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@cornelius_blackfoot
federal where did you get the figure of a few hundred pounds for a bike bag, the ground effect tardis is yours for not much more than 90.
and whose bringing in how much someone earns or has, bike boxes are a false economy, if you plan to take your bike with you on more than one journey.
lets take this fictious unemployed student as our starting point, say you had a trip coming up, and you wanted to take your bike with you, and you'd be going to a couple of different destinations whilst there, would you entrust the bike you've spent months on, grabbing deals on the classifieds, and on ebay to a gaffer taped cardboard box? What happens if the frames bent, or dented or the forks are bent, how much more will that cost to repair/replace.
as the axiom states, buy cheap buy twice. You cut the corners with how the bike is packed, how can you get upset, ask for compensation from the airlines baggage handlers?
also does this hypothetical unemployed student expect to be such for the rest of their lives and if not, will they still be advocating the use of a bike box and extreme amounts of gaffer tape?
http://www.groundeffect.co.nz/product-detail-TAR-BAG.htm
169 NZ dollars 204 NZD with shipping approximate 98GBP
Two quid inside your hundreds of pounds...