Comment by jfim
3 days ago
Right, that's basically the problem, if one wants to travel by air with an ebike without hassle, there's no real option to do so.
There's the Ligo 10X (https://ebikes.ca/product-info/grin-products/ligo10x-battery...) which makes 99Wh battery packs that can be connected together, but otherwise it just seems like rules lawyering.
There really needs to be standardization of battery packs for ebikes instead of proprietary ones, so that one could rent a battery at their destination.
At that point why not just rent the whole bike and not need to bring the large object onto the plane?
Because ones bike is a carefully selected item perfectly fitted to ones body shape and preferences, whereas the battery is simply a line replaceable unit.
That's such an edge case though.... what about my fine tuned piano? Or my aquarium? At some point personal luxuries don't have to be accommodated for
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I think the intersection between people who ride e-bikes and cyclists who obsess about bike fit is fairly small.
You totally have the option to fly with a regular muscular powered bike.