and YouPileItUp YouDrop
You have multiple road, mountain and time trial bikes, a collection of roof and trailer hitch bike racks, fluid trainers and rollers, ten speed road and mountain bike wheels, framesets, accessories, electronics, boxes of components and you are within reasonable driving distance of Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Wonderful! Load it all up in the car, let us know you are on the way and drop it off with us. Get a tour of Frame and Wheel headquarters, go for a ride and then hit the beach or the City of Portland. Or hit the slopes! We provide the service in winter!
YouPack YouShip
You are an expert at packing and shipping cycling gear (perhaps because you are a bike shop) and you have a FedEx or UPS account. You have the boxes and the experience and you are on a first name basis with your FedEx or UPS carrier. Nice! Just pack everything up, give us the heads up (the tracking numbers) and ship it over to Frame and Wheel. Go Package People!
YouPack WeShipFedEx
You are experienced at packing smaller items (components, seats, helmets, clothing, etc) and you have the boxes and materials to get it done, but you don’t have access to a shipping account. No problem! Pack up what you have and visit the Frame and Wheel FedEx Inbound Shipping portal.
Follow these three easy steps: 1) Enter your contact information and the number packages you are shipping. 2) Print out the labels, attach them to your boxes and bring them to any FedEx Office location (You can also bring the QR code that is emailed to you and present that to the representative).
That's it. FedEx has all the information it needs knows what to do next. You don’t have to pay any cash up front. We will deduct the inbound shipping expenses from the sale proceeds of your items. Please be aware that any bike box larger than 56 x 9 x 28 inches or bike box with a dimensional weight * of more than 102 cubic square inches will be charged oversized rates which will triple the shipping cost and materially reduce the size of your payout!
Rules of thumb: 1) Take your bike apart as much as possible. We are most likely going to take it apart anyway. 2) Ship in the smallest box you can. Shorten the length or height of your box with a box cutter if it is too big for the item you are shipping. Don't pay to ship air! 3) Questions? Just call me on 207 415 3746.
YouPileItUp WeShip
You are retiring from road, mountain and triathlon to focus on gravel and you have multiple bikes, racks, trainers, rollers, wheels, framesets, shoes, helmets, boxes of components and accessories and there is no way you are going to pack and ship any of it. You are not alone! Pile everything up, box or bag it up so that it stays together and let us know how many bikes, boxes or accessories are going to go. We will arrange for one of our third party professional transporters to turn up at your doorstep to pick it all up and bring it to our facility. This is the easiest and most cost effective way to get your lifetime collection of cycling gear to us. Distance is not a problem. You can be anywhere in the country. And as with YouPack WeShip, we will deduct inbound shipping expenses from the proceeds of the sale of your items.
Please call me with any questions
I am standing by to answer any questions you have about the process. You can learn more about the service on the Frame and Wheel You Tube Channel, the Frame and Wheel Facebook Page, the Frame and Wheel Instagram feed, and on the Frame and Wheel website.
* How to calculate dimensional weight
Dimensional weight is the amount of space your package occupies relative to its actual weight. It is how FedEx and UPS calculate their rates and it rewards efficient packing. This is how you calculate it: multiply the length times the width times the height of your box and divide by 139 which is the fixed denominator FedEx assigns to all domestic and international shipments. That will produce the total cubic square inches your box occupies in a truck or a plane. For example:
Dimensional weight calculations
Standard bike box: 54 inches long 8 inches wide and 28 inches high:
54 x 8 x 28 = 12,096
12,096 / 139 = 87 cubic square inches.
Large bike box: 56 inches long 9 inches wide and 28 inches high:
56 x 9 x 28 = 14,112
14,112 = 102 cubic square inches
Non standard bike box: 50 inches long 9 inches wide 31 inches high
50 x 9 x 31 = 13,950
13,950 / 139 = 100 cubic square inches
Extra large bike box: 56 inches long x 9 inches wide x 31 inches high
56 x 9 x 31 = 15,624
15,624 / 139 = 112 cubic square inches
The extra large bike box is oversize because its dimensional weight is greater than 102 cubic square inches. It is three times more expensive to ship than a standard bike box!
You should know that you can buy a standard 54 x 8 x 28 bike box from FedEx Office for about $20 and not have to worry about any of this sizing stuff!
