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Standard way of shipping bikes from manufacturer is with, and front wheel not mounted. Pic: https://securecart.net/merchant/387/images/site/bikebox.jpg https://securecart.net/merchant/387/images/site/bikebox.jpg There are plastic fork clips that are used for support when the wheel/axel is not in place.