We're moving to a different house about 5 miles down the road from where we're living now. If time weren't at a premium, I'd just ride them over to the new house one-by-one.

We're renting a U-Haul, but what's the best way to get 5 bikes in there without them getting scratched up?

5 riders.

How are you moving your furniture without getting them scratched up...????

two words. Old Blankets. Seriously, some uhaul rental agencies have old blankets or blanket size pads that you can get, pad them between the bikes.

5 bikes X 5 miles = 25 miles

C'mon ya wimp!

I don't have enough time to do it that way. I'd love to do it, but I'll be busy moving boxes instead.

Borrow five friends and promise them a beer if they will ride the bikes over to the new place. And then when they arrive you can ask them to haul some of the boxes out of the u-haul too.

And then you offer them two beers.

Get a bigger truck. Seriously

I sometimes think that the shorter the distance you move, the more complicated it gets. If you were moving across country, you'd get a truck that was big enough and move everything in one load. When you're only moving 5 miles, you tend to cheap out on the size of the U-haul and make several trips. I once helped a friend move across the parking lot. We made a gazillion trips.

Find one good friend with a tandem and have him/her ride 45 miles with you

1. Moving 5 bicycles 25 miles would take you a couple of hours ... not that long!

2. I moved 6 bicycles 1000 miles last September ... one was boxed ready for a trip to Australia, the other 5 went in the back of a truck. Easy.