Devin Flynn
I just shipped a bike to southern CA. It cost me a little over 60 bucks at the local fedex store to ship. I understand that a discount is possible if you have your own UPS or Fedex account. However, I don't ship things that often and don't want the hassle.
However, When I had to ship a couple of wheels to Ohio the other day, it was going to cost about 70 bucks using two wheel boxes taped together, or over $40 each if the boxes were shipped separately. I had to do a little box customization so that I could fit both wheels in one box and then it was the $40 price. I can easily imagine that shipping a bike back east would be over $100 since the the two wheel boxes together are about half the size as a bike box.
I know that bike companies ship buy truck much of the time. I would be interested to know about the greyhound option too. I anticipate needing to ship off a frame soon.
Suz Weldon wrote:
I found that DHL is much cheaper than UPS or Fed-Ex. We got a bike,
packed in a hard-shell travel case, ground-shipped from Seattle to VT
last year for somewhere around $45 I think. And they delivered early-
in just ~3 days IIRC.
Quoting Tony Pereira :
> 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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