Protect my garage.
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CopperCyclist
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I add an extra bit of security to my garage by parking my car millimetres from the door when I can.
My house doesn't need a bike in it. It is small enough as it is and I have 4 at the moment. I am only really worried about Thorn Rohloff. To expensive to replace unless they give new for old on property. I know they don't for loss away from home.
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Good one but don't own car and live alone. But the idea will work for other people.
vickster
Squire
Definitely keep in the house then!
Spinney
Bimbleur extraordinaire
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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A couple of pointers.
All our bikes are in the garage. The garage is detatched. The side door and window are bolted shut and window is barred (roofing joist straps - bloody nightmare to cut through).
My expensive bike is ground anchored with a ulock. The others are wall anchored with cables. The garage door is fitted with an additional hasp lock, and the internal shoot bolts that need a special key to 'unwind them'. The door and window has a cheap vibration alarm, and the garage has a PIR shed alarm.
I've had two attempted break ins during 15 years (both within the last 4 years).
It's a bit fort knox, but it's the best I can do.
All our bikes are in the garage. The garage is detatched. The side door and window are bolted shut and window is barred (roofing joist straps - bloody nightmare to cut through).
My expensive bike is ground anchored with a ulock. The others are wall anchored with cables. The garage door is fitted with an additional hasp lock, and the internal shoot bolts that need a special key to 'unwind them'. The door and window has a cheap vibration alarm, and the garage has a PIR shed alarm.
I've had two attempted break ins during 15 years (both within the last 4 years).
It's a bit fort knox, but it's the best I can do.
You say attempted? They failed?
I had 3 bikes stolen in 2007, standard concrete sectional garage. I started to keep the bikes in my cellar but it was a right a palaver getting the kids bikes in and out, several times on a sunny day. 
Believing that nothing will stop a determined crook and that 95% like an easier target, I put a battery operated LED light at the rear window and an alarm sticker next to it, plus personal threats. 
All surburban areas seem to get periodically targeted, mine is no different but mine is the only garage on my street not have been targeted since 2007.
Believing that nothing will stop a determined crook and that 95% like an easier target, I put a battery operated LED light at the rear window and an alarm sticker next to it, plus personal threats. All surburban areas seem to get periodically targeted, mine is no different but mine is the only garage on my street not have been targeted since 2007.
Not quite true, any decent chain over 16mm cannot be hand cropped.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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- South Manchester
Yup.
First one, the 'tea leaf' unscrewed the bulbs off two of the security lights (low down ones and more for seeing what I'm doing in the back garden). Tried to prise out a glass pane from door, failed, then spend time removing the glass from the side window (wooden). Now having known this was always a security issue, I'd barred it from when we moved in, bolted to the brickwork. The thief had removed the glass, put it to the side then couldn't get in. So in went alarms and doubled up on the window bars.
Next time a group of lads had tried to prise open the top lock (standard garage door) and hacksaw the hasp. Failed, so in went additional shoot bolts.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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- South Manchester
Neighbour's garage was done over - sectional concrete. Took top end downhill MTB and a racing BMX.
Leedsbusdriver
Every breath leaves me one less to my last
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- West Yorkshire
Fish hooks round the garage door handle. But remember they are there when you open your garage door yourself.
mr_cellophane
Legendary Member
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- Essex
I used to have the best deterrent - nosy neighbours.
What door do you have on the garage, up and over or side hinged
What door do you have on the garage, up and over or side hinged
sidevalve
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All is fine if the PIR is SEEN by a neighbour otherwise it's a waste of time. I find the [I think 3rd lock on the list] good I've used one for couple of years and it works fine. Can be annoying to anyone in the house if you forget to switch it off before getting the bike out though.The point is THEY don't know it's going off [and please don't say that wont do any good as the neighbours won't hear it - who actually pays much attention to an alarm ? certainly if it is a short few bleeps, which it will be before it is smashed on the floor of the shed as it will be if it is one of the cheap shed jobs. Besides will you REALLY hear it from outside if you're deep asleep ? Still you can always fit both - for the extra few quid it's maybe worth a go.
Do theives carry bolt croppers - Oh yes they do. Once your garage is identified as a target they will simply turn up with them - of course they don't just wonder around the streets - they know where they are going. No I am not talking skilled pro"s here [they will take anything whatever you do] just your average normally equiped tea leaf and his mate.
Fish hooks around the door handle !!?? You WILL forget !
As for the baseball bat Well the law permits reasonable force and note I did NOT [and for those who can't understand simple phrases I repeat DID NOT] say go out hitting people with it. The sight of you shouting and waving the thing about and banging it on the fence etc will be enough to frighten off most scumbags and if they attack you then you may defend yourself. Of course if you choose to stand up in court and say "I took a weapon out with me to kill the ba---rd" then you've had it. It used to be police advice LOOK scary - SOUND scary. Didn't think I'd have to explain that - ho hum.
