Sending an eBike by air

[paieye]

I am due to make up a party of 4 cycling in Italy next spring. I have no intention of doing so unless I am able to ride my non-standard Brompton eBike. I understand, though, that I may not take such a bicycle with me, as batteries of the relevant size are classed as a hazard. However, there are carriers advertising such transport -- has anyone had experience of them ? If so, what is involved ?

[cyclemad]

air carriers will not allow you to ship the lithium battery ..It needs to go by land / sea...

I looked into this earlier this year to ship my wifes bike to iTALY.....Bike ...no problem...battery was a big no..

Another alternative , and its an expensive one, is to ship the bike and either rent or buy a battery at your destination.

[pedals2slowly]

Cyclmad is right, I tried to look at disabled bike carriage.
The problem is CAA rules.
https://www.caa.co.uk/Passengers/Before ... n-baggage/
Contact the airline direct as a last resort, but best to hire at the destination

[Cyril Haearn]

Maybe it could be sent by land courier/parcel service

[pete75]

Why not post the battery to the first place you're staying at or if that's not practical poste restante to the closest post office to your destination airport.

[pedals2slowly]

Why not post the battery to the first place you're staying at or if that's not practical poste restante to the closest post office to your destination airport.

Because you're not allowed to post batteries on their own.
https://www.royalmail.com/business/syst ... t-2015.pdf

[pete75]

Why not post the battery to the first place you're staying at or if that's not practical poste restante to the closest post office to your destination airport.

Because you're not allowed to post batteries on their own.
https://www.royalmail.com/business/syst ... t-2015.pdf

That's Royal Mail. There are other carriers. In case they're allowed when part of a device and they're part of an ebike power pack most are not just batteries and nothing else. Presumably the OP would want to take his charger and he could post that with it - Parcel Force say 'Batteries, specifically new and used lithium batteries when not sent with or connected to an electronic device.' Posting with the charger means they are being sent with an electronic device.

[pedals2slowly]

Why not post the battery to the first place you're staying at or if that's not practical poste restante to the closest post office to your destination airport.

Because you're not allowed to post batteries on their own.
https://www.royalmail.com/business/syst ... t-2015.pdf

That's Royal Mail. There are other carriers. In any case they're allowed when part of a device and the device is an ebike power pack.

See my post above CAA prohibition of Lithium batteries.

[pete75]

Because you're not allowed to post batteries on their own.
https://www.royalmail.com/business/syst ... t-2015.pdf

That's Royal Mail. There are other carriers. In any case they're allowed when part of a device and the device is an ebike power pack.

See my post above CAA prohibition of Lithium batteries.

Read my full post quoting what Royal Mail/Parcelforce say. Batteries are allowed as long as they're not on their own. What difference that makes I don't know but that's what they say.

[pedals2slowly]

That's Royal Mail. There are other carriers. In any case they're allowed when part of a device and the device is an ebike power pack.

See my post above CAA prohibition of Lithium batteries.

Read my full post quoting what Royal Mail/Parcelforce say. Batteries are allowed as long as they're not on their own. What difference that makes I don't know but that's what they say.

If you look at the original post they are asking for people who have actually had experience of doing this, not 'i think you can do this'.
My experience is that you can't.

[pete75]

See my post above CAA prohibition of Lithium batteries.

Read my full post quoting what Royal Mail/Parcelforce say. Batteries are allowed as long as they're not on their own. What difference that makes I don't know but that's what they say.

If you look at the original post they are asking for people who have actually had experience of doing this, not 'i think you can do this'.
My experience is that you can't.

Fedex say you can http://www.fedex.com/gb/learn/lithium-batteries.html . I have had experience of the shipping of batteries with Fedex. I received an ebike battery from China shipped by the company.

[100%JR]

I am due to make up a party of 4 cycling in Italy next spring. I have no intention of doing so unless I am able to ride my non-standard Brompton eBike?

Then you really have no intention of doing so....so don’t?
You’ve sort of answered your own question haven’t you?Unless you can do it on your terms then you won’t.
Seems pretty straight forward to me!

[Warin61]

However, there are carriers advertising such transport -- has anyone had experience of them ? If so, what is involved ?

The answer is;
Contact those carriers and ask them what is required. You will probably need to state the battery capacity, approximate weight and size of parcel. You may need to state the battery weight of metals, and lithium content... ask them.

If you want to know if anyone has experience with those carriers... then name them. My crystal ball packed up long ago,

[simonhill]

Non standard?? In what way?

If it is a Brompton conversion, you could contact them and ask about their agents in Italy. You may be able to hire a battery.