How to post a bike?

Kaiju · 27 Dec 2006 at 01:03

Was wondering where I could get packaging for such a daunting task and what price is usually charged with a company such as Parcelforce? Any others do it cheaper?

stinka · 27 Dec 2006 at 01:09

yeh i was just wondering this my self as im thinking of selling my bmx on that auction site

Efour · 27 Dec 2006 at 01:13

I think other courier companies will do it fairly straight forward.

Point to point delivery- might cost a few quid but you will pass that on to the buyer.

Best answer call a few in the morning.

Da_Big_Jeff · 27 Dec 2006 at 01:19

In a realy big envelope with lots of stamps

. Failing that any courier should do it but as previously stated, pass the P&P onto the buyer and phone round some companies to see how to package it. If you part dismantle it (wheels n saddle ...ect) it should be a little easier.

trojan698 · 27 Dec 2006 at 01:21

theres parcels2go, I've never used them though so have no idea what they're like.

James_N · 27 Dec 2006 at 01:23

trojan698 said:
theres parcels2go, I've never used them though so have no idea what they're like.

Was going to suggest them myself. Someone off here used them to deliver a base unit to me. From my end at least, the experiance was very good. I got an email with a tracking number and everything

Jonny ///M · 27 Dec 2006 at 01:29

Go to your local bike shop :confused:

I've had a few people coming in asking for empty bike boxes to post stuff in.

Sam · 27 Dec 2006 at 01:29

trojan698 said:
theres parcels2go, I've never used them though so have no idea what they're like.

Ive used parcel2go twice now, first time was fine second time they were AWFULL , 2 failed collections and now im in talking about a bloody refund :mad:

Mulder · 27 Dec 2006 at 01:30

Jonny ///M said:
Go to your local bike shop

I've had a few people coming in asking for empty bike boxes to post stuff in.

Yeah, just pop into your local Halfords. We always had a huge stash of bike boxes when I worked there.

EirePlane · 27 Dec 2006 at 10:58

Should be a simple case of connecting your VDU and turning it on. It's usually one of the first things you see

On a more serious note, try parcelforce or something. maybe even a courier irm

It could be worth asking at your local cab office as some of them do a courier service

SGCWill · 27 Dec 2006 at 11:08

take the wheels,peddles, seat and handle bars off, lay it flat and send it as a normal parcel.

Oakesy2001uk · 27 Dec 2006 at 12:45

Mulder said:
Yeah, just pop into your local Halfords. We always had a huge stash of bike boxes when I worked there.

thats what I did, they were fine about it. It then cost me £18 to send via parcelforce.

LoadsaMoney · 27 Dec 2006 at 13:07

Jonny ///M said:
Go to your local bike shop

Poop, thats killed the thread then, i was looking forward to about 20+ pages as well.

Jonny ///M · 27 Dec 2006 at 19:26

LoadsaMoney said:
Poop, thats killed the thread then, i was looking forward to about 20+ pages as well.

Soz babe

DAVEM · 27 Dec 2006 at 19:28

Motorbikes are REALLY heavy wouldn't post them IMO

yhack · 27 Dec 2006 at 20:18

How to post a bike
by Yhack

Posting a bike is easy.

1. Post Reply
2. Type "A bike"
3. Submit Reply

Mission complete. Spam+1

Kaiju · 27 Dec 2006 at 22:01

Thanks for the help.

Kaiju · 23 Jan 2007 at 08:38

Finally sold my bike, but parcel2go don't seem to do large parcels, at least from what I can tell?

Also, anyone with bike selling experience, how much does 20" mountain bike weigh?

daveyj27 · 23 Jan 2007 at 08:47

Kaiju said:
how much does 20" mountain bike weigh?

Depends on the individual bike.

Kaiju · 23 Jan 2007 at 08:54

daveyj27 said:
Depends on the individual bike.

Yes, it certainly does. Thanks for pointing that one out.

Any 20" bike weight will do though, i'm not looking for an approximation here.