Originally Posted by
Bekologist
I'm pretty confident showing up at most domestic air carriers with that Tardis ground effects bag Nun uses, holding a bike frame, wheels, and even a not-quite-ultralite bike touring assemblage.....
and you're going to get tagged for oversized luggage. There's no two ways around it. its an oversized bag. you'll have to pick a carrier with generous baggage policies.
i know guys who play bike polo and fly with SNS-equipped bikes in soft bags, and they get tagged when the bag is even fractionally over the 26" x 26" x 10" linear dimension airline standard cuttoff for oversize luggage.
I think the Al case is over kill, but the dimensions are great. If the bike can fold up and fit into a small soft sided bag that would be smaller than the oversized baggage limit that seems like the best of all worlds to me. Light, easy to carry and easy to deal with when not in use.
My system was designed with international flying in mind and it has worked well as I can easily get my stuff into a taxi, no messing about with bike boxes or multiple bags and I have never been charged for over weight or over size.