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Hi everyone, it's Evangeline here at etrailer. And today we'll be taking a look at our Thule RoundTrip bike travel case. So this is gonna be a flexible hard shell case for your bikes. That way, you know, they're safe and secure as you ship them around. I'm not as big of a cyclist as my dad is, in fact, he likes to ride his bike across America just for the fun of it. And when that happens, you need to ship your bike back and forth because you wanna stay in shape.

You wanna keep training and you wanna make sure that wherever you go, your bike is safe but also ready to go too. In that case, I usually pick up a bike box for my dad and that's where we pack up the bike and get it shipped up onto the plane. That's a whole process of putting it together making sure it's wrapped using bubble wrap, using zip ties. If you want to take care of your bike and make sure it gets transported safely, you may wanna consider upgrading from a bike box to an actual travel case. So let's talk about that.

Now, comparing this with other options for you though, this is definitely gonna be an upgrade more pricey than getting a free cardboard box from your local bike shop. So, if you do have your pricier bikes that you wanna make sure are protected, this is a good option for you. There's also a luxury version, that's a bit more of a hard shell, that's from Thule. You also have the sport version and again make sure you have the right case for the right types of bikes. So, this one I have right here is ideal for your road bikes.

If you have mountain bikes, you may have to get a slightly larger case or a slightly different case in terms of design. What types of bikes can you carry with this So, let's talk about the maximum size of bike. So, for your wheel base, it's gonna be up to 43 inches and especially when you get to your longer wheel bases, you will have to take off your rear derailleur. Now for your tire size, this can carry a maximum wheel size of 29 inch rims, and then three inches in terms of tire width. The back weighs 28 pounds and the weight capacity is gonna be a maximum of 42 pounds.

So if your bike weighs over that, you may wanna consider a different case. But of course, remember, add that all up together, and that way you can check if you exceed your airlineses is weight capacity or not. And speaking of airlines baggage limit, let's talk about the dimensions of this bag. So, I already have a bike on the inside. So, in terms of length it's gonna be about 43 and 3 1/4 inches long. And then you're gonna have a width over here of 13 inches. Now for your height, that's gonna depend on whether you have the wheel off or on. So I'd like to say it's gonna be about 34 inches with the wheels on. Now, the bag folds down to be a lot more compact when the bike is not in it great for if you're shipping it from location to location on its own or if you wanna keep it inside your house or your garage. So we'll take a look at that configuration later on in this video, when I show you how to put your bike into the bag. Now this is technically a hard shell but I personally would classify it more as a flexible hard case, just because rather than the normal clam shell design you would see for a hard shell bag. This has your hard plastic on the inside as well as padding. So there's a little bit of flex to the case. So for your front and your back that's gonna be made of an HTPE plastic base. So, if you have any impact towards it that's giving that structure. Now, for the sides where you have your zipper, you have just the material there. So you have it where it's not loose enough, if you do have impact to it, it's gonna hold up to it. And also on the inside, there's going to be padding, so then there's gonna be stretch, but not that much. So, we've all seen how the baggage handlers have carried our precious bikes in their bike boxes. And we're gonna put this one to the test. So we have AJ here and he's just gonna throw it up onto the other boxes and just see how it handles the impact. So after all that, taking a look on the inside, I double checked and saw that all the wheels, the frame looks good, nothing has moved out of its packaging on the inside. Good job. So I actually do a lot of traveling and that's made me very particular about the luggage I have to carry, because if you need to go from one gate to another and you have to go really quickly it's very helpful to have wheels on your suitcases. So, let's talk about the wheels on this as well as there different handles, so that we can see