at trip's end , peoples bikes get boxed and shipped home I take the RD Off, so hitting it wont bend the frame-tab
wheel off zip tied down , front spacer piece in the fork ..
a small box takes things like pedals in it . racks often have to come off bars packed so shifters dont get hit.
New Bikes in the factories are Packed and wrapped extensively .. so as to arrive scratch Free.
as a result Assembling the bike produces a big waste stream to be thrown away
does knock back some of the Green credits. but if you are up on when Garbage Day is at The LBS, the Packing materials are abundant.
BTW Commercial to commercial rates are lower than shipping to a residence ..
maybe because there is always some one to sign for it in a Shop, and so driver wont have to try 3 times then send it Back.
Their Business hours are the same as Most people's At the Job Hours .
He has no tools or expertise to reassemble
then not sending it to a place that can re assemble and adjust it is kind of penny pinching-Pound foolish.