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Originally Posted by northwind
I'm the exact same... And my garage isn't even very secure, the front door's cable tied on  But then again, if anyone tried to get through it without knowing htat, it'd probably fall on them and squash them. I reckon, and this is rough, but I reckon it takes about 5 minutes to secure and unsecure a bike using a proper chain and a ground anchor. 5 minutes a day, 340 days a year, for the last 5 years, that's 145 hours, I could do that much overtime and buy another SV  And of course, £150 for any chain worth bothering with, another £50 or so for the anchor plus labour.
When I'm away, I use my terrible £10 Oxford, it's no worse than most £150 chains and gives me the minimum deterrant which makes the difference between an invitation to steal and merely being easy to steal. A 16mm chain's massive, so I can live without carrying one around. |
This is my POV entirely. I will fit a ground anchor in the not too distant future, but I imagine it will only get used when I am away overnight/on holiday. If I get a weekend toy I will chain that up as it'd be more nickable than my tatty SV and also as it's used less, it won't be such a drain on my time to chain and unchain it all the time. Currently, if I'm away, the SV is away with me and if it's not, it gets chained up with 2 chains, to a very long and cumbersome ladder. Not ideal, but it prevents just chucking it into the back of a van parked in the lane/riding it away and cutting through the ladder would be loud enough to get the attention of the neighbour's dogs.