Anne, I have traveled with my bikes on Amtrak as well as using Amtrak as a way to ship bikes to others without my accompaniment. I find it to be a cheaper alternative to Fedex Ground or UPS, if the other person is willing to pick up the package at the train station.
Shipping bikes and traveling with bikes on AMTRAK is the same in terms of packing. You take the big AMTRAK bike box, turn your handlebar around and remove the pedals. That's pretty much it. When shipping a bike to a buyer, I tend to wrap it a little more carefully with some padding materials, but that's not required by Amtrak, it's just for my peace of mind. Franklyn On Monday, January 7, 2013 10:33:55 AM UTC-8, Anne Paulson wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 7:56 AM, MoVelo <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > > > By the way, I was unaware of being able to ship bikes via Amtrak. I have > > taken the train to the Emeryville station with bikes along, then on the > > ferry across the bay and so forth. > > How much do you have to break down bikes to ship them via Amtrak? If > you're not traveling with your bike, can you just ship it the same way > as you'd ship it if you were on the train with it, by turning > handlebars, taking off pedals and putting it in a box? > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > My hovercraft is full of eels > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/4Lw09HkIrjUJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
