How To Pack A Bicycle For A Delivery Company

With the increased interest in personal fitness, and the environment, and rising petrol and diesel fuel costs, more and more people are purchasing bicycles. Our clients often send bicycles, or push bikes, including electric bicycles, through us. Therefore, we would like to help you and explain the best way to properly pack such equipment for shipment.

How do I ship a bicycle?

The most important thing is to pack the push bike or electric bike to be shipped by courier in a strong and sturdy cardboard box (you can usually get a cardboard box of an appropriate size at a bicycle shop or bicycle-related store). It is important to choose a box that is strong enough to match the contents of our shipment. The cardboard used should be undamaged and as stiff as possible. Remove all markings, labels, addresses, and so on.

Preparation of the bike itself for shipment

The bike that we want to send via a courier company should be clean.

To reduce the size of our shipment, we can:

- loosen the bike handlebars and place it alongside the frame,

- dismantle some protruding parts

- unscrew the pedals,

- loosen the saddle and handlebars and slide them as low as possible

- unscrew lamps, counters, bell, and anything else which may be protruding.

In this way, we will reduce the shipping costs of our shipment, and we will not expose other shipments to damage during transport.

It is best to pack all disassembled parts in a small box or a bag and place it together with the bike in one large box, so that nothing moves inside. The carton should be fully filled, with free spaces filled with filling materials, so as to cushion the shipment, so that noting can move around inside and cause damage or scratching of materials against each other.

It is best to use:

- bubble wrap, or

- crushed paper such as newspaper, or

- cardboard sheets, or

- rolls of compact stretch film.

The whole package should be sealed with strong tape, and then print the bill of lading and stick it onto the shipment.

Of course, you can pack the bike in other ways, but whatever way you decide to do it, please be mindful of the contents of your package not damaging each other, and of your parcel not damaging other parcels. Packing the shipment properly is crucial. It will make the experience of shipment by our courier service more seamless. You can get a quote from our delivery company, SPRINT SAMEDAY COURIERS, to send your parcel quickly, cheaply and conveniently by clicking here. Sending the package by our delivery company means reliability, consistency, punctuality and accuracy. We look forward to assisting you with your next delivery requirements, through our courier company.