I have a 10kg bike box to send and just tried to book in via Parcel monkey and was quoted £40 for delivery. This seems a bit steep and I thought around £20 was the going rate – does anybody have any recommendations on firms ?

Interparcel..using city link may be worth a look

Royal mail…post office…

Standard Parcels

Send parcels up to 1.5m long and up to 20kg*.
Free certificate of posting from your Post Office®.
Up to £46 compensation cover for loss and damage included in the postage price.
Prices from just £5.30 for up to 2kg.

Have you tried http://www.parcel2go.com/ yet?

I’ve sent a bike in the last few days with http://www.totalparcels.com/

£20ish with £750 insurance, collected on time and delivered next day by City Link.

parcel2go but avoid Yodel like the plague. Or direct with TNT as I always seem to end up booking them through parcel2go anyway

http://www.paisleyfreight.com/bike-delivery.php