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| Frenchbuilt |
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Hi this beautiful (i think) bike went instantly under 8 hours on ebay to someone in Taiwan.
Here is the packing which was a slight problem to do well and the 9 kilo bike went to over 15 kilos all boxed up. I discovered that a correctly boxed bike is $ to send to Asia but it was within the budget I planned. Last tubes and wheels were done up once in box. Both wheels off and stays blocked. Its all there and nothing touches!
The box had to be modified to reduce the size then off to post.
The whole job took me the better part of the day but a good learning experience. Bike arrived fine.
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| Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:20 am |
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| lofter |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:04 pm |
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| Kinst VonSterga |
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That's a beautiful box!
Too bad you had to ruin it by putting that frumpy bicycle in it  |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:42 pm |
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| Frenchbuilt |
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Yes but $1550 of frumpiness so it was worth it.
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| Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 12:12 pm |
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| Kinst VonSterga |
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| Frenchbuilt wrote: |
Yes but $1550 of frumpiness so it was worth it.
Dan |
But if you add the value of the box to it, the combined worth would be $1,551.99, making it that much more valuable!
I never test rode this model before, How did the bicycle ride before it was boxed? |
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| Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 11:20 pm |
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I would never pay 1.99$ for a box!
Rode it once around the village which was not easy since it was so small and it was very stiff and wheels made noise. I put it up for sale thinking that it would never sell for such a high price and suddenly had the money sent. I traced the history back to two owners and that was it.
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