Do I use a disc lock in this instance?

[KnightRider]

Personally, I would put as much security on the bike as you can afford even though it is in a garage. IMHO the only benefit you get from a garage is that strangers cant see your bike when it is locked away. Garage doors are extremely easy to get open without a key making them easy targets for anyone that sees you getting it out/putting it in or anyone that visits your house eg the gas man etc.

I live in a relatively safe area and when I put my bike in the garage I wrap 1 almax IV chain around the body of the bike and then put a second almax IV chain through that, the back wheel and a ground anchor. I also turn my motion sensative 2-way alarm on so that if anyone opens the garage I get woken up.

I may sound paranoid, but the way I see it is that when the theives come looking for a bike to nick they are more likely to take my neighbours bike that has no security than mine that has loads!

Spend 50 quid, get an Xena alarmed disc lock. That way, when you move the bike, the alarm will go off if you forget to remove the lock.

Mind you, with an alarm already fitted, you probably dont need it...

Matt

I have alarm, disk lock and dirty big chain in the locked shed which has a alarm and my car parked in front of the gate so you can't get the bike out unless you nick the car as well. Which is alarmed as well.

That said, if they want it bad enough they will get it.

I went for "No-I wouldn't bother in the garage"
Personally, if my garage door is opened, you can hear it very loud as it's underneath where I sleep - and with the searing lock on, you can't actually get it out of the garage. So for me it's very pointless!

Have to say I woudn't bother in the garage, I use my bike everyday and have given up using a disclock full stop, I find it a hasstle putting it on several times a day and apparently they are very easy to get off with bolt croppers anyway.

If you want to secure you bike better I would work on the garage security, ground anchor, bars on the windows (if any) and get one of those things to stop the door being opened by force. Aprarenlty standard garage door lock are very flimsy, they certainly look it.

Alternativly get a big dog

[northwind]

I usually leave my keys in the ignition in the garage... Since most security is so easy to bypass, if they're in my garage they're going to have it anyway in most cases. A ground anchor and worthwhile chain could make the difference, but that's a fair chunk of expense and a load of day to day hassle, so I'd rather just take the risk of using the garage as my only security. This is why I have insurance.

But don't tell them that

The bike is in a council garage about a mile or so from where I live in a block but out of site. I couldn't really use a ground anchor in there as I wouldn't be allowed. The alarm would go off if a rat farted in it's general direction so a disc lock or alarm wouldn't help if that said refrigerated van backed up to it. Oh I'm getting a bit worried now! I always park my van blocking the garage when I get the bike out in case anyone comes round the corner. So far in 4 years I don't think one person has seen that I have a bike in there. I considered swapping it for a garage nearer me but when I went to look there were flats facing it. No way Jose.

Gonna look atr the poll now.....

[KnightRider]

Originally Posted by teriyakimonkey

I couldn't really use a ground anchor in there as I wouldn't be allowed.

That didn't stop me. When I leave I plan on removing the anchor (i have rigged it so that only I can get it out) and concreting the hole that is left. Nobody will ever know that it was there! Besides, most people wont mind that you have put a ground anchor in even if you leave it there. They are extremely useful and dont really cause any annoyance to anyone.

Originally Posted by KnightRider

That didn't stop me. When I leave I plan on removing the anchor (i have rigged it so that only I can get it out) and concreting the hole that is left. Nobody will ever know that it was there! Besides, most people wont mind that you have put a ground anchor in even if you leave it there. They are extremely useful and dont really cause any annoyance to anyone.

Hmmn I might just do that but I'm thinking of moving in about 7 months. I couldn't have the anchor near the walls or near the back of the garage as I'm a bit of an arachnophobe and throw the bike in there and run. My SV has suffered cos I couldn't bare to go in there. I have to bribe people to help me shift stuff in there! Terrible I know. I'm getting better though.

[northwind]

If you want an anchor but you're not allowed a permanent one, go to b&q and buy a 99p plastic bucket and a sack of cement. Find yourself a suitable loop- a bike u-lock would be perfect, you need to be careful because any steel that you can bend without hardware will be too easy to crop. Fill bucket with cement and whatever stones you can find, set loop into cement, instant anchor. Not totally immovable of course but it'll make it a lot harder to shift. You could equally use a bit of plastic or cardboard tube to create a hole through your anchor, that'd actually be better as it means there's no handle to lift it by. If you want more security, make 2.

You could also do what my mate Bren did with his scooter... He "aquired" one of those big metal plates that they use to cover holes in the road- not from the road though! Then drilled 2 holes in it for the chain, and plonked it down over a drain- it sat flat with the chain passed through it. You couldn't lift the bike as you'd have to stand on the plate to do it, so if you wanted it you had to break the chain, break the bike, or lift the bike plus the huge steel plate- and it wasn't light. Clever stuff. You could do the same with it propped on bricks if a hole in the ground didn't present itself.

Coincidetally, he wrote that scooter off when he rode into an uncovered manhole one night and snapped it in half. The poetry of that was completely lost on him.

This message is too long to mention in detail that 99% of All Bike Chains Are S***. But they are. Don't be fooled into thinking you're protected. That's just in general, not for the original post, but it bears mentioning.