Look trough the CR archives from December. Mucho info on just this subject
Julian Shapiro
Sag Harbor, NY
> Howdy folks.
>
> I am ready to send my Merckx MX Leader off for paint and I am wondering
> how
> I should pack it. I haven't boxed many (any?) bare frame/forks. It seems
> like the fork should not be through the headtube and I seem to recall
> unpacking at least one frameset where the fork was zip tied to the
> seatstays
> (after padding both of course). I have a couple suitable boxes and a
> decent
> pile of packing materials.
>
> Thanks :^)
>
> Doug Van Cleve
> Chandler, AZ
>
> P.S. I plan to chock the fork and frame dropouts and wrap all the tubes
> with something so I am really just asking for boxing tips...