Since I'll be shipping my bike to Utah at the end of May, this is very timely. I was cringing as I read the 1st couple of paragraphs.

http://www.velonews.com/news/fea/7811.0.html

Bicycling Mag also had a little article on shipping recently and noted that FedEx was about 2/3s the cost of UPS.

Definitely going to make sure my Daisy is insured full-value.