[RBW] Re: Bike Flights experience so far...pretty good

2015-08-21 Thread Bill Lindsay
Both my bikes delivered via bikeflights arrived intact. The only complaint I have is that they charged me an extra $5 because I insisted on a signature at the receiver-end. Jeff reports that the FedEx dude left the box right there on the porch, without having him sign. It worked out fine,

[RBW] Re: Bike Flights experience so far...pretty good

2015-08-14 Thread Bill Lindsay
Frameset plus wheels with a few other bits, but quite a bit lighter weight than a fully assembled bike. Full-sized bike box, but only 20lbs of total packed weight On Friday, August 14, 2015 at 11:06:09 AM UTC-7, Montclair BobbyB wrote: Full bike with wheels? Uh.. yuh... that's a great

[RBW] Re: Bike Flights experience so far...pretty good

2015-08-14 Thread Montclair BobbyB
Full bike with wheels? Uh.. yuh... that's a great price. On Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 5:25:49 PM UTC-4, Bill Lindsay wrote: I just shipped a bike box from California to Maryland, insured for $1400 for $63. That's pretty darned reasonable. On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 3:30:01 PM

[RBW] Re: Bike Flights experience so far...pretty good

2015-08-14 Thread 'Tim' via RBW Owners Bunch
I'm vacationing in Europe after PBP and using them to ship from St Quentin to Vienna, where I'll pick it up and fly home. Thus far I can only attest to the customer service, which has been great. The shipping is $200, including $4000 insurance. That is much cheaper than my alternative of

[RBW] Re: Bike Flights experience so far...pretty good

2015-08-13 Thread Bill Lindsay
I just shipped a bike box from California to Maryland, insured for $1400 for $63. That's pretty darned reasonable. On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 3:30:01 PM UTC-7, Kyle Brooks wrote: Somebody recently directed me to this site - and I'm glad they did. The problem with shipping frames,

[RBW] Re: Bike Flights experience so far...pretty good

2015-08-11 Thread Kyle Brooks
Somebody recently directed me to this site - and I'm glad they did. The problem with shipping frames, bikes, wheels, etc., is that FedEx and UPS nowadays charge a lot more for larger boxes regardless of their actual weight (they call it dimensional weight), and as we know, the boxes for these

[RBW] Re: Bike Flights experience so far...pretty good

2015-08-11 Thread David Banzer
Doesn't really matter at all what's inside the box. I've definitely used them for non-bike related packages. David Chicago On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 9:58:40 AM UTC-5, truegolden wrote:  I have used them twice the past 4 or 5 weeks and have been very pleased and saved money. Both

[RBW] Re: Bike Flights experience so far...pretty good

2015-08-10 Thread Eric
I was kind of skeptical at first but now I'm a huge fan and I highly recommend them. I've must of shipped approx 10 things through them including frames, wheels, groups, ect. I also shipped a bike in a Tri-All-3 case to from Portland, OR. Extremely affordable! Seriously, avoid retail

[RBW] Re: Bike Flights experience so far...pretty good

2015-08-10 Thread Kieran J
+1 for BikeFlights. The customer service is also very good and prompt. KJ On Monday, August 10, 2015 at 5:59:13 PM UTC-4, Bill Lindsay wrote: Many of you noticed I had 5 bikes up for sale. I had wanted to sell 2, and ended up selling 3. One of the three was a local sale, which is always

[RBW] Re: Bike Flights experience so far...pretty good

2015-08-10 Thread Evan E.
I've heard nothing but good things about BikeFlights. By chance has anyone tried ShipBikes.com? My LBS uses them. And ShipBikes.com also ships via FedEx, so I'm curious to know the difference (if any) between BikeFlights and ShipBikes. -- You received this message because you are subscribed