Mick was able to squeeze a tandem frame in and got Parcelforce to accept it(no wheels and sent hubs separate because of weight.)And Bruce sent a bare frame with no problem--
sam lingo,pleasanton tx
>From: "Peter Brown" <peterg.brown@ntlworld.com>
>To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Subject: [CR]Shipping bikes from Scotland, or anywhere else in the UK
>Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 07:14:36 +0100
>
>Please be aware that Parcelforce has a size limit. Max weight 30kg.
>Max Length 1.5m. Length & Girth combined 3.0m. For the unconverted
>this means a maximum length of 59 inches, and a combined length and
>girth of 118 inches. My local village office is not too strict about
>this, but the main one in town measures everything large. It can be
>quite difficult to get a complete bike into a box of this size with
>adequate packing material, but if the wheels are to be rebuilt anyway
>they can be stripped, and the hubs used as fork end and dropout braces,
>the rims then taking up much less room.
>
>Peter Brown. Lincolnshire, England
>
>
>
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