Originally Posted by Machka

What do you mean by "travel bike" ... do you mean a folder? If so, then it doesn't apply to this situation because it will fit into the size limit or very close to it.

We're talking about normal, full-sized diamond-frame bicycles which don't come anywhere near fitting into the size limit, and if the bicycle is at all large (i.e. built for a tall person), when boxed it will come dangerously close to going over the 80" size limit where they could say, "No sorry, we're not taking that".

The check-in people do have measuring tape behind their counters.