Packing Your Wheels:
•Remove QR skewers/thru axles from wheels.
•Always deflate tyres if travelling by air.
•Remove disc brake rotors if required. Otherwise, ensure they cannot contact by facing them
towards the outside of the bike box shell.
•Place wheels in the wheel side of the box. Face cassette towards the inside of the bike box.
•The front wheel sits over the fork side of the frame and should be placed in the box first. The
rear wheel sits over the rear triangle part of the frame and should be fitted after the front
wheel.
•Fix wheels securely in the box with Velcro straps.
•Additional Straps/ Zip-ties can be used to secure the wheels to each other at the points
where the rims cross.
•Wheels spares, QR skewers should be protectively packaged and placed between the wheels
and the foam insert.
•If you want to additionally secure your wheels with a QR skewer through the shell of the box
we strongly recommend using a turbo trainer QR set with steel axles- not your fancy
lightweight QR skewers!
•Two spare washers are included in the box with your keys for mounting between the inside
shell of the box and the ends of your wheel axles when securing your wheels to the shell of
the box with heavy duty QR skewers.
•Aero Disc wheels cannot be fixed directly using the normal wheels straps, or with the anti-
crush tubes fitted. Fix disc wheel to the bike box with a heavy-duty QR skewer then use
bungee cords, stretched between the Velcro straps to secure disc wheels. Ensure the wheel
is securely fixed in place and will not move during transit. -NB removing the anti-crush tubes
to fit a disk wheel will reduce the protection offered by the bike box. We prefer to fly with
a separate wheel bag.
•Place some light packing material between your frame and wheels.
Never pack loose, unprotected items in your bike box with your bicycle. Always ensure that all
items in the bike box are carefully fitted, protected with padding where necessary and securely
tied down.
