Oh my.. a lot of people are terrified of flying all for the wrong reasons.. instead, I've got to admit that nearly all of my long-distance flights I've had a knot in my stomach for the right reason: bringing a custom-built bicycle and being terrified it wouldn't survive the handling.
One more company I'll never ever use: Greyhound.. they make you wrap up a bicycle in a huge box (so you can't actually cycle to the bus station defeating the entire purpose of taking a bus when travelling by bicycle anyway (acquaintances brought me there) and then more or less thrashed it as the bike box is so huge they put it on the bottom of the 'stack' and pile up all the other luggage on top of it, which guarantees something will get hurt. Fortunately it was fairly easy to repair..
After that it was either cycling or hitch-hiking .. much much safer for the bike!
US trains are pretty decent though as long as you bring a foldable bicycle.
End of hijack..
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