Originally Posted by
Barnabas88
I do prefer my 700 wheeled bike for touring but I kept coming back to the airline baggage dimension. A 26" x 26" x 10" soft case seems to meet airline criteria and the 26" wheels of my demountable bike. I would be interested in how others get under the radar with larger wheeled bikes.
700C (aka 622) rims will fit inside at 26x26" hard case. The tires, however, may not. It's possible to simply deflate the tires and jam the wheel into the case; however, IME, that leads to problems when TSA yanks the wheel out while opening the lid. I usually remove the tire from the top (front) rim, so TSA can open the case, look through the spokes at everything crammed in there, and close it. That takes care of most TSA problems except kinked cables when they can't manage (or care) to tuck the cables back in when closing the case.