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From: cower@columbia.UUCP (Rich Cower)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: moving cycles
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Date: Sat, 13-Jul-85 18:27:35 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul 13 18:27:35 1985
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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