Bit of a breath of fresh air to know I'm not the only one being suckered into paying over 100 bucks for shipping. The road bike weighed 20# and was going from NYC to Texas. Bike was insured for $2400 which I imagine may have contributed a little jump in price.

I did learn that FedEx does not insure over $1,000, or at least that's what they told me over the phone. I have a hunch they may insure corporate accounts for more, else manufacturers wouldn't use them to ship pricey items (or I guess they'd get an insurance company to give them supplemental insurance?).

Also USPS only ships boxes up to a certain size, I forget the exact dimensions but it's smaller than a bike box.

Does anyone know anything about DHL?