I have an older Dakine which I like, but it's smaller from when bikes were smaller and my last two enduro rigs barely fit. The GF is gonna use my old bag and I want a new one......but don't really want to spend $400
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I have an older Dakine which I like, but it's smaller from when bikes were smaller and my last two enduro rigs barely fit. The GF is gonna use my old bag and I want a new one......but don't really want to spend $400
You can use mine if you come down and get it! ;)
I’m actually considering going back to a bike box, as the Dakine bag weighs something like 12 pounds by itself. That can be the difference between making 50#’s loaded or not.
I'm in the market for one for a road bike (so smaller). If either of you guys want to lighten the load, hit me up.
Here's one that looks pretty good for bigger bikes. Yes, it's nearing $400 ... but ... it's new.
https://www.biknd.com/jetpack-xl/jet...s1000316-group
I have a cardboard box I’ll sell cheap
dibsQuote:
Originally Posted by mcski
Just be super nice to the bag check agent, pre-pay for your bag online, and play dumb like you didn't already know the bag weighs 62 lbs. My success rate is about 50% using this not-so-tried and true method.Quote:
Originally Posted by rideit
I forgot about the box method. I may try this. The dakine is one of the lightest bags and I still had to remove my Push coil for the Mexico trip in 2021 and put it in another bag. PITA. One of my friends paid $300 for his bike bag on that trip lol.
I’d charge you less than half that for a box
I've been thinking about flying the bike in a box. But the problem with a box is that, if it's haggard after the first leg of the journey, you have to rustle up a new one for the return trip. That seems like it's potentially a hassle.
I'm 50/50 on flying with a cardboard box that could be re-used again. A couple times the box has been fine, the other two it was pretty well mangled by the airline.
Not as much an issue now but it was very hard to find boxes during covid when shops weren't getting much or any new inventory. But could be an issue if the area you're flying to doesn't have a lot of busy shops.
Some bike clubs and shops have them for rent. Might be worth asking around. Or rent from a friend.
been using a tardis ground effect bag for a few years. been able to get the bike, some tools, and loads of padding in them without going overweight.
airlines seem to abuse them - need to replace bags soon, but have only had rub marks and one bent brake to date.
bag packs away small, which has been handy for travel.
I almost always don't get charged here at the gate in JH, but ALWAYS trying to leave S.A. and Mexico.Quote:
Originally Posted by smmokan
I have an extra hard case bike box you can have. I think I still owe you for an old rocky (maybe hammer) frame you gave me years ago.
I'm in banff, come visit/collect
Ahh I would and I need to come up that way to ski.....alas, I am heading to MX in like 10 days.Quote:
Originally Posted by mntlion
let me know, THe fat biking is good hear right now. skiing is more mehQuote:
Originally Posted by Whiteroom_Guardian
yeah so I traveled with 2 touring bikes to france, one in a real bike carrier that we borrowed off the GF's ex which he used to travel to triathalons altho it might not have looked enough like a bike carrier and a box from the LBS that a kona came in
On the real bike box which was likely worth > the bike inside they pried the lock and probably said " alors what a pile of shit !" but they didnt look in my kona box, I often wonder about that
I've got two of those older Dakine bags as well. Going to Italy last summer I had to pull the Push coil off my wife's bike to make weight as well. Even put pedals in my other suitcase. This is the flip side of paying $200 per bike each way like we used to do (but back then we could do like 70lbs and really load them down).
I find that traveling with a shock pump and dropping the fork makes a big difference, but yea those bags weren't designed for 29er long travel rigs.
As mentioned above, I'm thinking about cardboard box for future trips because of the weight. I think I'd try to ghetto rig or custom build one though since packing them toaster style is always a fucking nightmare for me. Thinking about using corrugated white plastic sign board and building it to open on the large side so that it loads like a bike bag......
How much padding? What kind of bike? I Watched video and that bag seems super flimsy but the reviews and your endorsement have me interested.Quote:
Originally Posted by wendigo
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Or if possible fly Alaska airlines, they don't charge extra for any sporting equipment. Or at least that was the policy when I went to the PNW in 2019Quote:
Originally Posted by smmokan
I used to have one of these. Bikeflights threatened to make something like it at one point. They seem unobtainable now.
We had a sewer problem in our first house that led to me throwing it out...
Article says “They weigh about 22 pounds empty”.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eluder
That’s a couple lbs heavier than the old Dakine bag with pads.
