I don't think many people would keep £2k's worth or jewellery in the shed, so why keep the bike in there?
'Cos £2k's of jewellery doesn't need greasing or oiling, nor come back home covered in The Peak's finest grit and mud?
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Stolen bikes from sheds and garages- Why would you store them there?
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'Cos £2k's of jewellery doesn't need greasing or oiling, nor come back home covered in The Peak's finest grit and mud?
No, you leave it in the house because only a madman would expect it to be safe in the outbuildings. So why leave your 3 grand bike out there too?
Wash before coming in to the house or set aside a piece of lino for it to live on if you cant be arsed to clean it
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That is the worrying part. Crims tend to pass on info/talk and to each other and at somepoint someone will try who has abit of nowse about them. Plus at somepoint someone is going to dent or damage your frame or forks etc in attempting to steal them?!
To me it would be too much of a prewarning to leave my bikes there. They'd be moved pdq.
Life is too short to worry 'that' much, besides once they are in the garage I have measures to ensure that they can't stay in there for long, if at all.
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Dont worry about it, just be aware of it.
Most victims inadvertantly make themself victimised.Posted 1 year ago # -
There is a train of thought that suggests, if they want it they will have it regardless of where you put it. Security will stop an oppertuinist theif but not a determined one. A chap on an MX forum had his bike in a secure garage with cars parked infront of it they got in an carried the 100kg+ bike out over the car. A local shop got broken into through the wall they removed it brick by brick. A farmer where I used to live had a load of quads nicked when the theives knocked on his door pointed a shotgun at him and asked for the keys, didn't really matter where he had them stored. A dog is not a deterrent it is an annoyance that they will dispach in seconds. By all means make it a secure as possible and get good insurance but if a chap knocked on my door with a gun he can have the bike, and I wouldn't be buying a guard dog as a pet because if you have a gaurd dog you are advertising you have something worth nicking and you may well end up with no dog and no bike. Living in a low crime area with lots of curtain twitching neighbours and bikes that aren't worth massive ammounts is probably a good bet.
Iain
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I barly have time to ride once a week, let alone spend 3 hrs cleaning it so I can bring it in the house...(and to be fair, Mrs Dancake just would NOT tolerate a bike in the house)
I come home, it gets put in the Purpose-build shed and ancored down with 2 motorcycle chains. If the shed gets done over and the crims get my bike, they must have really wanted it...much rather a smashed shed door and a cut frame than inviting criminals into my house for my bike
regarding the jewelerry argument, I dont regularly drive up to the house with a sign saying "£2000 ring on board" ; its kind of harder to hide the fact you are bringing an expensive bike home...
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3 in kitchen,1 in hallway...an 1 in living room as its a work of Art
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Mine's in the garage.
New York ground anchor, chain, and D shackle. Chain goes through front wheel and fork as well.
Then I've got a video camera pointed at it with PIR activation. An alarm goes off in my bedroom and I get an instant view of the scene on a little LCD monitor.
Can't think of much more I can do except attach a live wire to the bike
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My security measures are "living in the middle of nowhere in a house even many people in the village don't know the location of"
And a dog.
And a beard.
And awesomeness.
Always worried in Bristol - bike crime is out of control there. At work, the bike sat next to me at my desk!
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I wish I had a shed or garage that I could put my bikes in. I live alone but it really hacks me off that I have a room that is a right state cos my bikes have to live there. I feel that I could make either almost as safe (for want of a better term) as the house. If the astards want what you get, they'll get it.
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I've not read al the replies, but if someone wants something they will have it, whether it's in a shed, garage or your locked & alarmed house.
I've had an Orange 5 custom build stolen from inside my locked, alarmed house. I always thought it would be very safe tucked up inside safe & warm, how wrong I was.
I suspect it was an opportunist crime, as they've not been back since. Either that or they are well aware I'd wee in their Bombers & own them with shoes or something....
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Used to leave bikes in an locked alarmed shed and the bikes were locked inside the shed. However I did not lock every component! some git broke in and striped the bikes down, was left with frames and few other bits. Insurance paid up but bikes stay in house now.
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1961Bikie bike bags?
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