If you box it yourself carefully and take it to FedEx, you can do it
for less than $40. That price includes insuring it for $2000. I did
two bikes earlier this year for $78 total.
Get a box and a bunch of packing material from River City. You'll need:
-those little plastic covers your hubs (with the quick release removed)
-foam pipe insulation (home depot)
-tape
-bubble wrap
When boxing it, take off the rear derailleur and tape it between the
chain stays. Also take off the bars and flip the steam/fork around
180 deg. This might require taking the front brake off. Pedals have
to come off.
FedEx and UPS have online shipping calculators. Use these to find the
dimensions your box needs to be under to avoid jumping the price up.
I remember I had to be under 52inches in one direction, or the price
almost doubled (yes, a single inch can double the price). Knowing
this, either carefully pick the right cardboard box, or cut it down to
make it fit. I did this and it works fine- just cut all the way
around the box on one end and you can shorten it. The weight actually
isn't too critical as long as you are under 40 lbs or so. Fed Ex
took 3 days for ground.
Adam
On 7/19/07, 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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On 7/19/07, 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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