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I'm looking for a solution to the ever growing amount of bikes in our flat. Baby on way, and we're having trouble selling the flat, So we're going to need more space. does anyone use those storage boxes, the ones that you secure to a concrete floor? any good, secure enough for say 3 bikes, 5ks worth? would I be able to get insurance if I kept them in something like this (outside, in our yard of course)
anyone?
easily I can get insurance for mine in a wooden shed and all I have to do is put a padlock on the shed - any padlock will do.
I assume these will be fine but you may as well get a shed IMHO and then add ground anchors + Pragmasis lock etc all you can do is slow them down.
I advise a reasonable bike - £100 that is easy to nick to allow the thiefs to steal that and leave your good ones alone.
Cheaper to put them in storage while you sell the flat?
I got mine added to the house contents insurance (home and away) 100% replacement value in 1st 3 years. Seemed the cheaper option as they are covered away from the home and up to 30 days abroad.
Like this?
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Dunno about insurance but I guess it counts as locking them up (which is what our insurance says about paying up for any bikes) The police crime prevention officer was round a few years back and he pronounced it 'pretty good' since it was bolted to the ground. Saying that, when the builders were working on our house while we were on holiday they decided to move it and cut both padlocks off with an angle grinder in 'a couple of seconds' but I guess it'll stop casual thieves.
What's the box samuri?- I could do with one of those to free up some shed space.
http://www.trimetals.co.uk/bicycle-storage.php
reviews here
http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/accessories/bike-storage-systems
bear in mind will struggle to get three mountain bikes in there. The best I can manage is two mountain bikes and one road bike, and that's with very careful positioning.
Are those boxes the same on that the guy on here recommended a while back, I think he was a cop and said that these are difficult to break into, but I cannot for the life of me find the post..
Go look at the Secure By Design website. It's the police website that us architcets use. There's a specification section that shows the secure ones. Not all of them are that great. A slightly modifed timber shed is more secure.
oh dear
It's not that good. Thieves literally ripped mine open to steal my brand new Heckler. They did't even touch the padlocks.
that's the trimetals one
I nearly bought one last year. google 'the garden shed company' on ebay. They were doing them for £400 down from £500.
thats the thing the attack tests use very basic hand tools the Sold secure Gold bike lock test doesn't include a standard 12" hacksaw in the list of tools used