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Originally Posted by Nags&Ducs
S&S had a few discontinued 12" wide "designer" cases on sale for $200 but they've sold out (they haven't updated their website, so they say they still have some but they do not).
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Sad to hear this as I just received the spousal OK to buy one.
My Potts Ti has fat tubes, fat hooded rear dropouts and fat rims (HED +). All stacked as necessary they need a 10.5" box minimum. A full weekend of trial packing could not get the thing confidently enclosed in my 10" S&S box. Some have shared in previous threads (here and V'Salon) that all 10" S&S boxes are not created equal, thickness can range from ~9.75" to ~10.5" and mine is closer to the former. Interesting but of little practical value if one can't sort through a pile of 10" cases. The Ritchey bag appears to be the best solution short of finding another hard case source. I do have a friend who travels semi-regularly with a 12" case and he has been "caught" and charged for oversize a couple of times. My plan is to source a Ritchey bag to try prior to purchase, but I've yet to have any luck.
I'll be following this thread closely.