EVOC updates Bike Travel Bag

EVOC updates Bike Travel Bag

New design is lighter with improved features

EVOC's has updated its bike travel bike, making it lighter, stiffer and adding a creature comforts to make travelling with a bike easier

Josh Patterson / Immediate Media

Josh Patterson

Published: August 27, 2014 at 4:15 pm
EVOC's has updated its bike travel bike, making it lighter, stiffer and adding a creature comforts to make travelling with a bike easier - Josh Patterson / Immediate Media
The tubular aluminium handle doubles as a mounting point for a third wheel, allowing the Bike Travel Bike Pro to be rolled, rather than pulled - Josh Patterson / Immediate Media
This third wheel needs to be removed and stowed prior to loading the bag on a plane - Josh Patterson / Immediate Media
The base of the Bike Travel Bag Pro is stiffer than the original - Josh Patterson / Immediate Media
The moulded plastic base, used to support the rear of the frame, is held to the floor of the bag with Velcro, and serves as another place to stash items such as tools, a pump or pedals - Josh Patterson / Immediate Media
The straps used to hold the frame in place are now red, making them easier to locate - Josh Patterson / Immediate Media
The wheel compartments, located on either side of the bag, now have reinforcements to keep rotors from damaging the bag (or being bent during transport) - Josh Patterson / Immediate Media
Even the Bike Travel Bag Pro gets slightly larger wheels… - Josh Patterson / Immediate Media

EVOC has updated its popular travel bag. The Bike Travel Bag Pro builds on the success of Evoc's original design, which was introduced in 2008.

The company claims the updated bag is lighter, sturdier and includes a host of features intended to make flying with your bike a much more user-friendly experience.

The straps used to hold the frame in place are now red, making them easier to locate : - Josh Patterson / Immediate Media

EVOC's popular bike travel bag gets a refresh for 2015

EVOC added a single-piece moulded plastic, bathtub-style bottom with tubular aluminium rails that run along the underside of the chassis to provide reinforcement. The Bike Travel Bag Pro has a claimed weight of 8kg, about 600g less than the original.

External dimensions for the Bike Travel Bag Pro are 135x80x36cm, which is approximately 2cm narrower than the previous design.

In addition to shaving grams and bolstering stiffness, EVOC refined the bag’s design. The Bike Travel Bag Pro has larger diameter wheels for smoother rolling. An aluminium handle has been added that doubles as a mount for a clip-on front wheel, allowing the entire bag to be rolled, rather than pulled — a welcome addition for transporting the fully-loaded bag through airports.

Velcro straps, used to secure the frame, are now red, making them easier to locate within the bag’s interior. The wheel compartments have been refined with extra padding on the exterior of the compartment to stop rotors being bent in transport.

The Bike Travel Bag Pro will be available in March 2915, priced at €490. US, UK and Australian pricing is TBA

Josh Patterson

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Josh Patterson is a BikeRadar contributor and former technical editor. He has spent most of his career working in the cycling industry as an athlete, mechanic and journalist. He holds a master's degree in journalism and has more than 20 years of experience as a cyclist and 12 years of experience riding and writing for BikeRadar, Cyclingnews, Cycling Weekly, Dirt Rag, RoadBikeReview and Outside Magazine. A native of the Flint Hills of Kansas, Josh was a pioneer in the gravel cycling movement, having raced the first Unbound 200 and many other gravel events around the globe. He considers himself a cycling generalist and enjoys road, gravel and mountain biking in equal measure. When not traveling for work, he can be found exploring the singletrack and lonely gravel roads that surround his home in Fort Collins, Colorado. In addition to his love of cycling, Josh is an enthusiastic supporter of brunch, voting rights and the right to repair movement.
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