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Jennifer S. wrote: "It was more expensive than the cost of our flights! We had no idea. My suggestion - UPS your bike!"

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Here's another idea. If your event is held in one of 130-some cities where Amtrak has a package depot, you can ship your bike by rail. You DO have to buy Amtrak's box (10 bucks), but the shipping cost is 69.00 anywhere in continental US that Amtrak sends or receives freight. WAY cheaper than UPS, and in my experience far more reliable to boot. Even if you have to rent a car and drive to the closest Amtrak station to get your bike it's still a better value. And every bike I've shipped by rail has arrived unscathed (this assumes you know how to properly box a bike. If you don't it's worth paying a shop to do.)

Beth

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