|   I have nothing in my garage to lock my bikes to. | DanB
Sep 4, 2002 3:09 PM | | Almost everyting in my garage is made of wood. I suppose I could lock them to my garage door runner, but I want to use really strong locks like krytonites and they are pretty short. The bikes would probably be in the way of our cars going in and out. The only thing I can think of is locking my bikes to a 100 pound free weight. Not perfect but would probably be 90 percent effective. Any other ideas? I just got a new $2000 bike. Thanks. |
| drill & cement a large eye-bolt in the floor?..... | Dave B.
Sep 4, 2002 3:21 PM | | that would work-just make sure it's out of the way so you don't trip over the eye bolt when the bike wasn't locked to it. could use a heavy duty chain and strong padlock-anything that would considerably slow down a thief in a garage would probably work. |
| Just lock the garage.... | fred³
Sep 5, 2002 2:50 AM | | it's worked for me for 17 years. |
| Good idea, also try buying an old iron radiator | The Weasel
Sep 5, 2002 5:27 AM | | those things weigh a friggin ton. That's what I use. |
| I've got an old radiator. | tlg
Sep 5, 2002 6:52 AM | | It's in my attic. It came with the house. And I have no F'n idea how they got it into the attic.
It's yours if you want it. Free... U-haul it! |
| Insurance | Nat
Sep 4, 2002 3:29 PM | | I'd keep the receipts and make sure my homeowners' insurance covered theft of the bike. |
| Insurance | neal
Sep 6, 2002 3:00 AM | | Any bike over a $1000.00 should be kept next to your bed or used a piece of living room furniture. |
| find the biggest honkin screw eyes you can... | uber-stupid
Sep 4, 2002 3:33 PM | | ... like 1/2" or thicker. Drill 2 appropriately sized holes in a wall stud (appropriate: threads should be wider then the drill bit when you hold it up, but you should be able to see the bit between the threads if you hold it up behind the bolt. Mount one of them about 6 inshes above the other one. Now you have something you can run a u-bar through. either lock the bike to that, or to a chain hooked up to it.
This would also work for ceiling beams if you decide to put up a storage hook and store your bike that way. Just have the eyes on either side of the hook... that way you can lock your front wheel to it, and then run a chain through your frame. Buy a big krypto chain with the loops on the end for this, so they'll go over the lock easily. |
| re: I have nothing in my garage to lock my bikes to. | JimC.
Sep 4, 2002 3:36 PM | | thieves lack time. The 100lb weight idea works. You gotta make sure there are no weak links in your plan, ie lock bike to a cinder block with NY Fuggedaboudit Kryptonite lock, but leave a sledge hammer in the garage ...hence they break the block and bike's gone.
I've bolted our safe to 2 cinderblocks on a wooden floor in an upstairs bedroom...the bastidges are gonna hafta carry a 90lb safe attached to 2 cinderblocks, THAT outghta be a challenge.
Bike theft is really a thing that sucks. good luck, Jim |
| If you cannot lock em down take the wheels off. | SunDog
Sep 4, 2002 3:50 PM | | Prevents a hasty escape and gives the bike a lower profile and less visability.
Louis |
| that didn't help... | cm
Sep 5, 2002 10:55 AM | | My husband's bike got stolen out of his truck and the front wheel was locked inside so they cut the lock and took the bike, minus the front wheel. |
| Rat bastards! | SunDog
Sep 5, 2002 1:49 PM | | Any measures help but nothing will stop a determined thief.
Sorry to hear about another stolen steed. |
| Two large concrete cinder blocks will do | McGruff
Sep 4, 2002 3:51 PM | | I went to hardware store and bought two large concrete cinder blocks and just cable locked my bike to 'em.
It's not Fort Knox, but it may at least discourage 'em from trying. |
| re: I have nothing in my garage to lock my bikes to. | Bender
Sep 4, 2002 6:26 PM | | Thing to keep in mind is what JimC said about time. It doesn't need to be theft proof. It just needs to be something that makes it unattractive to a thief.
Simply fastening a bracket into a beam with 4 or 6 2" long screws should do the trick. Then a thief would have to have screwdriver and a lot of time to get your bike.
The main thing you want to prevent is someone coming in when the door is open for a minute and riding off. More of an opportunistic thief.
If an expert thief really wants your bike, it's best to have the insurance covered. |
| Is that what you use? | tl1
Sep 4, 2002 9:20 PM | | Have you had good luck with it? |
| ugh | uber-stupid
Sep 5, 2002 10:47 AM | | Well, everyone's been saying to make the bike unattractive to steal... |
| why in the garage?? Isn't there room in the house, maybe in | ol-crank®
Sep 4, 2002 7:02 PM | | the basement? I would never leave my bike(s) in the garage because I've had them stolen twice (cheaper bikes) |
| Not in the garage.... | rbart4506
Sep 5, 2002 3:05 AM | | If you can help it, don't lock the bike in the garage. I've heard of too many bikes getting stolen from inside garages. It didn't matter if the bike was locked or not. If I was you I'd find a home for it in the house.
Do you a basement, or a spare room??
You have to remember that will be lots of times that the garage door will be open with that nice shiny bike being visible. I know if it's locked you will feel safe, but no lock is truly safe. The thing to remember is that when you are in the house it's pretty tough to hear someone in your garage. Now, if they are in your house there is a better chance you'll hear them.
Think of it this way, would you put that big screen TV in the garage?? Would your wife store her diamond ring in the garage?? The value of those can be about the same as your bike. This bike is not Chevy Cavalier (no dis-respect intended), it's more like a Porsche. Because of that you must protect it like you would a Porsche.
I myself have four bikes in my household, two are mine and two are my girlfriend's. All of them sit nice and relatively safe in our basement.
Rich |
| No insurance? | tlg
Sep 5, 2002 3:51 AM | | Do you own a house with no insurance? Or rent a house with out renters insurance? If so you're crazy.
Make sure you have full replacement value. Otherwise you get a depreciated value on your stolen or damaged items. Take photos and keep receipts of your valuable itmes. It's the best thing you can do. |
| I have insurance,, | DanB
Sep 5, 2002 4:22 AM | | ut a couple of years ago my wife lost her diamond from her ring. Shortly before that I was robbed (at knnifepoint no less). These are the only claims I've made in 20 years. But if I make another one (3 within 5 years) my insurance company won't renew me. Nice of them to hold me responsible for a robbery. |
| Time to start shopping for another insurance company. (nm) | tlg
Sep 5, 2002 4:44 AM | | |
| or move to a safer neighborhood (nm) | funkpunk
Sep 5, 2002 11:08 AM | | |
| Uber-stupid's on the right track. | BadHabit
Sep 5, 2002 6:57 AM | | Lay one or more 2-ft lengths of 2x4 next to an existing stud (to discourage sawing through stud) and run long eyebolts through everything (with spacing to accept your U-lock). Then hammer the ends of the eyebolts so that the nuts cannot be unscrewed. As usual, remove the front wheel and lock it to the frame. Get a garage alarm, too. |
| Same question, but inside bike locker: | Titan
Sep 5, 2002 12:29 PM | | After hearing about some local bike locker thefts and a recent car theft in the parking garage at work, I was wondering what to do within my assigned bike locker. The Master padlock never seemed like enough, so I now Kryptonite the rear wheel to my frame within. But that will only temporarily annoy the person who carries off my bike.
Inside the locker, there isn't anything to lock it to. But there must be something so large, heavy, and obnoxious (other than a fat girls in party hats -- they might suffocate) that I can put in there to make theft a massive chore. I'm thinking of mixing up the Sakrete pouring my own... |
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