Originally Posted by
BTinNYC
Steve,
No offence, but maybe you should have a bike shop pack it for you?
While this would work on the way out there is no shop for the return trip so I need to learn to do this myself. I have done this several times before with my road bike but not with a bike with hydraulic discs.
Originally Posted by
BTinNYC
Steve,
but it's a large bike and I get it within airline baggage size limits.Yeah, I pull my discs, and the wheels go in semi-soft bags.
I don't understand this. All (major) U.S. carriers have removed oversize charges and restrictions for properly packed bicycles. Properly packed bikes go as a piece of checked luggage. Usually all that is required is to remove the front wheel, turn remove handlebars and remove any other protruding bits.
So are you putting your frame in one bag and wheels in another for 2 total checked bags?