On Sep 8, 2006, at 2:35 PM, LouDeeter@aol.com wrote:
>
> Jack Romans said:
>
> Just an observation...but almost every "custom-class" bike I see
> has that
> sharp point coming-up off the front of the seat/tube/cluster lug.
> I'm not
> suggesting that bikes that don't have this aren't 1st-class, but
> it seems de
> rigueur
> for 70-80's customs.
>
>
>
> I would caution anyone packing a bike with one of these points or
> buying one
> for shipment to carefully protect the point. I do this several
> ways, but
> primarily by tying the bike to the side of the box so that it
> can't move.
> Lots of soft packing or an old seatpost inserted will also work.
> What happens
> is that the shipper turns the box upside down and if the bike moves,
> invariably the sharp point pokes through the top of the box,
> bending or otherwise
> blunting the point. I've received two such damaged points in the
> past three
> years. It is a shame because as Jack Romans has recognized, they
> are very nice.
> Lou Deeter, Orlando FL
I always used a sawed off hunk of old seat post to put in the seat lug when I shipped a bike. It would extend past the point and protect the lug no matter what happened.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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