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Thinking of building my 'dream bike'but want to use it, stick it on the car etc without getting paranoid about having it nicked. is there good insurance out there without silly clauses. I also will need a good lock that I can carry with me any ideas. On a similar tack I contacted a carbon frame manufacturer to suggest bonding a unique chip into each frame, he said the technology was too expensive and not widespread. Think I will take my new bike to the vets.
google datatag - they've been doing kits for motorbikes and bicycles for years. Probably got some competitors too, which you might as you search.
search on here for insurance, Marks and Spencers, M&S (use google rather than the shonky search function) Quite a few threads about it recently.
good luck, happy building.
i just put my two bikes on my M&S cover,a 2012 Yeti ASR5 carbon and a 2011 Specialized Enduro Expert. I covered them both for £7500 and my cover went up £21 a month. This covers the bikes away for my house as well
Why would you need to carry the lock with you? is it for commuting?
Strange attitude, don't buy something nice in case it gets stolen.
Strange attitude, don't buy something nice in case it gets stolen.
Not that strange, I dunno if I'd buy a "dream bike" myself for a few reasons.
- Might get nicked or damaged
- Warranties are often not as good as you might hope
- Massive depreciation
- Diminishing returns on performance/weight
- MTB design is in flux right now with three competing wheel sizes
regarding insurance - i've no experience of dealing with M&S but i have with Halifax...they will cover any single unspecified high risk item up to the value of £3k on the contents insurance cover...it can be a bike but the catch is if its stored in an outbuilding i.e. a shed or garage (integral ones included) then the maximum it will be covered for is £2k...if your dream bike is valued at less than £2k or less than £3k and lives in the house then its a good deal....
regarding datatags - they are good to a certain extent..that the bike can be returned to its rightful registered owner if the police recover it in the first place and are able to scan the chip...but only if they get their hands on it (it does not work like a tracker system on a car)...the other issue is fitting such a chip...if your frame has an uninterupted seat tube then fitting one is easy...you just push it down the seat tube...but if you dont have an uninterupted seat tube then there is no other place to install the chip