZzYT.jpg






I'm beginning a tour completing part of the North Sea Cycle Route at the end of May. It involves taking my bike on a plane to Norway, however, the airline has requested the bike to be 'suitably packed in a box'. I've had a look online, all I can find are EXTREMELY expensive travel cases.

I've heard that it is possible to just use the cardboard boxes bicycles came in, but I had a look at one today and it just didn't seem suitable. As the departure date is looming I'm getting more and more anxious about how on earth I'm going to get my bike to Norway.

Has anybody had this experience? Could you tell me how you went about doing this? Maybe you even have pictures! Please bear in mind that I'll have to ditch the box when I get to Norway.

Thanks,
Matty