Shipping wheels...
#1
You blink and it's gone.
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Dundas, Ontario
Posts: 4,436
Bikes: Race bike, training bike, go fast bike and a trainer slave.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Shipping wheels...
I've got a set of HED wheels that I'm selling locally and I'd like to expand my sale opportunity, but am concerned about shipping.
I've never shipped wheels before and am curious as to the best way to do it. I know I can hit up my LBS for some boxes, but then do the wheels get shipped separately or do you tape the two boxes together...Or find a box big enough for the two wheels...
I'm trying to find the most efficient and safest method.
I've never shipped wheels before and am curious as to the best way to do it. I know I can hit up my LBS for some boxes, but then do the wheels get shipped separately or do you tape the two boxes together...Or find a box big enough for the two wheels...
I'm trying to find the most efficient and safest method.
#3
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Northern VA
Posts: 3,247
Bikes: Moots Vamoots, Colnago C60, Santa Cruz Stigmata CC, and too many other bikes I don't ride
Mentioned: 7 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 152 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 7 Times
in
6 Posts
Depends. The key is getting some specific wheel boxes from your lbs. If your lbs can get you a box that accommodates two wheels, it's the best, otherwise, taping two boxes together ismfine too. I've done both and the cost is similar with ups. Shipping wheels is not cheap, and make sure you take that into consideration.
#5
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
Posts: 7,085
Bikes: Cervelo Prodigy
Mentioned: 4 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 478 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 87 Times
in
67 Posts
When I got my PSIMET carbon clinchers, he used one box. Each of the 4 corners had a cardboard retainer to prevent the wheels from moving. Being the engineer that he is, I figure he did the packing himself, local newspaper and all.
Give him a email and maybe he'll give you some tips.
Give him a email and maybe he'll give you some tips.
#6
ah.... sure.
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Whidbey Island WA
Posts: 4,107
Bikes: Specialized.... schwinn..... enough to fill my needs..
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
Few years ago Peter White shipped me a wheel with a really cool box built just for the purpose. Don't know where you get them but it was just the size of the wheel and nothing more. Thing couldn't move if it wanted to. The box had clipped corners now that I think about it. Those seemed to be the best wheel boxes I've ever seen.
#7
Senior Member
HED wheels get shipped in the ultimate good wheel box (that I've seen). I saved one so that I can send it to a friend who wants to send me wheels.
You need thick cardboard, not the flimsy type. And you can do two wheels in one box. Cut two slots in a flattish inner piece and put the rims in there. One top, one bottom, and the wheels will sit separate. Lemme see if I have a pic.
*edit: no pics on blog but I'll take a pic of the HED box when I get home
You need thick cardboard, not the flimsy type. And you can do two wheels in one box. Cut two slots in a flattish inner piece and put the rims in there. One top, one bottom, and the wheels will sit separate. Lemme see if I have a pic.
*edit: no pics on blog but I'll take a pic of the HED box when I get home
#8
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 3,653
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
Psimet shipped wheels in two separate boxes, each of which had 4 inserts in the corner to hold the wheel in place just right. I just got some Reynolds that shipped in one box though. Had some custom cardboard slots on the top and bottom to hold the wheels apart.
#9
Live to ride ride to live
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Austin, Texas
Posts: 4,896
Bikes: Calfee Tetra Pro
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
I have shipped wheels a few times. As other have said, get a wheel box from your lbs. Then, shipping them USPS is cheaper than UPS. Part of the cost is that the box is considered oversized.
#10
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: A Coffin Called Earth. or Toronto, ON
Posts: 12,257
Bikes: Bianchi, Miyata, Dahon, Rossin
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 5 Times
in
5 Posts
typically, you would use a wheel box and plastic axle covers.
you might be able to get one from a bike shop when their shipment arrives, since they'll usually chop it up and send it to recycling, due to the space it would occupy.
the other method is just cutting down a full size bike box in half, and using the other half as the inserts and padding, but you'll still need the plastic axle end covers.
you might be able to get one from a bike shop when their shipment arrives, since they'll usually chop it up and send it to recycling, due to the space it would occupy.
the other method is just cutting down a full size bike box in half, and using the other half as the inserts and padding, but you'll still need the plastic axle end covers.
__________________
Food for thought: if you aren't dead by 2050, you and your entire family will be within a few years from starvation. Now that is a cruel gift to leave for your offspring. ;)
https://sanfrancisco.ibtimes.com/arti...ger-photos.htm
Food for thought: if you aren't dead by 2050, you and your entire family will be within a few years from starvation. Now that is a cruel gift to leave for your offspring. ;)
https://sanfrancisco.ibtimes.com/arti...ger-photos.htm
#11
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: California
Posts: 324
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
The shipping is less if you ship each wheel in a separate box. Putting both wheels in one box, even if packed compactly, will bring the box up to a size that greatly increases your shipping costs. A 26x26x6" box for each wheel works. You can probably get boxes from a local bike shop, but those boxes are usually thin and may be damaged from use.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
yongxingfreesty
General Cycling Discussion
7
04-11-15 06:22 AM