filly

with all the searches I've done on this forum. Considering buying a Trico hard case. Dimensions are 47x31x11. Weight is 31 lbs. Let's say the packaged bike will weigh 55 lbs. From previous posts, I was expecting somewhere in the range of $40 for ground service. So, I plugged everything in, chose Ft Worth to New Orleans as my from/to, $2000 declared value, and I get just shy of $90 to ship. What's the deal? If it costs that much one way for that short of distance, I won't be buying a case and will do without my bike when I have to travel.

DMF 

Tried FedEx?

coinstar2k

I always get the same thing when I price UPS on-line. If you go to an actual UPS center, it will end up being half of what the internet says. I worked for UPS for many years, and I cannot explain why the internet quotes such high prices.

filly

Sorry, forgot to mention...this was at the FedEx site.

DMF 

FedEx probably has a lower weight limit than UPS. UPS has more restrictive size limits.

Might also be an issue with New Orleans?

jsharr

Dimensional weight will get you every time. Shipping 55 lbs. in a regular sized boxed from DFW to New Orlaeans via UPS ground should cost $16.97. When you plug in the size of the case you are dealing with, the price jumps to $71.60, as it is considered OVERSIZE 3 by UPS. Sorry but that is the way most freight companies work, space is limited on their trucks, so when you take up a lot of space, you pay for it.

lvleph

FEDEX is EXpensive.

filly

Understand, yet it's contradictory to what a lot of folks are posting. Colorado Cyclist even advertises the case (as with the other cases they carry) as "Sized for UPS -- $39," or something along those lines.

botto 

it cost about 40$ to ship a Trico, that's what i paid.

Bluechip

I just shipped my bike UPS today. 54x30x8 36 lbs It came out to just over $40. It is at the max of UPS size limits. Their formula for oversize is L+2(H)+2(W)<= 130 is not over size. Anything over 130 is oversize and more than doubles in price. I first measured it at 54x30x9 and the total was $107. Ouch!

ken cummings

There ae some good folders that can be taken as carry-on luggage. Would that be an option for you?

filly

ehhh, would rather not buy another bike.

jsharr

It is a matter of inches. If you use 47 x 30 x 10 as Trico claims on their site, shipping is $19.06 from DFW to New Orleans. If you change any dimension by 1 inch, shipping goes to oversize 2 and the price changes to $25.66, If you change two dimensions by an inch to your stated dimensions of 47 x 31 x 11, size changes to oversize 3 and the cost jumps to $71.66. I would reccomend that you find a UPS owned drop off faciltiy and take it there for measurement and price verification if you have time.

filly

ok, first trip is to alaska, after the 4th. this will have to go by air, right? that $40 is probably now out the window?

Talewinds

^^^ Yep, what he said. That 11" dimension is killing you.

BigSean

It cost me $40 to check mine at the airport as luggage. On the return trip they didnt charge at all. Why ship it instead of taking it with you?

filly

yeah, this is what I was thinking of doing. like i asked botto, what about going to alaska? i'm headed that way for work in a couple of weeks. will be there almost 3 weeks...would love to have my bike. i got around $200 on UPS, i think.

filly

you got lucky. should be $80 each way. plus, some monkey gets to open your case and not give a crap about how it's packed after they move things around in there.

14max

DHL Ground is pretty inexpensive and the cost for insurance is reasonable. I would go to you local Office Max and see what they charge. You will be pleasantly surprised...

jsharr

AT 46 x 30 x 10 my UPS software quotes $135 to Alaska but does not list a transit time. If I go to UPS.com it shows a transit time of 5 days. Drop off today and it arrives on Friday in Anchorage, but the cost for 55 lbs. in a 46 x 30 x 10 box goes to $235 without additional insurance.

filly

yeah, forget about it. i'll chase moose in my running shoes instead. thanks for the numbers.

serotta

If you take two aspirin and stay really, really still, that ugly feeling will go away and you'll be back to normal in no time.

filly

yeah, i know. i should get my head examined...what was i thinking?

Camilo

Why not take it as baggage?

Also, there's a couple of places that rent road bikes in Anchorage, if that's where you're going. One is Sunshine Sports. I believe they have full-on road bikes. Another place is Downtown Bicycle Rental. They have a limited offering of normal road bikes, but a lot of decent quality flat-bar road bikes. There are others.

Surferbruce

prices have gone up. used to cost me around 40$ for a standard bike box w/ fed ex. it's around what you say 90$ or so. if you go with a smaller but wider box that where you take off the rear wheel it's less.