Show us your empty boxes!
05-23-20, 02:13 PM
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05-23-20, 04:54 PM
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^^ too funny... well at least it’s a good representation of the French..uh.. Canadians..
05-23-20, 09:00 PM
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Cutting edge! This is not just meta, it's physical meta!
Think about how this thread will be seen in 20 years, if it makes it to 20 years.
#postmodernismCanSuckit
Think about how this thread will be seen in 20 years, if it makes it to 20 years.
#postmodernismCanSuckit
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05-24-20, 08:06 PM
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Commence to jigglin’ huh?!?!
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05-25-20, 02:43 PM
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Most of my boxes still have bike parts in them. Here's one that gave up its contents for my '62 Paramount though......
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05-25-20, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by tyler_fred
^^ too funny... well at least it’s a good representation of the French..uh.. Canadians..
05-25-20, 09:30 PM
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I'd like to post a box I wasn't able to get - some years ago I went to a LBS to see some vintage steel frames and noticed a NOS C-Record seatpost on its box in a shelf. Asked about it, the price was OK, bought it. The owner took the seatpost from the shelf and gave it to me.
Me: I'll take the box too.
Owner: The price was for the seatpost, the box is not included.
Me: OK, how much for the box?
Owner: the box IS NOT for sale!!
Me: I'll take the box too.
Owner: The price was for the seatpost, the box is not included.
Me: OK, how much for the box?
Owner: the box IS NOT for sale!!
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05-26-20, 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Reynolds
I'd like to post a box I wasn't able to get - some years ago I went to a LBS to see some vintage steel frames and noticed a NOS C-Record seatpost on its box in a shelf. Asked about it, the price was OK, bought it. The owner took the seatpost from the shelf and gave it to me.
Me: I'll take the box too.
Owner: The price was for the seatpost, the box is not included.
Me: OK, how much for the box?
Owner: the box IS NOT for sale!!
Me: I'll take the box too.
Owner: The price was for the seatpost, the box is not included.
Me: OK, how much for the box?
Owner: the box IS NOT for sale!!
05-26-20, 07:15 AM
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The Tube Repair Kit isn't really empty but what's in it isn't usable so it may as well be empty.
05-26-20, 05:03 PM
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05-26-20, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Reynolds
I'd like to post a box I wasn't able to get - some years ago I went to a LBS to see some vintage steel frames and noticed a NOS C-Record seatpost on its box in a shelf. Asked about it, the price was OK, bought it. The owner took the seatpost from the shelf and gave it to me.
Me: I'll take the box too.
Owner: The price was for the seatpost, the box is not included.
Me: OK, how much for the box?
Owner: the box IS NOT for sale!!
Me: I'll take the box too.
Owner: The price was for the seatpost, the box is not included.
Me: OK, how much for the box?
Owner: the box IS NOT for sale!!
05-27-20, 08:39 AM
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Box from my Dia Comp Royal Gran Comp 400 that I bought as NOS to replace the terrible Speedy Modolo brakes on my Bianchi (The speedys were definitely speedy, not so stoppy, however).
05-27-20, 10:07 AM
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More punctures than I care to discuss.
Not all of them are empty. But, none have the original contents. They're great for holding small parts/objects.
Not all of them are empty. But, none have the original contents. They're great for holding small parts/objects.
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05-27-20, 01:21 PM
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It's a box, and it may be empty.
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05-27-20, 02:23 PM
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Empty strap wrapper!
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1989 Schwinn Paramount OS
1980 Mclean/Silk Hope Sport Touring
1983 Bianchi pista
1976 Fuji Feather track
1979 raleigh track
"I've consulted my sources and I'm pretty sure your derailleur does not exist"
11-15-21, 11:40 AM
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An empty Campy toolkit box sold in a heartbeat for just under $500.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/28452928116...QAAOSww35hkab0
https://www.ebay.com/itm/28452928116...QAAOSww35hkab0
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