Bike security at home

benjdr

Hi all,

I'm after a little bit of advice.
I'm about to purchase my first bike, and it will be kept in the old "outhouse" in the back garden.
The "outhouse" is attached to the main house and is of brick construction. However, the door and it's frame are totally rotten and are in need of replacement.
Does anyone have any ideas what door/frame/locks I may want to get for this little storage area?

Bare in mind that the the bike will also be ground anchored inside, so the door is not the only form of security.

Cheers,
Ben

Dax

I was in a similar situation as you.
We live in a back to back terrace house and I converted the old outside toilet in to a shed/bike store.
I took off the old rotten door and surround and made a new surround out of 2 inch angle iron that I fastened to the brick walls and concrete floor with counter sunk rawl bolts.
I then made a new door. It is basically a cage door made from ¾ box section steel with cross braces at 12 inch intervals and clad with ply wood.
The locks are twin roller shutter door bullet locks with lock shields.
Basically if you want to nick my bike you had better bring either a gas axe or a Sthil saw.

The total cost was only about £70.

nicklouse

benjdr
so what does the insurance say you should have? that is the least you want.

miket-62

A mate of mine had his bikes in a seperate garage to his house. (He lived out in the country side)
The bu^^ers only came along and lifted the roof off the garage and the bikes!
My advice... You cant be too careful!
Locks
Shackles
Alarms
Etc
Don't let the bas^*"ds get your bikes!!!

omegas

If you have a solid floor fit a ground anchor.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... delID=8495

DarkStarr

what size door is it, B & Q are selling basic upvc doors and frames for about 120quid

KonaMike

Im the same,my bike is in a brick outhouse thats attatched to the house. The door is wooden and flimsy but ive added extra locks and inside my 2 bikes are locked together by 3 seperate locks and then locked to a step ladder . Its tricky getting one bike out of the small doorway on its own so they wont get that lot out !!

Obviously this isnt ideal so Im going to get a proper ground anchor soon to be sure !

benjdr

Thanks for the advice all. I didn't expect to get a reply from people using exactly the same storage location. Good stuff.

I think I'll ring my insurance company and go from there.

KonaMike

Yep I'm in the same boat.......Ive tried convincing the wife that it needs to be kept in the house but she is not having it!!
See my previous thread here:
http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/forums/vie ... t=12563740

Matteeboy

We have good security here:

1) A house that no one can find unless they are in a helicopter.
2) A dog who is very friendly but had a good bark (black lab).
3) A very squeaky garage door - if anyone did try and open it, we'd wake up.
4) Completely surrounded by gorse and brambles apart from the drive.
5) Gravel drive that makes a racket if you drive/walk over it.

Used to live in Bristol where the only safe place for a decent bike was in your bedroom!

delcol

this was my main worry with my bikes my only option was a shed not the strongest thing to put your pride and joys in i know but after some modiforcation i hope i done enough to detare scum,..
we spent nearlya grand on locks and shed shackles and ground anchors,.

i have 3 of these look at their website and watch the vids.
http://www.almax-security-chains.co.uk/

as well as several other sold secure gold and silver locks chains ect.....

oh and a alarm on the shed...

FENNER

Get a good dog

It will protect your bike and amuse the family when your out on it ! RESULT