Yes, I will be doing what you say if I take it there (checking if my friends there can lend me a bike prior to taking final decision...), bubble wrap or / and bike box as Ed suggested, but still I am precious about my brompton... Have you seen how they throw luggage on the tarmac? I can see broken / bent mudgard stays, cracked mudgards, so many things can go wrong. They will throw it, from the automated carrier to the trailer and the other round after, from a distance, carelessly...
Yes, I will be doing what you say if I take it there (checking if my friends there can lend me a bike prior to taking final decision...), bubble wrap or / and bike box as Ed suggested, but still I am precious about my brompton... Have you seen how they throw luggage on the tarmac? I can see broken / bent mudgard stays, cracked mudgards, so many things can go wrong. They will throw it, from the automated carrier to the trailer and the other round after, from a distance, carelessly...