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Posted: 17:12 - 08 Feb 2017 Post subject: Bikeshuttle to Geneva - anyone used it? |
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Hi All,
As per the title, has anyone any experience of Bikeshuttle they'd care to discuss? In a nutshell, they operate a specialist bike transportation system (read: lorry) that will transport your bike and gear from Northampton to Geneva overnight while you fly to Geneva from Luton.
You arrive in Northampton, they deal with your bike and gubbins, then they shuttle you to Luton airport. You then fly to Geneva that evening, get a night's kip in a hotel just outside Geneva airport then your bike and gear are delivered to you for 9-10am the following morning, an hour from the French Alps.
Being based up here in Scotchland, the 400 mile ride to the Northampton base sounds like a pain in the cock, however missing out the 700+ miles of not much (except a lot of motorway if you're Alps-bound and time-limited) through Holland / France is very appealing. It also makes a week-long trip with 5-6 solid days riding time in the Alps very achievable, whereas the way I've always done it previously (North Shields to Ijmuiden ferry) requires two full days of largely mind numbing riding to get to the good stuff and then another two days back to the port on the return stretch.
As you can imagine, it comes at a cost. I got my abacus out and have come to the following, assuming an early July trip:
Bikeshuttle return cost: £435
Hotel in Geneva on night one: £45pp sharing, £80 single occupancy (no breakfast included)
Northampton to Luton return shuttle: £48
Easyjet return flights to Geneva: £71
Fuel from Dundee to Northampton and back: £110
Total: £744, single occupancy
What reckon? Is it worth paying for a bit of convenience and a short cut to the Alpine goodness? Or is this a rip-off?
Link to website for anyone interested: https://www.bikeshuttle.co.uk/
Cheers ____________________ CG125, CBF250, DRZ400-SM, Z750, Street Triple R, Tuono V4R |
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My mate did it last summer with his tiger. He was 100% impressed and hasn't shut up about it since.
So no, I can't recommend the service because it makes people annoying. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
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The advantage of these transport services is that they save a few days holiday leave.
I'd like to tour Southern Italy, but it'd take 3-4 days travelling in each direction. I've looked at hire bikes, but they don't seem to offer fully comp insurance.
Using Euro Bike Trans in Bradford (shipped from the DSV Transport depot in Manchester) to ship the bike to Pisa would save a good weeks holiday leave which I could then use exploring Italy properly
They also ship to Spain, Portugal and Norway. They organise tours for my local BMW and Ducati dealers and seem very professional
www.eurobiketrans.co.uk |
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Posted: 14:55 - 09 Feb 2017 Post subject: |
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As ever, thanks for the helpful replies.
spnorm, that was interesting to hear about, I wasn't aware of that company either. Unfortunately, having just spoken with them, it takes four days for the bikes to arrive at the foreign destinations after dropping them off at the UK depot which only really works if you're local(ish) to Manchester. Unfortunately I'm not so it wouldn't fit in with plans.
Cheers ____________________ CG125, CBF250, DRZ400-SM, Z750, Street Triple R, Tuono V4R |
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Why not plan your route to include a few days getting to the Alps via some nice roads? One of my favourite road trips was a massive loop round France on twistiest D-roads we could find. The Alps were good fun, but the deserted 'middle-of-nowhere' roads were epic too. ____________________ NSR125RR - ZXR750H1 - ZX9R E1 - GSF600S - GSF600SK3 - VFR400-NC30 - SV1000N - ST1100-R - CBR900RR-R - GSF1200SK5 - GSF600SK1 - VFR1200FA - GSXR1000K2 - ZZR1400 D8F
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Thanks for the replies again, food for thought.
I know it's doable, as I said I've done it a couple of times before. However the issue isn't really the motorway miles, although chopping that out would be a good thing, it's the number of days it takes to ride to the Alps and back from Scotland - two weeks away from work are really needed and I won't get that time away this year in one go.
Perhaps as mentioned I could aim for 'unknown' territory type stuff. But I do love the Alps .
Interestingly, I just found a post on another forum where a guy states how unimpressed he was with their service at the Geneva end and wonders if he received second rate treatment because he wouldn't pay the fees for the Geneva hotel that Bikeshuttle push, instead opting to do his own thing. ____________________ CG125, CBF250, DRZ400-SM, Z750, Street Triple R, Tuono V4R |
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go for it!!
we're doing another trip to europe this year and for me, the ride down from manchester to the ferry is mind numbingly boring and horrible.
Any chance to avoid a long boring ride should be taken |
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Old Thread Alert!
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