Bikebus

elyob said:

Someone mentioned bikebus the other day. Can anyone point me towards info
about them.

Thanks

Is this the fellow?

<URL http://www.bike-express.co.uk>

Goes from UK to sunnier places.

PS. forgotten how to reference URLs so apols if the above screws your
reader up.

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elyob said:

Someone mentioned bikebus the other day. Can anyone point me towards info
about them.

Thanks

Is this the fellow?

<URL http://www.bike-express.co.uk>

Goes from UK to sunnier places.

PS. forgotten how to reference URLs so apols if the above screws your
reader up.

top notch outfit

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elyob said:

Someone mentioned bikebus the other day. Can anyone point me towards info
about them.

Thanks

Is this the fellow?

<URL http://www.bike-express.co.uk>

Goes from UK to sunnier places.

PS. forgotten how to reference URLs so apols if the above screws your
reader up.

Worked fine! (I don't think the <URL > bit did anything though).

Thanks for the link.

May be top notch but it's bloody expensive

John R

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elyob said:

Someone mentioned bikebus the other day. Can anyone point me towards
info about them.

Thanks

Is this the fellow?

<URL http://www.bike-express.co.uk>

Goes from UK to sunnier places.

PS. forgotten how to reference URLs so apols if the above screws your
reader up.

top notch outfit

Agreed. Looked at the prices last summer - it was still cheaper to pay the
£15 either way for the bike on a plane as long as you booked early enough
for the bargain seats.

citizen142 said:

Agreed. Looked at the prices last summer - it was still cheaper to pay the
£15 either way for the bike on a plane as long as you booked early enough
for the bargain seats.

Big plus is the flexibility of what they will carry.
I doubt your flight would have taken 2 adults, 4 children, a tandem
trike, a tandem, two bikes and a Burleytrailer, plus camping gear, as
the Bike Express did for us to see the Le Tour a few years back.

John B

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Agreed. Looked at the prices last summer - it was still cheaper to pay the
£15 either way for the bike on a plane as long as you booked early enough
for the bargain seats.

But if, like me, you live within 5 miles of one of their pick up points but
miles from a low cost airport you can save a huge wedge that the railways
need to get you to an airport and hours of fun sitting on sweaty trains.

Pretty much balances the sums.

T

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Agreed. Looked at the prices last summer - it was still cheaper to pay the
£15 either way for the bike on a plane as long as you booked early enough
for the bargain seats.

Never had the bike damaged with them though, have with the airlines.
Fortunately coming back both times, would have spoiled the holiday if it
had been going out. BA coughed up for repairs, no experience of the
cheap & cheerful brigade.
Bike bus took the recumbent last year, could imagine it would be an
experience on a plane.

--
Peter Grange

Peter Grange said:

BA coughed up for repairs, no experience of the
cheap & cheerful brigade.

Michael O'Leary of Ryanair would probably say "Well what do you expect
for the peanuts you paid? If you didn't want it damaged you should have
cycled it home"

Tony