Sold Secure Gold Standard Locks

bikeleasingco wrote:

nicklouse wrote:

Whatever is stated in the insurance small print. Nothing more nothing less.

That's a long list to choose from.

I was really asking about some specifics.

We tend to recommend Knog Strongman or the New York Fahgettaboudit.

Anyone had any issues with these i.e. lost bikes?

Also, these things are brutes to carry around so I wondered what people tend to use when they're out riding on their bikes - if anything?

IC. wrote:

I thought my shed was secure...

Motion sensor alarm
Security Light
2" steel secuirty bar
Top class 5 level padlocks
Coach bolted hinges

I never thought anyone would take the roof off. How wrong was I

This happened last night:



My Cube was stolen, along with my lad's bike and a few other bits.

Hope it serves as a warning to anyone else that hasn't yet internally bolted their shed roof down.

burnside1982 wrote:

I had my Trek 7.2 FX hybrid stolen from my back garden in Manchester (M21) between 3/3/10 and 5/3/10.It was locked to a solid metal bracket on the garden wall. I was fairly happy that the bracket and lock (Abus d-lock with extension cable through both wheels) were secure. I didn't expect them to take half of my wall to pieces from the other side to steal it! Pics below of the aftermath:





One brick missing from my side of the wall. About 15 from the neighbours! Their garden gate wasn't locked so the thieves must have come in over night and spent some time taking all the mortar out from between the bricks. They then pushed the brick that the bracket was fixed to out and took the whole thing - bike, lock, bracket and brick!

It was a silver frame 2009 model, serial number xxxxxxxx. There were small reflective silver stickers dotted around the frame and hardly any wear/tear - only bought it in November and the weather over the winter meant I'd hardly been out on it. There was a grey rack on the back and mudguards front and back which I think were silver.

My wife's bike was still in the garden with a similar lock setup (Kryptonite) and two nights later we disturbed 2 lads who had come to take that as well! Fortunately they hadn't got very far so we've still got that. Has anyone got any advice for securing my new one? We've no room for a shed and no room to keep them inside.

just call me lance wrote:

4 Bikes stolen from my roof rack early hours of Saturday 26th June all in new condition all less than one year old.
My beloved Enigma XCR custom frame in Ferrari Red Ultegra Triple group that I can't afford to replace!
Trek 2.3 White
Trek 1.2 Black/red
Specialized dark grey

Taken from the Warwick/Stratford area

UKCougar wrote:

Hi,

Stopped off at the Trafford Centre on the way back from a weekend's riding, and had our bikes stolen from the locked roof rack. Details are as follows.

Bikes were taken from the Barton Square overflow car park ("GF2") on the Trafford Centre in Manchester, yesterday 5/4/10 between 1:30pm and 3:45pm. Ie, broad daylight on Easter Monday. They were mounted in locked Atera Giro cycle carriers, which the thieves smashed to bits to get the bikes out.

My bike is a Specialized Hardrock Pro 2009, black with red decals. Essentially identical to stock, http://www.specialized.com/gb/en/bc/SBCBkModel.jsp?sid=09Hardrock&eid=107. Annoyingly I can't find the serial number, still looking for that. Distinguishing marks are light scuffs on one side of the frame where a fool transported it badly on a Land Rover. I'll should have pics of the damage so I'll try and post that later. It did have a Madison gel saddle, black bottle cage and a raft of fittings on the bars for gadgets, but they're easily removable of course.

My partner's bike is a grey GT Outpost Disc 09. Frame number is SNMNG08G51503. It originally looked like this - http://www.evanscycles.com/products/gt/outpost-disc-2009-mountain-bike-ec016385. The front fork has been replaced with a Rockshox Reba fork, and the stem was replaced at the weekend with a bright red component, so unlike my bike it should be immediately recognisable. When it was stolen it had a pink bottle cage fitted (which is the thing everyone notices about it, even the security guys on the car park remembered seeing it when we arrived). It also has a Madison saddle and various lamp fittings on the bars.

Not sure how to close up here other than to say, be careful out there. In hindsight I was pretty naiive, but I figured the bikes were fairly safe locked to the car for a couple of hours in a public car park with CCTV, security guards, and a metric shedload of people milling about. Shows how wrong I was there, expensive mistake and we've got a biking holiday booked in three weeks' time. *sadface*

bobs bikes wrote:

bikeleasingco wrote:

bobs bikes wrote:

we sell a lot of oxford products.
they carry a cash back 'insurance' which is a good selling point.
i personally use a hiplok and use the cheap bike round town, my good bikes are never left alone outside.

The Magnum and the HD mini are the Gold standard versions then.

I'm guessing the cash back insurance has a limit or just covers the lock cost does it?

the siver standard has a £500 replacement limit and the gold has a£1000 value.
as long as the lock has been defeated, oxford will replace the bike and lock.

....they cant help with a shed though!