Bike Locks

[cardiac case]

A while ago the landlord of my local phoned me early on a Sunday morning.
"I've lost the key to the bottle store and need to stock the shelves. Can you help me?"
"I'll be down in ten minutes," I said.

When I got down there He then went on and on about how I wouldn't be able to break the lock as it was the
one he used for his motor bike, bla bla cost £175 bla bla best make you can get bla bla insurance approved etc etc.
I asked him to turn his back to me and count to a hundred.

One two three four CLUNK, and the lock hit the ground.


Guess what? The following day his sister phoned, who had visited the day before, and said she had found some keys
in her handbag. Must have picked them up by mistake.

We still laugh about it. Well I do anyway.

Paul G

 

[BRounsley]

It's the Asgard I'm looking at. I won't hear anything in the garden as I sleep at the front of the house. I'll D Lock / chain them together. The shed weighs 100kg so unlikely to go walkies. Won't be visible from the driveway down the side of the house. Doubt I'll bother with a ground anchor in the shed. However, bikes are insured.

The Asgard is a metal box (with a metal base) so you can just stand it anywhere. Though a couple of people could still pick it up. Mine is screwed to some large concrete flagstones (heavy duty plugs and coach screws). I didn’t do the whole concrete base thing.

The flagstones work a treat and it adds a lot of extra weight. Also it’s something to screw the ground anchor too.

I have the 3 bike version, which would fit 3 bikes but it would be a bit of a squeeze.

I didn’t notice at the time but they do a “High Security” version. This appears to be the 3 bike version with extra security around the door. I do mean to contact them and ask if I can just buy and fit the improved doors.

 

[vickster]

I need to tidy a space for it - much foliage in the way at the moment! It's not an immediate requirement but would be good to have the bikes out through the winter when I ride less and would be faffing less with them. I think I was looking at the 4 bike option to hold 3 bikes more comfortably

 

[migrantwing]

When I moved here (rented accommodation) the garden came with a plastic Ketter shed and a brick built, concrete roof outhouse. It was absolutely full of junk and spiders webs like something from the film Arachnophobia. I suited up in a disposable overall and took all the junk to the tip down the road. I then got into action with the pressure washer and blasted the inside of the outhouse. I know need to secure the door frame with longer screws or bolts. (This outhouse was built in the 1940's) I keep my bike behind the sofa in the living room, but seeing as the missus has also bought a bike, both bikes are to be moved to the brick outhouse.

I'm thinking of drilling through the brick wall and using an eyelet anchor (as below) and running a good, strong chain through it and bike bikes. Once the door frame is more secure, it should be OK. I have a Yale padlock (either Silver or Gold rating) securing the door. I was going to chisel a bit of the concrete floor out and sink a ground anchor in there, but I think the wall/eyelet anchor approach will be easier. What do you guys reckon?

Luckily, this area is virtually crime free so am not too worried about the bikes being stolen. Just want to put my mind at rest. Definitely a lot safer place than where I was born and raised near Wolverhampton.

 

[BRounsley]

When I moved here (rented accommodation) the garden came with a plastic Ketter shed and a brick built, concrete roof outhouse. It was absolutely full of junk and spiders webs like something from the film Arachnophobia. I suited up in a disposable overall and took all the junk to the tip down the road. I then got into action with the pressure washer and blasted the inside of the outhouse. I know need to secure the door frame with longer screws or bolts. (This outhouse was built in the 1940's) I keep my bike behind the sofa in the living room, but seeing as the missus has also bought a bike, both bikes are to be moved to the brick outhouse.

I'm thinking of drilling through the brick wall and using an eyelet anchor (as below) and running a good, strong chain through it and bike bikes. Once the door frame is more secure, it should be OK. I have a Yale padlock (either Silver or Gold rating) securing the door. I was going to chisel a bit of the concrete floor out and sink a ground anchor in there, but I think the wall/eyelet anchor approach will be easier. What do you guys reckon?

Luckily, this area is virtually crime free so am not too worried about the bikes being stolen. Just want to put my mind at rest. Definitely a lot safer place than where I was born and raised near Wolverhampton.

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Personally I’d do the ground anchor. I recon I could bend that eyelet open with a screwdriver in seconds. I also think the ground anchor will be quicker to install as you can normally fit one in under an hour.

You can get ground anchor that are concreted in but most of the cycle types are just bolted to the ground or wall (£20 Oxford Ground Anchor - Sold secure silver - for example). All you need is a decent hammer drill and typically a 16mm masonry drill bit (£4 off screwfix). They’re typically made secure by hammering a ball bearing in the allen screw head after fitting.

 

[migrantwing]

Personally I’d do the ground anchor. I recon I could bend that eyelet open with a screwdriver in seconds. I also think the ground anchor will be quicker to install as you can normally fit one in under an hour.

You can get ground anchor that are concreted in but most of the cycle types are just bolted to the ground or wall (£20 Oxford Ground Anchor - Sold secure silver - for example). All you need is a decent hammer drill and typically a 16mm masonry drill bit (£4 off screwfix). They’re typically made secure by hammering a ball bearing in the allen screw head after fitting.

I was thinking of a more robust/heavy duty eyelet than that one, to be honest, just put that pic up for a visual description. I do believe the ground anchor is a better deterrent. I could always dig out a bit of the concrete floor, then drill down and add the bolts, then cover over with concrete to make it extra secure.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

I suggest having a look at these guys

http://securityforbikes.com/removable-ground-anchor.php

http://securityforbikes.com/HS1HeavyDutyHaspAndStaple.php

I know them through a motorbike list and they take what they do seriously.

 

[snorri]

I am going to have to lug around a big heavy chain that looks like it would be used to anchor an aircraft carrier down.

OTOH, I've never heard of an aircraft carrier being stolen.

 

[migrantwing]

I suggest having a look at these guys

http://securityforbikes.com/removable-ground-anchor.php

http://securityforbikes.com/HS1HeavyDutyHaspAndStaple.php

I know them through a motorbike list and they take what they do seriously.

Very nice!

 

[Coggy]

OTOH, I've never heard of an aircraft carrier being stolen.

That's because they're anchored down with big heavy chains