Bikes!

[Benruddle]

So my thing is mountain biking. We are setting off travelling in the Moho next month for at least 6 months to Europe and Croatia. Does anyone have any good tips for keeping the bikes safe and insurance. Our Moho does not have a garage and I can't use the roof.
We do have a fammia bike rack on the back.
( I think this is the first vehicle I've owned that is worth more than my bike!!)

 

[Silver-Fox]

How about frame outside and wheels inside.

 

[orridge]

On our first van we had them on a rack and used a couple of Sold Secure Gold D Locks to ensure Insurance would cover them if they were stolen and the alarm had a bike loop attachment that went off should anybody try to take them during the night.

 

[gpat]

I'd take a cheaper bike. You'll lose too much sleep. We travel with bikes on the rack but then reshuffle and make room in the garage once we stop.

They are an easy target. Locks are no good they'll just destroy the rack and do damage to the van.

These days I just take my old cross bike everywhere. No one is interested in nicking that.

 

[PhilMary]

As above, if you're concerned about losing the bike, take a cheap bike then you can rest in peace.

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[suavecarve]

Apart from being a great advocate for D locks one of the other things I would consider is a PIR lamp that turns on when someone breaks the beam which could be placed right next to the rear view camera.
Would only cost a few quid and is likely to be a further deterrent.
There must also be a way of putting a switch under the tyre of one of the bikes so that when the tyre is raised an almighty eardrum piercing squeal is let off (with an on/off switch somewhere)
Nothing is preventable from being nicked but make the targets harder and entice them to nick your neighbours bikes rather than yours

A stinkbomb or luminous paint set off by the wheel moving away seems like a good way to me. Must go I m off to amazon to see if they do them

Best of luck

 

[Burgo]

It's dead easy to fit an electric fence to external accessories. They're not expensive from farm shops as used a lot for horses, cattle etc etc. You just need to think which bits are insulated by means of their tyres, hand grips, etc and connect up. You can mount the exciter in the garage and run it's earth via a short lead and metal peg instead of the usual stake. I've even seen one used on a car, with the on off switch replaced by a key operated insulated switch, and the earth running via a grommet insulated hole in the boot leading to a length of light chain. A scuff with the foot was needed when arming, and it didn't really have a full amount of kick, but worked well enough.

 

[nicholsong]

This thread is a great advocate for MH garages.

Even if thieves break into garages they do not know if they will find anything more valuable than some blocks and a water hose. So why bother?

Geoff

 

[phillipsheila]

We had a strikeback alarm fitted with a loop so the camper alarm goes off when loop is broken

 

[Quantox]

We had a strikeback alarm fitted with a loop so the camper alarm goes off when loop is broken

This is one reason for my Strikeback alarm appt. in a couple of weeks. I'll still be taking my cheaper e-MTB though.

Colin