Dimensions and weight of properly packaged 56 cm frame & fork

[Veloo]

Would anyone happen to have the dimensions and weight of a box that would fit a properly packaged 56 cm frame?

Just want to have the numbers handy to calculate shipping for any potential future purchase.

Thanks!

[bward1028]

Check bikeflights. Weight is basically irrelevant at bike box sizes unless it’s over 100lbs.

[eBAUMANN]

yep, just use the drop down menu on bikeflights for a road frame box and plug in 20lbs (which is what it defaults to, i believe).
should give you a pretty good estimate.

[cadence90]

Just use BikeFlights's numbers for a frame box:
Frame Box size: 42" x 8" x 28";
Shipment size: Length x Girth = 42" + (2 x 8") + (2 x 28") = 114" = <130" max;
Shipment weight: 20#.
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[Veloo]

Great!
Thanks guys!

[Hat]

Seems like the bikeflights box sizes are way bigger than necessary.

Last time I shipped a 58cm bike (complete) it fit in a 33"x28"x8" box.

[cadence90]

Seems like the bikeflights box sizes are way bigger than necessary.

Last time I shipped a 58cm bike (complete) it fit in a 33"x28"x8" box.
Complete with wheels, everything? Do you have a photo?

I just measured my 58cm: the frame is 38" long x 23" tall. So, already an issue.

There is no way my 58, complete, would fit, however scrunched, into a 33/8/28 (exterior dimensions) box, let alone properly protected.
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[kppolich]

Would anyone happen to have the dimensions and weight of a box that would fit a properly packaged 56 cm frame?

Just want to have the numbers handy to calculate shipping for any potential future purchase.

Thanks!


40.00 x 9.00 x 30.00in 19.00lbs
$26.95 + $5.00 residential fee = $31.95 with no insurance.

[Spaghetti Legs]

40.00 x 9.00 x 30.00in 19.00lbs
$26.95 + $5.00 residential fee = $31.95 with no insurance.

Bikeflight defaults overestimate a little. This has been more my experience for a steel frame with fork removed and secured to the downtube or in the rear triangle.

[coolplanetbikes]

There are dimension weight thresholds. If you can get it under 108" inches (length plus girth/diameter) your options get a lot cheaper. If you pull the fork and lay the frame down on it's downtube so that the box is as long and short as possible that's the easiest way to keep it under the 108 mark. You'll have to cut and reshape the box to match. If you're only shipping within the few states around you USPS Priority will ironically be your cheapest option. Otherwise FedEx ground via BikeFlights is still the way to go in which case the dim weight thresholds are a bit less of a price jump.

[cadence90]

Bikeflight defaults overestimate a little. This has been more my experience for a steel frame with fork removed and secured to the downtube or in the rear triangle.

The BikeFlights default is actually slightly lower volume/girth, though.
42" x 8" x 28" = ..9,408 cu. in. (Girth = 114").
40" x 9" x 30" = 10,800 cu. in. (Girth = 118").

6 of one, 1/2 dozen of the other.

In any case, if one can get girth to under 108", as coolplanetbikes wrote just above, that is definitely best.
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[choke]

If you want to get creative you can make a box pretty small. I purchased a 54cm frame and fork from Switzerland and this is the box that it arrived in....unfortunately I didn't take any measurements.

http://cycle.ciocctoo.com/box.jpg