Bikes Aid

Delivery Methods

Delivery's are sent using the Royal Mail, please select your preference on ordering.

Full details are avalible on the Royal Mail website click here.

Prices below are postage only a packaging charge is applied to all deliveries.

If you want to use a different method or you are an International customer please contact us.

Delivery Methods

Royal Mail - Standard Parcel

This is the Method most items should be sent by.

It is for non-urgent which will be delivered within 3 to 5 working days from posting

For parcels up to 1.5m long and up to 20kg.

See the table below for prices of our low cost Standard Parcels service, including packages of various different weights.

Royal Mail - Standard Parcel

Royal Mail - Special Delivery Next Day

Choose Special Delivery Next Day and the royal mail will guarantee to deliver your urgent item the next working day before 1.00pm or your money back.

99% UK coverage including Northern Ireland, Jersey and Guernsey. Some places take longer to deliver to, but we still guarantee delivery within three working days by 5.30 pm

This guarantee does not apply if:

We were unable to deliver the item because there was no-one to sign for your item.
The delivery address is in an area of the UK where we do not guarantee next day delivery.

You can use Special Delivery™ Next Day from Monday to Friday, except bank holidays or public holidays.

When we deliver your item we’ll collect a signature to confirm receipt.

Royal Mail - Special Delivery Next Day

Royal Mail - Special Delivery 9.00am

Use our Special Delivery 9.00am service and the Royal Mail will not only guarantee to deliver your item the next working day to 99%* of the UK but also make sure it arrives before 9.00am.

99% of the country includes Northern Ireland and Jersey. Our delivery guarantee does not cover certain places, such as the Isle of Wight, Isle of Man and some remote parts of Scotland. See table at bottom for postcode area's not covered.


This guarantee does not apply if:

The Royal Mail were unable to deliver the item because there was no-one to sign for your item.
The delivery address is in an area of the UK where the Royal Mail do not guarantee next day delivery.

You can use Special Delivery 9.00am from Monday to Friday, except bank holidays or public holidays. If you need your item sent over the weekend, you can also arrange a guaranteed Saturday Delivery.

* The Royal Mail will refund your money if they are unable to deliver before 9.00am the next working day. This guarantee does not apply if the Royal Mail are unable to find someone to sign for the delivery, and have to leave a We're holding an item of mail for you card.

Royal Mail - Special Delivery 9.00am

Royal Mail - First Class

First Class mail aims to deliver your packet the next working day, including Saturday.
Only suitable for small packets upto 1.25kg.

Royal Mail - First Class

Royal Mail - Second Class

Second Class mail aims to deliver your letter or packet by the third working day after posting, including Saturday. This is only for small items upto 1kg.

Royal Mail - Second Class

Special Delivery Next Day - Areas not guarrented by 1.30pm Next Day

We deliver most items the next working day by 1pm on Mondays to Fridays (except public and bank holidays). We sometimes deliver on Saturdays if the item arrives at our local delivery office that day, but we can't guarantee delivery.

We deliver by 5.30pm the next working day in the following postcode areas:

Mainland

AB30-56 Aberdeen
IV21-28, 40, 52, 54 Inverness
KW1-14 Orkney
PA28-38 Argyll
PH15, 17-26 Perthshire
PH31-40 Perthshire
PH49 Ballachulish
PH50 Kinlochleven
Islands
HS1 Stornoway (Lewis)
HS3 Harris
HS4 Scalpay
HS5 Leverburgh
HS6 N Uist
HS7 Benbecula
HS8 S Uist
HS9 Castlebay (Barra)
IV41-51, 55-56 Skye
KA27 Arran
KA28 Cumbrae
PA41 Gigha
PA42-49 Islay
PA60 Jura
PA77 Tiree
KW15 Kirkwall Town
KW16 Stromness Town only
GY9 Alderney (Channel Islands)
ZE1 Lerwick (Shetlands)
HS3 Harris

We deliver within two working days by 5.30pm to the following islands:

GY1 Herm only (Channel Islands)
GY9 Sark (Channel Islands)
HS2 Lewis
PA61 Colonsay
PA62-75 Mull
PA78 Coll
ZE2-3 Shetlands

We deliver within three working days by 5.30pm to the following islands:

KW16-17 Orkney
PH30 Corrour
PH41 Mallaig
PH42 Eigg & Kuck
PH43-44 Rhum & Canna

Special Delivery Next Day - Areas not guarrented by 1.30pm Next Day

Special Delivery Next Day - Areas not covered

The following tables detail the postcodes where we cannot confirm your item will arrive by 9.00am the next working day, with full details on the timeframe in which we do guarantee delivery.

Postcode Area

AB30-39 Aberdeen
AB41-45 Aberdeen
AD51 Aberdeen
AB52 Invenurie
AB53-56 Aberdeen
GY1-9 Guernsey (including Aldernery, Herm and Sark)
HS1 Stornoway
HS2 Lewis
HS3 Harris
HS4 Scalapay
HS5 Leverburgh
HS6 N. Uist
HS7 Benbecula
HS8 Erisksay
HS8 S Uist
HS9 Castlebay (Barra)
IM-All (exept IM1) Isle of Man
IV-All (except IV1) Inverness
KA27 Arran
KA28 Cumbrae
KW All
PA20-49
PA60 Jura
PA61 Colonsay
PA62-75 Mull
PA76 Iona
PA77 Tiree
PA78 Coll
PH15-29, 31-40, 45-50 Perthshire
PH30 Corrour
PH41 Mallaig
PH42 Eigg and Muck
PH43 Isle of Rum

Special Delivery Next Day - Areas not covered