Just back from Ventoux. Bagged my bike with one of the £40 Cinelli ones from Evans. No probs at all on Eurostar or TGV, bag folds up nicely and rode 40km from Avignon to Bedoin with it attached to my rucksack with no problems. Two people I went with booked their bikes onto Eurostar unbagged at €20 each way, then when getting on the TGV at Lille encountered problems with the conductor who wasn't letting them on. After discussions with him, he stuck it in the luggage coach for €20. Though they are now trying to buy bike bags in France......
Just back from Ventoux. Bagged my bike with one of the £40 Cinelli ones from Evans. No probs at all on Eurostar or TGV, bag folds up nicely and rode 40km from Avignon to Bedoin with it attached to my rucksack with no problems. Two people I went with booked their bikes onto Eurostar unbagged at €20 each way, then when getting on the TGV at Lille encountered problems with the conductor who wasn't letting them on. After discussions with him, he stuck it in the luggage coach for €20. Though they are now trying to buy bike bags in France......