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Bicycle shipping carrier?

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  • 16-07-2019 6:18pm
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    sin_26
    Registered Users Posts: 475 ✭✭


    Hi All
    Want to ship Bicycle from Cork to Sligo. Some couriers either don`t accept parcel of that size some give you quotas 140+ quid.

    Is some one know any way how to do it for resonable price?
    Is it even possible...? :)


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    #2
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    If it's a road bike start training and then you can cycle it up on a 2 day journey, stay in an airbnb in Gort!

    More realistic would be to find someone that needs to drive from Cork to Sligo and help pay for fuel then get the bus back.
    I don't know if there are ride sharing sites for Ireland, I know it's popular in other countries.


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    cdaly_
    Registered Users Posts: 6,440 ✭✭✭cdaly_


    7 hour trip (each way) by train, €50 return. How much is your time worth?


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    KevRossi
    Registered Users Posts: 4,473 ✭✭✭KevRossi


    You could do it on a Saturday, leave Cork at 7:10, be back at 22:25.
    50 mins to change from Hesuton to Connolly each way.
    50 mins in Sligo.
    Less than €70 return buying online in advance. Bike goes free.

    Or put a note in the Sligo and Cork forums and ask if anybody is doing the trip.


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    Don't Chute!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭Don't Chute!


    Try An Post. I recently posted a bike to Sweden and it cost €80.


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    sin_26
    Registered Users Posts: 475 ✭✭sin_26


    Thanks guys for all replies. I think that will follow the train route as cycling back to Sligo with bnb brake is so tempting but my old arse is against that :).

    Cheers


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    cdaly_
    Registered Users Posts: 6,440 ✭✭✭cdaly_


    sin_26 wrote: »
    Thanks guys for all replies. I think that will follow the train route as cycling back to Sligo with bnb brake is so tempting but my old arse is against that :).

    Cheers

    Consider a halfway option.
    Train: Cork -> Portlaoise
    Bike: Portlaoise -> Mullingar Only 91k
    Train: Mullingar -> Sligo


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