Sending / Posting / Shipping a bike to/from abroad / overseas by post / courier

Hi Hippy,

Sorry for the late reply. Currently packing up my life, slowly, as I depart in over a month now.
I decided not to ship anything ahead, I found a great deal with China Southern airline, which allowed me to add on extra luggage relatively inexpensively. ~US$175 for additional luggage all the way to Melb.
So I'm just going to bring it as additional luggage, packaging it in a box from my LBS.

Cheers. Yeah, that's normally the best way. I've used Signapore and maybe Emirates in the past because they have a more generous baggage allowance - handy for a bike. But I don't know when I'll be going back so will probably just try and sell the bike rather than ship it.

Hi, hoping someone with experience can help me! Would be grateful.

I'm in Germany and want to pay for a frameset in the UK. The max. item worth to avoid import charges (but not taxes) is €150, which is my case.

From everything I have read, if one pays in one amount, shipping and item, and they cannot determine for sure a distinction between the two, then the customs people will simply view the item worth in total and it will mean I would pay both import charge (15%) and tax (19%).

How have others experienced or done this?

• A lump sum and then get a copy of courier receipt + listing the two costs in the reference section when I pay?
  
• Or, play it safe and pay for the frameset and shipping prices separately? Which would seem an unusual approach.
  
  

Failing all that, maybe just call the import office here tomorrow first.

Anyone sent a bike to EU recently? Thinking about shipping a bike to Italy to keep there for when I visit family, but don't want to wait for my next visit.

Wait for next visit and bring it with you. Think a bike on a plane is 50 quid instead of 100+

Want to order an S2C hub from Holland bike shop, but they don’t ship to the UK anymore. Is there an intermediary company I can forward it through? Bloody brexit…