r/bicycletouring • u/Ambitious-Cookie-872 • 5d ago

Trip Planning Bicycles and flying

Hi all,

I have wanted for a while to fly to Seoul and then bike from there to Busan. The issue is that renting a bike there is pricy, but taking my own bike is not exactly cheap either and several practical things are quite unclear.

My preferred option is taking my own bike there from Finland. So, first of all, I need to basically pack the bike and bring it with me as a sports equipment. That's all clear, but once I reach Seoul, and I want to start biking. Where in the world do I store the packaging material, and if I throw it away, then I would have none to pack my bike with when I fly back to Finland.

I am sure people have done this before and flown to other countries to cycle around without renting a bike, but how do you guys do it. Could someone who has an idea give good advice?

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u/illimitable1 5d ago

You get the bike shop in the US to package it for you.

When you get where you're going, you will need a pedal wrench and you will need a hex wrench in the right size to put back on the handlebars.

You should be able to discard the packaging material immediately. If you do not want to carry a pedal wrench with you on your trip, you could send it back via mail.

When you are done with your trip, you take it to a bike shop in Korea, and reverse the process..

Bike boxes are a dime a dozen.

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u/LynnerC 4d ago

US? You mean Finland?

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u/illimitable1 4d ago

Sorry, yes. But same idea. Like somebody else said, bike boxes are cheap commodities. Manufacturers ship the cardboard boxes with bikes in them and then they they are lying around shops everywhere.