http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Bike boxes en Wed, 13 May 2026 05:20:00 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12218#post-142659 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:09:30 +0000 paolobr 142659@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>3 boxes sourced locally.</p> <p>Thanks all. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12218#post-142484 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:36:50 +0000 ARobComp 142484@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>there are some good tips and tricks online for making sure you keep the bike safe. I suppose it comes down to the materials you're using. </p> <p>I wouldn't for a second put a carbon bike in anything other than a hard bike box. However aluminium so long as you got some sort of mechanism to stop forks and rear triangle being squeezed would be fine in cardboard. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12218#post-142476 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:09:08 +0000 Dave 142476@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We just used cardboard ones from Laid Back for our Cuba trip, but the other three riders used the CTC plastic bike bags with success, and this was massively less inconvenient (we had to carry plastic anyway for internal bus rides) - check your airline's rules to see what you can get away with.</p> <p>Personally I'd be inclined just to use plastic bags if I were you, since I find it less likely that stuff will be piled on naked bikes by the handlers, whereas the boxes seem stackable.</p> <p>Sainsbury's do a cheap 50m fragile tape which I liberally wrapped our boxes in... the bikes are fine. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12218#post-142469 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 17:21:06 +0000 fimm 142469@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Do you mean improvised boxes (usually cardboard) or ones that you buy/rent (usually rigid or partly well padded fabric, partly rigid)? I have used the latter. You need somewhere to store them while you are cycling, they are pretty big! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12218#post-142467 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 17:17:05 +0000 LaidBack 142467@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We have a few boxes of varying sizes. Dave used couple for his Cuba trip. Uberuce also for play materials... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12218#post-142458 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:52:43 +0000 paolobr 142458@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ha, was in the Tri shop on Sunday as my daughter wanted to check out the shop. Saw some boxes downstairs but the floor was closed, didn't think to ask... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12218#post-142456 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:40:05 +0000 ARobComp 142456@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Think the Tri centre rent them out...</p> <p>OTherwise get old bike boxes from EBC and pack them in - cable tie everything together and wrap in tape that says FRAGILE </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12218#post-142452 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:04:09 +0000 paolobr 142452@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Any experiences or recommendations regarding bike boxes for transporting bike by air? I'm heading to the Alps in the summer with brother and daughter, we're taking our own bikes, looking to invest in suitable packaging. </p>