I just shipped a DH bike yesterday it was exactly 154x25x54 Royal mail would not take it because it was too big. Once its over the 150cm then it gets difficult so i would recommend chopping your box down as small as possible, mind you saying that i dont know how all the companies/shops etc manage as with pretty much every company i found that once over 150cm it got expensive!
bought this for £740 posted from Gumtree, gulp (definitely took a risk there but paid off), literally brand new condition, only a couple of chips on it, it has just had some brand new 66 rc3 forks on it which cost around £600 new!!! Could not believe my eyes when it arrived at my door!!! Looked up how much they were new when i bought it two years ago and it was around £2k
i once put my chain back through my rear mech the wrong way didnt realise until a few hundred metres into my ride (after a friend had dropped me off a long way from anywhere) which resulted in the mech and hanger in a mangled mess and a bloody long walk back!
Teethgrinder – i hope you didnt go especially for me… i have already got one, got it from a shop in blaydon :S its my brother sorting it out not myself as im abroad but he got one from blaydon anyway! Thank you very much for the offer either way, have fun making cardboard castles with it!
nice one dude, thank you very much, il have a little think about ti buy i shall most likely be purchasing one of those asap! have you bought something from this shop before, its legitimate and all…? fantastic price
last time i parked my bike up at the station overnight in aberdeen (it was an old shopper bike with 20″ wheels i had bought to knock around town on) the station guards chopped the lock and threw it in the skip, i was livid when i went back the next day!!!
teethgrinder, thankyou for you kind offer, my brother is actually the one sorting it out and he has found one in blaydon but bellingham is much closer to me so will try there first and also give the guy in prudhoe a call ont old telephone
I used to be exactly the same until a few weeks ago when i went for a ride through the dark dark slovenian woods (which is basically dracula country) on my own, only my second lone night ride ever and i was surprising ok about it, i was determined to get over the fear. Try with headphones on, it really makes a difference, although if any sort of animal crosses your path you truly cake your pants!