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These restrictions have been officially applied since April 2020 https://www.colissimo.entreprise.laposte.fr/fr/covid19
I tried shipping a pair of wheels last May (so just a bit above the 150cm rule) and it wasn't accepted , had to switch carrier for a more expensive one. Maybe it just depends on the type of office you ship from (size, staff etc). Thanks !
CoconutCrab-
My box measures 115 x 59x 21cm, so 195cm total length, not sure that's going to work.
Although I'm pretty sure that some of the framesets I posted last year were after after April, and over 150cm.
Edit: I posted 4 frames to the UK between September and November last year, I'd guess the boxes were all somewhere between 150-200cm total length (except for the Trek one which was bigger and heavier and got charged more for). The latest rules say applicable from 13/Jan, maybe they've been implementing and relaxing them depending on national Covid restrictions?
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And yes, I can confirm that the post office won't accept a box over 150cm total length now.
(Although I think this depends on the post office, as the assistant said it was due to the size of the van transporting the packages from that post office to the sorting depot.)
Philbythesea
I only post framesets, and I take off the forks now to reduce the box size.
When I've previously taken boxed up frames which were a bit over the 150cm, they didn't usually check, I've only been called up on that once (a Trek mtb frameset with forks still in place, plus most of the bits, but not the wheels). It was also heavier than just framesets I've sent (11kg rather than about 5-6kg). They got the tape measure out that time, and the price went up from 30-something euros to 60-something euros.
I haven't tried shipping a full bike. You might have to break it down and send in mutiple packages. And maybe customise the frameset box into a diamond shape to keep the overall length/size down to less than 150cm.
I didn't know they'd introduced new Covid size restrictions. The box I'm trying to post looks quite compact, and it's quite a snug fit, but it's a bit over 150cm in total (a large size mtb frame). I'll see what they say when I take it back to the post office this weekend.