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Right, can anyone recommend a decent courier to pick up a bike for me from Newport, south Wales and deliver it to south London? The trick is that it's a 1930's tandem, and it's a bit heavy.
I have tried Shipley, but it's coming in a bit expensive at over £60. I also had a look at Paisley Freight at £45, but got scared off by some scare stories on the CTC forum I looked at about bikes being damaged by drivers straight from the lower end of the food chain, and Direct courier systems want the bike boxed up before they'll consider it. Obviously boxing up a tandem isn't that straightforward, and as it's an eBay purchase I'm not sure the seller would be up for it, to be honest. The bike looks a tough old thing, but it's 80 years old and in fine shape and I really don't want some sub-contractor goon hauling it around in a Transit filled with scaffolding and knocking the crap out of it.
So, any words of advice folks? TIA.
Right, can anyone recommend a decent courier to pick up a bike for me from Newport, south Wales and deliver it to south London? The trick is that it's a 1930's tandem, and it's a bit heavy.
I have tried Shipley, but it's coming in a bit expensive at over £60. I also had a look at Paisley Freight at £45, but got scared off by some scare stories on the CTC forum I looked at about bikes being damaged by drivers straight from the lower end of the food chain, and Direct courier systems want the bike boxed up before they'll consider it. Obviously boxing up a tandem isn't that straightforward, and as it's an eBay purchase I'm not sure the seller would be up for it, to be honest. The bike looks a tough old thing, but it's 80 years old and in fine shape and I really don't want some sub-contractor goon hauling it around in a Transit filled with scaffolding and knocking the crap out of it.
So, any words of advice folks? TIA.
