Recommendations? 58cm Trek Checkpoint. Mostly flying Southwest Airlines in western states.

Great thread. I have flown with my bike on Southwest many times with an Evoc Bike Travel Bag Pro. Never an issue. They weigh the bag every time but never measure the dimensions. TSA will open it up every time so best to minimize what is in the bag so they don’t mess things up. I really think the dim…

Have the EVOC Pro Bag since 2018. I’ve traveled numerous times over the years with my MTB without issues. Just came back from a trip (bike still in the bag) flying for the first time with my 2023 Checkpoint SLR 9 size 58. It was a tight fit but it worked. Had to remove the seat mask and finagled a b…

For those using the Scicon Aerocomfort 3.0, does it roll straight? I have the Aerocomfort MTB bag and it always wants to spin in a circle and I have to use two hands to keep it rolling straight. Others I talked to had similar experiences with it. I have the Aerotec Evolution hard case as well and…

I borrowed a Scicon for a trip to Mallorca last year, and it was great for how easy it was to pack and unpack. It made me think about taking a bike on 1 or 2 day business trips, and I would never think about that with a box (assuming a lot more breakdown work). It’s disconcerting when you see the b…

I had a discussion with the oversize baggage handler in Atlanta customs just this morning. I was on my way back from a race in Chile. I have a BBA AeroEasyfit and he was unloading a Scicon next to mine. He pointed to my box and said that was the right one to get, that he sees soft cases like the oth…

[image] smooh: Previous to this I had a soft sided Bknd Helium and I loved it, just didn’t trust it for a long trip to another continent Hot take - there is nothing different in an international flight vs. a domestic flight. The chances of the bike getting damaged is in the handling, not the …

Kind of the same boat. I have the SCION but switch to the Thule all round trip or whatever it’s called. It’s huge but all need to do is take the wheels off. Drop the seat down and turn the handlebars to the side. Only need to take two screws off. Much easier when everything is integrated. But it’s a…

It is different when the local carrier in a third world country is using the flight to move produce and cargo that our normal domestic flights don’t have to handle. My bike didn’t make it on one flight and lagged me a few days, got snagged up in Santiago. I wasn’t the only one.

[image] Power13: Those handling aspects are the same whether you fly 1 hour or 15….you move the bike to the plane and then load it. You unload the bike and then bring it to the baggage claim area. It’s a lot easier to get a 1 hour direct flight than a 15 hour direct flight. So more connection…

EVOC Travel Bag Pro or something else?

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smooh December 9, 2023, 9:30pm 34

it rolls sort of straight, but it takes some manhandling to steer sometimes.

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EVOC Travel Bag Pro or something else?

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