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Hello. I'm about to embark on a long overdue workshop clearance but there will be loads of small bits and bobs.
What is the go to postal service for small items? Royal mail seem to have changed all their prices making small inbetween'ish parcels a bit pricey.
Who do you use for saddles and wide handlebars, cranks etc. and what sort of price is now reasonable for those items?
Handlebars seem to be too wide for Royalmail dimensions 😕
Needs to be signed for and insured too!
Thank you kindly :0)
strange thread title as of all the small bike things you could post handlebars seem err...large.
I would consider frame and wheels to be large, forks to be medium and the rest of the components to be small. Hope that helps :0)
My hermes I've found to be the best for Handlebars... about £4-£5 iirc
Royal Mail small parcel signed for is about £2.70 +60p
I think the big small debate depends on the size of your hands and how close it is to you eyes.... 😛
For handlebars check out the royal mails dimensions for tubes/cylinders. I've sent a couple of handlebars this way - just roll some carboard around to form the 'cylinder' - doesn't hve to be perfect.
For rolled and cylinder shaped items, the length of the item plus twice the diameter must not exceed 104cm, with the greatest dimension being no more than 90cm.
I found Collect plus the cheapest for sending smaller items, especially handlebars.
MyHermes were the cheapest last I checked for lightweight items. Done a set of bars with them recently.
Royal Mail go more on size rather than weight. I recently posted some bars and the weight wasn't an issue but the length of them was.
Royal Mail might also perform a controlled explosion on handle bars if they have gas in them...;-)
I read that thread..not good :0(
Thanks for some of the pointers, I have had a good delve into prices and sizes etc and it seems they start off fairly close when including a signature and compensation and considering reliability and delivery times but price gaps get wider as the parcel gets heavier and slightly bigger
Royalmail are best for small parcels 45cm x 35cm x 8cm or 35 x 25 x 16cm upto 1kg
once the weight goes between 1 and 2kg and dimensions increase then you can save quite a bit elsewhere.
Even when just wrapping a medium width bar with cardboard I still exceed the tube dimensions for medium parcels with royalmail recorded but if you keep it under 500grams you can send it Special delivery for 6.95 with upto £500 compensation and delivered by lunchtime.
Myhermes is around £5.20 with £50 compensation and delivered within a few days
collectplus is £5.89 or £6.59 with £50 compensation but collectplus don't actually stipulate that long tubes are OK 😕
Well at least I have some good comparisons now, some things seem pricey but if they are all the same then that's the way it is :0(
Thanks for the help.