KO Kevin

Has anyone sent a bike via Greyhound Package Express? I went to their
site and to ship a 45 lb box (48" length) from Eugene to Nashville TN
costs $53 and will take 2-1/2 days. This sounds like a pretty good
deal. The package gets delivered to the Greyhound station at the
destination and needs to be picked up by the recipient, but is seems
like a reasonable alternative to FedEx and UPS.

Kevin Ko

-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Tony Pereira
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 10:12 AM
To: Charles M; OBRA
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Best Way to Ship A bike Cross Country ?

CM,
You might consider taking it to a good bike shop to have it packed and
shipped. Expect to pay about $60 for shipping (for a road bike) and an
additional $25-50 for the packing. If you are not skilled at
re-assembling you could have it shipped to a bike shop on the other end
where they could reassemble it for you.

The cheap way is to go to a shop, get a box, pack it yourself and ship
it UPS or FedEx Ground. Some of the larger bike boxes will put you into
"OS2" shipping rates which can be as much as $130 each way to get it to
the east coast. You can pack it the same way and check it on the plane.
Ranges from $50-$80.

I ship lots of bikes and travel with them from time to time as well. If
you have more questions feel free to ask.

-Tony

Pereira Cycles
Portland, Oregon, USA
www.pereiracycles.com
503.333.5043

Charles M wrote:
> I'm doing a cycling trip on the east coast in August and I was
> wondering what is the best (and least expensive) way to ship a bike
> across the country, I have plently of time so I plan to send it to a
> friends house and of course I'll be sending it back to Portland after
> the trip.
>
> Thanks
>
> CM
>
>
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