How can 10 days later & 1000 words lead to another 1000 bicycles sent?

10 DAYS LATER: Bicycle couriers update and roundup

10 days later after our winter update and this is what we have been up to. And are currently working on. What is the easiest way to get another 1000 words out there with relevant content and internal links to same? With a weekly or monthly blog post roundup just like this one. Which helps us in turn to send the next 1000 bicycles again. And again and again. As we love doing!

Automation

The more things get done by itself in the background the more time we have for other things. Like riding our bicycles. So bicycle couriers is on an ever-expanding search for continupous improvements. And marginal gains. In RATE US: Automation #2 is all about the Ratings

Safety

Protection of our team and your bicycle is key. So when there are potential service delivery niggles like public strikes and the like. Then we thing of how we can keep people and cargo including boxed bicycles safe. Hence this decision to SAFETY FIRST: No JHB DBN linehaul tonight

Bean~!

It is not everyday that you get the opportunity to deliver a boxed bicycle for Mr Bean. And I have a feeling it might not be the last one. So see how we can help anyone and everyone to deliver a boxed bicycle in South Africa. Like for Sending a boxed bicycle for MR BEAN

Here and there

A quick example of how we can transport boxed bicycles from (A) to (B) anywhere in the country. Including opposites sides of it. For individuals and corporates. Including bicycle shops and insurance companies. As in A TALE OF TWO BICYCLES: on opposite ends of the country

Connections

You may be playing WORLDE and CONNECTIONS from NY Times every morning. To get the lateral thinking going. But we also go one step further and connect bicycle lovers all across the country. Making it as easy to buy a bicycle 2000kms away as it is buying one in your own town. See CONNECTING Buyers & Sellers for boxed bicycle transport in South Africa

Afrikaans

Stuur jou fiets in jou moedertaal. Ons is al so gewoon aan die Engels, some vind ek myself waar ek in Engels dink. Maar ons help graag in Afrikaans. En stuur jou fiets van hier na daar en orals deur die land. Net soos nodig. Meer details in Stuur jou fiets in AFRIKAANS, met liefde, deur #bicyclecouriers

Whatsapp

As jy gedink het dis maklik om jou fiets te stuur en die sommer deur WhatsApp te book dan was jy heeltemal reg. En hier kan jy sien hoe om dit te doem. En hoe ander mense dit doen. Loer gerus. En doen dieselfde. Soos op WHATSAPP GESPREK: Hoe om jou fiets te vervoer met #bicyclecouriers

Suppliers

What good would a boxed bicycle courier company be as an aggregator if they don’t often go through the checks and balances to consider current and future service providers? Which is exactly what we are doing here. In our ANNUAL SUPPLIER REVIEW supplier review for bicycle couriers

Rolling stone

10 days later and this is relevant. 1 year later and this is also relevant. If we stop doing so then we stop the innovation that got us to do what we love in the first place. Which is why these annual reviews are so important. Just like in cycling, after the biggest high may come the biggest low. But just like in cycling, and in life. Often after the biggest low comes the next biggest high. Check out A rolling stone gathers no moss: bicycle couriers suppliers

Triton

Full circle back to when it all started. And now we look back and see how things have changed. And how things can change again in future. Which is why we share our network with you. Including the fifteen depots. See where they are in 15x DEPOTS in South Africa: explore with bicycle couriers

Sir Charge!

Sir Charge is the cousin of Sir Cumference, who got so big from eating too much pi, 3.1415. there are some truly large retail giants out there. each with their own protocols for collections and deliveries in place. Which may be time consuming. Which is likely why this was implemented. So please take note of the OUCHIE: chain store delivery surcharge

Routerra

10 days later and more than 10 destinations on a google maps means you have hit the ceiling. So need to look beyond what they offer. And found this little gem in Routerra. Which allows bulk uploads and sanitized address and even optimized route planning afterwards. Which is perfect for delivering boxed bicycles across the country. Brilliant. In ROUTERRA beats Google Maps for optimized route planning

RWS

If you need a courier’s courier to extend your reach into smaller towns and places for regional and remote boxed bicycle deliveries in the north, then this might be it. We use them, directly or indirectly, and so can you. For more than just sending boxed bicycles. See RWS is Regional Wholesale Services, but what do they do?

Optimize

10 days later and the routes can only be easier. After finding introducing and using Routerra for a bit we decided to showcase an example of how you can do the same. And right here we also added RWS into the mix. To let their powers combine. In bringing you OPTIMIZED ROUTE PLANNING for regional deliveries with RWS & Routerra

Sunshine

10 days later and the sun is shining during this winter school holiday in the middle of the year right here in sunny South Africa. Which means less typing and more cycling. Get out there and enjoy mother nature. And by speaking to providers who can assist us along the way. Like SUNRISE logistics: let the sun shine on all of us

Routing orders

Every day you learn something new. And I was quite surprised to find something so simple and relevant. But via word of mouth. Not necessarily where I would expect it. ie online. Which is why we go one step further and share it with you. Pay it forward. Maybe you can use it too. See PRO TIP: How bicycle couriers can use ScrubBill to route collections

ScrubBill certified

We love learning new things and this was a perfect short course. Onto round #2 and #3 for the ScrubBill+ and ScrubBill X certificates. Provided that we get the right answers from them itself based on the questions we presented below. In ASK US! Bicycle couriers is ScrubBill Academy certified

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Wow, that was another mouth full. 10 days later and thousands of words. So where can we send your boxed bicycle today?