Rental bike theft Tenerife

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  • haydenm
    haydenm Posts: 2,997
    PBlakeney wrote:
    HaydenM wrote:
    mallorcajeff wrote:
    Better to take your own and you know its been looked after

    Hmmm, I can see a flaw in this :lol:

    When I hired from Bikepoint in Tenerife they were very very clear about the fact that I was responsible if they got nicked. As others have said, you'll have to check the car/holiday/ any other insurance you may have
    There is no flaw as if you take your own it will be insured.
    You do have your bikes insured?

    Yes, it's just debatable how well looked after it is... :wink:
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,345
    I always take care of my pride and joy.
    Assumed everyone else did the same. :wink:
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • haydenm
    haydenm Posts: 2,997
    PBlakeney wrote:
    I always take care of my pride and joy.
    Assumed everyone else did the same. :wink:

    Good for you. I was joking, there's always one guy with something wrong with their bike
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,345
    HaydenM wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    I always take care of my pride and joy.
    Assumed everyone else did the same. :wink:

    Good for you. I was joking, there's always one guy with something wrong with their bike
    I know one guy who just had to “unveil” a new bike every trip to Mallorca.
    Inevitably something was always wrong. :lol:
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • arthur_scrimshaw
    arthur_scrimshaw Posts: 2,596
    PBlakeney wrote:
    I always take care of my pride and joy.
    Assumed everyone else did the same. :wink:

    I'm sure you do, it's the baggage handlers that terrify me.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,345
    Arthur Scrimshaw wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    I always take care of my pride and joy.
    Assumed everyone else did the same. :wink:

    I'm sure you do, it's the baggage handlers that terrify me.
    There is another thread about cases for that one...
    viewtopic.php?f=30005&t=13091441
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • navrig2
    navrig2 Posts: 1,851
    When we hired in Mallorca we always took the insurance but that did not cover theft. They did provide "cafe locks" which were thin retractable cable combination locks. They didn't provide much more than a deterent level of protection but were small enough to go in a saddle bag or pocket..

    We always sat outside cafes and bars where we could see the bikes and made sure the villa/apartment was locked up.

    Theft from a car should be covered either by contents insurance or holiday insurance as long as you locked the car and report it to the local bobbies. However if there was no damage to the car you may struggle to convince police and insurance company you locked the car.
  • Tiesetrotter
    Tiesetrotter Posts: 432
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    Of course they offered it, the OP probably declined it

    Just checked the website for Freemotion in Gran Canaria that I've rented from before, and they specifically say:

    "There is no insurance against theft included in the contract: There are no insurance companies that provide insurance against theft for commercially used bikes.

    Bikepoint said the same to me. They were also very clear not to leave the bike alone anywhere as people will target rental bikes.
  • priory
    priory Posts: 743
    https://www.scotsman.com/news/crash-cyclist-left-hollow-as-163-370k-injury-claim-rejected-1-1248975


    Public liability insurance for normal people probably is unlikely not to exclude club cycling somehow, even if in a race.

    I
    Raleigh Eclipse, , Dahon Jetstream XP, Raleigh Banana, Dawes super galaxy, Raleigh Clubman

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  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    priory wrote:
    https://www.scotsman.com/news/crash-cyclist-left-hollow-as-163-370k-injury-claim-rejected-1-1248975


    Public liability insurance for normal people probably is unlikely not to exclude club cycling somehow, even if in a race.

    I

    as ever need to check the small print or more likely since its probably in legalies ask them directly, my house insurance covers 3rd party and what not.

    The above link, the guy who lost and then needs to pay legal fees, started the litigation the issue wasn't so much that it was a club run, but that when someone crashed ahead as he was in a group he was too close to do much about it, which is the risk probably most of us take!
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    PBlakeney wrote:
    HaydenM wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    I always take care of my pride and joy.
    Assumed everyone else did the same. :wink:

    Good for you. I was joking, there's always one guy with something wrong with their bike
    I know one guy who just had to “unveil” a new bike every trip to Mallorca.
    Inevitably something was always wrong. :lol:

    I've witnessed
    1. some very bling bikes left outside that cafe in Port d Pollenca
    2. An utter numpty without a care in the world comes along and smashes their bike into all the others on the bike rack, you can see them wobble as they're about to be knocked over.
    "The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby
  • wiznaeme
    wiznaeme Posts: 238
    My household contents insurance renewal just came in from the Halifax and I phoned them about bike hire and theft. Any bike I take ‘legal responsibility’ for, in other words, hire with a contract, then I am covered against theft of the bike. I am not covered to borrow a friends bike if that gets stolen as I have not taken legal responsibility.
    Additionally the security requirement is simply that I use a bike lock (no specific standard of lock) to lock it to a fixed object such as a “lamppost”.
    Hope this helps someone.
  • jakejhonson44
    jakejhonson44 Posts: 18
    That would depend on what you've agreed and signed from the contract given by them.
  • de_sisti
    de_sisti Posts: 1,283
    Navrig2 wrote:
    Theft from a car should be covered either by contents insurance or holiday insurance as long as you locked the car and report it to the local bobbies. However if there was no damage to the car you may struggle to convince police and insurance company you locked the car.

    On the penultimate day of a trip to the Semaine Federale in Saumur, France (2008), I had packed a
    suitcase in the back of my car and covered it over with a blanket, to save time loading the car for my
    return journey home the following morning. After waking up I attached my bike to the bike carrier and
    started my journey home.

    My suspicions were only slightly aroused when I stopped at a motorway service station and looked
    into the back of the car to see everything "ok", as the blanket appeared to be undisturbed. However,
    it was not until I arrived home to unpack the car that I realised that someone from the flats
    opposite the dormitory where I stayed had wacthed my movements and decided to break into my car
    during the night.

    There was no damage to the car. I reported the incident to the nearest police station to France
    (that would be Kent Police) who told me that they were aware of mulitple cases where theives were
    breaking into cars using tennis balls. (Google it and you'll see how it's done).

    Good job I didn't leave my bike in the car overnight. I did manage to successfully claim on my holiday insurance
    though.

    The Samsonite suitcase that was stolen had amongst its contents, all of my cycling clothes for the week and my Suunto T6 HRM.
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    De Sisti wrote:
    theives were
    breaking into cars using tennis balls. (Google it and you'll see how it's done).
    I did:
    https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/can-u ... nnis-ball/

    Without wasting more time googling than I'm prepared to, the best info I could find was that this trick may have worked on some older (80s-90s) central locking systems, but not modern ones.
  • de_sisti
    de_sisti Posts: 1,283
    My car at the time was a 1998 SEAT Arosa. Anyhow, that's what Kent Police told me and with that
    information added to my insurance claim I managed to get some recompense. The whole episode
    did teach me a lesson in trust (or not trusting everyone).
  • fenix
    fenix Posts: 5,437
    They nicked your suitcase from under the 'security' blanket and you didn't notice the big suitcase shaped lump wasn't there ?

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