bike box

t.c.claret
t.c.claret Posts: 9
edited January 2013 in Road buying advice
im currently looking to purchase a bike box to transport my bike to and from tenerife. i have a budget of £250.
i have seen these two boxes:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/b-w-bike-box/

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/bicycle-hardc ... 53f34898ed

basically looking for any other ideas or recomendations, any help will be hugely appreciated.

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  • mallorcajeff
    mallorcajeff Posts: 1,489
    Try to find a second hand bikeboxallen I bought one its the best bike case bar none.
  • Grill
    Grill Posts: 5,610
    mallorcajeff wrote:
    Try to find a second hand bikeboxallen I bought one its the best bike case bar none.

    This. My Foil was cracked in a standard clamshell.
    English Cycles V3 | Cervelo P5 | Cervelo T4 | Trek Domane Koppenberg
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,615
    I intend to get a bike box Alan before my summer hols. A guy in my b&b last year in barege had one and it looked a great piece of kit.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • nunowoolmez
    nunowoolmez Posts: 867
    I'm to Majorca soon & have hired a Bikeboxalan. They look the business. I doubt there is a lot between any of them, i just preferred it & the bikeshop i am renting it from is not as far as any of the other places renting them out!
  • mallorcajeff
    mallorcajeff Posts: 1,489
    I have mine here in Mallorca was thinking of renting mine out to recoup some of the cost but of course everyone is going the other way!
    Great bit of kit just hard to find used. Worth the cost of a new one as it will outlast all of us. So easy to pack too.
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    Then i fill it with food shopping too
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  • lc1981
    lc1981 Posts: 820
    mallorcajeff wrote:
    Try to find a second hand bikeboxallen I bought one its the best bike case bar none.

    This is easier said than done, as I've been finding out!
    mallorcajeff wrote:
    I have mine here in Mallorca was thinking of renting mine out to recoup some of the cost..

    This is my current plan: buy one and rent it out to other cyclists local to me.
  • bernithebiker
    bernithebiker Posts: 4,148
    I think the EVOC bike bag is excellent.

    http://www.sigmasport.co.uk/p/21067/bik ... leShopping

    It's semi-rigid, so you can collapse it into the boot of a car quite easily, and the protection and quality is superb.

    6 journeys so far with no probs. Oh, and it's lighter than a full box too.

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