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  • Posting 730mm carbon bars, anywhere better than £11 with RM?
  • Poopscoop
    Full Member

    Pretty sure I was charged about £11 when I posted some alloy ones ages back with Royal Mail.

    I think size rather than weight is the cost on these?

    Any better options?

    Thanks lads!

    theocb
    Free Member

    myherpes allow longer packages nowadays, I think that’s an option
    RM sent as a tube if it’s not a riser but hit and miss depending on the shape you end up with 😉

    Poopscoop
    Full Member

    Ah yes, herpes. Might get a quote from them.

    20mm rise 31.8 bar so the “tube”idea is an option.

    Cheers!

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    cloudnine
    Free Member

    If you can post them in a tube it’s cheaper than £11 with RM.. Different prices for toobs

    Poopscoop
    Full Member

    Anyone know the diameter they specify for a “tube”?

    theocb
    Free Member

    I normally wrap it in the cardboard and try to make it look tube shaped with a kink in the middle and hope postie master accepts it.

    The issue with the tube is they then measure round the tube a couple of times then add the length, this throws it over the limit if the bars are too long or your tube shape is too bulky

    theocb
    Free Member

    I can’t remember but around a 100cm length with a couple of wraps around the tube. just google RM tube dimension or suffin 😀

    thwapy
    Free Member

    I posted a carbon riser 800mm this week. Guy behind the counter tried to charge me more but I pointed out it was a tube under 1m long and was therefore a medium parcel. £5. He shrugged his shoulders and put it through. It Arrived at the buyers house a couple of days later…

    nixie
    Full Member

    I’ve just price this for a set of 745mm high rise bars. £4 with myherpies (drop and store). Or £4.50 Hermes via interparcel with £50 cover.

    skids
    Free Member

    do it as a tube shaped parcel, I have just wrapped them in a bit of bubblewrap and then a bin bag over the top taped on wrapped arround

    aracer
    Free Member

    Of course you can post bars almost 90cm long as a medium parcel even without packaging them as a tube 😉

    Daffy
    Full Member

    Royal Mail. Length + 2*diameter must no exceed 104cm. Max length must be less than 90cm. Price will be around £4.50

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