Bike Bags and ISP's

Berk Bonebonce
Berk Bonebonce Posts: 1,245
edited September 2010 in Road buying advice
I am about to buy a smallish frame - 535mm horizontal top tube equivalent - with an ISP.

Can I forget about getting it into a bike bag or do you think I will be okay?

Are some bike bags bigger than others?

Thanks.

Chris.

Comments

  • Pretre
    Pretre Posts: 355
    I've got a Polaris Bike Pod & my De Rosa Merak with ISP & it fitted okay - had to take off the saddle but not a great chore.
    Frame was a 68.5 (BB to top of uncut ISP - IIRC about 57cm effective top tube)
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    I have an old Planet X bike bag and can fit my 58cm Spesh in without removing the seatpost and saddle. Think it's all down to the size of the bag.
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    It is sometimes easier to take off the chainset and you avoid the faff of trying to get your saddle position right again.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Take a hacksaw and some epoxy :lol:

    Some bike bags are definitely bigger than others - try before you buy. The Neil Pryde / Planet-X ones were particularly large.
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • FransJacques
    FransJacques Posts: 2,148
    The rectangular Evans one with the rollblade wheels did NOT fit my Giant TCR Advanced just by taking off the wheels, I had to take off the crankset to make it "sit down" more. It's Dura Ace so it takes about, oh, 40 seconds to remove but I then need to put the crank in the bag and it's a bit awkward b/c of the volume it takes up. I also had to take the saddle off which saves about 10cms of height.

    Slightly more faff but well worth it IMO.

    I used to use a std cardboard bike box from a store and that was a pain - I took off the front wheel - too high. I took off the crankset - still too high. I had to remove the fricken fork to get the ISP to rotate forward enough around the rear axle. I did this once and then decided it was time to move into the 21st centure and get a proper bike bag...
    When a cyclist has a disagreement with a car; it's not who's right, it's who's left.

Categories