cower@columbia.UUCP (Rich Cower) (07/14/85)
thanks to all of you who replied to my moving cycles message. people asked me to post the suggestions i got, so here they are ordered by number of responses: 1. crate it. bmw ships their bikes almost whole, and the dealers are generally willing to give them away. i decided not to do this since I keep my bikes in my fifth floor apt. and the elevator would not hold the crate, and the movers probably will not have a forklift. 2. Pack them very carefully using the supplied blankets the movers have. This is the one I'm going to use. I will let yo know how it goes if there is any interest. 3. Take the handlebars off and attach some thing like a handlebar but with steel plate on the ends. I guess these are a bit longer than the stock bars and therefore protect the bike. You can also attach things like this to the rear end someplace. I like this one, but getting something like that made in New York in a week would be hard. I'll certainly file it away for future reference tho. 4. Take them apart and move them in boxes. I've actually done this (my last building had a tiny elevator and the bikes had to be disassembled to get them in/out). The mover insurance covers things like cycles better if they are in one piece, so I opted out of this one. Also, I don't like taking them apart all the time. 5. Ride them out. Good idea, but I have two. Again, thanks for your responses. ..Rich