The size limit is 62". My Sci con bag with the aero bars sticking out was 60". The weight limit is 50 lbs. My bag was under 40 lbs.
Like I said, know the limits and fees and you will get right through. If you don't know them they will make you pay for anything that doesn't look standard because it is easier for them to charge you than for them to look up their regulations and to verify if you meet them. I flew to a Tri Team Camp and I was charge on the way out because I didn't know what I was doing. When I got to camp I talked to others and the only person that had any problems with his or her bike at check-in was a guy who was one pound over the limit. He removed his seat post from the bike bad and put in in his carry-on and they let his bike go through free. Everyone else I talked to had their bike go through free with no problems.
Like I said, know the limits and fees and you will get right through. If you don't know them they will make you pay for anything that doesn't look standard because it is easier for them to charge you than for them to look up their regulations and to verify if you meet them. I flew to a Tri Team Camp and I was charge on the way out because I didn't know what I was doing. When I got to camp I talked to others and the only person that had any problems with his or her bike at check-in was a guy who was one pound over the limit. He removed his seat post from the bike bad and put in in his carry-on and they let his bike go through free. Everyone else I talked to had their bike go through free with no problems.