eBike to Europe

[stephenplumb]

Are there any major caveats on taking an ebike to Europe? 
Will be travelling air france I think in a coupe of weeks and not sure if there are extra issues with ebikes?

Most especially any special tricks with the battery?

[100Tours]

Most airlines have a maximum battery size that they will accept. Better chat to them.

[Zebra]

Am not suggesting you travel Qatarair, but having JUST travelled CPT-DOHA, and then DOHA-SYDNEY, was impressed to learn QATAR Air has a T-W-O 23kg bag policy, meaning you can fly a LOT of extra luggage for free; I only took along ONE 23kg bag, but this info MAY help you, or even others…flying with extra ‘stuff’ into Europe…

Cheers

Chris

[stephenplumb]

Many thanks for the replies - sadly tickets are booked and not keen on trekking through the gulf. I once did Sydney via Dubai. Never again!
Let me see what the policies of the carrier are as I need to commit in the next day or three.

 

[Steady Spin]

Airlines don't allow lithium batteries in check-in luggage and a maximum of 20000mah to be carried on. 

I don't think they will allow an e-bike. You could in theory just check it in as a bicycle but I would hate to be told on the airport that it can't be checked-in. 

Phone ahead and find out. 

[shaper]

If going on a holiday, consider hiring in France, plenty of options and a lot less hassle

[ALBERT MICHAEL]

Emigrating via e-bike 🥲 Nice

[ChrisF]

2 hours ago, Steady Spin said:

Airlines don't allow lithium batteries in check-in luggage and a maximum of 20000mah to be carried on. 

I don't think they will allow an e-bike. You could in theory just check it in as a bicycle but I would hate to be told on the airport that it can't be checked-in. 

Phone ahead and find out. 

 

JIP.

 

LOTS of segments about this on EMBN.

 

Two options:

1. leave the battery at home, and rent a battery at your destination .... this works for some brands, and only in the very popular tourist destinations.

2. Rent an ebike at your destination.  Friends just did a few weeks hopping islands off Croacia.  They rented ebikes in all but one stop.

[Brakepad]

The other option is to courier the battery or the whole bike. I have done this with Fedex from SA to USA a few month ago(Battery only) and the quotes were astronomically except Fedex they were just high....

[Andreas_187]

Airlines do not allow lithium batteries of that size. Maximum is basically what is in your laptop

[GLuvsMtb]

https://www.cevalogistics.com/en/ceva-batteries-solutions/?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=Batteries-Search-South-Africa&utm_term=Batteries-logistics&gclid=CjwKCAjwwL6aBhBlEiwADycBIHWxTog1-gDCVZJuFY-uQ2IWWaqsky6dDSG-5vHqHtA4emQ3MoUCXRoCdvIQAvD_BwE

 

Give these guys a shout. Have not used them myself, but a friend shipped batteries back from Europe through them.