Shipping Mountain Bikes?
 

Advice needed again please, I've done a search but very little comes up regarding this subject :(
Has anyone done this?, if so were there/could there be any complications or aggro from customs.
I'm hoping to ship over my kids bikes, but if there's gonna be loads of aggro I may just sell them & buy them new ones :ohmy: , once we've settled.
As always all advice greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Re: Shipping Mountain Bikes?
 

If you're talking about shipping it in a container with all the rest of your posessions, there shouldn't be any problem. I shipped mine and just made sure it had been pressure-washed and was immaculately clean.

Re: Shipping Mountain Bikes?
 

This is what we've been told by our shippers, make sure they're really clean with no traces of mud etc, could also disinfect the wheels too.

Re: Shipping Mountain Bikes?
 

Thanks Rich,Wonderwoman
Yes, I am intending to put them in the container along with the (Kitchen sink ;) ), if my dear wife has anything to do with it.

Re: Shipping Mountain Bikes?
 

Now that brings back happy mammary's (memories) I mean, I had a crush :o on Linda Carter aka Wonderwoman when I was but a lad.

Re: Shipping Mountain Bikes?
 

We shipped out all sorts of garden equipment and outdoor recreation stuff. I spent a day on the patio scrubbing everything down. Garden spades and the like I gave a quick spray over with a can of matt black paint - no argument then about how clean everything is. Tools were pressure-washed, then wiped over with WD40.

Re: Shipping Mountain Bikes?
 

We decided not to take the kids bikes, looking at the cost of the bikes in wallmart/cosco we have made the bikes part of their xmas presents and guess what we will be buying 2 mins after landing:sneaky:

One point our shippers told us was to make sure even under the seat was cleaned as this is one place that will be checked, night before shippers where in I was in the spare room with a six man tent wiping it down:rofl: .. also on the day I was told to wash my dyson out, (tip the yellow/orange tube/cone thing comes out) Hubby onkly thought of telling me this after I spent 10mins trying to wash around it :eek: men!!!

Re: Shipping Mountain Bikes?
 

I took our boys' bikes to the local garage where they steam-cleaned them for me :)