Having a road bike couriered to Italy - any recommendations?

daniel_b

As per the title really.

54cm Triban 3 needs to be couriered to Italy, I'll see if I can get a box off decathlon I guess, just wondered if anyone had used anyone to do this before?

Wheels on or off?

This place qoutes £70: http://www.directcouriersolutions.co.uk/product.php?id=41

EKE_38BPM

Just like bikes are delivered to shops, I would
Take off the wheels
Turn the handlebars
Take off the pedals
Put something in the dropout to reduce/prevent it getting squashed
Pad everything well
Kneel down
Prey to your god/gods
Start saving for a new bike

tgotb

I've had several couriered to me (within the UK) without any incident, always been with wheels and bars off. Might be a good idea to take the rear mech off too.

You need to put spacers between the dropouts. Your LBS should be able to give you a pair of these, aswell as a used box.

Or you could book a couple of weeks off work and ride it there :-)

daniel_b

Thanks gents, I would hope Decathlon will have this kind of stuff in abundance - will ask them how the bikes reach them when I collect it on Thursday.

tgotb

If you're picking it up new, can't you just ask them for one they haven't built up, still in its box?