Whether a high-value road bike, a batch of mountain bikes for the specialist trade or sample bikes for a trade fair: anyone who wants to ship a bicycle quickly hits limits with parcel services – bulky-goods dimensions, multiple handling and damage to the frame, derailleur or wheels are a known risk. For manufacturers, dealers and teams, forwarding by direct transport is the safe alternative.
Speed Logistics transports bicycles without transloading from the pickup to the delivery address – individually in the bike carton or as a palletised batch, Germany-wide, Europe-wide and, on request, to non-EU countries including customs clearance. You receive a fixed-price quote within a few hours and a dedicated contact in dispatch, around the clock.
Bicycle shipping for manufacturers, dealers and teams
- Dealer supply: several bikes per pallet or in a mesh frame, as a direct run or planned run
- Single shipping of high-value road bikes, gravel bikes and MTBs, e.g. to customers or to events
- Trade-fair transports and sample shipping to appointments with a fixed time window
- Returns: warranty cases, returns or seasonal goods back to the central warehouse
Note: for e-bikes with a lithium battery, additional dangerous goods rules apply – for this, Speed Logistics offers a separate ADR-compliant e-bike shipping.
Packaging: bike carton, pallet or hard case
The classic is the sturdy bike carton with the front wheel removed, the frame padded and the derailleur secured. Very high-value bikes – carbon frames, time-trial machines – travel alternatively in a hard case or transport case. For batches, palletised loading with fixing has proven itself. In the vehicle, Speed Logistics secures the cartons form-fit with lashing straps; since there is no transloading, the handling points where most damage occurs in the parcel network are eliminated.
Process and lead times
You state the quantity, packaging type, pickup and delivery address and the date. After the fixed price we dispatch the right vehicle – from the Sprinter for single bikes to the truck for seasonal supply. Within Germany, delivery as a direct run is often possible the same or next working day depending on distance, and across Europe within a few working days.
Costs of bicycle shipping by forwarder
Costs depend on the quantity, packaging, distance and deadline pressure. A single bike in a Sprinter to Munich is calculated differently from 40 palletised bikes to Milan – so Speed Logistics gives you a binding fixed price depending on lane and lead time, instead of flat tariff tables. For non-EU destinations such as Türkiye, the customs clearance comes on top, which we take on completely.
Typical use cases from bicycle trade and industry
Most often we run bicycles for the trade: the seasonal supply from the importer to specialist dealers, urgent follow-up deliveries of single models when a customer is waiting, or the return of display bikes after season end. Add to that teams and organisers who have bikes brought to races and events, as well as manufacturers moving prototypes or trade-fair samples with a fixed deadline.
For senders of single high-value bikes too, a look at forwarding pays off: a carbon bike worth as much as a small car does not belong in an anonymous parcel network. With the direct run you know the vehicle, the date and the contact – and the bike is not transloaded a single time between loading and delivery. The handover takes place in person and, on request, with documented condition.