Originally Posted by
jurjan
The worst however was when they managed to jam the rear wheel cassette so hard
into the steel tubing of the frame they actually created holes.
(to be sure I understand)
The rear wheel had been removed and stored with the cassette facing the frame, I assume. The bike was packed in an unpadded travel bag? A box?
(I read somewhere that one of the downside of packing in boxes is that bike boxes are often laid flat on the floor with other pieces of luggage piling on. That would be consistent with the incident to which you refer.)