Bikes on Eurostar?

As cathartic as it is to call Eurostar jobsworth cunts, I believe the issue is that they generally used to ship your bike separately to you, which makes them liable for import/export paperwork and duties. I imagine that’s what they’re trying to negotiate with the authorities.

If you are travelling on/with your bike - like on the ferry, or the the euroshuttle - then it’s a) your problem and b) it’s assumed you’re travelling on it, not importing it for sale. That’s why you can still take a Brompton on the Eurostar.

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Is it not possible to simply put it in one of these and take it on as metal laundry?

People have definitely done that. I've taken a 700c touring bike through appropriately rinko-ed (albeit in 2019).

The larger X-ray scanners are 85cm wide so as long as it's packaged to fit that and you can reasonably carry and lift it, you're not breaking any rules.

is it still possible to ride-on with the eurotunnel (the trains with cars), and then get another train from calais?

@danera did the rinko thing to get to ALPI4000 in Italy last year. It's a bit easier with fixed gear bikes I guess - not sure how you'd manage with all the hydro lines and stuff on modern bikes.

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Eurotunnel do have a cycle service, but it's once a day and you have to book 10 working days in advance and they take you across in a minibus. There's some details on this thread: https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewtopic.ph­p?t=123181

Bikes on Eurostar looks to be resuming from 25th Jan on some London to Paris trains:
https://mobile.twitter.com/TrainManagerJ­o/status/1617496203087994881

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My penny farthing will never get onto the eurostar

Details on CyclingUK. Cost looks like it won't be too bad (between £25 and £55 depending on when you book and which service you go for).