Morgan preps MADSEN bikes for shipping.
Last year, we signed up several great dealers and hope to continue in 2009. Our dealer network is still quite thin. In 2008 we shipped a lot of bicycles out to customers who did not have a local MADSEN Cycles dealer. MADSEN Cycles would arrange for the assembly and tune-up through a non-MADSEN Cycles dealer. For the most part this system worked fine, with a few exceptions. Not all of the shops we sent bikes to were really happy to assemble a “cargo bike”. Because they were not a MADSEN Cycles dealer, they were not familiar with the bike and the bike was not always properly assembled. A few of the shops (non-cargo bike shops) were quite critical and vocal to the customers about their new cargo bike purchases. This month we launched a new option for customers that don’t have a MADSEN Cycles dealer in their neighborhood. We have been shipping fully assembled and tuned bicycles right to our customer’s front door! (The big shipping box makes a cool fort for the kids.) This white gloved service is now available anywhere in the Continental U.S. Learn more about it on madsencycles.com .
Worked great for me. Bike arrived in Takoma Park, MD. Took it out of the box and it was ready to go. Great bike.
Posted by: Robert Payne | February 13, 2009 at 06:28 PM
I fully expected the bike to be shipped on a pallet, but when it arrived in a monster cardboard box the freight driver and I were both surprised. A few strategically placed boards and some twine to lock the brakes in place was all it took. I suppose that being a "two-person lift" prevented the box from being tossed around like most packages. The cost of shipping was about 1/2 what I expected it to be. So much better than assembling it myself like I did with my first cargo bike. Thanks, Jared! Great bike!
Posted by: Phill Becker | July 30, 2009 at 12:05 AM
Hello,
Where can I buy one of those huge bike boxes?
Posted by: Pier | December 28, 2009 at 04:37 PM