Finding a good bicycle suitcase can be difficult.
In this video, I review the features of a bike box made by a guy called Alan in England.
The box is made of polypropylene, a scratch-resistant and durable plastic material that can be easily molded. In the case of the bike box, the benefit is that it is both impact-resistant and crack resistant, at the cost of being a bit heavy. I rate the material 7/10 because it is too heavy. It could have been a fiber-reinforced impact-resistant composite like in Samsonite cases and weighed half as much as the Bikeboxalan.
The protection of your bicycle in the box is rated 10/10 because the box is not only very impact resistant but also roomy, and the frame is locked up properly with good straps in the center of the box, making it hard to have it beaten and damaged.
The transportation, moving around, is only a 5/10 because the wheels are of quality that can be found better in the same size at any hardware store. The good part with this is that you can replace them with better ones that also allow turning all wheels around, not only 2 of them.
Locking the bike box is relatively simple, provided you have some good locks and a good transportation wire lock that you could use if you want to temporarily lock the setup next to you at an airport or a train station. Unfortunately, no locks are included, which could have been expected, in my opinion, for a bike box that costs almost 500 dollars/pound new. On the anti-theft rating, the box gets 4/10 because, without locks, it is easy to steal it.
The overall rating; is 6.5 out of 10.
The most negative aspect of this bike box is its 11.2 kg weight.
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