108 is half or less 130 rate. Now if that included the charge for the shop to pack it, that is really cheap.

Jim, I like your angling of the frame in the box. Last box I used was 24 inches high, 26 as you suggest would have been a lot better. Box was also needlessly too wide, at 8.5 inches. I would have much preferred that extra width (8.5 vs 7) had been added to the height.

+1 To below: I have always had good luck with USPS: I shipped a lot of stuff that way, over 1000 ebay transactions (not much bike stuff but a lot of fragile items), all have gone USPS, some parcel post, some priority. Meanwhile, my experience with UPS has been dismal....