Subject: RE: Shipping my bike I shipped with a bike box last week to 1/2 vineman.
Details:
Shipped Monday from Atlanta at a FedexKinkos Location - $38 (31 lbs ). It arrived on Friday in Sonoma, CA in tact.
The box was marginally thrashed. There was a big gouge in one of the sides of the box but the bike was fine. I had bubble wrapped it with 3 rolls.
I had to get another box from an LBS while in Sonoma to repack and ship.
Shipping back from Sonoma to Atlanta was more expensive - ~$80 for some reason.
There was a Delta pilot in front of me in line at that Kinkos and he said they even charge him $100 each way to ship and they only insure to like $1500. Fedex will insure as much as you want.
Assuming my bike gets back in tact today, it worked out great, but I'd sleep better before the race if I had a hard case.
JG |