Quote Originally Posted by Robbin_G
Does the LBS normally do this for a fee? I'm not even sure I'd pack it right.
A decent bike shop will certainly pack a bike for a fee. When I first started traveling with my bike - in the days before I was riding a folding bike for ease of traveling with my bike - I spent a couple of hours at my LBS learning to pack my bike. I could have paid them to pack it for me, but I chose to have a one-on-one class with a mechanic. I packed the bike with his guidance. So that's another option.

And while a hard case certainly sounds safer, bikes are shipped in cardboard boxes (on their way to the bike shops), and most of them make it ok. Once you have it packed then you can choose to ship via a service like UPS or Fedex or... or you can check it as baggage if you are flying to your destination.

--- Denise