One seller out of the Netherlands has a unique packing technique, he surrounds the bubble wrapped bike with inflated baloons. It seems to work for good cushioning, and when you are cleaning and assembling the new bike, you can take a break and swat around the baloons!
Dennis Young Hotaka, Japan
> Mary-
> If you are in the minority, then at least I have company. I don't think one
> needs to have advanced training in rocket science to properly package a bike
> or bike part. Heck I have been doing since I was 14 and nobody have ever shown
> me how. Sure it can take up to half an hour to really go all out and wrap each
> frame tube--in you go to that extent---as you pack a bike, but I would rather
> do that than add on some "professional $75 packaging" fee and not really know
> exactly how it was packed, only to mumble incessantly to the buyer if arrives
> askew. I could go into other examples, but for brevity sake, I will only say
> that, I am proud to be in the minority along with you.
> cheers-
> Dave Anderson
> Cut Bank MT