mossy Posted April 2, 2004 Report Share Posted April 2, 2004 Bikes on Ryanair. Do ryanair always charge an extra £15 per flight, or if your within the weight allowance can you get away with a bike in a bag? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2024 Subscriptions Darryl Gunson Posted April 2, 2004 2024 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 2, 2004 Never used them so... But the others I've used - Aer lingus, British Airways - didn't charge anything... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions martin Posted April 5, 2004 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 hi there never flown with them, but explored their pricing when I was planning a trip to italy last year. I believe they do charge £15 per flight leg, so if you need to go somewhere via london = 4 flights = £60.00 m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly van der toorn Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 Never taken a bike with Ryanair, but SleazyJet charged me £15 last week for a bike really well packed in a bag, and said it would have been free in a box.. read the smallprint on the website!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 17, 2004 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 I flew Ryanair to Girona last September with my wife, for a cycling tour in Languedoc. They charged £15 each way for each of our two bikes (total £60) which added quite a lot to the 'cheap' airfares... When we arrived at Prestwick we were asked to wheel the bikes through a side-door where a guy tagged them with a 'fragile' label and wheeled them off. (Maybe I'm just being naive but I got a reasuring feeling that the bikes were not going to be chucked around like suitcases, as I know they are when you fly BA etc who don't charge extra.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 ...forgot to mention: Ryanair do not require you to remove pedals or turn handlebars sideways (all they ask is that you deflate your tyres). My only other experience of flying with a bike was when I flew to SE Spain in 1996. Can't remember the carrier but I know that (a) they did not charge for bikes and ( you had to remove pedals/turn handlebars - no great hassle but it adds to the impression that your bike is going to be treated the same as a suitcase i.e. chucked about. I didn't really mind paying £15 on Ryanair because I thought it was quite good to pay for the cycle reservation in advance because then I knew there was no chance of my bike being refused on the day. I think technically your bike exceeds normal baggage allowance so they can refuse it if the hold is going to be really full. (When I flew to Spain it was with a party of about 12 CTC people, and the airline were reluctant to accept our bikes because there was a golfing party on the same plane and their golf bags took up so much room!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul mcskimming Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 i read an article in ctc magazine the gist was,if we have to deflate our bike tyres for high altitude due to pressure increase,then what about the plane's tyres? doh!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kenny MacDonald Posted April 18, 2004 Members Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 the old tyre deflation bullshit forget it its a myth plus take a hold all and claim youre bike as luggage, we did going to tour and got away with it. As long as you dont exceed weight limit , go for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David McKellar Posted April 19, 2004 Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 I had also heard that Ryanair were charging £15 each way for bikes so on a Ryanair return flight from Barcelona to Prestwick I noticed a group of irate women golfers who were all checking in large hard shelled golf club transport cases. I asked if they had been charged extra for these cases and was told that they had to pay £15 each way, they were not chuffed. It does appear that Ryanair are charging for extra luggage but they are being consistant in charging everyone not just a bunch of paranoid cyclists. Regards David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy Posted April 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 They say on the web site that they charge for ski's as well. Baggage would be fairly limited to keep within the limit if the bike was included, so I guess £15 each way to not have to pack the bike or have a bike case and still get the full baggage allownce on top is not so bad. Not having a bike bag means if you have the right luggage you can just ride your bike from the airport, saves on taxis and on car parking at Prestwick. If I was flying with a change at Stanstead then the Hold All trick might be the one to go for. So, I missed it this year, but who is up for doing the Felice Gimmondi ride from Bergamo, Italy in May 2005? Fly from Prestwick Sat. a.m, ride Sunday, fly back Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2024 Subscriptions Darryl Gunson Posted April 23, 2004 2024 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 23, 2004 I had a look at that when you first posted the details - it looks great. May well be up for it. Darryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.yeoman Posted April 23, 2004 Report Share Posted April 23, 2004 My only experience was flying to Italy last year with BA. Before going we asked if there was a charge for bikes and were told that there wasn't, squeezy jet wanted £15 per leg making it £60 for the round trip. No problems on the way out, we checked in out baggage and put the bikes into the big baggage check in. Bikes arrived safe and in one piece with to evidence of damage - they were in bike bags. On the way home the decided to weigh our bikes and bags and I was stung for 99 euro to bring it back, the others all paid excess baggage too - though not as much as me. Douggie McF claimed I would have been better off dumping the bike and buying a new one back home So watch out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions martin Posted April 23, 2004 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 23, 2004 This is shaping up to be a great topic for discusssion: just shows how paranoid we are about our bikes (And quite right too). Not having a bike bag means if you have the right luggage you can just ride your bike from the airport, saves on taxis and on car parking at Prestwick. I personally favour the bike bag approach as opposed to the 'bare bike'. One of my colleagues at work is a tandem tourer, so when he flies he has no choice but to turn up at the airport and hand the bike over. But... he has described the very painful experience of watching his bike being wheeled through a door by a baggage handler, followed by the muffled but obvious crashing sound of his bike being flung across a room. He's also been daft enough to look out of the aircraft window to watch baggage being unloaded and seen his bike hitting the tarmac. The paintwork isn't what it used to be... I guess you pay your money and takes your chance, but before you make up your mind, have a look at http://www.bikeaccess.net/BikeAccess/default.cfm just proves that we're not the only ones who worry m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 23, 2004 Report Share Posted April 23, 2004 Re protecting your paintwork: plumbers pipe-lagging seems to be the best way. You know the stuff you can get in B&Q, a sort of rubbery foam, you slit it up one side & slip it over the frame tube/fork/stay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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