Bike Has Shipped!
Well, my Sirrus is on its way to Brooklyn. That's where I'll be staying while participating in the Five Boro Tour. I used the box Bad Ass was shipped in. For a bit I thought the box was going to be too big considering a fat bike came in it, and now a fitness bike was going in. Nope, it ended up working just right. I placed the panniers/saddle bags over the rear tire, and that worked great to stabilize the bike from flopping around in the box. Of course in the panniers are my shoes, water bottle, Kryptonite u-lock, tools, all kinds of crap! But ya, it worked out great.
I used shipbikes.com, and I think that will be a good thing. You enter your box's dimensions and weight, address, and how much insurance you want. Pay the amount, print out your label, and take the box to a Fed-Ex shipping center. Or for a couple extra dollars you can have it picked up at home. My bike and a ton of stuff (ok, it weighed 55 pounds) is going to Brooklyn for $60. You can't beat that with a stick. Only problem is, it's going to get there 2 days before I do! Whoops. Sorry people i'll be renting from; didn't mean to do that. I'll let you know after all is said and done what I think of shipbikes.com. So far so good. (of course it works with Fed-Ex, so they will get credit/blame for the arrival condition of the bike and box..)
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