A friend may be borrowing my bike for a trip to the alps. My question regards the insurance of the bike. It will be travelling on his ticket etc and I suddenly wondered if it is insured properly. I currently have m and s contents and will as be travelling with my friend etc.

I am guessing he cannot insure the bike as he is not the owner?

Many thanks for your thoughts

If he “buys” it from you and then “sells” it back then should be fine so long as he has insurance that will cover it.
(I don’t work in Insurance)

And as it’s a friend have the
What if it snaps, breaks, dies, blows up conversation before it happens

Have you specified your bikes with M&S?

Ooops! Ah it’s the other way around then you either ask him to insure or he pays up.

I was silly, I just need to buy extra baggage in my name, he can carry the bugger! I then have the direct link to it on my contents if required.

Borrowing a bike for a UK trip is quite a straightforward thing, but I think it would be too much to expect anyone to lend me a bike for an Alpine trip. The risk of wrecking the bike is very high. Even if you don’t, each week in the Alps has at least a year’s worth of wear onto any bike I’ve taken there.

I wrecked the same bike last year in the Alps – it is not a big deal on that front.

Yeah second that, the alps hammers bikes, I’d worry less about insurance than wear an tear!

Yeah second that, the alps[b]Riders[/b] hammers bikes

All depends if it’s a suitable bike and what your doing with it.