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thejij

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shipping a bike
« on: February 09, 2014, 04:16:29 PM »
Has anyone ever shipped a bike across provinces? If so, who did you use?

Im pretty sure one could ship bikes like a car via CN or something, but not sure. Any one have experience with this? How does brock get all his bikes shipped to him?

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Re: shipping a bike
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2014, 04:30:04 PM »
Talk to Guy or Steve Crout.
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Re: shipping a bike
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2014, 06:58:09 PM »
Hello Jer - I've sent a few around to different places.  First - I'd probably want to compare the cost of the bike to the distance it has to travel and the amount of work you're willing to do to get it there.
There is Canadian Freightways if it is next door (need to use a company name, doesn't need to be Ltd.)
CN Rail if it is across the wheat sea
And if it is all the way to Lobster country then you might want to look at shipping by sea from Vancouver.

There is a bike moving company called Bike Haul that has specials and can bring it from a point in the USA to anywhere else in the USA and since we're so close to the border is could just be a matter of renting a small storage place for a month, notifying the Bike Haul guys and they'll roll it on to the truck with no crating required. I've used a small company next to Bellingham for storing the bikes and as a drop-off point. You don't need to be there to see it off and the drivers are good.

So, with a starter of information maybe you can email me at stevecrout@hotmail.com  and we can discuss it further?

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Re: shipping a bike
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2014, 02:19:14 AM »
Do you know what CNR stands for? Certainly No Rush. If you ship it by rail you will reget it. I know because I work there. If you had 100 railcars a day they MAY get your product on time to you. Now one car well lets just say they will throw that on any train anywhere that they can, when they get around to it.