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]

Originally posted by Hippy
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?

 

[Carl Hemmings]

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

"hippy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 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 Snorra]

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
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> 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?
>
>
>
> --

 

[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 Snorra]

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!)