I am looking for suggestions or first hand knowledge on how to transport my racing chair and hand cycle.

I have looked at trunks and some large bags on-line but not really sure what would work best.

Good question. I have no idea how to get my racing chair on a plane with adequate protection.

As far as transporting my racing chair in a car (Honda Accord sedan), I have the back seat lowered to allow more room in the trunk, just remove one of the wheels, slide the chair into the trunk with front wheel first (kind of have to maneuver it up and sideways at different points), then toss the other wheel in the trunk. The front wheel ends up on the back seat.

Ya I can get it into a car and such but its the plane that I am not sure about, I have taken the chair on a plane with out protection just rolled it up to the counter and they loaded it as is, I was happy that it showed up in one piece. The hand cycle is another story.

I have found best way to transport my handcycle is to leave it so the baggage handlers can see its a bike and that way they treat it with respect. To that end i remove delicate objects like mechs / gear shifters and remount in the seat frame area. I leave wheels on so its "roll able". I then wrap bubble wrap around the frame and use fragile tape. I have flown mine from UK to USA and Denmark this way without incident.

Both occasions i flew with an able bodied buddy who would tow the bike. I have contemplated how iwould manage if i went solo and concluded i would need to arrange assistance from the airport, to get it from car park to check in. Then from baggage collection to taxi or rental car.

It is possible to get custom bags made and boxs but they are expensive and numb to transport. Altho i now guys who have added castors to a box and towed it behind wheelchair!!!

I have some friends that are wheelchair athletes (a couple are paralympians) and I use dto organise int'l wheelchair races, so became aware of the problem athletes have in transporting their race chairs. I started working on a design that would be light-weight and tough enough to protect the chair, plus be flexible enough to suit the different chairs, sizes etc.

The basic concept was a rounded toughened plastic "coffin" where the lid was removable. Back wheels would remain on the chair and protrude enough through the bottom so the racer can tow his "coffin" around. The front wheel would be removed and there'd be room for helmet and spare tyres, etc.

The problem was that one design won't suit all - won't even suit the majority - so it would cost too much money to have plastic moulds made for each individual racer's chair.

I was hoping that the design would work and we'd find a multi-national company to part-sponsor the box, and the race would just have to pay for the cost of manufacture, which was minimal.

Another one of my bright ideas that never worked!

Another thought... I have a huge hockey bag on wheels. If I take all the wheels off my racing chair then I can fit it into that bag. I have straps that attach tha bag to the back of my chair and I pull it along through the airport, then get the padded wheel bags for your wheels. I havent had to transport mine on a plane but seems like it would work this way.

I had a box built for my bike for travelling abroad, has worked so far.