Shed Security

[Enw.nigel]

After having my pride and joy Focus Cayo and a 5 year old Specialized Allez pinched from my double locked shed on Friday night I now have to start planning for the future.
Through a 'contact' I got the police to come out, and even though the shed is very substantial, they said that with any wooden structure you are going to struggle to secure it from would be thieves.
So, how do you out there secure your bikes in a shed? I have some ideas floating in my head at the moment but was wondering if any of you have any suggestions. Have to try looking ahead to when the insurance is settled to make sure I don't have to experience this hollow/depressed feeling over the theft ever again.

 

[BSRU]

After having my pride and joy Focus Cayo and a 5 year old Specialized Allez pinched from my double locked shed on Friday night I now have to start planning for the future.
Through a 'contact' I got the police to come out, and even though the shed is very substantial, they said that with any wooden structure you are going to struggle to secure it from would be thieves.
So, how do you out there secure your bikes in a shed? I have some ideas floating in my head at the moment but was wondering if any of you have any suggestions. Have to try looking ahead to when the insurance is settled to make sure I don't have to experience this hollow/depressed feeling over the theft ever again.

Can you not alarm it, lots of cheap pir alarms on EBay which are very loud, or maybe an alarm system which is very loud and sends you a text to tell you the alarm has been triggered. You need to decide how much you want to spend to protect you pride and joys.

 

[ufkacbln]

When I had the shed fitted I had a concrete base ( a couple of paving stones underneath would be as good)

I then fitted a couple of "ground anchors" to the floor, with a small section of floor cut out to allow accessand u lock the frame to these.

I have also seen a length of heavy duty chain used similarly. A meter of chain buried in the concrete and another metre or so fed through the floor and used as a more flexible anchoring point for the bikes.


May not be absolutely foolproof, but it will certainly delay and possibly deter

 

[DRHysted]

The double doors on mine are tripple bolted and padlocked, but a crowbar will get through that easily. So all the bikes are chained together, just to make it as difficult as possible to carry away.
Also hopefully by then one of the eight dogs will have investigated the noise, and provided their own security!!

 

[Alun]

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/artic...ype_b_related_articles&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/article/how-to-toughen-up-your-bike-shed-part-1-21131/

A couple of links that might help you

 

[sidevalve]

For what it's worth I've got a few ideas gathered from living in a city area, remember time and noise are on your side, bolt croppers are your enemy.
1- the padlock and hasp shown in the article above are useless. They would be snipped in seconds. Fit a padlock with a shielded hasp [better still two].
2- Door hinges,window catches [if any], hasps etc must all be coach bolted not screwed.
3- Fit a cheap alarm padlock to a piece of chain round the bikes, it wont stop them but it makes them jump and it'll make them twitchy.
4- E-Bay sell a wireless PIR alarm which has it's sounder in your house, it's meant for a driveway alert but I've found it works fine from inside my shed to the bedroom windowsill, [just don't forget to turn the sounder off BEFORE you go to get the bike out, you will not be popular indoors].
Anyway, good luck.

 

[Nosaj]

Cannot better the above practical advice. For something non practical consider a small mattress with a couply of fluffy pillows and sat on that a 10stone rottweiler unfed for the last 3 days with a thorn in its foot oh and a padlock plugged into the mains as the only bar to access. Completely unhelpful but no more than scum like this deserve. Failing that you can borrow my mother in law.

Sorry to hear your news.

 

[Davidc]

Try these

 

[fossyant]

Try these

Knew someone would come up with them !

 

[Davidc]

Knew someone would come up with them !

I learned about them on here so often pass on the message.

Most important thing is not to forget to disarm them when you're going in - scares you witless and you also have to buy new cartridges!

 

[Ecclefechan]

Booby trapped it with sedation + temp paralysis darts.

Pro's -

- Thieves caught
- Bikes and other valuable objects remain safe

Cons -

Imprisonment and fine for endangering ones life, and illegally administering a paralysis drug?

Worth it.

 

[TonyEnjoyD]

Try these

I want one of those!!!

 

[classic33]

Try these

Thats one of the things I use when I lock the brox up outside. Had it set off/fired once. "Shot Fired" near an airport went down well.

Available from most gun shops

 

[ColinJ]

Double-check the small print of your insurance policies, folks - some companies only cover bikes that are kept inside buildings of brick or stone construction, which gives them a handy shed get-out clause! (What difference would it make to have stone walls if the door is made of wood?)

 

[Badgeroo]

We have one of these (http://www.garden-security.co.uk/AsgardAccess.aspx), it's bolted to the concrete floor in the yard, as well as araldited down... It also has a PIR installed, all the bolts to fix it together are internal. The padlocks are covered, it's a lot of money, but how much do you value your bike?

That said, my recently acquired Allez Elite is residing in the front room, and will be for a while