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Blowout pricing. Not sure it's the size you're looking for. I just ordered one and shipping to the states is $60. Still makes it a screaming deal and the bag seems pretty decent. Wiggle is a legit business.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whiteroom_Guardian
https://www.wiggle.com/wiggle-pro-bi...&sku=100238424
It was heavy but had a lot of extra internal stuff that you could slim down or use carboard for instead. It protected better than any bag as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by jm2e
Shipping for 1 - $60, shipping for 2 $300Quote:
Originally Posted by huckbucket
Girlfriend is borrowing one from her friend and I'm gonna use the old Dakine again. The last time I used it was with a Med Yeti SB150....hoping the GG Gnarvana fits a little better.
Separate the orders?Quote:
Originally Posted by Eluder
Let us know how it goes. Always anxious to hear the lates bike travel situation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whiteroom_Guardian
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As a data point: Ms CE and I just did a trip to New Zealand on Fiji Airways with domestic flights on NZ Airlines. We had cardboard boxes with our gravel bikes and all bikepacking gear inside. They weighed right at the limit.
The counter person in SFO asked if we'd paid for oversize luggage and we said "no, those are bicycles" and that was that. No charges.
In NZ they didn't even take a second look except to weigh the bikes and make us swap some stuff around to get them closer to the limit (both were a few # over), but they didn't charge anything. Interestingly, they have bike boxes and tape available at several airports, which really facilitates multi city trips.
Fiji once again didn't care about our bikes.
One box burst open on the conveyer at SFO, but all contents were inside of it. Finding tape outside of customs so I could get it onto one of the criminally overpriced carts was the biggest bike transport challenge of the whole trip.
Next trip: cardboard boxes all the way.
Thanks for sharing.
How did you deal with ground transport? And box storage?
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We had a hookup that picked us up at the airport in Blenheim, and we left the boxes and packing materials there.
It was a point-to-point trip, so when we arrived in Queenstown we acquired some packing stuff from a shop (shout-out to Bikeaholic) and found one box at the airport and bought another used one from them for $10 NZ. I packed everything up in the grass outside of the airport door and we were off. Obviously this kind of move would be harder in 'Muhrica.
But yeah, boxes suck for ground transport or even for carrying across the airport. But I'm convinced that with careful packing they are safe enough and you can't beat the price or weight.
The bag just showed up, way nicer than I anticipated. Wiggle owns Chain Reaction Cycles so yeah, very legit. Here is the same bag with that brand on it for more reviews. My take after looking at it is that most of the complaints can be fixed with a little bit of foam and straps at BB connection point to add some stability. Road bikes and mountain bikes that arent properly secured report flopping around inside and when that happens the weight isn't being distributed down, so it gets tippy is the jist of most complaints.Quote:
Originally Posted by huckbucket
Kinda hard to go wrong here for $160 if you don't want to go the box route and it fits your bike.
I wish this info would have been up in November. Bought a dakine or similar bag but this looks better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eluder
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Got mine this week too. I think it’s gonna be good but will need more padding as you said.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eluder
GFs bike/bag is at 49lbs but I'm 3 lbs over on mine. Stupid inserts/heavy tires. I already removed the rear shock. Don't know what else I can really take off easily and put in another bag. Taking the cassette off is not really an option. I'm not flying with a billion tools.
The weigh limit is 23kg or 50.7 if you want to get technical.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whiteroom_Guardian
The easiest pieces to remove from the bike and put in your luggage are:
-Pedals are already removed (400g for the an XTR 9100, so .88 of a pound)
-Rotors are already removed (I hope) (190g each for a 203mm rotor and bolts, so .83 of a pound)
If you still need something else, the saddle would be my next choice to remove.
-Saddle (250g for a typical CroMo rail MTB saddle, so .55 of a pound).
Ok so I pulled pedals. Rotors are centerlock so I'm not fucking with those. The dakine bags have a really heavy duty foam over them. So far so good on the several flights ive done. Just remembered dropper post + saddle and pulled those. Hovering right around 50-50.5 lbs.
I think you clearly stated the answer in your OP.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whiteroom_Guardian
“Stupid inserts/heavy tires”
Would you be interested in selling that box? I'm planning a trip to the Baja Divide in a few weeks.
Don't sell yourself short, those are going for a lot of $$ in ski towns as housingQuote:
Originally Posted by mcski
What's a typical chain weigh? Seems that'd be pretty easy to pull and bag, using a quick link.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dee Hubbs