bikes to australia?

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Has anybody any experience of taking a bike to Oz on a plane and
perhaps Tokyo en route?

Funny you should ask. Yep. What do you wanna know?

Were airlines co-operative, how much, any damage, any particular
airline, any different issues compared to taking one to France? er,
that's probably it.

cheers

Jacob

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Were airlines co-operative, how much, any damage, any particular
airline, any different issues compared to taking one to France? er,
that's probably it.

OK I did it twice so far. Melb to Heathrow Quantas and JAL
Both times I told em I was bringing the bike. Both times it was
properly packed in a bike shop bike box (in fact it did both trips in
the same bike box) Its a TCR so its pretty light. It didnt cost me
anything. THe bike didnt get a scratch. (well not one it didnt already
have)

Both times melbourne customs wanted to look in the bike box They
actually are looking for dirt cos of our quarantene laws. I had been
told this would happen and worked it to my advantage by aproaching the
customs guys and getting thru quick.

The airlines were fine.

France.. never been there 🙂

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cheers

Jacob

dave said:

Both times melbourne customs wanted to look in the bike box They
actually are looking for dirt cos of our quarantene laws. I had been
told this would happen and worked it to my advantage by aproaching the
customs guys and getting thru quick.

Had a similar experience with New Zealand Customs in Auckland. They looked
at the tyres and underside of mudguards to try to find some mud, and were
most perplexed when there wasn't any. Showed them the bill for the bike to
prove it was only a couple of weeks old and that made them fairly happy.
They still half-heartedly sprayed the tyres with a bit of disinfectant
though, but dropped the idea of taking wheels off which had previously been
muttered about - not sure if this was serious though.
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dave said:

Both times melbourne customs wanted to look in the bike box They
actually are looking for dirt cos of our quarantene laws. I had been
told this would happen and worked it to my advantage by aproaching the
customs guys and getting thru quick.

Had a similar experience with New Zealand Customs in Auckland. They looked
at the tyres and underside of mudguards to try to find some mud, and were
most perplexed when there wasn't any. Showed them the bill for the bike to
prove it was only a couple of weeks old and that made them fairly happy.
They still half-heartedly sprayed the tyres with a bit of disinfectant
though, but dropped the idea of taking wheels off which had previously been
muttered about - not sure if this was serious though.

OH mine wasnt clean or anything. Just a well used road bike that wasnt
absolutely caked in mud.
It was a non issue. One glance.

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