the Scicon is a big bag, it does have the advantage of not having to pull the bike down as much before packing but that advantage can be outweighed by the actual size you are now needing to transport. How big is the car you will be trying to squeeze this into? are the trains likely to be crowded? these should all be taken into consideration.

I have both of these and have traveled with both. The Scicon is nice because you don't have to remove your front end. However, if you drive a smaller vehicle and/or your front end is easy to remove and put back on, I'd probably go with the EVOC.

I am currently using the EVOC bag and it is indeed smaller than the Scicon bag. It served me well getting on and off small puddle jumping planes to large jets while participating in IM Cozumel.

As to your question, make sure all the internal bracing parts are present before offering anything. For a price, since both bags cost about the same, the the used price should be similar. Try $100 if you have to travel for the bag and see is the seller bites...

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Thanks all for the info - very helpful! I live in the middle of nowhere so I’m largely limited to online info. We’ve just moved back to Europe so this will be my first Tri season here travelling with my bike. I haven’t traveled much by train and never before with a bike so not entirely certain what I’m in for! I have a reasonably big car so not overly worried about it fitting in there. However, probably better to go smaller on the train. Maybe it’s a better idea to rent a case and try before I buy.

Over the years I have seen so many broken handlebars with the Scicon bag when flying including one only last week on FB. If you are going you're not flying I'd go the Scicon for ease but if your going to fly then I'd use anything but...