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Anyone travelling back from USA soon?

Lumen · 2010-04-21 18:51:57

In what may be the most ironic "fail" of my bike purchasing career, I've been given a quote of $400 to ship a $350 hard case (mostly full of air) from the US. The case is for my folding travel bike, one of the flimsy justifications for which is to reduce airline baggage charges. :pac: Case dimensions are 26" x 26" x 10"…

21-04-2010 7:51pm

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Lumen

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In what may be the most ironic "fail" of my bike purchasing career, I've been given a quote of $400 to ship a $350 hard case (mostly full of air) from the US.

The case is for my folding travel bike, one of the flimsy justifications for which is to reduce airline baggage charges. :pac:

Case dimensions are 26" x 26" x 10" which meets the typical airline standard maximum size limit of 62" combined (length + width + thickness), so can be checked on as ordinary hold baggage.

Is there anyone out there travelling from the US to Ireland before the end of May?

I'd be happy to bung a bit of cash/beer/new boards jersey to compensate for the hassle of repacking your clothes etc into the case for the flight.

Any other suggestions welcome.

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