Giloun
Active Member
When I packed for my tour in Korea a few months ago, I used this approach with minimal disassembling.
The internal size of the bike box: 138 x 22 x 79cm.
I take advantage of the hinge at swing arm and split the bike into halves. I kept both wheels intact in order to minimize disassembling. Of course the seat was removed at the quick releases and kept in one piece. Quick release pedals were also removed. The other parts which tools were used were the handle-bar and the top-tube. I used reusable zip-ties to keep the 2 halves together in one "rigid" piece. The bike went in the box and then the seat was put on top and that was it, more or less. Even the fenders/mudguards were not removed.
Since I did not remove the wheels and there was no adjustment needed when reassembled.
Apart from ease of disassembling and reassembling, some of the advantages of this method are:
The disc brakes are better protected by being kept inside the "rigid" piece.
The wheels and tires can act as cushion for the bike just as they are designed to.
I hope the photograph below is self-explanatory and will give you some idea:
The internal size of the bike box: 138 x 22 x 79cm.
I take advantage of the hinge at swing arm and split the bike into halves. I kept both wheels intact in order to minimize disassembling. Of course the seat was removed at the quick releases and kept in one piece. Quick release pedals were also removed. The other parts which tools were used were the handle-bar and the top-tube. I used reusable zip-ties to keep the 2 halves together in one "rigid" piece. The bike went in the box and then the seat was put on top and that was it, more or less. Even the fenders/mudguards were not removed.
Since I did not remove the wheels and there was no adjustment needed when reassembled.
Apart from ease of disassembling and reassembling, some of the advantages of this method are:
The disc brakes are better protected by being kept inside the "rigid" piece.
The wheels and tires can act as cushion for the bike just as they are designed to.
I hope the photograph below is self-explanatory and will give you some idea:
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My bike came fully assembled, so I don't know how it looked before.
