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Old 05-08-23, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by SoCaled
I was offered free boxes and packing materials from the local shop in upstate NY. Trek shop quoted $80 for breakdown/packing - local shop quoted $60 for breakdown/packing. Shop in San Pedro, CA If I remember correctly quoted $75. As others have said shipping seems to be affected more by box size than anything else, the smaller you can get the box the better.
There is a threshold, over is oversized = $$$$$$, under is regular = $$$

BikeFlights has limits on all 3 specs and the total as well, damned if you do and.....
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