I like my Performance hard case, and it closes just fine. I do have kind of a small bike, though, a 53 cm. I remove the handlebars, seat/seatpost, skewers, rear wheel, and pedals to ship. I put the pedals and skewers in a small bag w/some bubble wrap and zip tie them to the frame after I've wrapped the frame in bubble wrap and/or pipe insulation. It was a pain the first time I did it, but now that I've found the "system", it's really quick and easy.
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