brakemeister

as I said the whole adventure was a positive one and one has to applaud the OP to take his bike through security ....

I just lost a beautifull titanium almost one of the kind multitool with no blade longer than 2 inches to the friendly folks of tsa ... ( no knife or saw or anything like that on that tool )

I also got ruffled out of the wazoo as I had a single bicycle spoke in my unchecked bagagge in a different flight
( it was a sample spoke, very special indeed) and the spoke was gone and I got special attention in a hurry ...

I cannot see that anybody is allowed any bike no matter what brand or size through security ...
Dont try this if you dont have enough time to go back and get the bike through regular checked luggage ....

at that time you will pay extra , which I never did when the bike was in a suitcase ( or airporter or whatever)

not dissing the OP who I belive had a huge amount of luck and some TSA people who didnt go by the book ( good on them )

thor