Securing Your Bikes At Home?

[cosmicbike]

Aside from keeping them inside a well built/secure/locked shed or garage, what else do you do to make your bikes as theft proof as possible? Does anyone use ground/wall anchors, or simply chain 3 bikes together or what?

 

[Keith Oates]

Out here in Nantong I keep the bike either in the office during working times and in the bedroom when I'm home. However I live alone and so don't have to worry about upsetting a wife or family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ianrauk]

Chain all my bikes together in the shed with 8 locks.To each other and to a built in fitted metal/wood work bench. Locks are a mix of chain, cable and U Locks. Takes an age to get a bike free but that's the way it is.

 

[MontyVeda]

living in a flat with no outside space, mine lives on the landing... depending on how much i trust the other tenants, it may also be chained to the banister. At the moment, i do trust my neighbours and their acquaintances so i don't bother. The last bloke who lived above I trusted, but his friends were to$$ers, so it was chained up at all times until he moved out.

 

[Roadrider48]

I keep all mine in the house

Not ideal or practical for everyone, but so do I.
My wife doesn't ride, but she loves my bikes like I do....I am lucky!

 

[Roadrider48]

Mine have to make do with the bedroom.

 

[wintergreen]

My bikes live in the kitchen but do occasionally get moved to the living room when "the light of my life" decides to call round and cook me a meal.

 

[DRHysted]

Dedicated shed, with sheffield stands, motorcycle chains, couple of D Locks, and 5 free roaming dogs.

 

[Heifer73]

Both bikes live in the house. The time they had to be in the garage, both bikes were locked together with the shredder and lawn mower, with the car in front of them and I couldn't settle knowing they were out there.

 

[Big Nick]

Wall anchors and gold rated U-locks for my decent bikes

A crappy old steel mtb left unlocked so hopefully in the dark they'll just take that and feck off!!

 

[Dave 123]

My best bike and her new bike live in the spare room. The others are in a locked garage.

 

[jifdave]

brick building, two five lever dead locks and metal clad timber door.
locked to a wall anchor and have a yale stand alone shed alarm

 

[Hill Wimp]

Mine live in the shed chained to a ground anchor.

 

[arch684]

I live alone in a three bedroom house one room has been changed to a bike/workroom but with four bikes and a bench its getting a bit crowded

 

[Globalti]

Ours are in the garage, which is integral with the house and alarmed. The up and over door has extra bolts at the top with the frame reinforced with steel and at the bottom corners. It's quite a strong wood door so I reckon thieves would have to smash in a panel to get in, which would make a lot of noise and we do live in quite a public street with neighbours all around who know us well. When we do go away and leave the house I cable lock all the bikes together and set up a personal attack alarm attached to the inside of the door, which would go off before anybody got in and triggered the PIR. So I feel reasonably secure.