Morning all,

Do you think it's necessary to let some pressure out of shock/fork when taking a bike on a plane? Obviously deflate the tyres but am I risking blowing seals by not letting air out of shock/fork?

Cheers!

I normally ditch the air from my shocks for transport, but coming back from NZ this year I forgot, and it was fine.

Holds are pressurised so there's really no reason to take air out of shocks/tyres but a lot of people still do, I guess "just in case" (although if the hold depressurises in flight they'll have more to worry about than a blown shock).

is this the sequel with Samuel L Jackson?

I assumed that holds were pressurised, but I did get asked by ground staff last year if I had let my tyres down.

Someone has said on here the difference in around 10psi IIRC.

all BS mate. you can leave everything pumped up. in the event of the pressure change being so great that your forks etc blow up then so would every single deoderant, etc. etc. in the hold and that would be much worse…

think you'll be fine.

Someone once asked if the pilot lets his tyres down.

I read the title, and thought, just take them into the toilet… 1 mile club badge and all that

Cheers all for the replies. Shock/fork to remain unfettered.

Travis – pretty tight squeeze in those airplane toilets, I take it you ride a unicycle?!

Tiger, I can just see Samuel L swearing his head off at a singlespeed

'WHAT THE MOTHERF%CKING HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO O WITH THAT' (best samuel l voice required)