Panic button--bike on ferry for Bintan?

Thanks--I'll keep checking the site whenever I can get away with it at work! I was thinking in the box too, just go directly to the race venue, and put it together. (I can and have, but, as with everything, I'm slow and clumsy!) That way I'll have access to a mechanic on-site to check I've done it right and deal with any last-minute problems. But the race info seemed to imply that one was supposed to check bikes assembled--it mentioned you might want to remove the pedals,  but it sounded like they were being wheeled on the ferry. I'd prefer that the bike stay in its box all the way to the race venue. But I don't want to show up at the terminal with a boxed bike and be told to assemble it at the last minute!

My cycling buddy Paul has taken his whole bike box on 2 years in a row. So you should be fine. In case there's some circumstances gone awry this year (you never know in Asia, heh!), worst case scenario is you can actually check the whole box as luggage on the ferry (that's what some of our friends did who couldn't get a bike booking or didn't think to).

GOOD LUCK! try to have fun despite all the craziness