Bangalore Tripadvisor - Triathlon Bike Tips: How To Pack a Triathlon Bike Case - Part One

Here are some tips on how to pack your triathlon bike and gear so that everything gets to the transition area - including you - in good shape and ready to race. Traveling a long distance to a triathlon adds a lot of additional stress and potential problems before the starting gun even goes off. Is your next big race halfway across the country?

Here are the steps to packing a triathlon bike.

You sandwich the bike and wheels between the layers of foam. When you open up the case you will see three layers of foam. Go to your local bike shop and see if you can rent one (that is what I usually do), if you don't. If you travel a lot you should buy one. Step 1: You start with a good bike case.

Put all the hardware into a ziplock bag. Also watch for things like where your brake cables are situated (you might want to take some digital pictures of your bike setup as you are taking it apart to remind you when you go to put it back together at your race site). Step 2: Take off your aero bars - make sure that you pack whatever tool you use to loosen the hex nuts.

You don't want to remove them - just loosen them enough so you can move them to the left or right. Step 3: Loosen the handlebars where the handlebar stem attaches to the bars.

There is a companion page to this article where you can see pictures showing each step of how to pack a triathlon bike.