How Does A Bike Come In A Box

Episode 7 of the rutland cycling s bike skills videos bring s you the basics of how to build your brand new mountain bike straight out of the box plus what tools you will need to do this and a.

How does a bike come in a box. Acquire a bicycle specific box from your local bike shop. Ben our workshop manager takes you through what you need to do to put your brand new bike together out of the box. The trade off is in the level of protection. Got anything to add.

If the shop is not able to provide you with a free used box you can usually purchase a brand new box for a small fee. Please note if you purchase a bike in store or select click and collect the bike will most likely not come in a box and will be fully prepared to ride out of the store by our team. Remove or cover any existing shipping labels on pre used boxes. Obviously this depends on what type of bike you have to ship as a child s bike will require a different size box than an xxl adventure mountain bike.

Cardboard bike boxes are often thrown out by bike shops and with some extra padding they can make great improvised bike boxes. Use an appropriately sized box. If you found this information helpful leave us a thumbs up. Particularly if the bike wasn t properly assembled to begin with you might pay more in repair costs at a bike shop than you did for the bike itself.

Find out how to pack a bike for shipping with these four simple steps. Boxes come in all sizes based on the bike type so look for a box that held a mountain bike your size or larger. Even big box bike brands. We will cover the basic fitting of wheels seatpost handlebars and pedals as.

First you need to find the right size box. That said soft bike bags will usually protect your bike from the worst. I ride a size xl 29er which means boxes are hard to come by locally but i ve found hybrid bike boxes usually work as long as they re meant for a size xl bike.