We are pleased to reveal the latest version of our most popular bike shipping box, the Bikeflights Bike Box Large (BBL). Significant upgrades have made the box easier-to-pack, sturdier and more recyclable.
Bikeflights Launches Shopify Shipping App
New App Makes Shipping Easier for Bicycle Retailers
Bikeflights is pleased to announce the launch of a new Shopify app. The Bikeflights Bike Shipping app allows cycling retailers with Shopify-powered stores to seamlessly integrate Bikeflights shipping into their Shopify workflow.
2024 Year-End Shipping Shipping Tips and Schedule
With the holiday season comes a lot of shipments and what is, in fact, the busiest time of year for carriers. Potentially wintery weather can also affect shipments. Thus, we’ve compiled some helpful holiday shipping tips for getting your bikes, wheels and gear safely and on-time with Bikeflights to wherever they need to go. Whether you’re shipping bike-related gifts to recipients or your own bike for holiday travel, we’re here for you.
Keep the following dates in mind when planning your bike, wheels and gear shipping for the rest of the year.
Friday, Dec. 20
Last day to ship 2nd Day Air® packages for scheduled delivery on Tuesday, Dec. 24.
Monday, Dec. 23
Last day to ship Next Day Air® packages scheduled for delivery on Tuesday, Dec. 24. Confirm drop-off deadlines with your preferred drop-off location.
Tuesday, Dec. 24 | Christmas Eve
No pickup service. Normal delivery service. Bikeflights Support is closed.*
Wednesday, Dec. 25 | Christmas Day
No pickup or delivery service. Bikeflights Support is closed.*
Tuesday, Dec. 31 | New Year’s Eve
No pickup service. Delivery of Air and International Air packages only.
Bikeflights Support is closed.*
Wednesday, Jan. 1 | New Year’s Day
No pickup or delivery service. Bikeflights Support is closed.*
*Our Virtual Assistant is available 24-7 to assist you.
Keep reading for our top 5 tips for shipping around the winter holidays.
VP Sue George Attends Ladies AllRide Signature Camp in Vermont
There’s an old adage that says that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Fortunately, it turns out not to be true as our very own Bikeflights Vice President Sue George found out firsthand last week in Lyndonville, Vermont, where she attended a Ladies AllRide MTB Skills Signature Camp.
“You’re doing what?” said some well-meaning friends when I told them I’d be going to a mountain bike skills camp. “Why? Don’t you already know how to mountain bike?”
Attaching Your Shipping Label to a Bike Box
Putting a Bikeflights shipping label on a box may seem straightforward, but improper label placement and attachment can cause your label to become damaged or even fall off, and they are the leading causes of shipping delays.
Our Look Back at a Historic Tour de France
As we look back on the 2024 Tour de France, to call it historic may sound like a cliché, but it happens to be accurate.
The Tour made history before it began by announcing its first start in Italy, and its first end not in Paris.
By stage 3 more history was made. And the history just kept on coming.
Photo by Ashley Gruber / Jered Gruber
Why do we love the Tour de France?
Before even the first pedal stroke of stage 1, the 2024 edition of the Tour de France has already surprised us. The grandest of the Grand Tours is historically a July road classic. Its name, which literally means “tour of France,” traditionally culminates in a largely ceremonial stage parading through Paris.
But this year the Tour de France will start in June. It will contain a “gravel stage.” It will spend the first two stages in Italy. And the final stage will be a potentially GC-determining individual time trial in Nice, France instead of a casual parade down the Champs-Élysées in Paris.
Photos by @ashleygruber @jeredgruber
2024 USA Triathlon Multisport National Championships Festival Recap
Bikeflights hit the ground running, swimming and cycling at our first partner event with USA Triathlon, the USA Triathlon Multisport National Championships Festival presented by Mutual of Omaha this past weekend in Omaha, Nebraska! Bikeflights provided bike shipping services and connected with athletes all week long at the expo, ready to chat and answer any questions they had about bike shipping and bike boxes.
ALTUSA Triathlon staff members test out a Bikeflights Bike Box XL.
Five Key Takeaways from the NBDA Retailer Summit
The 2024 National Bicycle Dealers Association (NBDA) Retailer Summit wrapped up May 24 in Bentonville, Arkansas, leaving attendees with valuable insights and renewed optimism for the cycling industry. Retailers and industry leaders gathered to reflect on successes of the past and share insights into the future of bicycle retail. Among those in attendance was Bikeflights Partnership Director Michael Potter, who also sat on the Industry Outlook Panel.
ALTPartnership Director Michael Potter sits on the Industry Outlook Panel with other industry leaders from BULLS Bikes, Saris and SRAM. Photo: Chad Pickard
The 2024 event featured two dynamic days of presentations, panel discussions and breakout sessions aimed to unite retailers and suppliers in face-to-face conversations focused on key areas impacting retailers today.
Meet Bikeflights Ambassador Starla Teddergreen
Starla Teddergreen was in the midst of a successful 15-year professional cycling career when a run-in with COVID-19 unveiled a new and unexpected path. What ultimately emerged was a life-altering diagnosis that would halt most people in their tracks, but Starla, like the competitor she’s been since childhood, saw it as just another challenge to overcome in her life as a professional athlete.
