If an airline employee at the check in desk requires to see inside your case, they can nail you for the "It's a Bike" fee anyhow.. **

Maybe you can book thru a direct flight, denver to paris with an airline, European, that does not aggressively collect fees.. like US carriers have done.

** Testimony of a cyclist with an S&S connector equipped bike, their personal experience..



Bike Friday packs even more conveniently into a Suitcase, read CGOAB the folding bike riding touring section, is mostly Bike Friday Owners,





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