Took a chance on this eBay listing.
With the lowish price and free postage I wasn’t hopeful of a great packaging job.
When our reception at work phoned me up to say “there’s a bike frame for you down here” I wondered – how do they know it’s a frame?

I soon found out.

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is that a 60 tooth chainring hiding in there?

I’m guessing that if it was, it may now be a 47.6 tooth chainring. Yes it’s poking out too. 🙁

oops.

I’ve a similar frame package job turn up too! In fairness to the person i bought it off it only sold for 15 quid including postage. i’m suprised he posted it at all.

How much did you pay postage, if it just about covered the postage cost then you cant complain. You get what you pay for?

What frame is it?

It’s because chain reaction now own all of the large cardboard boxes in the universe. They need them to send out individual hope disc brake washers.

OP says free postage. You clearly get what you pay for…

It’s because chain reaction now own all of the large cardboard boxes in the universe. They need them to send out individual hope disc brake washers.

I’m sitting here at my desk shaking with laughter. Brilliant, completely brilliant!

I bought a whole bike off ebay once, and it arrived fully built loosely covered in bubble wrap and parcel tape. I was amazed it was still in one piece. Shocking.

Do we get any pictures of it fully un-packed?

Come on what is it? Looks alloy with elevated chain stays?

Now tell ’em why you bought it! 🙂

Ok. The XT rear mech was left loose on the gear cable inside that all, the pedals were turns backwards so they made the package smaller but obviously they could smash into the frame. The shifters were still on and loose in the package.

Amazingly nothing seems to have been damaged. Nothing that I can find anyway. The rear end is still at 135mm, dropouts are straight, headtube and seat tube top are ok. The Middleburn cranks (what I bought it for) are fine and so is the rear mech.

Sweet!!

Now tell ’em why you bought it!

Have done that now, but I’m not saying how much for…..

I think this is where CRC keep their box horde – ready to package hope mono mini phenolic pistons in gargantuan voluminous cardboard!

The frame, I think, is one of the early Merlin Malt frames with a disc mount. Looks a bit shabby as the lacquer has started to let go but it seems really light with nice welds and such. Hugggeeee down tube for some reason.

It’ll be for sale soon… 😀

I think this is where CRC keep their box horde – ready to package hope mono mini phenolic pistons in gargantuan voluminous cardboard!

All of their stock is in just one of those boxes.

Seriously though, I’ve been selling a few bits recently and I have struggled to find boxes.
Weird.

Sounds like its due a trip to the powder coater’s. What size is it? Just out of interest

At least you can re-use the packaging….

It’s a 16″ C-C, 18″ C-T, 22.5″ TT.

I received a frame in bubble wrap recently.

Its condition had not deteriorated as a result and so I didn’t think much of it.

I’ve left positive feedback but mentioned that the packaging was terrible. Hopefully he will take better care in future.

I ‘ve received a pair of wheels bought on here wrapped in a single bin liner and with about 3″ of parcel tape used to stop the bag opening up. he’d taped the QR’s to a spoke with some electrical tape. Other than that it was just a pair of wheels in there.

We got one sent to work like that the other day but it did at least have lots of bubble wrap on it. It does make you wonder why they don’t go to a bike shop and ask for a frame box.

A well known member of this site sent me a frame packaged like that once – bin liner and a few bits of bubble wrap – and it was a Cotic Soul! Amazingly it arrived unharmed.

Chain Reaction add another disc brake bolt to an order

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LOL @ Munge Chick, very funny! 😆

I recieved a ‘sorry you were out’ type card from the Royal Mail this week, got me very excited as I’ve been waiting on a Pompetamine Versa to come through from on-one. The box ticked was ‘package was too large’. Good news thinks I, particularly as a couple of weeks back I arranged for them to take a bike from home to it’s new owner. The postie complained it was too big for his van and had to come back later for it.
Anyway, to cut a really long story slightly shorter, I went down to Brecon and found that my bike was actually a pair of Hope Pro2 20mm adapters in a box big enough for a wheel (nearly). The bloke on the desk nearly had to carry me to my car.

Ha! I had the same this week. 2 notes through the door when I got home from work (for a phone cover and pair of rigid forks) despite a note cellotaped to the door clearly saying ‘PLEASE KNOCK AND RING BELL, THERE IS SOMEONE AT HOME (IF NO ANSWER, PARCELS MAY BE LEFT INSIDE LEFT-HAND GARAGE)’ 👿 Blind postie I guess 🙄

I wonder, how do they package bubble wrap for posting ?