Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
Regardless of method, at least a few days in advance make sure you can get your pedals off. Sometimes bike shops put them on really tight and you do not want to be trying to get a stuck pedal off the bike when you are under a really tight timeline.
And you are able to remove the seat post. The day before our tour of the Selkirk Loop, my buddy's son decided to start packing. My buddy and his son were up to the wee hours of the morning getting the seat post unfrozen and the bike packed.