Air Travel

[oztravelz]

I need a bag or some kind of luggage to check my Rad 2 Mini step through folding bike on the plane. I know I will need to send my battery via ground carrier, but if I could get my bike on the plane as checked luggage that would be helpful. I have looked and cannot find anything. Does anyone know of some options? Thank you!

[JimInPT]

There may be very large ruggedized cases from Pelican or similar companies that will do the trick, with the type of foam inserts that you can pick out to form-fit to your bike.  Probably big money at that size, though.

You might consider having a good carpenter or shipping company build you a custom reusable crate, perhaps with built-in cross-bracing, supports and padding and hinged top or even drop sides to make it easy to get in/out and inspect at airport security.  In a past life, I used such crates for instrumentation or other equipment shipping all over the world.  If built well and with easily-accessed grab handles and armored corners, they survived many long flights and really poor handling by carriers.