Need a decent ground anchor and long chain to go through 3 bikes. Don't know where to start looking. Any advice on what or where to buy?
www.pjbsecurity.co.uk are a decent bunch
Ground Anchors from ebay.
Garage Door Defender from Screwfix or B&Q.
Steel cable & padlocks from screwfix.
https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-locke-braided-steel-security-cable-3m-x-15mm/4893x#_=p
Got my anchor, chain and lock from here https://securityforbikes.com/shed-shackle.php
Very happy with them and lots of good advice on the site too.
Almax series iV chain for me.... along with their recommeded lock... If they want it and get through that, they deserve it.
http://www.almax-security-chains.co.uk/
After having 2 bikes stolen from my garage in the last house I,,,,,,
made my own ground anchor out of a 4 foot length of 4 inch box section steel. Splayed the end and broke out/concreted it into the garage slab. Easy enough to cut holes in it to feed chains through (if you have right tools) beauty of this was the chains would be kept off the floor and harder to cut with crops.
Been a welder fabricator in the past, made a cage out of 10mm re-bar mesh ( the stuff they use to reinforce concrete slabs) but was awkward to use, bad design/could have made it better.
i just keep the bikes in the spare room now ( new house)
Again I'd recommend an almax or pragmasis 19mm chain & lock, but I found you need a torc ground anchor for the chain to fit through, they won't fit the like of the kyptonite's ground anchor
https://securityforbikes.com/torc-ground-anchor.php
All very expensive, but what did the three bikes cost? That & it's never going to wear out..
I’ve got the bigger chains from
I got a few ground anchors from Screwfix seem pretty sturdy
I find the onguard Pitbulls locks really good, lots of shapes and sizes
includes plenty of spare keys and have functioned well over the last 3 years
they do one that is a foot in length so I can lock 2 bikes togeather on the triangle top bar
https://www.tredz.co.uk/.OnGuard-Pitbull-LS-U-Lock-Gold-Sold-Secure-Rating_59958.htm
Almax. They supply locks and anchors too.
They don't look anything special until you see them in the flesh - they are huge.
Almax used here with a wall anchor they don't like grinding on the floor!
That screwfix cable lock is a joke. Save yourself the thirteen quid and don't bother buying that rubbish
Pragmasis all the way
I had a https://yanchor.com/ fitted when we re-did the garage.
I have an Oxford chain through that and through the expensive bike main triangle.
The cheaper bikes are just secured with a wall anchor and d-lock extensions.
My walls were not solid enough for an anchor so they are anchored to the floor.
Thanks everyone!!
As above, bikes in the house. Nothing substantial enough to mount an anchor to so they're locked to a TyreO'crete (TM).
If they can lift the combined weight of the tyre, chains and bikes (around 180kg) then they'll have them.
@thegeneralist it would take a fair few smackRats to chew through that (or lift it up)
I made an anchor by filling a bucket with concrete and adding a metal loop. Then use a long chain. It weighs a ton.
I installed a Sheffield hoop with anti tamper nuts for the bolts and covered the whole thing with an old tyre to stop it marking the bike.
They are cheap to get hold of and if positioned well can accommodate several bikes.
If you get some suitable anti theft chain putting it inside an old inner tube will prevent it scratching.
Suspect all that’s required to remove our bikes would be something like:
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yip an angle grinder will get through the 19mm chain or torx ground anchor but you'll have to do it twice. Takes a long time in a vice so imagine how long it will take hanging off a bike. You'll probably also need more than one blade and battery. So while they will eventually get through its not going to be quick, make a lot of noise and attract a lot of attention. They are a major deterrent and not the only thing you should use.
I'm going to do this soon. At the moment the bikes just sit in the front of the garage. I've got a wall/ground anchor that I got cheap from Screwfix and we've got Oxford chains that we use when the bikes are on the back of the van.
I'll get round to it sometime, just the garage needs a sort out first.
Google. Makita rebar cutter
Use chains and dlocks but don't make it your only defence.
+1 Almax fo the chains. Then a ground anchor & mahoosive padlocks. The bigger the better!
