How to send drop handlebar in post?

OK, I sold some drop bars on ebay but wondered if the Post Office would accept them just wrapped (as opposed to inside a square box of some kind).

how would you expect to receive some handlebars sent by post? in a box or just wrapped up?

royal mail will probably accept the bars not in a box, but there is a good chance they could get caught up in something and bent or dinged

wrap them up and put them in a box

I always wrap them with a load (at least 5, 6 layers) of bubblewrap, then tape it up real well

I've sent and received them wrapped In bubble wrap. Should be fine

Kingcutter once sent me some bars that had been wrapped in bubble then a bin bag. the arrived ok and even the postman managed to post them through my letterbox!

It will cost about the same whether boxed or wrapped.

I always send them wrapped in newspaper with a layer of packing tape.

Are people really this stupid?

Yes.

Take them to your LBS and get them to straighten them out so they'll fit in a poster tube.

Same can be done at the other end and if your buyer has a good LBS they can even change the style to ergo/track/sphinx.

Bake a cake, perhaps a large chocolate log, and put the bars inside that. Then box it up, with some nice colorful ribbon round it, and post. Your seller gets the bars and a delicious treat all in one.

A chocolate log is for life, not just for christmas.