I need to send my shock to TFT. Can i just use parcelforce or are there any restrictions on carriage? Can anyone recommend a service please? Is collect+ any good as im going to their collection point later.

I used myhermes to send my forks down to sussed out the other week.

This question illustrates the stupidity of the current regulations on what you can and can’t post.

In the Post Office the other day sending a bike component by Special Delivery:

PO: What’s in the package?
Me: A bike component
PO: Does it contain grease?
Me: What do you mean precisely?
PO: Well, is there any grease in it?
Me: It’s a bike component, if you do a chemical analysis on it I am pretty sure you’re going to return a positive test, but then if you did the same on 99% of other things I’m pretty sure you’d find trace elements of grease also, so again, what exactly do you mean?
PO: Just tell me no then I can send it.

I recently sent a couple of forks with Parcelforce, via the Post Office.

I just used their collect service. The difference in what you will pay at the post office and their collection is a few quid and its a whole lot more convenient.