nobody i know takes the bike as is , it would need to be broken down take wheels off handlebars etc and put it in a box, parcels2go a lot of people use and they seem to be about the cheapest i think, they pick it up and deliver, i've used paisleyfreight.co.uk as well they have some bad reviews but i got my parcel ok with them so no complaints from me, i think average cost is about 25 quid