sending a wheelset

shiznit76
shiznit76 Posts: 640
edited February 2018 in Road general
Hi, anyone sent a wheelset within the UK and who did they use? All the couriers i've been checking only seem to deliver smaller packages, leaving just Parcel Force

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  • bendertherobot
    bendertherobot Posts: 11,684
    shiznit76 wrote:
    Hi, anyone sent a wheelset within the UK and who did they use? All the couriers i've been checking only seem to deliver smaller packages, leaving just Parcel Force

    Paisley Freight, choose your dimensions, be honest about the weight. Cheap if you don't care about insurance, still reasonable if you do. They will then use one of the big companies anyway.
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  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 16,556
    i've used dhl to send wheels (uk to germany), just boxed them up and took into a local parcel shop, no issue
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • the_rover
    the_rover Posts: 402
    What kind of relationship do you have with your LBS?
    I recently sold a bike to a chap in the highlands and the shop gave me a box and then arranged for RM to collect from them with just a few clicks of a button. It was delivered within 2 days and cost me less than 20 quid.
  • angry_bird
    angry_bird Posts: 3,786
    shiznit76 wrote:
    Hi, anyone sent a wheelset within the UK and who did they use? All the couriers i've been checking only seem to deliver smaller packages, leaving just Parcel Force

    Sent some last week for about £11 or so with Parcel Force, just dropped off at the post office on the way home from work, nice and easy.
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  • shiznit76
    shiznit76 Posts: 640
    Angry Bird wrote:
    shiznit76 wrote:
    Hi, anyone sent a wheelset within the UK and who did they use? All the couriers i've been checking only seem to deliver smaller packages, leaving just Parcel Force

    Sent some last week for about £11 or so with Parcel Force, just dropped off at the post office on the way home from work, nice and easy.


    what was size and weight of your box?
  • shiznit76
    shiznit76 Posts: 640
    sungod wrote:
    i've used dhl to send wheels (uk to germany), just boxed them up and took into a local parcel shop, no issue
    DHL quoting £25 for UK-UK delivery, seems steep
  • angry_bird
    angry_bird Posts: 3,786
    shiznit76 wrote:
    Angry Bird wrote:
    shiznit76 wrote:
    Hi, anyone sent a wheelset within the UK and who did they use? All the couriers i've been checking only seem to deliver smaller packages, leaving just Parcel Force

    Sent some last week for about £11 or so with Parcel Force, just dropped off at the post office on the way home from work, nice and easy.


    what was size and weight of your box?

    About 80x80x25cm, maybe smaller, weighed about 2kg maybe slightly more
    Angry Bird's offroad bikes
    Winter
    Racey
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    If in doubt, blame Wiggle.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Put in box.

    Take to post office. Decide whether you want regular, insured, signed for, etc.

    Job jobbed.

    Simples, innit.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

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    He's right you know.
  • londoncommuter
    londoncommuter Posts: 1,550
    The cheapest I found last year was MyHermes. Still a bargain £6.49 by the looks of it. It was touch and go with their maximum size but the SuperStar cardboard box I had just snuck in:

    https://www.myhermes.co.uk/help/parcel-size.html
  • Frank Wilson
    Frank Wilson Posts: 930
    You may have more joy on Parcel Radar.

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