Shed Theft!

[e-rider]

Top tip - whether you leave your bike in a shed, garage, utility room or actually in your bedroom - LOCK IT TO SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T MOVE USING A DECENT D-LOCK. That makes life much more difficult for the scumbags.

 

[greekonabike]

It doesn't sound funny, it's always the little things that leave a big impression.

I wasn't scared of being robbed. I was scared of being robbed by midgets. I'm pretty sure the police were joking but I was terrified I'd be the victim of some kind of orchestrated midget robbery.

Luckily when I was 14 I saw the film The Grudge and became scared of little demonic Japanese boys.

GOAB

 

[dan_bo]

I hope they didn't get anything ?

We've had two attempts on the garage, but so far the security has stopped them getting in. Doubled up each time. It's common round this area for shed and garage burglaries. House break ins tend to be for expensive cars (keys).

Two phones two tablets two sets of car keys my wallet and my car. Didn't have time to get the bikes. Which is good cos I only had the crosslight two days.


Not arsed about the stuff. It's the inconvenience and the fact that the slime have been in your house.

 

[captain nemo1701]

I lock my bike in the shed. When I bought it, I got the friend who built it for me to fix a sheffield stand to the concrete base and build the shed up around it. You can't get the stand off the base without ripping up the floor. And I use two locks on the bike plus one big one on the shed door!. Having a bike stand in the middle of my shed does take up space but I know that I've done the best to protect my trusty steed.

 

[johnnyb47]

I've always been a little wary of using app,s like Strava after reading a report thiefs can find out where you live with them.

 

[fossyant]

I've always been a little wary of using app,s like Strava after reading a report thiefs can find out where you live with them.

You set your privacy to about half a mile. Other things like wheeling the bike out of sight as you get home and don't go naming your bikes as Pinarello Dogma, S-Works Tarmac etc. Just name it "bike" !

 

[roadrash]

I've always been a little wary of using app,s like Strava after reading a report thiefs can find out where you live with them.

alter the privacy settings and never start or end the ride at your front door.

beaten to it by @biggs682

 

[iwantanewbike]

My colleagues laughed when I ordered two Sheffield stands and a pair of gold rated D locks, delivered to my work and sat on my desk for the afternoon.

Less than 5 months later, they prevented a handful of bikes from being lifted when thieves popped the garage door open.

For a £60 investment, the stands have been well worth it, seeing as I disagree with paying insurance for such items (money better being put towards a new bike every 5 years).

 

[jowwy]

Ive gone a few steps further recently to secure my bikes......remote alarm with motion sensors and more recently purchased a baby cam which links to my mobile phone. The cam also has motion sensors that will start to record on sensing motion and send an alert to my mobile by way of a text or an alarm sounding

 

[iwantanewbike]

Yes I'm looking at that too... Garage wired up to burglar alarm with PIR and door sensors. Also looking at a way to design something similar to yours with a raspberry pi and SMS gateway but haven't had the time yet.

 

[jowwy]

Yes I'm looking at that too... Garage wired up to burglar alarm with PIR and door sensors. Also looking at a way to design something similar to yours with a raspberry pi and SMS gateway but haven't had the time yet.

you can also use an old android or iphone and set it up as a cctv camera........you can then link it to current mobile or ipad etc etc

 

[Johnno260]

I keep mine in a brick outbuilding it has windows but I keep the bike in a little shed where it's not visible.

I just hope the burglar alarm on the house is enough of a deterrent.

I hope you get the stuff back or replaced, if there is a place here for stolen items and frame numbers is it worth making people aware?

The other thing that pisses me off if you catch the toe rags and chuff them round the head for it, it's you who gets in trouble.

 

[winjim]

My bikes are in the cellar, behind a load of stuff. Can't get the damned things out to ride them but at least they're safe from thieves.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

My bikes are in the cellar, behind a load of stuff. Can't get the damned things out to ride them but at least they're safe from thieves.

But you don't think like a scumbag, if that's what they want the rest is is just scrap to them, but not you

 

[Gravity Aided]

My garage security is a 60 pound German Shepherd /Beagle (or some such mix) that can operate both a deadbolt and a doorknob and let himself into the garage at will. This time of year, there aren't even any bicycles there, nor much else of value. In the States, though, opiate use is on the rise, and a user will steal almost anything to get money for the next fix.