GT-Steve":f1wmp8sp said:My name keeps popping up on this thread, must be 6-degrees of separation or something
velomaniac":1btmpe37 said:OP is protesting the wrapping before he's examined it. Bike boxes are not the solution to universal bike transportation, they are only a method that can but does not always work.
We_are_Stevo":1n7seemm said:When size and weight make such a difference to shipping costs I see no harm in packaging a frame up as above; indeed I have done so myself (pipe lagging on all the tubes, extra around the pointy bits, then taped inside two industrial-strength bin bags...) and can assure anyone that it is not cheap to do so...
...unlike a recycled bike-box from an LBS, which is probably subject to far more abuse by a Courier Company than the above?
Barneyballbags":9gidqi6j said:I've also received bikes which have taken longer to unpack than they have to re-build :shock:
GT-Steve":9gidqi6j said:My name keeps popping up on this thread, must be 6-degrees of separation or something
dyna-ti":6ilespfs said:We_are_Stevo":6ilespfs said:When size and weight make such a difference to shipping costs I see no harm in packaging a frame up as above; indeed I have done so myself (pipe lagging on all the tubes, extra around the pointy bits, then taped inside two industrial-strength bin bags...) and can assure anyone that it is not cheap to do so...
...unlike a recycled bike-box from an LBS, which is probably subject to far more abuse by a Courier Company than the above?
Sorry Stevo , I object to that statement.
A box is naturally going to offer better protection even if it is tossed about which i dont think it is usually as i havent received many bashed boxes :?
Unless these industrial strength bags you speak of are carbon fiber then theyre likely to offer zero protection.