Where, exactly, in NC are you?

This is a great idea!

Are there a couple of C&V members from the UK willing to step up to the plate to assist forum mmbers on this side of the pond?

I personally have encountered so many e-Bay UK sellers reluctant to ship to the US, and there are so many nice vintage parts for English made bikes that are difficult to find here.

I'm willing to facilitate from Ann Arbor, MI. The scope (bike shipping, negotiating, whatever) is open, but I don't have infinite time available to me. Best way to make contact is to PM me with your need and phone number, then we'll talk and figure it out.

I've found a very good place here to pack bikes - did an excellent job for my cousin for $45, and they understand about the cost of exceeding girth limitations!

I haven't mentally sorted out how I might be affected from a liability point of view.

Here's the info:

Username: Road Fan
Preferred Contact: PM or e-mail through site.
State(s): Michigan and the Toledo, Ohio area
Primary CL City: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Secondary CL Cities: Detroit, Brighton, Toledo, Jackson
Items willing to facilitate: small items up to whole bikes

UPDATE: With my current job and home workload, I really don't see finding time to provide any assistance beyond perhaps looking at an item and reporting my impression of it. Even that is a chunk of time, and I can't promise to "do it right away." I think I need to be NOT A FACILITATOR.

If there's a way to be taken off the list of willing assistants, I need it to be done.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/brx/bik/1980405423.html

This vintage beauty is available in the bronx, I can help you guys out with it if you need me to! lol

I can do general Anchorage area, or even the Mat-Su Valley for special situations. I work a bunch, but can work things into schedule as need be. Shipping in and out of this state can be complicated and expensive, but I have done everything from chainring bolts to wheels to entire bikes.

Username: balindamood
Preferred Contact: PM or e-mail through site.
State(s): Alaska
Primary CL City: Anchorage/Eagal River
Secondary CL Cities: Matsu Valley orKenai for special situations
Items willing to facilitate: small items up to whole bikes

Username: Andrew F
Preferred Contact: PM.
State(s): Central NJ
Primary CL City: Rahway
Secondary CL Cities: Elizabeth
Items willing to facilitate: small items up to whole bikes...whatever...as long as it can be shipped...or, I can hold it 'til you get here.

Fair amount of experience packing and shipping bikes. Always use Fed-Ex ground. Email when you have a need and I will let you know if and how I can help...

Username: redbikee
Preferred Contact: E-mail through site.
State(s): Georgia, Atlanta Metro area
Primary CL City: Atlanta, GA
Items willing to facilitate: small items up to whole bikes

Username: -holiday76
Preferred Contact: PM.
State(s): PA/NJ/DE
Primary CL City: Philadelphia
Secondary CL Cities: Reading/Lancaster/Allentown/Delaware/South Jersey/Central Jersey
Items willing to facilitate: small items up to whole bikes...whatever...as long as it can be shipped...or, I can hold it 'til you get here. Fair warning that I might be slow getting things done as I'm a busy Dad/Husband/Worker/Home Owner but if I can I will always help.

Username: brockd15
Preferred Contact: PM or e-mail through site.
State: Texas
Primary CL City: Dallas
Secondary CL Cities: Ft. Worth, DFW suburbs
Items willing to facilitate: small items up to whole bikes

Username: dynne
Preferred Contact: PM or e-mail through site.
State: Massachusetts
Primary CL City: Boston
Secondary CL Cities: Metrowest aka the surrounding suburbs.
Items willing to facilitate: small items up to whole bikes

Username: Little Darwin
Preferred Contact: PM or email through site
State(s): PA
Primary CL City: Scranton
Secondary CL Cities: Poconos
Items willing to facilitate: small items up to whole bikes, shipped, or I can hold it here.
Special Note: Good luck finding anything interesting in this area. ;)

Username: thirdgenbird
Preferred Contact: PM
State(s): Iowa
Primary CL Cities: Des Moines
Secondary CL Cities: Iowa City, Ames
Items willing to facilitate: small items preferred but would be open to working with full bikes with local shop support. i will donate time/gas anywhere in the Des Moines area. trips to iowa city or ames may require compensation (unless i happen to be there anyway)
Special notes: I'm a skilled bicycle mechanic with access to most tools

All, thanks so much for the continued response to this thread. I had considered asking the mods to go ahead and unsticky it but we seem to have folks trickle in on a somewhat regular basis.

For those of us all who are crazy enough to search for our needs (er, wants :)) all over the country, I think this thread will be a continuing resource.

Thanks again to all of you willing to help out fellow BFers.

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Username: Iowegian
Preferred Contact: PM
State(s): Colorado
Primary CL Cities: Boulder/Longmont
Secondary CL Cities: Denver, Fort Collins
Items willing to facilitate: small items preferred but would be open to working with full bikes in special cases or with shop support. I will donate time/gas anywhere in the Boulder/Longmont area. Trips to Denver or beyond may require compensation (unless i happen to be there anyway).
Special notes: I'm a skilled bicycle mechanic with access to most tools. I live about 1 mile from ebay seller 'theproscloset'.

PS, thanks thirdgenbird for writing most of this for me:thumb:

Appleton WI? What's there? :)

Lots of cheese, FleetFarm, Leinenkugel's, great sausage, snow, ice...

Ok... any nice British road frames coming along with you?

Sorry, nothing from that side of the channel in my pile at the moment. I do have a 72 PX-10 and an Austro-Daimler SLE that I'm not keeping. And I have a bent Miyata 310 fork that needs fixing.

Any nice 64+ cm frames out there?

nice...

Mine is a Fuji measured 64... http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...-Frameset-64cm

Username: old's'cool
Preferred Contact: PM
State(s): CO
Primary CL Cities: Fort Collins
Secondary CL Cities: Loveland
Items willing to facilitate: anything (within reason) that will be accepted by household movers, assuming the item can be picked up by its new owner in Michigan.
Special Notes: I will be moving house sometime in the spring from Fort Collins to somewhere in Macomb County, MI.

Sorry, offer has expired - my household move is completed

Username: azorch
Preferred Contact: PM or e-mail through site.
State(s): Western Missouri/Eastern Kansas
Primary CL Cities: Kansas City
Secondary CL Cities: Anywhere up to about a 75-mile radius of the metro area. I am willing and sometimes able to facilitate, and have the skills to correctly package and ship most anything up through bike framesets. I hesitate to pack frames and wheels but would work with a local LBS and FedEx, where my son works (and gets some kind of discount.) Depending on travel and handling necessities, appropriate compensation may be expected.
Special notes: I'm a very competent vintage bicycle mechanic and I've had very good success packing and shipping frames.

Username: Pwnt
Preferred Contact: PM or e-mail through site.
State(s): Colorado
Primary CL City: Denver
Secondary CL Cities: Boulder, CO. Springs, Fort Collins, Aurora
Items willing to facilitate: small items up to whole bikes

Username: Look left. . it's dwellman
Preferred Contact: PM or after initial contact, text / SMS
State(s): TN
Primary CL City: Cookeville
Secondary CL Cities: Knoxville, sometimes Chattanooga
Items willing to facilitate: small items up to whole bikes
Special notes: Generally can only do this on weekends, additionally, I don't care to make any profit on this so don't be trying to fork over any extra dough.