Not had to decide which option to go for. I hear the Neil Pryde bags at £90 are pretty good. What does experience suggest as best?

Cheers

Simon S.

I've tried both bags and boxes and they're both okay, but boxes can get a bit chewed up and then you've got to try and patch it up for the flight back. Bags are tougher, but if you've got a clumsy baggage handler, then they can get damaged in both.

Cardboard boxes can get too badly damaged to use on the trip home, and you can't roll them up and put them in a corner in the chalet. I shall be buying a bag this year after borrowing one last year. Get yourself something to brace the dropouts like an old hub axel and quick release skewer - should stop your bike being wrecked if heavy stuff is loaded on it.

A bike bag might also make a good substitute bed in case the one provided turns out to be a camp bed that falls apart repeatedly in the night, or is a bunk bed with woefully inadequate slats holding the top guy up. Half the guys from Morzine last year will identify with that particular problem.