Check out the recent discussion under "My Quickbeam arrived 10 minutes ago". The poster was kind enough to photo how Riv packs a bike (an awesome job). They use a specific foam block to protect the seat cluster, and even mount it to a plug that goes in the ST. The block is maybe 4" thick. The downside is the box is 37" tall x 10" wide x 55" long. The 37" dim is uncommonly high for a bike box. Most are sized to fit into the FedEx & UPS window of 130" max combined girth & length. A box 30 x 50 x 10 just squeeks in and that's tight for my 58. The Riv box dims out at 149" which incurs the oversize charge of IIIRC $45. But that's cheap compared to the mental anguish of frame damage. FWIW, I've incurred damage (nothing like yours, though) from FedEx, UPS, UAL & Alaska Airlines. I insure the Atlantis for $3K and hope somewhere in the shipping instructions that gets their attention & they say "Take it easy, this one's gonna cost us if we mess it up".
dougP On Dec 11, 3:05 pm, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is not a rivendell bike but it is modern lugged steel. I thought > I would share these contrasting photos with everyone. Consider this a > cautionary tale: > > Before Fedex:http://farm1.static.flickr.com/23/34509120_bc65826f8a_b.jpg > > After > Fedex:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2564/4168606752_4b2c42d852_b.jpghttp://farm3.static.flickr.com/2726/4167843761_5075a6b405_b.jpg > > Friends don't let friends use fedex. > > If anyone is interested I will post more details of my saga trying to > get this fixed. > > -sv -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
