I carry mine in the back of my truck regularly with no problem. I put a towel under the handlebars to keep them from getting dirty as the bed liner seems to create a black mark. Otherwise, no issues.

(Carrying two bikes, you need to watch that the pedals of one don't scratch the frame of the other. This was never a problem when my wife had an older gifted Trek. But as soon as I transported her brand new bike, I put a couple of scratches on it.)