Shipping bike from Portugal to Melbourne??

[hippy]

My mate is competing in Madeira soon
and after the race wants to send his bike
home and commence a holiday without it.

Does anyone have any info about shipping
a bike from Lisbon, Portugal to Melbourne?

Tough ask, I know, but thought I'd try it...

cheers!
hippy

 

[cfsmtb]

Hippy wrote:
> Does anyone have any info about shipping a bike from Lisbon, Portugal to
> Melbourne? Tough ask, I know, but thought I'd try it... cheers! hippy


Um, talk to Kristjan


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[Carl Hemmings]

Stu, have a safe trip in Euro, cheers tall carlos

"hippy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> My mate is competing in Madeira soon
> and after the race wants to send his bike
> home and commence a holiday without it.
>
> Does anyone have any info about shipping
> a bike from Lisbon, Portugal to Melbourne?
>
> Tough ask, I know, but thought I'd try it...
>
> cheers!
> hippy
>
>

 

[Kristjan Snorrason]

Saw that one coming...
Let me dig around in my emails and I'll get back to you... I have the
details of a shipping agency here somewhere.
Failing that I'll send an email across to .pt and get a response soon....


"cfsmtb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:%[email protected]...
> Hippy wrote:
> > Does anyone have any info about shipping a bike from Lisbon, Portugal
to
> > Melbourne? Tough ask, I know, but thought I'd try it... cheers! hippy
>
>
>
> Um, talk to Kristjan?
>
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[kingsley]

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 07:03:56 +0000, hippy wrote:

> My mate is competing in Madeira soon
> and after the race wants to send his bike home and
> commence a holiday without it.

Huh?

How can you have a holiday _without_ a bike?!

On a more serious note, if you box it, one of the
seppo' shipping companies will deliver it at
significant expense (around US$200 comes to mind,
but this is from anecdotes on the Phred's bicycle
touring list, and is probably for shipping EU->US).

Do airlines still do un-accompanied luggage ?

Also, he can't just leave it at, or ship it to
the last hotel he will be staying at, and then
take it back with him ?

-kt

 

[Andrew Swan]

hippy wrote:
> Does anyone have any info about shipping
> a bike from Lisbon, Portugal to Melbourne?
>
> Tough ask, I know, but thought I'd try it...
>
> cheers!
> hippy
>
>
I think Albion Cycles (02) 9387 1144 (or http://www.albioncycles.com.au)
imports bikes from Portugal, so they might have some useful tips/info?

HTH,

&roo

P.S. Are you still here?

 

[Kristjan Snorrason]

http://www.qantas.com.au/freight/products/unaccompanied_baggage.html

http://www.jetta.com.au

Good luck... usually we have just taken heaps of stuff with us wherever we
have flown... sometimes copping an excess charge, but for the most part
avoiding them.
Easier and cheaper just to ask a hotel or friend or similar (even a LBS) to
hold onto your bike for you.

hope this helps.

 

[hippy]

Cheers peeps! I have passed this info onto the Portugal-bound lad..

hippy (whats with euro kezboards?! sheesh!


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