aircaddy.com sells a pretty innovative triangular box that fits under the size limitations most airlines have which put bike boxes in the more expensive category. Definitely not as cheap as wrapping your own in plastic wrap, or borrowing one upon arrival.
As for borrowing one, you might try the bike section of the destination's local craigslist, Boson. See if someone there has something you can borrow or rent on the cheap.
Good luck and safe travels.
josh.
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Jesse French jesse.freedom@gmail.comwrote:
I've heard of somebody paying $15 and bringing their bike as extra baggage. They had dismantled the bike, then stacked it like you would to put inside a bike shipping box, and just wrapped the thing in layers of plastic wrap. I'm going to try it when I fly to Seattle in August...it may not be worth the effort though, if you'll only be in MO for a week. Jesse
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Bob Giordano mist@strans.org wrote:
could try using your bike frame as a hanger for a jacket, put into a hanging bag, hung at the front of the plane in the closet. creative use of 'bike parts' if one is asked. wheels in carry on. could it work?
Boson Au wrote:
Hi everyone, sorry for this potential spam but I don't really have any other resources to ask...
I'm going to be in columbia, Missouri from next saturday on for the week and was wondering what options do I have of renting a bike there? will it make more sense for me to just suck up the large baggage fee and bring my
own?
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