Travel Tips: Can I get my bicycle packed / unpacked for travel?

by Biju K on October 07, 2022

How to pack your bicycle for a travel or transport easily in cardboard box.

Traveling to Cycling Boutique from out of state / country to get your BikeFit done ? or wish to travel around and explore more place for a bike packing trip ? Or a home relocation?

These are the times, people forego the bike and drop the plans of carrying or riding the bike in the trip. The task look daunting and risky, but it's not.

The most economic way is to get a standard bicycle carton box (good quality) and neatly pack your bike for airline, bus or any other mode of transport with your bicycle. You might be able to get the box free of cost from any nearby bicycle shops if you are requesting to them.

Once you have the box, it's easy and you can pack the bike by yourself. Here's how you can do it:



If you are located in Bengaluru, India, you can use assistance from Cycling Boutique Experience Center to get the box packed in top class professional bike-boxing service from us as hundreds of people confidently travelled around the world our assistances carrying their most expensive bikes with our expertise in this work. Get an appointment, and you know you will save not just the time, but a lot of money too from expensive repair jobs or from travelling issue hassles.

Every month a good number of cyclists and their friends/families depend Cycling Boutique in India for us for packaging for both international and domestic travel with their bicycles. Being cyclists and also travellers quite much, clearly understand the need for avoiding even a single minute of hassles on our travels and can't afford to spoil our bikes.
This care reflects in every aspect of the work we do and there's not even a single complaint of any sort from our packaging for almost 12 years+ history. People trust us for Ironman events to to Brevets and also for critical events like Race Across America.
When you are ready for the travel, here’s our easy-to-use bike disassembly & boxing or bike and unboxing & assembly services  appointment link for your convenience.
Feel free to ask for any guidance on how to travel with the bike and related concerns.
Wishing you hassle-free travel! 
What's my shipped box size/weight: Please note that Airlines, Couriers etc determines the size of a box or parcel by using special formula to find "Volumetric Weight".

What Is Volumetric Weight?

Volumetric Weight or Dimensional Weight is a weight-measurement technique used in eCommerce logistics in which the weight of a package is calculated as the product of its length, breadth & height divided by a courier-specific constant. Your courier partner charges you based on the higher weight of the package out of the true weight & the dimensional weight.

How Is Volumetric Weight Calculated?

You can determine the volumetric weight of your package using Volumetric Weight Formula:

Length (cm) x Width (cm) x Height (cm) / 5000
So often you will find that the volumetric weight shows higher weight than actual weight of a shipment. Be aware of this fact and plan well on important aspects like weight allowance by airlines etc. Find out this info, well before you plan your travel with a bike.
Many top airlines are bike friendly, when you check-in your bike as "Sports Utility", which may entitled for special considerations.
Often Airlines have handling charges as they have to use large size box handling while loading / unloading your bike baggage at airports

 

1 comment
by abhishek choudhary on October 24, 2023

How much do you charge for road bike packing? i am selling my road bike, and it needs to be shipped to Mumbai.

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