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The Thule Roundtrip Road Bike Travel Case is an extremely well thought out and executed travel case for drop-bar bikes. It's design is secure, protective, collapsible, and has many design and individual storage features that will make packing your road, gravel, or cross bike as straightforward as possible. Padded interior packing panels are tailored to protect all parts of bike during transport while panels on the right side are reinforced with 5mm corrugated polypropylene for additional impact rating. The base is a molded HDPE bottom tube design that has rear wheels and a removeable front swivel wheel for easy pulling on hard, smooth surfaces. A modular workstand is integrated into the case, with three aluminum legs that store when not in use and and horizontal rigidity to the structure, while the tray that actually holds the bike and sits on top of the assembled stand doubles as the work platform, but also nests into the bottom tube with the bike attached and becomes part of the case. Your wheels are stored in labeled pockets- both are off the frame with this case. While there are many more details and steps, the attached video from Thule demonstrates the simplicity of the process, detailed storage features, how to load the bike, as well as how to collapse the case for more compact storage when not in use.

The overall construction and features like wheels, handles, and zippers are exceptionally well executed. The case has also been built to handle the rigors of airline baggage fun and regular handling so you can expect it to hold up long term. Please check the size and wheelbase information below to verify whether or not your bike will fit properly. One note about the challenges of a drop-bar bike. You have to remove the stem and bar, stow them in a pouch, then align the storage pouch into position for protection. In other words, you need to have adequate or extra length with housing, cables, wires to maneuver the assembly into position. If you are going to travel regularly with your bike, you may want these to be kept a little longer than ideal, but easier to use with the case.