Traveling with brand New Bike Advice

[Giulianna23]

I will be traveling in mid May if everything goes well not for pleasure but for personals for only 2 weeks. I am willing to bike ride a lot in those to weeks. Where we live in Panama C.A. in the Canal Area there are a lot of hills, pretty steep. So I am going to take advantage of that and train if I can Hopefully it wont rain too much. I was looking into buying a bike over there but because I only go once a year at the most and havent been back home in the past 3 years I really dont want to spend too much money on a road bike, it looks like they are a bit more expensive over there . I have an account with Performance Bike where I have save a few points that will give me a good discount on any purchase. They have a 2012 Fuji Finest 3.0 triple at closeout for 449 + tax (original price 929 +tax)....and I am pretty sure I can get an extra 10% off which will keep the price right at 449. I know this bike maybe not the best quality and maybe has low end components but good enough to serve my needs over there. I looked into buying a used one out there but the ones that looks good are over 650 used !...+ I will not have enough time to go look for a used bike in person so I preffer to take it from here with me. I want to start riding as soon as I get home . I will be doing country rides but also city

Anyway....My main question is..Can I take this bike with me as extra luggage?....should I have the bike put together here and take it in a bike bag or it will be better to take the bike in the original box and have it put together once in Panama?...which way would you do it? which way is safer and or less expensive...Any advice would be much appreciated


I am dying to go bike riding back home...