Securing a bike in a wooden shed?

Darra8

In have just upgraded my bike, and because of this I am getting a little paranoid about securing it correctly. It's a heavy duty shed (not the usual garden type) but it still wouldn't take much to get in it.

My question is, how would I secure the chain to the shed, given the fact that it's made of wood?

Just found this, shed shackle....any good?

http://www.torc-anchors.com/shed-shackle.php

Thanks.

Steve

JonnyN

What is the shed sat on? Concrete? You could drill a hold through the floor into the concrete and attached one of those anchor things.

Otherwise, keep it in the house?

danlikesbikes

Steve,

Bikeradar did a piece on this a while ago - http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/article/h ... t-1-21131/

I know of couple of options really if your keeping your bike in a shed, but am sure you will also be advised to see if you can get an alarm fitted as they do some good shed only alarms if your house is not wired up to an alarm & therefore you can't extend your current system from the property to the shed.

1) Fitting the shed with mutli-point locking devices such as http://www.asgardsss.co.uk/page.php?id= ... cat_code=0 which should slow/stop/deter a thief.

2) If possible fit a ground anchor through the floor as this will seriously slow down or stop someone from stealing your bike if they do make in into the shed. I have 2 sheds one placed on the ground (on top of concrete paving slabs) so dug down just on the outside corner, drilled through the floor of the shed, placed the anchor rod into the ground & filled up with quick dry cement as used on fencing posts. In my other shed digging down was not a option so used an anchor that looked basically like a big corkscrew which is twisted & sunk into the ground so all you see from the floor level is locking point.

3) fit a wall mounted shackle - http://www.velovision.co.uk/showStory.php?storynum=819 also have one of these in the second shed. Obviously need to make sure the shed is solid & you might need to put some 2X4 or 2X6 in to firm up the shed & make the devise as secure as possible.

4) make sure that your windows can not be easily seen into & that they are nice and secure - as no good making the door nice & safe if the window is only held in by a small piece of wooden beading and a few tack nails.

Thankfully my brother & I were able to fit the extra wooden rails into the shed over a weekend and put a wall mounted shackle which is really quite solid, but I then took the option of fitting a ground anchor too as was worried about the bike. To top it all off I also fitted some better hinges to the door that were attached to the rails so the door would be pretty hard to break into. Guess its all about putting money & time in versus the likely hood of someone being able to break into your shed.

allen.coulson

The insurance company may insist upon a permanent fixing - like the advice given previously to gow beneathe theshed fkoo to secure the locking device.
My insurance also demands a 5 lever lock.

...what's your address please?

arcing

I did this last year:

Added some internal brackets to stop the windows from opening.
All screws on hinges were replaced with tamper proof bolts, and the nuts superglued from within.
Added an additional padlock to the existing mortice lock.
Cut a section of the wooden floor out, and laid an addtional comcrete section on the existing foundation, then bolted a ground anchor to it.
Always lock the wife's bike in front of mine ;o)

JonnyN

arcing wrote:

I did this last year:

Added some internal brackets to stop the windows from opening.
All screws on hinges were replaced with tamper proof bolts, and the nuts superglued from within.
Added an additional padlock to the existing mortice lock.
Cut a section of the wooden floor out, and laid an addtional comcrete section on the existing foundation, then bolted a ground anchor to it.
Always lock the wife's bike in front of mine ;o)

Unfortunately you now cannot get the bike out of the shed!

Darra8

Thanks Guys.

It looks like it's going to be a shed shackle with a 13mm protector chain.

Cheers.....

blablablacksheep

If the shed is the only option id check with insurance before doing DIY security as they might have a list of things which need to be done otherwise they might not insure your bike.

If they happy with what you intend to use then go for it, but at the very least use "one way " screws on the main contact points, as we had a spate of robbers with Drills just drilling out the hinges of the shed doors, thus locks on door =useless

stubs

Darra8 wrote:

In have just upgraded my bike, and because of this I am getting a little paranoid about securing it correctly. It's a heavy duty shed (not the usual garden type) but it still wouldn't take much to get in it.

My question is, how would I secure the chain to the shed, given the fact that it's made of wood?

Just found this, shed shackle....any good?

http://www.torc-anchors.com/shed-shackle.php

Thanks.

Steve

All the stuff from Torc is good quality and is hand made in Britain not stamped out of a sheet of mild steel in China. Email the company if you have any questions on securing your shed, the owner replied to a query I sent at 5 am straight away so he is either stupidly dedicated, an insomniac or has a baby.

Anonymous

Two things with sheds really.

If it's cheap and fragile it can get broken into by opportunists.

If it's visibly looking ultra secure it will be a target for the determined professionals.

A decently secured bike in a tatty shed may get left behind by the opportunist. That's what happened when they broke into mine. Had my bike secured to another with wheels off, and all tied to other heavy stuff in there. Was too much hassle for them.

My concern though has been that guy may have thought to come back later and try for the bike, or tells someone else about it. So can't keep the bike in the shed now.

I think about getting a sturdy secure shed but feel that's just going to flag it up as containing something valuable. There are a lot of shed thefts around my way and some of those sheds are the secure type and they still get broken into.

Alarms. They go off often and no one notices. Unless you're in at the time and hear your own alarm not much will happen. Neighbours only do something when it's been going on for an hour and they ring the police to complain about the noise.

Darra8

I need the shackle, the chain and the lock, which will come to around £120. I don't want to spend anything, but this only comes to 5% of the bikes worth, and if the worst did happen and it got stolen, then I would kick myself for not trying harder to secure it.

I guess it just has to be done :

Qaudangle racer

If i were you id head down to B&Q they sell very good quality chains and padlocks by masterlock and they also do ground anchors for a bit less than the bike brands that bike radar are showing.

Darra8

stubs wrote:

All the stuff from Torc is good quality and is hand made in Britain not stamped out of a sheet of mild steel in China. Email the company if you have any questions on securing your shed, the owner replied to a query I sent at 5 am straight away so he is either stupidly dedicated, an insomniac or has a baby.

Dedicated, I think. I emailed them this morning, and within 10 minutes Steve have replied :shock:

The company also does bundle deals, so I can save a few quid if I buy all the bits I need.

stubs

Darra8 wrote:

stubs wrote:

All the stuff from Torc is good quality and is hand made in Britain not stamped out of a sheet of mild steel in China. Email the company if you have any questions on securing your shed, the owner replied to a query I sent at 5 am straight away so he is either stupidly dedicated, an insomniac or has a baby.

Dedicated, I think. I emailed them this morning, and within 10 minutes Steve have replied :shock:

The company also does bundle deals, so I can save a few quid if I buy all the bits I need.

He is good I just have this image of him fingers poised over the keyboard living on red bull waiting for a customer query

The kit is good and the fitting instructions are first class. I fitted a wall anchor with chemical bolts before the kit was released to the market when the instructions were only in the first draft.. Steve warned me they were a touch confusing and asked me to comment on them. I made some constructive comments and they appeared on the website within 24 hours of me emailing them. Definitely a company that deserves to succeed.

nosnevets_semaj

Just keep it in the house. I presume its insured? Shewd are made of wood. All you need is a drill to get into one of those. I've got mine in a garage, but it still accessable. External security lights are a good deterant. Just make sure you have your insurance well covered. Some insist on certain locks.