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Getting your Bike to Europe in 2011
| nitro | 25 Feb 12:54 |
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Joined: 25 Feb 2011 Posts: 1 Bike: | Hi All, Are you thinking about taking the bike abroad in 2011? Just to let you know, you don't need to take the ferry to France any more. Now you can extend your trip much farther afield and reach countries which were impossible to reach up to now. Hi All, Thinking about taking the bike abroad in 2011? Just to let you know, you don't need to take the ferry to France any more.Now you can extend your trip farther afield and reach countries which were impossible to reach in two weeks. You simply take a Ryanair flight to a European city and pick up your bike at the other end from the Overlanders Truck and ride off for two weeks. Enjoy travelling farther into Europe or even North Africa, and see places which were impossible to get to before now. Norway, Slovenia, Morocco, Spain. You decide! Overlanders are an Irish company set up to transport Motorcycles, this has been so successful that they have been requested by Irish Cyclists to provide a similar service to them. Go to the Overlanders website for more information. www.overlanders.ie |
| cycleit | 24 Jun 03:17 |
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Joined: 24 Jun 2011 Posts: 3 Bike: | Thanks for this but have you ever tried taking a bike on Ryanair? 'Just' going on Ryanair means going through hell, I have done this several times and will never do so again. E.g. being asked to put my bike through the xray machine 'because there might be explosives in the tubes' - then when it didn't fit in the machine being told I would have to send it by freight at huge cost (eventually, with mins to spare, someone scanned it 'for explosives' with a hand machine. Also, being tole my bike was not packed correctly even when I had folled Ryanair's instructions, these are just a couple of the many problems I have encountered with this airline who see cyclists as a problem in my experience. Yes I like the idea of flying and coach but not unless Ryanair stop treating cyclists like this! |
dudley 
| 24 Jun 10:46 |
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Joined: 16 Jan 2009 Posts: 498 Bike: My Profile | i think the point is you don't have to take the cycle through Ryanair, THEY do it for you. could be wrong, though? If you had to do it, they wouldn't have a business. |
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| cycleit | 24 Jun 11:37 |
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Joined: 24 Jun 2011 Posts: 3 Bike: | Oh whoops sorry, I think I went into one seeing the words Ryanair... |
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winnersh cyclist
| 23 Sep 04:01 |
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Joined: 02 Sep 2011 Posts: 49 Bike: My Profile | I absolutely hate Ryanair and thats without any bikes they are the nearest thing to a south american bus with people carrying chickens experience. next worse is Easyjet |
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Bicycle Friends
| 24 Sep 11:09 |
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Joined: 01 Jun 2010 Posts: 14 Bike: My Profile | If not that in love with your own bicycle, rental is worth considering. Pricing in general is about 10 euro a day in Western Europe, but in Ghent is extremely cheap. A robust bicycle at Max Mobiel is 25 euro a .... month! Check their pricing list at http://www.max-mobiel.be/default.aspx?PageId=36 For helmets, panniers, ... you pay a bit extra. |
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dudley
| 26 Sep 08:04 |
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Joined: 16 Jan 2009 Posts: 498 Bike: My Profile | i'll agree about Ryanair. absolute bandits. Easyjet, in my experience, however, are fantastic. have used very regularly for several years, without delays on only about 5% of flights. never pay for extras like 'speedy boarding' (everyone gets there at the same time! some people really are fools!) |
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