I am getting ready to ship a bike from MD. to Southern California. It is a bike I bought from a member on BF and I am using Shipbikes. I will not use UPS if I have any choice whatsoever. I closed my UPS account this year after 37 years . I used Shipbikes 5 years ago to ship a bike to R.I. for my son-in-law and it was reasonable and the bike arrived without a problem . The cost to go from the east coast to the west coast for a complete bike with insurance(1K) was just over $100. They are going to pick it up, the other member does not have to drop it off. I am just waiting to get a final weight from the seller, I have already entered in the dimensions and figured 35lbs. The bike weighs 22.5lbs. Joe* just waiting on my next bike!*