How to Ship Big Stuff Overseas

First, start with a big thing to which you have a ridiculous sentimental attachment:


Then you phone these guys and start throwing a lot of money at the problem.

I found out that there is such a thing as a bike box. I have heard a rumour that bike shops will give away the old ones, or sell them to you cheap.

You take the wheels and handlebars and basket off, put it in the bike box, pack it around with paper to keep it from shifting, and tape it up. Take the whole thing to FedEx and pay the money they tell you to pay.

Easy.