Patent ID: 8196740

Claim:
A bicycle travel/storage bag comprising a base having longitudinally extending left and right sides and front and rear ends, said base being provided on an inner surface thereof with at least one anchor for holding a bicycle frame in an upstanding position on the base, left and right panels extending respectively from said left and right sides of said base, a front panel extending from said front end of said base, and at least one fastener for selectively joining together said right, left and front panels together to close the bag, said left, right and front panels being deployable from a closed position to an open position in which at least the base, the right and left side panels all substantially lie in a same plane with said front panel extending forwardly from the front end of the base and said left and right panels extending respectively laterally from the left and right sides of the base, thereby substantially fully exposing an interior surface of the bag, wherein the front panel is connected to the base and movable relative thereto independently from said left and right panels after having unfastened the fastener to open the bag, wherein said base and said front panel are substantially rigid, whereas said left and right panels are soft and collapsible, and wherein said soft left and right panels are provided with rigid inserts, the rigid inserts being sized and disposed such as to still permit collapsing of the left and right panels, said rigid inserts including wheel anchoring points for releasably securing bicycle wheels on the inner side of the left and right panels.