[Closed] Robbing Bastids at work again...

That sucks.

I got rid of my up n over for that reason. If you need to keep it look at putting locks on on the corners

Put a couple of ground anchors in.

Also alarm with a siren in the garage a strobe would also help.

Just got to make it hard work.

Oh and lockable tool cabinets don't leave anything useful out.

Good point about locking the tools away.
I hadn't considered the fact that the garage is full of tools that they could then use.

Although in this case they just took the bikes and left everything else untouched, got to think we were targeted somehow as none of the surrounding garages were touched, Probably because the bike carrier was still on the back of the car.

I wonder if that worked??!?!

Put bike stickers on your neighbors garage doors. Beef up security with a Big ground anchor, at least a 16mm chain, squire closed shackle padlock.
Or move your best bike indoors if possible.

I think you got it in your earlier post, but try to avoid leaving bike carriers on your car as they hint that you might have some bikes worth stealing nearby. People rarely need to transport clunker pub bikes. A bike carrier suggests a bike worth taking somewhere to ride.
Hopefully you have some luck with insurance and the gits are caught.

How long until people are so bored and pissed with this that people start standing up and sorting it themselves?

#Inbeforemike

Luckily they’re insured but I’ll have to wait with baited breath to see what the insurance offers me from the Wheelies catalogue.

you can take the cash value, especially if wheelie can source like for like. they did for me & I didn't have to pay any "admin" fee, just cash value less excess

Muckers!

Buy an estate car and hide the bike inside it.

Certainly add locks to the up and over - there are 4 additional locks on mine. Two 'hidden' shoot bolts on bottom corners, shoot bolt in middle bottom, and a big hasp lock with a shipping container padlock near the top.

Make it hard and 'noisy' to get in.

Gamekeepers landmines if you can trust legitimate users not to set them off.

Didn't take them long to bust our roller door and the alarm didn't deter them. New door was a recommendation. Everything else is beefed up including one of these

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As for the how did they know where you lived.. Strava?/social media.. Or plan and simple followed home..
I had two break ins.. second time I think I was followed home..

http://www.asgardsss.co.uk/bike-cycle-storage/

I had one of these outside in our back garden, from my experience they are pretty thief proof.

You could put one inside the garage?

Bar or beam across behind the garage door and a ground anchor with a beefy chain

@rmacattack above: fully agree with your view but you can be guaranteed that prosecution will result - from police/cps who do less than truck all when cyclists are injured or killed in RTAs.

Police don't even bother coming out.
You can be sure that if I did get chance to retaliate against them they would lock me up, I'm easy too find.

Strava I use but I'm not exactly "known" and I tend to keep on eye on my mirrors when heading home, I'm a bit paranoid about that.
I'll certainly be going through the suggestions, especially the land mines.

Jeez I'm sorry man. I'll keep alook out and check all the sale sites I know.
Good luck

I know someone that's used the 'alarm mine' it worked - thief left a fair amount of 'DNA' on the chainring - i.e. jumped and cut himself badly.

I personally wouldn't have one as the family access the garage occasionally.

Sorry about the theft, that's a fair old 'haul' they have had. Neighbours lost a number of 'race' BMX's and a decent DH MTB as the buggers went through his garage roof.

I've had two attempts on my garage - on was a bunch of kids on a moped - tried to jemmy the up and over but they were real amateurs - made loads of noise and our bedroom overlooks it. Second, someone had spent considerable time removing the glass from the side window. It's only a wooden window, but they carefully removed the beading and took the glass out intact. The window is secondary glazed with polycarbonate - they broke a corner to get a peek inside, but the window is barred with big 'roofing straps' and would need some cutting equipment to get through them.

Where did this happen?

Kingsway near Gloucester.

Also discovered you can get claymore mines from paintball supplies places.

Ok it'll cover everything else in the garage but it'd be worth it.