Bike Flights
05-11-16 | 06:50 PM
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From: Fuquay Varina, NC (Research Triangle)
Bikes: 2016 Fuji Gran Fondo 2.0 LE, Specialized Tricross Elite Disc (2013), Motobecane 529HT
Bike Flights
Those who use BikeFlights, when you are sending it to a tour start point, assuming its not to a friends place or something, who do you ship it too?
05-11-16 | 11:44 PM
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From: San Francisco, CA
Bikes: I tour on a Waterford Adventurecycle. It is a fabulous touring bike.
First, I look for a warmshowers(.org) host. Then, I look for a couchsurfing(.org) host. Last, I find a hotel in the area, book in for a night (or two) and send it to them.
05-12-16 | 05:34 AM
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I have used them twice. Once I shipped to the Missoula REI. The other time to a LBS in Rapid City, SD. I will be using them again next month to ship to the Missoula REI. I pay REI $40 to assemble and tune the bike so it's ready to roll when I arrive. They also hold my bike box and duffel bag during the trip.
05-12-16 | 07:20 AM
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From: Golden, CO and Tucson, AZ
Bikes: 2012 Specialized Elite Disc, 1983 Trek 520
Second this. The LBS is a good idea too, and you can pay them to assemble and check it out before you get there. You might find a mechanically inclined warmshowers host to do that for you, but don't expect it.
05-12-16 | 07:34 AM
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Fed Ex Drops them off at my LBS. mark the box do not or please assemble..
$50 for assembly, $10 for handling & storing it un opened,
& loaning a stand in a back corner of the shop for DIY , when you get off the Bus ...
$50 for assembly, $10 for handling & storing it un opened,
& loaning a stand in a back corner of the shop for DIY , when you get off the Bus ...
05-12-16 | 07:48 AM
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That's nice of the shop. The note in my box asked REI to not put on my racks, which I ship in the box along with my stove and empty fuel bottle. When I went to pick up the bike, the mechanic offered to let me use one of their repair stands to attach the racks.
