Travel Case for FS MTB

[ejcookso]

Can anyone recommend a travel case for a full suspension
mountain bike. I'd rather not have to dissassemble (seat,
handlebars, etc. ok, but no fork/shock removal). I've looked
at Bike-Pro's, and I like everything but the price. Anyone
use a Trico case?

Ted C.

 

[P E T E F A G E]

<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Can anyone recommend a travel case for a full suspension
> mountain bike. I'd rather not have to dissassemble (seat,
> handlebars, etc. ok, but no fork/shock removal). I've
> looked at Bike-Pro's, and I like everything but the price.
> Anyone use a Trico case?

BikePro is worth the price.

Mine has served me well on many trips.

Having said that, I'm going to be borrowing a Velosafe II (
http://www.triall3sports.com/bike.html# ) for a trip
overseas next week. I figure I can get two bikes and the
case just under the 99 lb airline limit by putting a fork in
my "normal" luggage.

 

[Ride-A-Lot]

[email protected] wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a travel case for a full suspension
> mountain bike. I'd rather not have to dissassemble (seat,
> handlebars, etc. ok, but no fork/shock removal). I've
> looked at Bike-Pro's, and I like everything but the price.
> Anyone use a Trico case?
>
> Ted C.

I've used the Trico quite often. With my bike and the case
plus stuff like a helmet, camelbak, shoes, and some tools it
comes to about 65 pounds but it has wheels built in. It fits
everything very nicely without crushing it. I have small
frame bikes so I don't know what would happen with larger
frames but I only need to remove the wheels (they go on the
second layer) and remove the bars from the stem (not remove
the stem from the fork). The whole process of reassembly
takes less than 5 minutes and you don't have to worry about
reseating the fork again.

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