We are starting a 3 week bike tour in the Portland area and need to ship our bikes ahead of time. I have heard shipping shop-to-shop is cheaper...but which shop would any of you Portlanites recommend??? We will have our own tools to assemble the bikes...we just need a trustworthy shop on the receiving end to hold them till we get there to pick them up.
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08-05-2008, 06:58 AM #1
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need to mail our bikes to which lbs???
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08-05-2008, 10:23 AM #2
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Make sure you call ahead in any case: I have had bike shops refuse to receive my bike, especially for people they don't know. (Just in case something's not right with your bike - they don't want to get in trouble for it. Which I can understand.)
Originally Posted by bouncybouncy
This being said, in Canada at least it turned out not to be cheaper at all. Your mileage may vary, of course...
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08-05-2008, 10:45 AM #3
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I'm confused....why is it cheaper to ship to a shop? Could you ship to a hotel maybe?
I completely understand wanting to make sure that your babies are going someplace safe!
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08-05-2008, 11:21 AM #4
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Shipping rates can be better business to business; I don't think it matters what the business is. Your hotel may be able to hold it. However, you need to be sure your LBS gets insurance on your bikes.
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08-05-2008, 12:43 PM #5
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I'm not sure why a shop would take the liability of accepting delivery if they aren't getting anything out of it - i.e. not getting paid to put it together.
To be slightly more helpful, I *think* the bike shop's name is Coventry?
Edit - I looked it up. Coventry is the bike shop I have worked with and my friend's recommend, but it's recumbent/folding bikes. I'm sure they wouldn't have any trouble with DFs, but they aren't a DF shop, so maybe someone will come up with a better shopLast edited by TsPoet; 08-05-2008 at 12:46 PM.
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08-05-2008, 02:37 PM #6
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Why can't UPS/Fed-ex/whatever just hold the bikes for pick-up?
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