I have thought through this very problem for a while, and so much hinges on how frequently you plan to travel with your bikes. If this is a one-off then your best move is probably to bite the bullet and just pay the ludicrous oversized shipping costs. That adds up quickly though, and if you envision more frequent travel I’d look at alternative solutions, like getting S&S couplers installed. In my case I concluded that dedicated travel bikes were the best solution, and am expecting a pair of Bike Fridays (or would that be Bikes Friday?) in the next few weeks. We went full custom, but good deals are available on the used market.
Jay Lonner Bellingham, WA Sent from my Atari 400 > On Dec 18, 2020, at 4:17 PM, dougP <dougpn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > That's a tough one. Have you checked with https://www.bikeflights.com/faq ? > From discussions here, they seem a good source, and much more customer > oriented than common carriers. I have not used them but would look into next > time I ship my bike. > > My 58cm Atlantis is the old, shorter wheelbase & it's like doing Rubik's Cube > to get it into a dedicated bike box that the airlines will accept as not > being oversize. The long wheelbase of the newer models could create > problems, unless you have a small frame. The airlines all have weight limits > (varies by carrier but 50 lbs is common) that are expensive to exceed. > Ground shipment generally has a 70lb limit before extra charges. > > dougP > >> On Friday, December 18, 2020 at 2:51:19 PM UTC-8 Paul in Vermont wrote: >> Hello 👋 All. >> >> I am planning a trip out west to help take care of my parents, and I’d like >> to take my long wheelbase Atlantis and my wife’s Clem, as baggage on the >> plane or by shipping them UPS.The wheelbases are so long they appear not to >> fit in most normal bike travel boxes. >> >> I know I can use cardboard, but I’d prefer something more permanent I will >> use long term once the world opens up! >> >> How do you ship your long wheelbase Rivendell when you travel? >> >> Paul > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ed028993-2c02-4cfa-abab-ecfb2a7b587en%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6F703402-BA87-4FBB-AD42-D3CB89FEF0C8%40gmail.com.
