Congratulations on the new home! I'm hoping to get my membership card to this illusive club in the not too distant future myself. As such, bike storage and security has been on my mind as well.
I know too many friends who've had their bikes ripped off from their garages. Not having a man-door is a great start. Do you have any windows? I'd bar them for sure, though that's probably obvious. The next thing is securing the car door. I'm guessing if you don't have a man door, you probably can't lock the car door to the ground from the inside hey... Hmm. Interesting challenge. I live in an apartment and for a while kept all my cheaper bikes in my storage locker (coupla surly bikes). I bought the heaviest gauge chain I could find locally and ran it through the frames and wheels of the bikes. It was tedious work as the chain was so heavy and awkward to remove, but when the locker was inevitably broken into, the bikes were all there... The first suggestion of locking to the wall sounds good, but I wonder if the bike frame could be used as a lever to pull it out of the studs? The reason I liked locking the bikes to each other is that it creates one huge super awkward jumble of bikes. Totally impossible to move unless you cut the chain. And this chain took two *large* men standing on a cutting machine to break at the hardware store. My 2 cents! On Monday, April 4, 2016 at 11:10:27 AM UTC-5, Shoji Takahashi wrote: > > Hi Justin, > Be careful about storing tools in the garage. I've heard of cases where > tools in the garage were used by burglars to remove locks, etc. > > If you haven't already, record your bikes' serial numbers, take some pics, > and check your insurance policy on what is/is not covered. > > Good luck! > shoji > > > > On Monday, April 4, 2016 at 11:40:12 AM UTC-4, Kainalu wrote: >> >> It's easy to make a fake all-weather camera bubble, and not that much >> harder to have a real one. >> And signs that state that there is an alarm system are an excellent first >> line of defense against bike thieves who can read. >> -Kai >> giving it my darndest to avoid openly sharing with the divine or >> terrestrial, in Brooklyn NY >> >> Steve Palincsar wrote: >>> >>> So in practical terms related to Justin's question, are you suggesting >>> that the best way to secure bicycles in a garage is to *Leave it to >>> Jesus*? >>> >>> On 04/04/2016 08:59 AM, Garth wrote: >>> >>> >>> 2 + 2 = 4 >>> >>> Is this principle limited locally, individually to me, you or anyone, or >>> is this truth Universal, Infinite and belongs to everyone eternally and >>> without bounds or restraint ? >>> >>> Can anyone steal it, buy it, sell it, hide it, hoard it, destroy it, >>> make it more or less than the perfection it always is, has been and will be >>> ? Can anyone change it it any way ? >>> >>> the answer is obvious. >>> >>> Principle is not an object of negotiation or commodity(thus invariable >>> and vulnerable) , nor "in" anything . Everything identifiable is it's >>> expression, yet the expression neither contains or limits it. The principle >>> and it's expression of 2+2=4 cannot be limited or changed(thus vulnerable) >>> ....it is immovable, permanent and Absolute. The principle and expression >>> are One , a Whole "Unit" . The Father and the Son. One does not exist >>> without the other. >>> >>> Principle. Divine Intelligence. The Absolute. Such is Truth . . . >>> here is our "security" :) >>> >>> All expressions(forms of identification, bike, body, bird, tree, Earth >>> etc.) are as secure as the Principle which they express. "On Earth as it >>> is in Heaven" >>> >>> I and My Father are One >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 11:31:58 PM UTC-4, Justin August wrote: >>>> >>>> Hey folks- >>>> Assuming everything goes according to plan I'm entering the wild world >>>> of home ownership at the end of this month! Our bungalow in East Oakland >>>> has a detached 1 car garage where he bikes will probably live. I'm >>>> wondering the best way to secure them. The garage only has a car door, no >>>> man door. >>>> >>>> Any suggestions would be welcomed. >>>> >>>> Bikes: >>>> Saluki (mine) >>>> Betty Foy (wife's) >>>> >>>> -Justin >>>> >>> - >>> >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
