ajmit3 wrote:should I get a bike bag (hard or soft) ? and will I need to keep disasembling and reassembling my bike in France and Italy ? Thanks...
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Packing and reassembling depends whether you go with public transport or hire a car... Doesn't take too long to pack and reassemble once you have done it a few times.
With cars, I paid a little more and hired a Peugeot Partner van. The back seats fold forward so could easily store my bike case and bike just minus the front wheel upright in the back.
As to cases - they range from very light to heavy - bike bag tend to be the lightest through to heavy molded plastic cases that can weigh over 13kg empty! I went a Polaris bike pod - an moulded EVA foam case that has a claimed weight of 6.7kg but offered a reasonable amount of protection. Once loaded with bike (mine isn't a WW, plus tools, shoes and various spares) it still came to just over 19kg.
Flying from Australia - I'd suggest looking at Emirates as you get 30kg baggage allowance, so I still had 11kg plus hand luggage for clothes etc.