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I fly to Nationals tonight. The wheel fell off of my fencing bag this morning. I'm at work now, no way to fix it--would have to take it to SwordMasters at the venue to even make an attempt as it involves rivets. For now I've removed the wheel.
...Am I looking at a serious problem with the airline accepting my bag as checked luggage as a result of the lack of wheel? Swinging a replacement before my flight (have to be at airport at 4:30, working until 4pm) would be extremely difficult.
>_< XXI."Which, while I forded - good saints, how I feared/To set my foot upon a dead man's cheek,/Each step, of feel the spear I thrust to seek/For hollows, tangled in his hair or beard!/- It may have been a water-rat I speared,/But, ugh! it sounded like a baby's shriek."--Robert Browning's Childe Roland To The Dark Tower Came
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 Originally Posted by ladyofshalott99  ...Am I looking at a serious problem with the airline accepting my bag as checked luggage as a result of the lack of wheel? No.
More difficult for you to carry it around, sure. Problems with the airline? No.
After all, they seem to have no problems with removing wheels from bags whenever they so choose.... :)
-B "Oh but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!"
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Maybe put some duct tape or something over the protruding axle so that it won't damage other bags. Other than that it should be fine. I've traveled with damaged luggage before and the only warning I've got is that my bag could be damaged further if loose bits get caught on something during transfers. "Close only counts in horseshoes and trebuchets."
"To strike and not be struck."
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I bought this last month from a regular sporting goods store as a last-minute solution for taking foils on a plane. Worked perfectly (although there is not much room for anything but the weapons).
http://www.amazon.com/Plano-Airliner.../dp/B000E39U40
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Thanks for all the help! I will attempt to find some duct tape...I was seriously freaked out about this, because I've been zipping around for the last week trying to get everything sorted before/during/after the trip. ometimes you just need feedback to help you get to where you need to be  XXI."Which, while I forded - good saints, how I feared/To set my foot upon a dead man's cheek,/Each step, of feel the spear I thrust to seek/For hollows, tangled in his hair or beard!/- It may have been a water-rat I speared,/But, ugh! it sounded like a baby's shriek."--Robert Browning's Childe Roland To The Dark Tower Came
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Actually, you just saved the airline the trouble of taking the wheels off for you.
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But at least this way you still HAVE the wheels. You have robbed the Wheel Gnomes ( third cousins to the Underpants Gnomes ) who live beneath baggage handling in all major airports. That is a victory! Use the Shift key, people! Keyboard manufacturers everywhere are ineffably saddened when you ignore what they made just for you!
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Originally Posted by Dr Epee Actually, you just saved the airline the trouble of taking the wheels off for you. Bearing this in mind, you are well within your rights to ask for a discount for doing half their jobs for them  The Stalwart Panda
I'm not grumpy - I suffer from stupidity rage
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FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WON'T YOU BUY MY TACTICAL WHEEL!!!????
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Hey guys--made it okay, though I did get the obligatory TSA check on all my stuff
Off to Sword Masters to get it stuck back on..... XXI."Which, while I forded - good saints, how I feared/To set my foot upon a dead man's cheek,/Each step, of feel the spear I thrust to seek/For hollows, tangled in his hair or beard!/- It may have been a water-rat I speared,/But, ugh! it sounded like a baby's shriek."--Robert Browning's Childe Roland To The Dark Tower Came
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Too late now, but just remember, when talking to the TSA, they are SPORTS EQUIPMENT, not WEAPONS.
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When TSA checked my case coming back from San Jose last year, they didn't talk to me. All I had to tell me they had been in there was a card laid on top of my foils, my uniform and my dirty clothes. Must have been a lot of fun for the poor slob who did the checking.
Go poke some folks and have a great time! The spirit is willing, but the fleche is weak.
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I would be much more concerned about the wheels on the plane than on the fencing bag.
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