Morning all. I'll shortly have a new shed, purpose built (insulated over blockwork on 2 sides, insulated timber on the other 2, freshly poured concrete base) where the bikes and tools will live.
For securing the 4 bikes, I'm looking at a ground anchor and big ol chain. Any specific recommendations or things to watch out for? I'll mainly be going by Sold Secure, something like an Oxford 16mm ground anchor, and presumably a Kryptonite chain or similar.
If you can't do as TJ suggests, install it/them near to the wall so they can't easily be got to.
Use more than one kit (anchor, lock, padlock)
Amazon sell a sold secure kit for about £50 (Burg-Wachter) that meets the Gold standard most insurance companies for
Following this as well - since pragmasis stopped trading last year not really sure where to go for chains/anchors anymore.
Get an alarm too and chunky locks on the door, might even be worth reinforcing the door and frame.
Steel door. No windows.
The most important security feature is to be as secretive as possible. If we are loading bikes into the car we back the car up the side of the house and load and unload quickly and quietly as possible. If bikes are going on the car roof we put the bike racks on at the last minute, load the bikes and drive off.
Keep bikes out of sight as much as possible and try to stay under the radar.
I've got a couple of Hiplok Ankr bolted to the walls. All the bolts are hidden inside the case when you screw in the internal bit so there's nothing to unbolt or mess with. I've got them up high so if you wanted to attack it with a power tool you'd need arms like Arny in Predator.
When they were on the ground the they were right up against the wall behind the bikes.
They seem absolutely solid and they're always on sale somewhere.
A friend of mine made a metal gate with a chunky outdoor gate lock on it, it's coach bolted to the sheds door frame behind the shed door, the door frame is reinforced with 2x2" timber so quite sturdy, if thieves get through the shed door they're faced with a surprise extra layer, the lock has a chunky square deadbolt that'll take some time to angle grind, there's built up bits around it making it awkward to actually get a 125mm angle grinder blade to it, it would be a noisy delay to get through, hopefully buying enough precious time.
Keep bikes out of sight as much as possible and try to stay under the radar.
Absolutely this.
I have a tow bar and roof racks but if I'm driving solo the bike gets slung in the back with the seats down.
+ Always wash out back, never out front
tjagainFull Member
Cast your ground anchor into the base.
Yup, thought of that, builder was having none of it. So post-pour drilling it is.
I wondered about fixing it to the breezeblock wall, but frankly I reckon it'd be easier to break the breezeblocks, as they're pretty old
Get an alarm too and chunky locks on the door, might even be worth reinforcing the door and frame.
Or spend that money on insuring your bikes, when they come, you're just slowing them down with more to fix afterwards IMO...
My shed has always been insured. I've had three or four attempted break ins. I've reinforced the door and frame after each attempt so they've had less of an impact. The last attempt set off the alarm and they never got the door open. After that one I fitted an extra lock which I had bought for my van but never needed to fit, it's one of those heavy disc types. I've never had another attempt, touch wood(en shed). I'd rather go to the effort of putting them off than make an insurance claim.
Yeah, ultimately if they really want the bikes they can (eventually) get them, it's more a case of making it just that bit too much hassle for them. So big anchor, big chain type lock, in a difficult to reach corner.
Motion-sensing lights on the outside too; will look into some sort of local alarm and a webcam thing.
After that one I fitted an extra lock which I had bought for my van but never needed to fit, it’s one of those heavy disc types.
Interesting one - fitted to the door, attaching door to frame?
It's bolted to the door through some 2*4 on the inside and through the door frame.
Ah cheers, I see what you mean
