A bike courier for boxed bikes, frames and wheels
Send boxed bikes, frames and wheels from your shop or warehouse to your customers. The price is shown before you book, we collect from your door and you track it to theirs.
How bike delivery works
Box the bike, measure and weigh the box, and enter it when you book. A boxed bike is usually 150 to 175cm long, well inside our 6.5m limit, and the price is shown before you pay.
Bike boxes are big and light, so they are usually priced on size. A 160 x 80 x 25cm box weighing 18kg works out at 64kg by size, so it is priced at 64kg. A slimmer box costs less.
Send bikes boxed so they survive normal handling. We can't carry e-bike batteries, as they count as dangerous goods, so send an e-bike without its battery.
What you can send
Bikes and bike kit, boxed, each priced on size or weight, whichever is greater.
Boxed bikes
Road, mountain, gravel, kids' and e-bikes (without the battery).
Frames and forks
Frame boxes and framesets, sent on their own or with wheels in the same consignment.
Wheels
Single wheels and boxed wheelsets.
Trainers and stands
Indoor trainers, workstands and display stands.
Returns and repairs
Book a return from your account and we collect the bike from your customer.
Busy months
No caps on your account, so you book more in spring and less after.
Related: long parcel delivery, large items, collection.
Who sends bikes with us
If you run a bike shop, an online store or a workshop and send bikes out to customers, or back after a repair, this is the service for you.
What size bike box you can send
- Weight per item
- Up to 150kg
- Length per item
- Up to 6.5m
- Other two sides
- Up to 3m each
- Per consignment
- 1,000kg and 15 cubic metres
Several items can travel as one consignment, each priced on its own line. Measure the longest side and weigh each item before you book.
How bike delivery is priced
Every item is priced on its size or weight, whichever is greater. We work out its volumetric weight (length x width x height in cm, divided by 5000) and compare it with the actual weight. How volumetric weight works.
Fuel is included, so there is no separate fuel surcharge. You see the full price, line by line, before you book. Prices exclude VAT, which is added at payment.
If an item turns out bigger or heavier than declared, the consignment is re-priced at the actual size and weight.
- Next working day or pick a day collection
- Standard price
- Your area day collection
- Costs less
- Later today collection
- Costs more
- Two-person delivery
- Costs more
- Regional surcharge, per end
- Rate card
- Standard cover
- Included in the price
Every amount is shown as its own line in your price before you book.
Bike delivery questions
It depends on the size of the box and the journey. Most bike boxes are priced on size: a 160 x 80 x 25cm box is priced at 64kg. Enter your postcodes and the box size on the booking page for a live price in seconds.
Yes, without its battery. E-bike batteries count as dangerous goods, so we can't carry them.
Yes. Box it so it survives normal handling, with the bars turned, pedals off and the frame padded. Measure and weigh the box, not the bike.
Next working day delivers by 6pm on the working day after collection. Deliveries to or from remote zones take longer, and the booking page shows the delivery date before you pay.
Yes. Book the return from your account with your customer's address as the collection address. We collect from them and deliver it back to you.
No. We deliver bikes rather than deliver by bike. Your boxed bike is collected by van from your door.
More answers in the help centre.
Other services
All services- Large itemsBig boxes, cartons and long, heavy or bulky goods up to 150kg, priced on size or weight.
- Next day courierCollected from your door, delivered by 6pm on the next working day.
- Business courierOne account for your team, weekly invoicing once verified, rate cards and CSV batch.
- CollectionLater today, your area day, next working day or any weekday in the next 30 days.
- Two-person deliveryTwo crew carry heavy and bulky goods into the room your recipient chooses.
- Northern Ireland, Highlands and islandsSurcharge zones, postcodes and extra days for remote areas, set out in full.
- Long parcel deliveryTubes, pipes, timber and rolls up to 6.5m long, priced on size or weight.
- Heavy parcel deliveryMachinery parts, engines and gym kit up to 150kg per item.
- Oversized and awkward itemsDoors, panels, display stands, signs and crated one-offs that won't box neatly.
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