When a Bike Company Put a TV on Its Box, Shipping Damages Went Down (2017)

[edward]

https://www.bicycling.com/news/a20027122/vanmoof-tv-on-box-damaged-bikes/

[trumped]

On my boxes, I put biological hazard symbols...

[qu4ku]

when all bike companies put a tv on their boxes, shipping damages of tv's went up.

[sctb → zeofig]

We'd appreciate it if you'd start posting substantively.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[bentearwalking]

Going back up after this article

[warp_factor]

That's truly thinking "out of the box"

[m3kw9]

Now TV damages is gonna start going up once they find out

[chaddattilio]

Did they control for the 100 other reasons why this might have happened?

[iambateman]

If a bicycle in a box can be damaged in transit, one wonders about the quality of its construction.

[bitexploder → iambateman]

Carbon fiber bikes can absorb a lot force through the frame from riding forces, but you can bang it moderately on a tree and it just breaks. That is just something cyclists accept for the lighter weight.