I leave for France soon and am in the middle of packing. One of the tasks is to uncouple my bike and put it into its traveling case. I thought people might be interested in seeing how this is done. It took about 2 hours, this afternoon (and will take another 2 hours, at least, in Paris).

Here is the fully assembled bike:



Here is the bike and the box it fits into:



There are 5 major parts:



Here is the disassembled bike:



Here is the bike in the suitcase:



A few notes:

I have to take the tires off the rims to get the rims into the case. I twist the tires once to make them smaller (but thicker). They aren't shown.

There are pieces of bike hardware that I bag up and put into the box but that aren't shown (pedals, skewers, handlebar hardware).

I had to disassemble the plastic fenders (removed the connecting rods) to get them into the box. This was the first time I've had to do that.

The case requires a bit of force to close with just a hint of point where the tip of the hub sits. All of the bike parts are padded and, for the most part, nothing is forced into position.

Ray