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For people keeping their bike in a shed - as per title really, how do you store your bike through the winter? What precautions do you take? What safety features do you use? Which cover (if any) do you use?
I don't own a bike myself but weirdly enough was just reading on FB that a friend of mine just had a bike stolen from her shed tonight (one of two in the country apparently) worth around £4K....so whatever you do make it secure.For people keeping their bike in a shed - as per title really, how do you store your bike through the winter? What precautions do you take? What safety features do you use? Which cover (if any) do you use?
Thanks. My bike is worth nowhere near that. If it was I would have store it somewhere else. It was stored inside the house for many years (under-stair cupboard), but the space would be nice to have back and it is a quiet neighbourhood here, so I thought I'll risk it. Just want to make it secure and make sure the rust won't eat it alive during the winter.I don't own a bike myself but weirdly enough was just reading on FB that a friend of mine just had a bike stolen from her she'd tonight (one of two in the country apparently) worth around £4K....so whatever you do make it secure.
We keep my wife's cheap bike in the wooden shed and that is locked to a set of metal ladders with a sold secure gold rated D lock. You can get an Onguard Pitbull D Lock for 20 quid and they are very heavy and thick, gold rated sold secure too.
Whatever you do, don't just leave a bike sitting in a shed, always lock them to something very heavy or immovable.
Me too. The bike lives it all year.I use an Asgard bike shed to secure our bikes.
They are very secure although expensive.
The problem I have is that there is nothing immovable in the shed. In fact the whole shed is just a standard size (wee) wooden shed, that you can just kick the door in, if you want.
I plan to put a lock around the frame and one of the wheels. Buy a cover to keep the moisture out, but that is pretty much all I can do. I cannot really afford to spend £500 on a dedicated bike sheds... at least not this year. We have other, more pressing, commitments. So I have to work with what I have.
Thanks, I'll have a look.Can't grab a link right now but search out ground anchors or bike anchors. Which might be ideal for you.
Thanks, I'll have a look.
I looked at bike stands that can be attached to the floor or the wall with screws yesterday. Not ideal but better than nothing.
Thanks. When you mentioned ground anchor, I imagined having have to cut a hole in the shed floor, mix cement, pour it, fit an anchor, let it set, etc. This looks much more appealing fitting-wise. I need to have a look at the website on my desktop in the evening though, as it is a bit confusing on the mobile and hard to see prices for various kits.Something along the lines of THIS might be easy/ish to fit and looking pretty secure.
That was the first link when I searched for 'Secure bike anchors'
Thanks. When you mentioned ground anchor, I imagined having have to cut a hole in the shed floor, mix cement, pour it, fit an anchor, let it set, etc. This looks much more appealing fitting-wise. I need to have a look at the website on my desktop in the evening though, as it is a bit confusing on the mobile and hard to see prices for various kits.
Something along the lines of THIS might be easy/ish to fit and looking pretty secure.
That was the first link when I searched for 'Secure bike anchors'
The more I read, the more things that needs to be done I find.
I need to change screws to coach bolts in hinges and hasp as well.
Think about an anchor or some sort of heavy object to attach the bike to.
Buy a better padlock - that might be problematic, I will have to upgrade the hasp and staple before that probably, as the hole is so small now, that hardly any padlock fits.
Yes I need to do something. Right now you can enter my shed using a screwdriver. Unscrew the 3 open screws that hold the hinges (3 each) and you are in
Ha funnyAnd are you in at the moment