Securing Your Bikes At Home?

[surfdude]

i have just come back from the isle of Scilly and no one locks up their bikes or cars . i asked a local and he said if one gets stolen they call the guys up at the ferry and tell them and they look out for it and will not load it on to the ferry

 

[cyberknight]

About to install ground anchors next week when im off , currently on wall anchors using motorbike chain and locks with swmbo cheapy bike unlocked as the excess is more than the bike would cost to replace as its an apollo basic bike as she does maybe 10 miles ................ a year !

 

[stephec]

Best bike sleeps under the stairs.

Others are in a shed attached to a ground anchor that's sunk into a concrete filled builders bucket.

The shed has an alarm that's enclosed in a locked box with the crudely drilled ventilation holes still having nasty jagged edges that you might not see in the dark when you try to open it.

Sometimes I forget to secure my old heavy wooden ladders properly and they end up leaning against the back of the door, which means that if you don't know they're there they will probably fall on you and break your nose when you open the door.

And just for good measure there's a few of these dotted around the garden - http://www.henrykrank.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2964

 

[Saluki]

Our bikes are on a bike rack, in the hall. We live in a flat but have a private hall behind a multi-point locked door with a loaded Jack Russell who just loves to bite ankles of anyone who is not us. The front door is always locked, unless we are using the door obviously.

 

[guitarpete247]

I don't have anything expensive so all our 4 bikes simply hang from hooks in the garage, 30 meters from the house in a shared garage group. Neighbours often leave garage open all day. One even left theirs open for several days the other week when they went away in caravan. I don't know how I'd feel if I ever owned something worth stealing, Whenever I go out and park up any of our bikes I lock up with D-Lock, remove front wheel and include that in the lock, then remove pump, computer, tool pouch, lights and anything that could easily be taken.

 

[Jefferson Meriwether]

Korma & The Tank live in the cupboard under the stairs whilst Eve lives mainly in the kitchen, sometimes in the hall. The old Raleigh bike that I will one day get round to customising and restoring lives in the summerhouse out in the back garden; well most of it is in the summerhouse, one of it's wheels is in the lounge awaiting attention

 

[Soltydog]

I've always had my 2 'decent' bikes secured in the garage, to wall anchors, but when I got a third 'decent' bike there's not enough wall space for another, so I opted for a 'portable' ground anchor, which is a D lock set in a bucket of concrete which I lock my bike to.

 

[ianrauk]

I've always had my 2 'decent' bikes secured in the garage, to wall anchors, but when I got a third 'decent' bike there's not enough wall space for another, so I opted for a 'portable' ground anchor, which is a D lock set in a bucket of concrete which I lock my bike to.

That is a great idea... gonna nick that... the idea that is Thanks.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

For all of the family bikes, the regular use and more expensive ones live in the utility room off the kitchen, the rest are locked up in the shed, luckily our garden is quite hemmed in, not readily accessible & as well as not being an area that really goes for gardens & shed is well out of the way of prying eyes.

 

[cyberknight]

That is a great idea... gonna nick that... the idea that is Thanks.

Indeed , i had thought about that but opted to buy some ground anchors instead which i have half a mind to do the same instead of cutting holes in the shed base.
I got two of these ..........
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141333176389

with something like this......

 

[sidevalve]

Only flaw with ground anchors is that they are on the ground. ANY chain can be cut with big croppers but to do so on the real ones requires a LOT of leverage and this is achieved by resting the croppers on the floor and bouncing up and down on them. A chain going up to a wall anchor is [or should be] too high for this and is MUCH more difficult to cut.

 

[cyberknight]

Only flaw with ground anchors is that they are on the ground. ANY chain can be cut with big croppers but to do so on the real ones requires a LOT of leverage and this is achieved by resting the croppers on the floor and bouncing up and down on them. A chain going up to a wall anchor is [or should be] too high for this and is MUCH more difficult to cut.

Indeed , only trouble is my walls are wood so a ground anchor should be more secure .
I am thinking of cutting a hole in the shed floor into the concrete drive as i think it would be better than a lump of concrete as i already have the bolts etc ?

 

[Soltydog]

That is a great idea... gonna nick that... the idea that is Thanks.

I actually nicked it from somewhere else, maybe the old C+ forum?? It was initially done for a recent tour where bikes were left in a van overnight, but comes in very handy at home. Didn't fancy a permanent ground anchor in the garage as knowing me I'd be tripping over it when working in there Best to use an old bucket, not a brand new one, if you have one around as the concrete doesn't come out once set

 

[Biscuitfrisky]

Mine sits in the house at the moment but will be clearing out the brick shed before winter.

Was looking at Asguard storage also but is it any good?

 

[cyberknight]

1st ground anchor in put a bit of a problem !
To tighten the nuts up on the expanding bolts i have to move the whole shed , the bolt has a conical nut with nothing to grip on on top of the normal one so i cant tighten it up unless i cut a fecking massive hole or move the shed so i can get the spanner on it .Tried a socket set and it cant engage the lower bolt .
I shall install the other anchor as well before i empty the shed to move it .