Bike box
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From: West Central FL
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Bike box
I am looking for suggestions for a hard sided box for shipping that does not require removing the racks. Any ideas on what to buy and where to get it would be really appreciated.
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While having a box that doesn't require rack removal would be convenient, the size of the box would be so large as to put you over the limits of most shippers and/or airlines. I learned...the hard way...that going even an inch over the limit drives the shipping costs from stupid to ridiculous. It more then triples the UPS price for shipping. That's likely the reason you won't find one.
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Stuart Black
Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
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Amtrak at selected stations.. + I've bought similar at the KLM counter in the NL Intl. airport
to fly Home from Shiphol/AMS. [less current.. was many years ago]
Out here we pack peoples bikes in standard boxes . at most the rear rack is loosened,
unbolted at the bottom, to get low enough to close the Box..
front wheel and rack and fender are removed, , bars stem seatpost pedals, etc.
[i note you got realistic about the packing, and really dropped the big box Idea..
I have taped together a couple bike boxes, to get things to fit, before..
to fly Home from Shiphol/AMS. [less current.. was many years ago]
Out here we pack peoples bikes in standard boxes . at most the rear rack is loosened,
unbolted at the bottom, to get low enough to close the Box..
front wheel and rack and fender are removed, , bars stem seatpost pedals, etc.
[i note you got realistic about the packing, and really dropped the big box Idea..
I have taped together a couple bike boxes, to get things to fit, before..
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