Bike Bag / Box

mclarent
mclarent Posts: 784
edited March 2010 in Road buying advice
I need to take my bike to Italy in April, first time taking it on a plane, and I was wondering if anyone can recommend a bike box or bag? I was considering this http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=B0090, but not sure if I need a hard case. Guessing it's the way to go? Any suggestions?

Cheers!
"And the Lord said unto Cain, 'where is Abel thy brother?' And he said, 'I know not: I dropped him on the climb up to the motorway bridge'."
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  • Pretre
    Pretre Posts: 355
    I have one of these (branded as a Polaris but exactly the same) & travelled on planes 3 or 4 times last year with practically no issues. The only issue I had is with the wheel skewers - there are holes in the bag where you put the skewers through the wheel & secure them outside the bag & I found one of the skewer was bent when I picked up the bag at my destination, presumably by rough baggge handling - luckily only a cheapo skewer but not good - so now I just put the wheels in bags, with lots of padding, & forget about the skewer fixings.
    It's what I would call "rigid" rather than "hard" - has a very small amount of flex in it. It's really light compared with somethng like a Scicon (sp?), so you won't be hammered by excess baggage charges.
  • mclarent
    mclarent Posts: 784
    Great, thanks!
    "And the Lord said unto Cain, 'where is Abel thy brother?' And he said, 'I know not: I dropped him on the climb up to the motorway bridge'."
    - eccolafilosofiadelpedale

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