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Welcome to our second installment of Wish List, where Radavist contributors share their dreams of things that don’t exist, but maybe should. Some will be slightly niche but perfectly reasonable ideas that have every right to exist. Others will be impractical, expensive, and/or dangerous fantasies that probably should remain fantasies. Travis is back with another stack of requests, some of which go well beyond the bike industry.
To understand someone else’s perspective, the old adage says to “walk a mile in their shoes.” To understand the necessity of owning a bike travel case, I’d say “walk a mile with your bike in a cardboard box.” My apartment in Boulder, CO is only .7 miles from the downtown bus station—which offers a direct, inexpensive, one-hour ride to Denver International Airport—but my trek there feels like at least a mile when I’m hauling a bike along. I always tell myself I will “totally have time” to stop and get a coffee but, before I know it, I’m sweating bullets, a coffee sounds terrible, and I’ve got two minutes to run the final few blocks. After making the walk-run with a cardboard bike box in tow a few too many times, I was keen to find a better way. Enter the Orucase B2 Bike Travel Case.
Evoc’s Bike Travel Bag Pro is what the German brand refers to as their “high-end” solution for bike transport. It’s a soft/hard-sided hybrid case with multiple integrated bells and whistles designed to keep bikes safe and secure in transit. I’ve used the Travel Bag Pro on a few flights this year and, while I’m not a big fan of air travel nor checked luggage in general, this bag has been a pleasure to use.
Let’s check it out in detail below!
Traveling by plane or train with a bike just got easier. With the Post Carry Co Transfer Case, ride to the airport or station with it strapped to your back, and pack your bike upon your arrival. It’s a completely secure case, that packs so small there’s even a chance you won’t be charged the bike fee. The thing that’s so genius about this case is its size and ease of transport. I hate showing up somewhere and asking my host to store my big case somewhere. The Transfer Case is small, with two sizes available. The 135L fits up to a 56cm bike and measures 91.5 x 71.5 x 23.0cm or 36.0 x 28.1 x 9.0” and the 150L fits up to a 62cm bike and measures 96.5 x 76.5 x 23.0cm or 38.0 x 30.1 x 9.0”. That’s tiny! See more at Post Carry Co.
