Thanks Tom! Yes, I’ve been traveling for so long I’ve gotten the whole shebang pretty well sorted.
I pack my bike in an almost identical manner to how I received it from Riv. When I first opened the box from them I took a few photos of the way they had packed it up and have pretty much followed that method every time. I still have the original box and have used it lots (not only does Riv make solid bikes, the also source solid boxes!). I recently switched the original box because one airline didn’t care for the width of the box. Now I use two 29er boxes nested so I can get an extra 3” of height the my 62cm Hinq, now christened ‘Sweet as’, required. As I travel internationally often, the bike is counted as a piece of my luggage as long as it doesn’t exceed weight limits. When I traveled to New Zealand, I had the bike and a duffle with the rest of my gear, and paid nothing extra. Often this is the case. When I flew home from Tuscon after completing the Divide, the bike fit in a single 29er box and cost me $25 on Southwest. So far, everything has worked out well for me with no damage to the bike or my gear. Cheers, John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
