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[Closed] Insuring your bikes - contents or bike specific insurance?

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Hi all

How do you insure your bikes? Do you have it as part of your contents insurance or on a separate policy? Who do you use?

I'll be looking at cover for about £5k worth of bikes.

Thanks
Glenn


 
Posted : 03/01/2015 10:50 am
 jimw
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John Lewis gives up to £10000 cover for bikes if specifically added. Does nearly double the contents insurance but still half the cost from a specialist insurer. However, cover may not be as high- but as mine are bitsas new for old cover isn't appropriate.


 
Posted : 03/01/2015 11:00 am
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pedal cover at £250 (contents but not buildings, 12k of bikes) for an SE london postcode
was with M&S before at £600 (until they stopped doing bikes at £4k) John Lewis wanted even more.
you get to choose the supplier so all my boutique italian steel isn’t replaced with whatever shitty plastic giant/speciallised/rubble/planet-x crap the loss adjuster thinks is a suitable replacement.


 
Posted : 03/01/2015 11:08 am
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Contents. M&S here, but still on old cover.


 
Posted : 03/01/2015 11:09 am
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Did have separate cover (Cycleguard IIRC), but recently moved house and switched the bikes to John Lewis contents. Cheaper, better cover, and fewer restrictions (no specified locks or security measures other than a locked garage).


 
Posted : 03/01/2015 11:11 am
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Gringo, try Aviva. I have cover for mountain and road bikes with their buildings and contents policy. They actually lowered the premium on renewal, so I stuck with them. Was with M & S for a few years, but their prices went sky high. Not had to claim yet, thankfully, so can't help with that. Cheers.........and Happy New Year.


 
Posted : 03/01/2015 11:18 am

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