Bike box rental

[Pete102]

Hi all,

A week on Friday I'm travelling and taking my road bike, I don't fancy chancing it with a soft bag or cardboard box and I was wondering if anyone has any experience of renting a box and can make a recommendation? or even has a box and fancies renting it (I'd rather use someone from PH than ebay/gumtree etc.)

I'm based in Lincolnshire but I'll be flying out of Heathrow so anywhere between here and there also works.

Thanks

Pete!

[Your Dad]

Not used the box hire of either, but I've know of both companies for a long time and both of their bike boxes have been well reviewed:

Bike Box Alan - https://www.bikeboxalan.com/hire/?v=79cba1185463

Polaris Apparel - https://www.polaris-bikewear.co.uk/category-s/534....

[Roaming.Panda]

I've used https://www.bikebox-online.co.uk/ several time before with no issues.

[Pete102]

Thanks for the recommendations both.

[numtumfutunch]

A complete nightmare with no easy answer

You either go Bike Box Alan for utter ballistic protection and risk exceeding airline weight limits or go for something like a Polaris Pod which is clever and easily ducks under weight limits but isnt completely relaxing when you see your bike inside one being thrown over the apron at Lyon airport

One of my mates rides an S Works Tarmac (cost ££££££££) and checks it into hold luggage inside a cardboard bike box he gets for free at the beginning of each foreign trip from his LBS as he reckons baggage handlers are more kind to badly protected bikes

Good luck

[sclayto2]

I've got one of the dhb ones, in the garage, if you want to borrow it?

I'm Warrington way, so may be out of your way.

[Hugo Stiglitz]

Wiggle sell one for the price of a rental. Personally I'd do that.

[SoliD]

I picked up one of the Evoc soft pack ones a few years back and have used it 5 or 6 times in that time, Its light enough and small enough to go up in my loft for the 11 months of the year it goes unused and i've got loads of bubble wrap to pad it out, not had any issues to date and think because it is softer pack it hopefully gets treated with a bit more sympathy. May be worth looking second hand to buy one and then flog it on, probably work out loads cheaper than renting.

[Lovey1]

How about?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284287456238?hash=item4...

[Le Chauffeur]

I have one of the Scicon soft bike bags and have rented it out in the past.

I’ve used it a few times also and never had any issues with it.

The bike is essential fastened to a frame which is very sturdy, then I wrap my bike in pipe insulation for extra protection.

How soon do you need the bag? I’m based in West Yorkshire but my sister lives in North Hykeham so if she is around soon I could send it back home with her? See link attached and drop me a message if I can help further.


Chris.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333997880553

Edited by Le Chauffeur on Thursday 13th May 21:23

[mikecassie]

I own a BikeBoxAlan, it's ace, quick to pack the bike and plenty space for other bits and bobs in there. If you are booking it on as sports equipment, you should get a 30kg limit IIRC. You'd easily get a decent bike and other stuff in the box with that limit.

[Jeff1976]

Bike box alan. If you was local you could borrow mine. They are bomb proof mines been on 30+ trips with bikes of 10k value plus and never had a single issue once. With the bike and case its about 20k easyjet limit is 32 kg i usually get all my clothes and everything i need for a holiday in the case as well so the other end i just wheel it along. Never been over weight or even close.

Buy a used one then sell it when hour done youll bet your money back if you dont want to loose much if anything at all

[jesusbuiltmycar]

I bought a Probikekit one a couple of years ago - great value for a bike box with a hard case. The only downside is that the it has skewers for securing the wheels and my best bike has disk brakes with thru axels. I used some rubber silicon pipe to pack the skewers out and make them compatible with my wheels.

Another thing to watch out for is compatibility with bikes that have internally run hoses - most bike boxes will not be compatible if you cannot detach the handlebars (Bike Box Alan have boxes that are compatible).

(see: https://www.bikeboxalan.com/product/triathlon-easy...