Bike on a train

[Pope]

Afternoon,

I'm getting the train on Friday from Huddersfield to Liverpool and will be cycling to and from the stations.

I've already booked a cycle reservation for the journeys but the lady who I spoke to, informed me that I had to attach the reservation code to the bike for the duration of train journey.

Has anyone had to do this before? If so, what did you use...I was thinking of taping a piece of paper with the code to the bike.

 

[mcshroom]

I just stick mine in a bottle cage wedged in by the bottle.

 

[vickster]

Loop round handlebars and stick ends together like a piece of paper chain?

 

[Yazzoo]

number pre written on a luggage tag and tied around any obvious bit of bike dependent on position on train

 

[mcshroom]

Loop round handlebars and stick ends together like a piece of paper chain?

My trip on Saturday invloves three different bike reservations, perhaps I should make an actual paper chain from them

 

[vickster]

My trip on Saturday invloves three different bike reservations, perhaps I should make an actual paper chain from them

Well Christmas is seemingly coming looking at the amount of tat in the shops

 

[Pope]

Thanks for your help

 

[MiK1138]

Stuck mine in my spokes, doubt anyone looked at the whole journey though

 

[vickster]

Could 'Bike on a Train' be the sequel to 'Snakes on a plane' with, erm, more bikes and less snakes?

 

[robjh]

Fix it in whatever way you can as people have suggested, but it is highly unlikely that it will be inspected. I've travelled on loads of trains with mine and AFAIK the segment on the bike itself has only ever been glanced at once, when I was at Euston and 5 people turned up with reservations for a 4-space Virgin Pendolino train (we were all allowed on in the end, at the driver's insistence - he knew the limit was bollix and didn't want his train held up any longer).

 

[Pope]

Could 'Bike on a Train' be the sequel to 'Snakes on a plane' with, erm, more bikes and less snakes?

That was the intention with the thread title. I'm glad somebody cottoned onto the link.

 

[mythste]

Never had mine checked AFAIK. I'd just take a photo of it on your phone and have it handy in case it goes walkabout.

 

[User482]

I just stick it under an outer cable where it goes round the head tube. Not that they're ever checked.

 

[mcshroom]

Last time I had my bike on a train with a reservation, I did this.

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It worked well.

Chain's a bit slack

 

[Flying Dodo]

It's likely that actual bike reservations would only checked on London bound or departing trains - Virgin are especially "jobsworthy" in this respect.