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When youAAAre bike costs more than your car, protect it when you travel with the Thule Round Trip Bicycle Travel Case. This padded hardshell case accommodates both road and mountain bikes, and its rugged construction holds up to the most careless baggage handlers. The case can be locked for added security, and Thule included small bags for tools, dirty clothes, and accessories. The Round Trip features a sturdy strapping system and has wheels for easy transport. You can even ship this bad boy UPS if you want to travel light.
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- Material: plastic, foam padding
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- Recommended Use: transporting your bike
- Manufacturer Warranty: lifetime
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good solid case. Heavy, which is good and bad.,
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This review is from: Thule Round Trip Bicycle Travel Case (Sports)
This case will protect your bike from the roughest handling that it will encounter. It's easy to use, and my standard road bike fits in easily if you remove the wheels, pedals and handlebars. The only problem is that case weighs 33 lbs, and your bike weight can easily take that over the airlines' 50 lb limit. Then, you not only pay for "oversize", you pay for "overweight". I circumvent this---just barely---by removing the seatpost/seat and pedals, and putting those in my carryon bag.
So, the only downside to this case is about the airlines not the case.
45 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
OK but the Trico Ironcase is much better!!!,
This review is from: Thule Round Trip Bicycle Travel Case (Misc.)
My brother purchased the Thule Round Trip Case for a mountain bike trip last month. I purchased the Trico Iron Case for the same trip and we both highly recommend the Trico case over the Thule case. Obviously the Thule case will get the job done but after we packed bikes in both cases the Trico case is CLEARLY the better choice. He went with the Thule case because it was compatible with the Thule roof rack. I don't see any reason you couldn't mount the Trico case on a Thule roof rack. I have a full suspension mountain bike with 5 inches of travel and I didn't have to take the fork off but my brother did with the Thule case (not a huge deal). Here are some reasons why I think the Trico case is better:
1) The Trico case is much more durable because it's made with a thicker and stronger material. I found the Thule case to be very flimsy which left spaces between the top and bottom shells when we closed the case. 2) The Trico case comes with two very strong metal braces that support the frame and fork when the hubs/wheels are removed. These braces allow you to compress the two shells together without damaging the bike. The Thule case does not have any frame/fork braces. 3) The Trico case has three layers of foam protecting your bike where the Thule case has two plus a useless thin layer of plastic that does not cushion the wheels at all. 4) The Trico case is a perfect rectangle with square corners giving it larger internal dimensions than the Thule case. This is why my brother had to take his fork off to get the bike to fit in the case. 5) The Trico case has more buckles and straps than the Thule case making it easier to close tight. 6) The Trico case is ready to go right out of the box but the Thule case requires you to attach the wheels and all the plastic buckles. The biggest difference I found between the cases lies in the way the bike is packed. The Trico case is packed as follows: bottom shell, FOAM, frame and parts, FOAM, wheels, FOAM, top shell. Then you apply pressure as required to close the case. The added pressure is just compressing the foam and will not hurt your bike because of the axle braces that I previously discussed. The Thule case is packed as follows: bottom shell, wheels (NO PROTECTION BETWEEN BOTTOM SHELL AND WHEELS), thin plastic divider, FOAM, frame and parts, FOAM, top shell. You still need to apply pressure to close the Thule case and compress the foam like the Trico case but larger bikes can be damaged because the frame and fork do not have the metal braces and there is no padding between the bottom shell and wheels. The Thule case is also very flimsy and gets distorted when pressure is applied to close the case. Like I said earlier either case will work but when you put them side by side there is no comparison. VeloNews has a great YouTube video that shows a full suspension bike being packed into the Trico case. The only Thule videos I found showed smaller road bikes being packed into the case and one was a women's bike. One more thing I learned recently about shipping bikes is that if any of the dimensions exceed 47x31x11 the shipping charges go up by about $40-$60. This is why having the ability to safely compress the Trico case to 11in without damaging the bike is SO important. I paid $85 with $2000 insurance to ship FedEx Ground from coast to coast. UPS was about 25% more. I also found that weight was insignificant compared to the case's dimensions when it came to shipping charges.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Bike transported with no damage,
By Carmen Sandiego (Somewhere in the world) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thule Round Trip Bicycle Travel Case (Sports)
The good: this is a robust case made of tough plastic, and certainly able to withstand air transport and handling. I flew from the east coast of the US to Australia, involving two changes, with no problems. The case contained a plastic separator and two foam pads to separate the wheels from the bike, and to keep the bike padded; two bags to contain tools, two chain protectors, two straps inside the case to hold the bike in place, 6 thick straps outside to close the case, and partly recessed wheels to make the case easy to move around. I also got plastic fork and chainstay separators from the bike shop for extra security when moving the bike, though the instructions claim this is not needed.
Problems: the biggest problem with the case is weight, though I guess this is true of all hard bike cases. I have a 54cm Cannondale Synapse Alloy road bike, and this plus the case came to 50lbs, excluding pedals, seat, and tools (which I put in my other case). Depending on the airline, this might result in additional baggage fees. A second potential problem: the bike wheels rested against the bottom of the case, and there were scratches in the plastic where the hubs were in contact (I had removed the skewers, as per instructions). I did not see damage to the hubs, but any impact on the case would be transmitted directly to them: there was no protection there. Other cases (eg the Serfas one) have three layers of foam, rather than two, which gets around this problem. That said, the wheels were not pushed too hard against the side of the case, and could move inwards against the foam padding, but you might want to add some extra bits of foam just in case. Third, the case might be a bit small for larger bike frames (this was not a problem for mine). Fourth, you'll need to wrap the parts (eg handlebars) in bubble wrap to stop them rubbing against each other and damaging the frame: this extra packing step is not particularly clear from the product description. Finally, the case has only one handle: fine to pull it around, but not so useful when lifting it into cars, etc. A second handle on the back would have been useful. One more thing to bear in mind when flying overseas: if you are flying back to the US and have a connecting flight within the US, TSA makes you check your luggage through customs, rather than letting it through to the final destination. Some airlines (eg US Airways) use this as an opportunity to charge an additional $100 excess baggage fee, on top of the one charged by your main carrier. So check the airline policy before booking your ticket. 2115|RGQ8HPH06AXNC;2115|R2O5EHW45FQ6IA;2115|R24JJZGZTBU9PQ;
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