Re: [CR] shipping frame from US to Australia.

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References: <488126.39392.qm@web63407.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
To: <raydobbins2003@yahoo.com>, <viabicycle@gmail.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:31:30 -0500
In-Reply-To: <488126.39392.qm@web63407.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
From: "Dale Brown" <oroboyz@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [CR] shipping frame from US to Australia.


<< Ralph, the guys at your Post Office must like you... >>

Yes, Ralph, I have to go along with Ray. I sent a Colnago (off topic model) to Australia last season and managed a low $280. using a shipping agent...?

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-----Original Message----- From: Raymond Dobbins <raydobbins2003@yahoo.com> To: Via Bicycle <viabicycle@gmail.com>; Classic Rendezvous Bike List <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:43 pm Subject: Re: [CR] shipping frame from US to Australia.

? Ralph, the guys at your Post Office must like you, or they don't know what they're doing and you got lucky.? The max size for Priority Int'l is 79". ? The limit goes up to 108" with Global Express Guaranteed (GXG), and the
   price of shipping a 58cm frame by GXG would be about $400. ? Looks like your Post Office gave you the GXG size restriction, but at the m uch lower Priority price. ? I helped out Greg Softley a few times by receiving bikes from US sellers wh o didn't want to ship outside the US.? I would tear the bike down and re- package it to make it as small as possible and then ship it via US Postal S ervice.? It was never less than $300, not including the wheels! ? This is what the the last re-packaged box?looked like: ? http://www.raydobbins.com/misc/repacked_1.jpg ? This is the inside of the box: ? http://www.raydobbins.com/misc/repacked_2.jpg ? This particular frame was a 54 c-c, and it still was over the 79" size limi t.? I don't believe you can box it any smaller than this. ? Maybe next time I can send you the box and you can ship it through your pos t office? ;) ? Ray Dobbins Miami Florida USA


--- On Thu, 2/19/09, Via Bicycle wrote:


From: Via Bicycle <viabicycle@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [CR] shipping frame from US to Australia. To: "jeffrey piwonka" <jmpiwonka@yahoo.com> Cc: "classic rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 10:04 AM

Jeff, I recently(jan. 2009) sent an on-topic frameset to Australia US priority airmail for around $80, i think. it may have been less, but I know it was not more than $80. It was just a frame and fork(58cm), so the box was able to be smaller as the fork was not installed. I had no size restrictions problem. Just look on the USPS website, I think the max girth is 108" and that is easy to do a frameset under that. A lot harder to do a complete bike with wheels, but is possible. joel ralph flood http://bikeville.blogspot.com/ philadelphia, PA

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 9:48 AM, jeffrey piwonka <jmpiwonka@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I've got some parts on ebay, one being a frame.
> I've had a question about shipping the frame to Australia and I think there is no possible way to do it at a reasonable cost.
> USPS being the only possibility and they have some size restrictions that aren't generous enough for a frame and fork...
>
> Am I correct?
>
> some on topic parts that the US guys can see.
> http://ebay.com/<blah>
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff Piwonka
> austin, texas usa.