The Top 9 Instructions on the Web for “How to ship a bike?”

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If you have never shipped your pet before, it can be a stressful experience trying to figure out the proper procedure-especially if you are under a time crunch. That is why we scoured the internet in search of the best instructions on “how to ship a pet?” and put them all in one place. The instructions that are included in this list provide different perspectives, stories and tools that could be of use to any first time pet shipper or a pet owner that wants to do a better job the second time around. We hope you find it helpful.

How do I ship a pet?

We provide you with the procedure and the resource links you would need to arrange to have your pet shipped by air.

Shipping your puppies

This provides you with a procedure and good resource links. This article is good for someone who wants more detail.

Shipping your dogs and puppies
This article has good tips on shipping a dog. The section on “Why Ship?” turns out to be unintentionally funny because of the author’s use of the the word “bitch”. He uses it in the formal sense but I am afraid that popular culture has made it impossible for us to read that paragraph without a smirk. He also gives his account of a close call that almost occurred traveling by with his puppies.

Kennel Size
This article gives great kennel information and diagrams. In fact we link to this section from our article.

Airline friendly pet travel information
This site also provides some good tips and information about the airline cargo area.

Moving with a pet
This article although very wordy, does provide a good list of questions to ask a pet transporter.

Pet lovers discussion forum
This is an active forum on shipping dogs.

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We have foraged the internet and gathered all worthwhile links on “How To Ship a Bike” in one place. We reviewed each instructional for content value and have come up with the top 9 instructionals on “How to ship a bike” and have provided them here. Together they provide well rounded information needed to for you to get your bike to its destination. Let us know if we missed something.

#1 Here is an excellent series of video clips designed to help you pack and ship your bike we found on YouTube. The author goes through the steps needed to pack and ship your bike. We decided to break them up into two categories 1) bike disassembly and 2) packing and ship.

Disassembly of a Bike
Packing and Shipping of a Bike

#2 This instruction provides you with a basic outline of steps and the materials needed to ship a bike. It does not go into the details. Good if you want a quick outline.
Instruction from BloomBikeShop

#3 This instruction provides more detailed steps without unnecessary wordiness.
An Ehow Tutorial

#4 This instruction seems to be geared towards a younger audience. It gets into a little more detail than the above but is also more wordy. They do provide some cute drawings.
Instruction from Tutorials.com

#5 This instructional is very bare bones but we include it because it stresses guarding against dim weight restrictions by obtaining the proper sized used bike box from a bike shop.This author also recommends obtaining a used box and cutting it if it is too big. We recommend just going out and getting smaller box.
A WikiHow Instruction

#6 We include this instruction because it describes a very nice and probably expensive case that can be obtained in order to ship a bike for frequent travelers. It also has a nice section at the end on picking a shipper, what day during the week to ship package and what service to use.
Instruction from Tr-County Bike Association

#7 This instruction describes one person’s experience trying to ship a bike to the US from Canada. Unless you are doing the same this may not be of interest to you.
Instruction from TravelWriter

#8 In this instruction the author goes through his experience shipping a bike. This is good if you want to read about other people’s experience.
Instruction from “hookllk”

#9 This is a ready made forum on shipping a bike. Here you can ask specific questions from bike shipping experts.
Instruction from ROAD BIKE REVIEW

Good Luck and Good Shipping,
Your How To Ship Advisor

Make your contribution and submit another video on how to ship a bike using the guidelines above!!