I agree. This is the method that I have used for the last 4 years. I also use Brown Ground (UPS). I usually send it to a local bike shop after asking permission from the Mgr/owner. No one has yet refused. I usually buy a tee shirt or something to support the shop financially. No problems yet. Not sure I would ship during the month of Dec (Xmas). Good luck.
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Don Keenan
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> Craig,
> My way now, since the airlines charge $80 bucks each way, is to double
> box my little beauty and send her off Fed-Ex ground.
> For example, it takes 3 business days N.Y. to California and it's about $40
> bucks! I don't have to drag the bike around at the airport or struggle to
> get her into a taxi. Fed-Ex will pick up from a business if they have a
> business account. No home pick ups. I generally drop off at a Fed Ex store
> front. Make sure the box is with in size guide lines. All 8 bikes I sold
> this last month traveled w/ F.E. and all went well.
> My 2 cents.
> ciao,
> John T.Pergolizzi
> N.Y.C., New York
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <CMontgo945@aol.com>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 6:45 PM
> Subject: [CR]Airline Worries
>
>
> > My wife is dragging me off to Poolesville, Maryland for Christmas. I'm not
> a
> > happy camper given it's pushing 80 degrees here in Tucson. Told her I'd go
> if
> > I could take the bike. No way I'm gonna sit for 9 days. Would like to take
> my
> > '52 ASC equipped Viking Road-Path. Am I nuts? Anybody have America West
> horror
> > stories? Ripped off bikes? Frames twisted into oblivion? Maybe I should
> just
> > take my 80 Holdsworth 68" fixie and be happy. What do you think?
> >
> > Craig "Perplexed in Nirvana" Montgomery
> > Tucson