On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 04:03:04 +0100, DC wrote:

Recently, there were some thefts of all a family's cycles from their
garage which got me thinking about overnight security as quality
bicycles are not exactly cheap these days.

Would anyone like to tell me about their security arrangements of
their cycles when garaged overnight to prevent theft? Would an alarm
be the best or some arrangement to anchor cycles to concrete walls or
floors etc via locks.

Not the most the pleasant of subjects but it better than your pride
and joy going missing to be never seen again

Thanks for your comments

DC.

I have a wooden frame in the basement. Large stainless steel screw-in
eye rings into a stud (pre-drill a hole and use a piece of pipe
through the ring to turn). Either a u-lock or cable can be pushed
through the ring. Figure out the proper height for easy use. I am sure
that something similar can be done to concrete.

Living in a city apartment building, I use both a u-lock through the
rear wheel inside the rear triangle and a cable lock through another
ring for the front wheel. Part is experience- having a front wheel
stolen ( I have another cable through a ring that goes through spare
wheels)- part is paranoia, and part is strategy- other tenants have
bikes down there but none locked up as well as mine, so I figure
theirs will go first.

If I had a true top dollar bike, I'd bring it inside no matter what.
And still lock it to something.