Anyone know any friendly cycle shops in or around the Melbourne CBD who may let me take an old bike box off their hands? I’ve just sold a bike and need to ship it to Brisbane and, stupidly, I haven’t kept any of the boxes I’ve received over the last wee while.
Lygon Street Cycles in Brusnwick often have a pile of giant bike boxes down the Edward Street side of the shop. Last time I rummaged around there (with permission first, they were wrapped as they pay to get them taken away) I also scored some plastic fork/dropout spaces & helpful styrofoam blocks outta their wheely bin too - rockn.
I highly recommend the use of old hubs or cut-to-length metal tubing - either option secured with a skewer (although it may be excessive if you’re just shipping it interstate).
If you can’t get the plastic spacers from a shop, go and buy 1m of threaded rod from a hardware store and 8x nuts & 8x washers per bike. (washers optional), then cut the rod down to (dropout spacing)+(2xdropout thickness)+(2xnut width)+(contingency).
Bolt these into place and you’ll be able to stand on the dropouts without mangling the frame. Costs bugger all.
If anyone needs those little plastic frame/fork spacer thingos or the plastic discs that go on the end of your hubs PM me your address and I’ll post you some.