The brillopad race blog

[Mich the Tester]

All airlines will let you fly with a bike box but its worth checking their payment terms as some will rip you off, some will charge maybe £20/£25 per flight and some like BA wont charge.

Is this another example of the theory that paying more up front to fly with DecentAir almost always costs a lot less than the 5 quid deal with tulipAir?

[mudskipper]

Cost £20 to take bike on Eurostar. That really p****d me off.

[Barley]

Is this another example of the theory that paying more up front to fly with DecentAir almost always costs a lot less than the 5 quid deal with tulipAir?

It doesnt always split between Decentair & TulipAir, I know someone who'd booked with Lufthansa and found out it they were going to charge something like £125 per flight for their bike, it was cheaper for them to forego the flight and rebook with BA.

Some of the budget airlines are ok with bikes, ive twice flown Flybe Manchester to Frankfurt, once they charged me £25 on the out flight, second time they didnt charge me at all. I think Ryanair arent to bad (aside from all their other shinnanigans if you dont follow their requirements to the letter).

I'll always go with BA given the chance as all costs considered (and no charge for bikes) I dont find them any more expensive and have always had a good experience.

[escapeUK]

I had a Google around the other day after noticing something about "Xeno Points" in somebody's sig (I think it was k2p2's). Apparently they're 'awarded' for impressive geekery.

It was a quote from Aliens, I guess it went over your head

[BrilloPad]

Brilliant report you are an inspiration and well done on the fantastic achievement.

Re shipping bikes, you can fly with a bike but it has to be in a bike box / bike bag, this means stripping it down a little i.e. handlebars off and folded back, seat & wheels removed. A lot of bike shops will have boxes they hire out for a weekend/week, these can be maybe £40/£50 to hire. Alternatively you can buy a bike bag from about £70 (im guessing as havnt checked in a while). Last option is to check with your tri club or look on tripe talk to see if anyone can lend you one?

All airlines will let you fly with a bike box but its worth checking their payment terms as some will rip you off, some will charge maybe £20/£25 per flight and some like BA wont charge.

Many thanks!

Its the stripping the bike down that gets me! I am just not mechanically minded. Pre IM race I had to get Dallas to sort out my race belt!

At the moment I am thinking of 2 options :-
1. Arm-twisting Dallas into doing this race so she can help me through customs!
2. Driving over with wife and child and staying before/after the race. Mrs BP is up for it.

I bet getting a bike from London to Milan by train is just as bad...

[Platypus]

You can do it! It just takes 18 months of no alcohol and 30 hours exercise a week!

no ta

[MarillionFan]

13:36

Rubbish. I'd have done it in 12:00

Gentile.

[Mich the Tester]

Just trained.

1. 2* 25 crunches and 2* 25 press-ups

2. Bike ride;
Distance 30.6 km.
Time 58 min (Av Speed: 31.7 km/h)
Top speed 46 km/h
Energy use 1194 kcal

3. 5 mins easy jog

Now to eat a bucket of pasta

[Dallas]

but I still nearly mugged Dallas for hers! I am sure I would have been 5 minutes faster.

average 20 mins faster on a poncy TT

[Dallas]

Many thanks!

Its the stripping the bike down that gets me! I am just not mechanically minded. Pre IM race I had to get Dallas to sort out my race belt!

At the moment I am thinking of 2 options :-
1. Arm-twisting Dallas into doing this race so she can help me through customs!
2. Driving over with wife and child and staying before/after the race. Mrs BP is up for it.

I bet getting a bike from London to Milan by train is just as bad...

If you spent as much time with your bike as you do on here and t'other boards you'd be well savvy in no time

taking punctures to halfords..

ffs

BTW: I am a binge drinking smoker ooops - BP look at lifeofrileys enduro report ... he got his fags out during the race