[SDCBC] Advice on shipping a bike? there are some other great ideas in here

Mon Oct 29 11:57:06 EDT 2007

Danette and I have used http://www.sportsexpress.com/ several times.
The procedure is as follows:

1.	Set your travel dates
2.	Goto http://www.sportsexpress.com/ and set your pickup and drop
off locations, as well as dates for both legs of your trip.  You also
specify the box type.
3.	We used hard shell boxes bike travel from performance.  They are
middle of the road as far as cost and function.
4.	Most people should be able to pack their own boxes if they can
use hex wrench, can remove pedals and wheels.  I suggest this order:

	a.	Remove seat
	b.	Loosen bolts on bar stem (sometime you will need to
remove)
	c.	Remove pedals
	d.	Remove rear derailleur 
	e.	Put your hand in an old sock, grab the chain, pull the
chain into the sock, and fasten the end.
	f.	Remove the wheels
	g.	Remove the quick release rods.
	h.	Put the wheels in the box and cover with foam
	i.	Place the frame on foam and secure with straps
	j.	The bars will have to be monkey'd with
	k.	Put all the loose parts with all the tools you used, in
a bag, in the box.
	l.	Cover with foam and close box

5.	Sports Express will pick the box up at your specified location.
( I use the shipping department at my workplace )
6.	I have been very impressed with Sports Express's propensity to
notify you every step of the way.  (reminders to get the bike ready) 

In my experience, the hard shell bike boxes are very safe.  Just make
sure you secure the frame.  Hopefully, your fork is built to withstand
more punishment than it gets in a box.   

With experience you can pack the bike in 20 minutes.  But expect 45+ the
first couple of times.

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From: Danette Hoffert [mailto:danettehoffert at gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 9:11 AM
To: James Kleba
Subject: Fwd: [SDCBC] Advice on shipping a bike? there are some other
great ideas in here

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From: Jim Baross <JimBaross at cox.net>
Date: Oct 27, 2007 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [SDCBC] Advice on shipping a bike?
To: Linda Briggs <lbriggs at lindabriggs.com>, sdcbc at bikesandiego.org

I paid a NYC bike shop $30 each to pack bikes for shipment back to San
Diego. The shop, I could look up the name if you want, used cardboard
bike boxes with cushioning and spacers for forks, etc. We included
racks, bottles, fenders and some other eqpt with the bikes too. Through
the bike shop's arrangement/account with a shipper, UPS, the bikes were
shipped less expensively than if I had gone through UPS on my own and
the bikes came through w/o any damage. The process was painless. 

At 04:57 PM 10/27/2007, Norm Olson wrote:

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Times have changed and prices have gotten more expensive but I would
just have the bike shop ship the box UPS.  That used to be reasonably
inexpensive.  The last time I did this was several years back and I knew
the owners of the shop and had spent a lot of money there over the
years.  They did quite a bit of shipping and was able to get it sent out
cheaper than the local UPS store wanted to charge me.  Now you still
have to stay within the LWH dimensions.  Some bikes are bigger than
others.  Also, pay extra for the insurance. 

Norm

From: sdcbc-bounces at bikesandiego.org [
mailto:sdcbc-bounces at bikesandiego.org
<mailto:sdcbc-bounces at bikesandiego.org> ] On Behalf Of Linda Briggs
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 4:30 PM
To: sdcbc at bikesandiego.org
Subject: [SDCBC] Advice on shipping a bike?

Hi SDCBCers -

My brother-in-law is visiting in November from New York and flying in
with his bike. He's nervous about the carbon fiber fork (the rest of the
bike is steel). He plans to have a local NY bike shop pack the bike for
him in a hard-sided case, and I'm trying to convince him the fork should
be just fine in that. 

Any advice from those who have flown bikes? Would he be better off
packing the fork in his carry-on luggage (assuming he could get it
through security)?

Thanks!

-- Linda B.

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