Bike box

andy777
andy777 Posts: 45
edited April 2012 in Road buying advice
Just a word of warning for those looking for a bike case.

I purchased a bike box from the bike box company

this one http://www.thebikeboxcompany.co.uk/deluxe.html

I took it away twice and it got broken twice, once on each trip. It seems that the area where the wheels attach has a design flaw. It has a recess in the plastic which makes it very weak. The wheels just punch through if the case is put down to hard.

I rang the company to complain and the guy just got hostile with me.

I have now purchased a bike boxalan which is much much better.

Andy

Comments

  • fosst
    fosst Posts: 45
    I have one of these boxes, identical construction but Monoc branded. Used it a dozen times with no problem.
    I would not expect it to stand up to deliberate mishandling but it seems fine against the usual baggage handler. I have accumulated a few scuffs and scrapes on it but nothing you wouldn't expect.
    Where did you take it? Perhaps you were just unlucky with the knuckle-draggers that loaded it onboard?

    fwiw, I got mine from Wiggle...

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