I will be moving across the country for work later this year. Work normally organizes the whole move and they hire a third part to come and pack the whole house. I am trying to get everyone’s experience on what works best for packing and transporting a full set of bikes. We have 5 bikes in our hous…

I wanted to follow up now that we have finished our move and settled in, just in case somebody is thinking about moving with bikes. Overall the process and move went well for us. The bikes are in perfect condition. Here is the process we did: 1- my company was going to pay for the whole move so t…

If you are shipping any vehicles you could put a few bikes in them.

I’ve moved many times in the last few years, but I’m always the one doing the packing. Personally, even if the moving company was packing for me, I’d pack my own bikes. My usual procedure is to put as many bikes as possible on the roof of my car. I have one travel case, so it gets a bike. For any l…

I’ve moved a ton. Always too many bikes than I can move in my own car so the rest went in the moving trucks. I just pack them into bike boxes. Pad them well. The bike shop will give you tons of cardboard and foam wrap to pack them in. If they don’t (but they should, it’s all garbaged when they unbo…

[image] KevinKlaes: pool noodles I use plumbing pipe insulation and Velcro “tape”. Available at any hardware store and it’s cheap. This is my bike prepped for a flight, before it goes into its Thule hard case. [IMG_0206]

Don’t forget to tension the chains so they don’t slip and scratch either the frame or outside of the crankset when rattled non-stop for hours. For that many bikes, there’s no need to buy chain keepers. I use the Pedro’s Chain Keeper but that’s just one bike. I’m sure big ringing it and zip tying/t…

Find out from the moving company who is responsible for damage if they pack the bikes versus if you pack the bikes. In either case, take lots of before pictures just in case, and create a detailed inventory for each bike listing every component and have pictures just in case something happens and y…

For what it’s worth just pull the chain off. That’s what I do when I fly as well.

Even if the moving company is liable if you’ve ever had to make a claim against one… You know it’s a ton of trouble. Even with “reliable” movers. Pack everything with the thought that you may not get a penny back if it’s damaged.

When we moved from southern AZ to the Bay Area of CA, we had a bunch of things we didn’t let the moving company touch. Our bikes were in that pile (along with jewelry, important papers, musical instruments, and other things we didn’t want to risk losing). We rented a u-haul and drove that. We negoti…

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KevinKlaes April 10, 2023, 6:25pm 2

Some pool noodles and then bike shipping boxes from a local bike store is the way I’d go.

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