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@JS-187
bike boxes are great but you have to look after them at the other end... a good trick is to buy pipe lagging from a hardware store and then go to a bike shop and get a box they get complete bikes delivered in with the dropout spacer for the front wheel and the caps for the rear axel... then pad the fame up and parcel tape the lot up tight with clothes so its all protected. you can do this and dump the box and get another when you leave. most bike shops lob loads of them out a week. i brought mine back from NY in a massive schwinn box this summer on virgin. they still ship one bike for free trans-atlantic. id only go cardboard box if your bike is sturdy (ie steel) wouldnt ship a carbon frame without using a propper box.