Posting a bike.
 

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Anyone done this recently?
Who did you use and how much did it cost?


 
Posted : 26/02/2016 4:37 pm
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I have did it last summer. I used the post office, just boxed it up and wandered into my local branch. From memory it cost about £20.


 
Posted : 26/02/2016 4:52 pm
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Not keen on RM with their record of destroying/selling shocks and forks.
That and the box is too bike according to their measurement recomendation thing.


 
Posted : 26/02/2016 5:15 pm
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go to your local shop that sells bikes on line and ask them to post ,a lot cheaper for a business account to post from a shop tracked £15!


 
Posted : 26/02/2016 5:34 pm
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Can you come and collect it for me Rich? 🙂


 
Posted : 26/02/2016 5:47 pm
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i paid 40 quid on parcel monkey insured to 400 quid.

posting bikes is shit.

didnt trust them not to lose it to not have the insurance.


 
Posted : 26/02/2016 5:50 pm
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I sent one recently, the best I found was Paisley freight https://www.paisleyfreight.com

The main issue I found with couriers is the maximum length of the parcel, this wasnt an issue with paisley and they were competative on price too


 
Posted : 26/02/2016 6:51 pm
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sent 3 recently.
paisley freight £25 or £35 to the highlands. brilliant service
get a free bike box from halfords.


 
Posted : 26/02/2016 7:12 pm
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Another vote for Paisley, must have sent around 10 bikes with them now and no issues


 
Posted : 26/02/2016 8:36 pm
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25 quid with paisley freight. So if it goes wrong your taking the hit for anything above 75 quid.

No thanks


 
Posted : 26/02/2016 8:58 pm
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Put in in a bike box and take it to the post office . 20 pounds ish then add whatever insurance you feel you need .i am amazed by how many people are put off using the post office by that 1 incident . I work in a bike shop and we send lots of stuff by Royal Mail and over 8 years have never had a problem .and all of that stuff is going from the Isle of Man to mainland uk .


 
Posted : 26/02/2016 10:00 pm
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(this is posting to me btw 🙂 ) It's £900 worth so no chance I'm winging it on insurance.

Just tried parcel2go and got £90 with insurance, parcelforce. Parcelmonkey seem a lot cheaper but I think their restrictions are sufficiently vague that shocks might be an issue...

Singlespeedstupost might end up being the best way after all 😆


 
Posted : 27/02/2016 12:47 am
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I bought a fat bike recently from Inverness area and to get it down to Berkshire I found a very nice couple doing the Strathpuffer who brought it back with them...


 
Posted : 27/02/2016 8:07 am

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