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Freighting your bicycle
Postby jemo27 » Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:33 am
I'm wondering what other people experinces have been with freighting your bicyle somewhere?
who did you use to freight your bicycle?
what did it cost?
was it a good experince?
thanks
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Re: Freighting your bicycle
Postby il padrone » Sun Jun 03, 2012 12:00 pm
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Freighting your bicycle
Postby RonK » Sun Jun 03, 2012 2:03 pm
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Re: Freighting your bicycle
Postby Meditator » Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:05 am
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Re: Freighting your bicycle
Postby jemo27 » Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:34 am
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Re: Freighting your bicycle
Postby Meditator » Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:47 am
I really can't see there'd be a problem with putting your bike on the train but obviously the information you want can be more easily obtained by phoning the rail people.
Jemo i reckon if you included more info in your posts, people could give you more useful responses sooner and ask you less pointless questions or at least feel less tempted to ask you fewer questions. I noticed this with your other posts too. Your posts just make me want to ask for more info every time i read them.
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Re: Freighting your bicycle
Postby il padrone » Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:28 pm
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Re: Freighting your bicycle
Postby J Quinton » Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:55 pm
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Re: Freighting your bicycle
Postby V17L » Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:22 pm
cheers
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Re: Freighting your bicycle
Postby Meditator » Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:05 am
V17L wrote:G'Day, from memory I think greyhound will freight a bike anywhere in Australia, one depot to another, for $95. Worth checking if this is still available.
cheers
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That would be about right and you will have to pull it apart and put it in a box of course.
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Re: Freighting your bicycle
Postby jemo27 » Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:53 pm
anyone done this?
sounds reasonable and easy to do.
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Postby Meditator » Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:05 pm
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Re: Freighting your bicycle
Postby V17L » Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:26 am
Yes, I had a bike sent from Melbourne to Alice. It was boxed up. i think they also charged me $15 to pick it up from a bike shop in melbourne and drop it off at the greyhound depot. This was an extra.
I remember ringing up to find out where it was with the tracking number.
Went down to the greyhound depot, and the baby was there all safe and sound.
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Re: Freighting your bicycle
Postby jemo27 » Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:29 am
V17L wrote:Hi Jemo
Yes, I had a bike sent from Melbourne to Alice. It was boxed up. i think they also charged me $15 to pick it up from a bike shop in melbourne and drop it off at the greyhound depot. This was an extra.
I remember ringing up to find out where it was with the tracking number.
Went down to the greyhound depot, and the baby was there all safe and sound.
cheers
steve
thanks Steve, thats what I was after personal experience
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Re: Freighting your bicycle
Postby jemo27 » Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:11 am
Basically I'm catching the Indian Pacific to Kalgoorlie from Adelaide, then using local WA trains to get to Perth.
I can take a bicycle on the Indian Pacific but not on the WA train from Kalgoorlie.
Therefore, I either have to freight my bicycle from Kalgoorlie or Adelaide. The problem is that I am in Kalgoorlie on a weekend when freight services are limited from what I can find.
Sending from Adelaide the problem is that it could take a week to arrive.
Anyone got some suggestions?
I don't live in Adelaide or Perth
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Postby Dr_Mutley » Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:57 am
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Re: Freighting your bicycle
Postby just4tehhalibut » Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:52 pm
If freighting instead do you have someone to send it to or an LBS that might help out?
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Re: Freighting your bicycle
Postby il padrone » Fri Mar 01, 2013 12:05 am
jemo27 wrote:Trying to figure out the best way to get my bicycle from Adelaide to Perth Any suggestions?
Basically I'm catching the Indian Pacific to Kalgoorlie from Adelaide, then using local WA trains to get to Perth.
I can take a bicycle on the Indian Pacific but not on the WA train from Kalgoorlie.
There's probably an obvious reason for this but I couldn't see it so I have to ask - why are you not staying on the Indian Pacific right through to Perth? Or if disembarking at Kalgoorlie for some reason, just board the next Indian Pacific service to get you through to Perth?
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Re: Freighting your bicycle
Postby festybiker » Mon Mar 18, 2013 8:50 pm
I rang a bike shop in Brisbane (close to where i purchased the bike), and asked if they could assist. The were happy to do so. All i had to do was get the bike to the shop.
Boxing up costs by shop and Freight with TNT to 1 hour north of Melbourne was $128.
I am expecting the bike either late this week or early next week.
Shall report back on the experience........after a little riding of course.
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Re: Freighting your bicycle
Postby festybiker » Fri Mar 29, 2013 12:15 am
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