Sheffield_Tiger
Guru
If I am to splash out on a bike worth more than a couple hundred quid, I am sure as hell going to insure it.
However - keeping the bike indoors is not an option
Currently my bikes are in a wooden shiplap type shed with heavy duty lock on the door (have a vague design in mind for a swing-up steel bar to completerly bar the door, from door post to door post). Inside the shed, bolted with coach bolts and sheared tamperproof nuts to the uprights of the shed wall, is a 1.25" diameter steel tube (I've removed the angle grinder from the shed when I realised that it, and a power socket, were right next to the bar! ) to which the bikes are locked, more "desirable" MTB with a sold-secure Kryptonite lock, the road bike with an armoured steel cable lock.
Anyone know offhand if this kind of setup is likely to suffice for an insurance company, bearing in mind the DIY nature of the securing bar?
However - keeping the bike indoors is not an option
Currently my bikes are in a wooden shiplap type shed with heavy duty lock on the door (have a vague design in mind for a swing-up steel bar to completerly bar the door, from door post to door post). Inside the shed, bolted with coach bolts and sheared tamperproof nuts to the uprights of the shed wall, is a 1.25" diameter steel tube (I've removed the angle grinder from the shed when I realised that it, and a power socket, were right next to the bar! ) to which the bikes are locked, more "desirable" MTB with a sold-secure Kryptonite lock, the road bike with an armoured steel cable lock.
Anyone know offhand if this kind of setup is likely to suffice for an insurance company, bearing in mind the DIY nature of the securing bar?