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No idea what the deal is now, but a couple of years ago I had some angst with this. I've flown multiple times with BA and taken a bike, normally around Europe and occasionally to the US. Normally they charged c.£90 for an extra piece of baggage (i.e. my bike box).
2 years ago I went to Aus for 6months with work and took my bike. I was flying on a BA flight, with BA check in etc etc, but it was code share with Quantas and I'd booked through them as it was a fraction cheaper then BA. Before departure I filled in the online form about taking excess luggage but the website told me I had to deal with it in the airport so off I went. At check in I was told that it would be c. £700 to take my bike!
Apparently Quatas have a different pricing policy to BA, and charge £40 per kilo, as opposed to £90 per piece! Despite dealing with BA staff at BA check in and flying on a BA plane, I was subject to Quantas pricing.
tldr: Choose your airline carefully if flying with a bike.