Send an exercise bike by courier

Heavy, bulky items with protruding elements certainly would test most couriers but we can help you arrange the delivery of such items using specialist couriers such as DX who make light work of moving bigger items. 

Sometimes we just buy sports equipment such as exercise bikes with the best intentions. Having been used to hang clothes on for a few months or tucked away in the garage for far too long you may be looking to raise a bit more cash for events such as Christmas, holidays or just because you can't take it staring at you any longer. The easy option is to sell it on eBay and be done with it.

The less easy part is to actually get it ready to be shipped. There are just so many considerations to be aware of:

• Try and get it into as compact a form as possible. This may mean unscrewing the handle support or base and then carefully securing it together in a less awkward shape than before.
• Hopefully, you would have kept the original box. If you've never unpacked it, then you're almost there anyway. If you haven't, then you may be scrabbling for bits of cardboard. You could try going to your municipal tip and asking there for a box, or you can just use other boxes that you've unfolded out and wrapped around the bike.
• Don't forget that often these exercise bikes have electrical and other fragile elements so making sure you use copious amounts of bubble-wrap certainly would help.
• When you have adequately packed the bike - then you will need to get the parcel's weight. Although the 'bands', where the price goes up according to the item's weight, are fairly broad, it is essential that you get an accurate measure of how heavy it is as surcharges may result from underestimating the weight. You can often find the weight of an exercise on sites like Amazon and Sweatband.com.
• Use a price comparison service - sometimes you can have too much choice, but when it comes to couriers the difference in service levels can be relatively large so using a service that allows you to search for your specific requirements and only shown suitable services is absolutely key.
• Make sure you're aware of the level of protection cover and what it covers. When you place the value of the item in our system it will default to the appropriate value of cover, but do check the specifics of what actually is covered and your responsibilities if you have an issue with the delivery.

Can you collect an exercise bike for me from someone else?

Maybe you are at the other end of the spectrum and would love to buy an exercise bike from an eBay seller or via Facebook Marketplace, but you are stuck for how on earth you can get it delivered for a decent price. 

We can help with this problem even if the seller is selling a 'collection only' as it is simple to book a courier to go and collect the item on your behalf. get the dimensions and weight of the box from the seller get a quote and book with a courier via Parcel Monkey. Then email them any shipping labels and let them know when the courier is coming to pick up your newly purchased exercise bike. 

All they need to do is hand over the box and then the courier will transport your exercise bike, and you can track it to delivery plus add protection cover too! 

Related Help Pages:

• Can you handle parcels over 50kg?
• What's the cheapest way to send heavy or over-sized parcels?
• Do you have any size limits?
• How do I send long parcels?