Air Travel with a Brompton
I'm loving my new Brompton and want to start doing three or four day trips to explore cities (US for now) on the bike. I've researched packing the bike as check on luggage and I don't want to use the original box or the Dimpa bag with cardboard. I want to find a hard shell piece of luggage that will fit the Brompton, with or without the saddle. I've seen the Samsonite Epsilon 29" and the Samsonite Stryde Glider Long Journey on YouTube, but both have been discontinued and neither seems to be available used. I know that the B & W Case works, but it's a bit over airline size requirements and it's pretty heavy so anything packed besides the bike (a few tools, tubes, etc., can put it close to or over airline weight limits. It's also a little pricey.
Is there any other hard side luggage that you've found that fits the Brompton. I'll do the B&W as a last resort, but would prefer to have options.
Thank you.