You have multiple road, mountain and time trial bikes, a collection of roof and trailer hitch bike racks, fluid trainers and rollers, ten speed road and mountain bike wheels, framesets, accessories, electronics, boxes of components and you are within reasonable driving distance of Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Wonderful! Load it all up in the car, let us know you are on the way and drop it off with us. Get a tour of Frame and Wheel headquarters, go for a ride and then hit the beach or the City of Portland. Or hit the slopes! We provide the service in winter!
YouPack YouShip
You are an expert at packing and shipping cycling gear (perhaps because you are a bike shop) and you have a FedEx or UPS account. You have the boxes and the experience and you are on a first name basis with your FedEx or UPS carrier. Nice! Just pack everything up, give us the heads up (the tracking numbers) and ship it over to Frame and Wheel. Go Package People!
YouPack WeShipFedEx
You are experienced at packing smaller items (components, seats, helmets, clothing, etc) and you have the boxes and materials to get it done, but you don’t have access to a shipping account. No problem! Pack up what you have and visit the Frame and Wheel FedEx Inbound Shipping portal.
Follow these three easy steps: 1) Enter your contact information and the number packages you are shipping. 2) Print out the labels, attach them to your boxes and bring them to any FedEx Office location (You can also bring the QR code that is emailed to you and present that to the representative).
That's it. FedEx has all the information it needs knows what to do next. You don’t have to pay any cash up front. We will deduct the inbound shipping expenses from the sale proceeds of your items. Please be aware that any bike box larger than 56 x 9 x 28 inches or bike box with a dimensional weight * of more than 102 cubic square inches will be charged oversized rates which will triple the shipping cost and materially reduce the size of your payout!
Rules of thumb: 1) Take your bike apart as much as possible. We are most likely going to take it apart anyway. 2) Ship in the smallest box you can. Shorten the length or height of your box with a box cutter if it is too big for the item you are shipping. Don't pay to ship air! 3) Questions? Just call me on 207 415 3746.
YouPileItUp WeShip
You are retiring from road, mountain and triathlon to focus on gravel and you have multiple bikes, racks, trainers, rollers, wheels, framesets, shoes, helmets, boxes of components and accessories and there is no way you are going to pack and ship any of it. You are not alone! Pile everything up, box or bag it up so that it stays together and let us know how many bikes, boxes or accessories are going to go. We will arrange for one of our third party professional transporters to turn up at your doorstep to pick it all up and bring it to our facility. This is the easiest and most cost effective way to get your lifetime collection of cycling gear to us. Distance is not a problem. You can be anywhere in the country. And as with YouPack WeShip, we will deduct inbound shipping expenses from the proceeds of the sale of your items.
Please call me with any questions
I am standing by to answer any questions you have about the process. You can learn more about the service on the Frame and Wheel You Tube Channel, the Frame and Wheel Facebook Page, the Frame and Wheel Instagram feed, and on the Frame and Wheel website.
* How to calculate dimensional weight
Dimensional weight is the amount of space your package occupies relative to its actual weight. It is how FedEx and UPS calculate their rates and it rewards efficient packing. This is how you calculate it: multiply the length times the width times the height of your box and divide by 139 which is the fixed denominator FedEx assigns to all domestic and international shipments. That will produce the total cubic square inches your box occupies in a truck or a plane. For example:
Dimensional weight calculations
Standard bike box: 54 inches long 8 inches wide and 28 inches high:
54 x 8 x 28 = 12,096
12,096 / 139 = 87 cubic square inches.
Large bike box: 56 inches long 9 inches wide and 28 inches high:
56 x 9 x 28 = 14,112
14,112 = 102 cubic square inches
Non standard bike box: 50 inches long 9 inches wide 31 inches high
50 x 9 x 31 = 13,950
13,950 / 139 = 100 cubic square inches
Extra large bike box: 56 inches long x 9 inches wide x 31 inches high
56 x 9 x 31 = 15,624
15,624 / 139 = 112 cubic square inches
The extra large bike box is oversize because its dimensional weight is greater than 102 cubic square inches. It is three times more expensive to ship than a standard bike box!
You should know that you can buy a standard 54 x 8 x 28 bike box from FedEx Office for about $20 and not have to worry about any of this sizing stuff!
