bike bags

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Does one need bike bags on eurostar and tgv? Daughter off to Valence
(from Sheff) - has booked bikes OK

Definitely need one for Eurostar. If you don't have it in a box they charge
a high handling fee (approx £50) and it needs to get booked in as freight
which means you don't know if it's on "your" train or a later one.

Pick up a bike box from any bike store and take a spanner for your pedals
and wheels (if required).

Alternatively pick up a bike bag from Decathlon for about £50 at the moment.

Don't know about TGV...

hth,

Mick

"Mick" <[email hidden]>typed

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Quoted message said:

Does one need bike bags on eurostar and tgv? Daughter off to Valence
(from Sheff) - has booked bikes OK

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Definitely need one for Eurostar. If you don't have it in a box they charge
a high handling fee (approx £50) and it needs to get booked in as freight
which means you don't know if it's on "your" train or a later one.

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Pick up a bike box from any bike store and take a spanner for your pedals
and wheels (if required).

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Alternatively pick up a bike bag from Decathlon for about £50 at the moment.

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Don't know about TGV...

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hth,

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Mick

The trains are very similar in size & shape. I think the tgv has a small
additional lobby on some coaches for unbooked passengers (which was very
useful for my wheelchair when the luggage racks were full)

Somewhere, I think it says you can't take anything bigger than 85cm in
its longest dimension. (Mebbe it was the luggage racks, not the website,
mebbe it was at a booking in window.) Bike bag is about 115-120 cm and a
b*st*rd to carry IMO.

All in all, I'm glad I bought a Brompton. Our journey to Tours was
nightmare enough without a big bike in a bag.

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Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

You probably need a bag of some kind for Eurostar. I cycled to
Waterloo, and when I started taking the bike to bits, a Eurostar bloke
told me that if I simply turned up a little earlier I would be allowed
to wheel it on.

Worth contacting Eurostar at Waterloo directly. If the reply is
favourable, get it in writing.

To send the bike, you're supposed to book it in 24 hours before and
pick it up in Europe.

I packed mine in a sheet of polythene, but they wouldn't let me take it
on. Had to put it in the "freight" section, where it was fairly well
squashed (luckily no damage). Others have said they simply carried the
wrapped bike on and put it in a luggage rack (there is normally room).

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Does one need bike bags on eurostar and tgv? Daughter off to Valence
(from Sheff) - has booked bikes OK

afaik TGV: bike free if packed in bag max 0.9x 1.2 m
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Does one need bike bags on eurostar and tgv? Daughter off to Valence
(from Sheff) - has booked bikes OK

http://www.voyages-sncf.com/info_resa/guide_du_voyageur/TrainVelo.htm

and http://www.velo.sncf.com , as well as other links that can be found on
these pages. In French, which may or may not pose difficulties.

My experience with TGV 4 years ago was that the bike had to be in a box or
bag measuring no more than 90 x 120 cm. My box was bigger than that but
nobody cared except one conductor in Paris who was probably having a bad day
anyway. He yelled at me but let me keep the bike on the train. I've heard
that assembled bikes are now allowed on a few TGV trains, but I don't know
the details.
--
mark

Mick said:

Don't know about TGV...

http://fubicy.org/train/bike.html

has some very useful information regarding Bike + Train in France. As I
understand it though. If the bike is already packaged up correctly for
the Eurostar, it'll probably be fine for TGV.

Jon

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Mick said:

Don't know about TGV...

http://fubicy.org/train/bike.html

has some very useful information regarding Bike + Train in France. As I
understand it though. If the bike is already packaged up correctly for
the Eurostar, it'll probably be fine for TGV.

You might have a word with the man in seat 61

http://www.seat61.com/

T

Thanks for the info. She's off today, I'll let you know how she gets
on.

M