[ire]

I have a bunch of DH tires I want to unload (don't ride DH anymore). Anyone have a good method for shipping wire bead DH tires? They don't fold very much, which makes it difficult to fit them in a box. Ideas?

 

[insanitylevel9]

a wheel box

 

[eaterofdog]

Used wire bead tires aren't worth selling if you have to ship.

 

[Mr Jones]

Your LBS should have a box from a previous tire shipment. I sent 4 DH tires and a few folding ones to my brother in law. Shipping sucked at $40 for UPS though.

 

[stevew]

wrap in plastic wrap and tape....fvck a box.

 

[nelsonjm]

I have seen someone ship car tires without any packaging whatsoever. I wonder if you could do the same thing with bike tires?

 

[IH8Rice]

a wheel box

wrap in plastic wrap and tape....fvck a box.

both great ideas

I have seen someone ship car tires without any packaging whatsoever. I wonder if you could do the same thing with bike tires?

ive ordered tires via mail order and they didnt come with packaging either.

 

[mandown]

wrap in plastic wrap and tape....fvck a box.

bullcrew sent me some like that. works.

 

[bizutch]

Having worked at UPS for a whopping two weeks one time, I can say wrapping tires in a split garbage bag with the middle left open is perfectly acceptable. Clear tape the snot out of your shipping label and don't bother with shipping less than 4 tires.

 

[eaterofdog]

Most of the shipping charges come from the cubic size, so I don't think omitting the box will save much, unless you were using a refrigerator box.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

wrap in plastic wrap and tape....fvck a box.

that.

 

[jonKranked]

Most of the shipping charges come from the cubic size, so I don't think omitting the box will save much, unless you were using a refrigerator box.

harder to measure when its not a traditional cube

 

[WestCoastHucker]

wrap in plastic wrap and tape....fvck a box.

i've received and shipped many tires this way as well....

 

[Wumpus]

You should be able to twist them into a figure 8 and get them down to the size of a basketball.

 

[RUFUS]

bullcrew sent me some like that. works.

I have done the same, then wrapped in brown paper. Stuck a label on and shipped. Much cheaper and easier.

I also agree that used DH tires are not worth shipping. Craigslist with local pickup or find a grom that needs tires and give them to him/her.

 

[bizutch]

You should be able to twist them into a figure 8 and get them down to the size of a basketball.

wire bead.

 

[lovebunny]

the plastic wrap it the way to go. at performance thats how we ship our tires and i dont think anyone ships more than they do. the nice thing about it is there is no box to break open, so if the wrap gets a little bit of damage its no big deal

 

[WestCoastHucker]

wire bead.

wumpus is still correct...

 

[Wumpus]

That's a 29er tire.