at school i did 3 europe cycletours, flying each way, bout 6-7 bikes in total. We just used pipe insulation, turned the bars 90degs, took off the pedals. No-one ever had a problem (apart from ba forgetting to load the bikes once). Odd scratch but nowt serious.
i did L'Eroica last year and flew with bike in DHB padded bag and found it a serious faff, so about to buy a tardis bag and reinforce it with non crush padding.
at school i did 3 europe cycletours, flying each way, bout 6-7 bikes in total. We just used pipe insulation, turned the bars 90degs, took off the pedals. No-one ever had a problem (apart from ba forgetting to load the bikes once). Odd scratch but nowt serious.
i did L'Eroica last year and flew with bike in DHB padded bag and found it a serious faff, so about to buy a tardis bag and reinforce it with non crush padding.