Fast and hassle free. Just like our bikes
We’ve kept our postage like our bikes, fast and hassle-free.
European customers should receive their orders within one week of dispatch, delivered via Fedex. This allows us to get customs clearance before we ship. Taxes and duties still liable.
Customers outside of Europe should receive their orders within two weeks of dispatch but this will depend on local customs authorities.
All orders are insured against damage in transit.
All orders will be safely shipped in a tough cardboard bike box.
If your frame box arrives damaged, report it damaged to the delivery driver if possible, photograph all damage to products and packaging and contact us straight away.
A tracking number will be supplied by email when your frame leaves the Workshop. You can track your orders here on Parcel Force.
Want To Save Postage?
Bulk orders will cut costs. If you and a couple of mates want to team up and share postage please get in touch via our contact page.
Please see our warranty page for info on postage for any returns.
Starling Cycles Postage/Shipping Costs:
Country Frame and components Small components Large components
UK £0 £0 £0
Europe (EU) £100 £15 £45
Europe but not EU (e.g. Switzerland, Norway)* £100 £15 £45
Canada* £150 £15 £125
USA* £150 £15 £125
Australia* £250 £30 £175
New Zealand* £450 £30 £175
All other countries Please contact for pricing.
Prices will be shown in native currency at checkout.
Due to the Trump administration’s varying tariff application creating a rapidly changing environment, this is how we currently understand the situation for our USA customers:
We’re now seeing most customers in the USA charged a 12% tariff as their frame enters the country – this results in the customer receiving a bill, which must be paid before their frame is released by customs.
The Starling Cycles Tariff Guarantee now exists to give you certainty over what you’ll pay and ensure you don’t pay over the odds – just show us evidence of your bill and we’ll refund anything over 12% up to a max of 33%. Full details over on our Tariff Guarantee page.
Brexit has added a little bit more complication for sales to our EU customers, but not necessarily any more cost.
For sales to the EU, we remove the VAT from our sale price, for example a £2150 frame minus 20% UK VAT is £1791.67
In most EU countries this is similar to UK’s 20%. Scandinavian countries VAT is a little higher. The customs may also add a few pennies for their efforts.
But, since the frames are predominantly made within the UK, no import duty is applicable. This is not the case for other companies who get their frames made in the Far East and incur 20% duty on full bikes. Admittedly for our Taiwanese manufactured stainless bikes are liable to this duty.
In most cases, the cost change is neutral, but here is an added complication. There will be slight delay whilst custom process the frame. And you will have more bills to pay, even if the total isn’t significantly changed.
For all warranty issues, the frame can be returned with no VAT or duty due.
So in summary, not necessarily any more cost, but a little bit more complication.
