Re: [CR]Airline Worries

(Example: Framebuilders:Norman Taylor)

From: "John Pergolizzi" <jtperry@worldnet.att.net>
To: <CMontgo945@aol.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <ab.36556673.2d16392b@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Airline Worries
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 20:27:20 -0500


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


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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