[ORRando] Shipping bike overseas?

[Andrew P. Black]

When I was in the UK, I found it fairly easy and relatively inexpensive to ship stuff from Scotland to the US.   This is very different from trying to ship from the US to the UK.

So you might try a web search focussed on France to USA, using a european shipper.

	Andrew


On 25 Apr 2015, at 08:26 , David Baldwin <dave.f.baldwin at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think that's pretty much the going rate.  A few years ago, my wife and I tried to figure out the logistics of getting our touring bikes over the Atlantic without us and it was about $1200 for the two via FedEx (which I think is BikeFlights' carrier), UPS or DHL.  We ended up not doing it.   There is a certain dimensional threshold for each carrier where things get really expensive, so you can play games trying to ship just the frame and the wheels in another box, etc.  which will save (oftne a bunch) money but obviously increases the risk of not having the full bike arrive.
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> I did find out via randon that there is a service in Paris called Bagges du Monde (http://www.bagagesdumonde.com/) that will apparently hold your bike for a few weeks at CDG for a fee. Depending on your plans, that might serve the same purpose
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> Hope that helps
> David
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> On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 9:34 PM, Vincent Sikorski <vsikorski at bendbroadband.com> wrote:
> Anyone have any experience shipping a bike internationally that is reasonably priced ? Would be convenient if I could ship my bike back after PBP. I checked with BikeFlights.com. They want $790 one way. For that price, I’ll drag it around Southern France for a couple weeks. Seems crazy to cost so much, when you can ship it across the U.S. for less than $80.
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> Vince Sikorski
> 3989 NW Northcliff
> Bend, Oregon 97701
> vsikorski at bendbroadband.com
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