General Cycling Discussion - Best way to secure your bicycle in the garage

I just purchased a new bicycle (I will post more info in the Road Forum later this week). I'm going to keep it in the garage but would like suggestions on the best way to secure it in there. There were some garage break-ins last year in my area. Right now, I am simply locking it to another bicycle facing the opposite direction.

Ideas for securing it?

Hang your bikes and chain them to the rafters. Although I don't lock my bikes in the garage, I keep a portable radio tuned to a 24hr talk station. Anyone nearing my garage hears people talking round the clock....

George

Windows are obscure glass, so no one can see in. Doors have no exterior handles, and are connected to rolling code openers. House is alarmed. Live on dead end street, so there is only one way out. Neighbors look out for each other. Have replacement value insurance on everything. No worries!!!

bars on windows, steel door frame or reinforce it for a dead bolt, unplug your auto door opener when your not home (if you can) or a pitbull should work nicely. I personally store mine in a spare room in the house where passers by cant see in my garage when the door is open. Out of site, out of mind. You may also want to try and find some alarm company stickers and put on windows or doors. It may change ones mind if they see them.

six stories up, deadbolt on door. unless you're batman, you aint getting out with my bike!

hanging lock is a good idea
otherwise...
I keep my bike inside the house as a rule

My garage has no windows and there has one of those security doors over the heavy solid wood door that opens to the outside. Plus my bike is hanging upside down over my dad's truck which has an alarm. Add our big fat doberman to the mix and im pretty sure my bike is safe.

Bikes in Foyer behind key only deadbolt
3 dogs
1 .40 caliber USP
1 .308 FN-FAL w/ scope, bi-pod and 20 rd magazine.

Hang it above my bed. If I am home and you(a thief) breaks in, your going to be eating a lot of lead before you get to much further in. However, if I am gone. One of the 2 deputies that live across the street from me and work opposite shifts keep an eye out. If you get past that....well, thats why I have insurance.

I quadriple chain mine to my back and only unlock it when riding... otherwise I shower, work, sleep, perform whoopy:D , bathroom duties, etc with it on my back.

Sure it was heavy at first but I got acclimated to it over the years... showering, going potty and driving my car can be difficult with a full touring bike triple chained to my back but I figure it's a small price to pay when we live in such a fearful, violent and untrusting world. Did I mention I live 123 miles from the nearest small town and there are no roads to where I reside, I have a moat that surrounds my abode regularly stocked with blowfish, gators, water mocs and lots of leeches. I also have trip wires, land mines, sandbags with dummys in full uniform, guard dogs, razor wire, mercury vapor lamps, a fleet of helicopters and 6 F-16 fighters with a full runway and fully stocked armory.

I am thinking about buying some pepper spray and a pocket knife too.

A dead bolt cemented into the floor.Three bikes with seperate cables and locks, connected to the bolt anchored into the slab. The main cable connected to the bolt is one inch thick.Think that thick a cable is difficult to cut.? My most expensive road bike is in the back of the pack adjacent the wall, all interconnected with four seperate cables/locks. THink this would be discouraging...
Maybe this is more secure than if I had my most expensive bike secured to my ceiling in the bedroom, where I could keep an eye on it at all times.Besides that would be a art deco piece, certainly causing conversation........ I have not found an insurance company locally that insures bikes at full value. And then only if stolen from within the home.
I have my best bike registered with the National Bike registry, supposed to insure recognition of my bike should it show up lost anywhere in the US...

I quadriple chain mine to my back and only unlock it when riding... otherwise I shower, work, sleep, perform whoopy:D , bathroom duties, etc with it on my back.

Sure it was heavy at first but I got acclimated to it over the years... showering, going potty and driving my car can be difficult with a full touring bike triple chained to my back but I figure it's a small price to pay when we live in such a fearful, violent and untrusting world. Did I mention I live 123 miles from the nearest small town and there are no roads to where I reside, I have a moat that surrounds my abode regularly stocked with blowfish, gators, water mocs and lots of leeches. I also have trip wires, land mines, sandbags with dummys in full uniform, guard dogs, razor wire, mercury vapor lamps, a fleet of helicopters and 6 F-16 fighters with a full runway and fully stocked armory.

I am thinking about buying some pepper spray and a pocket knife too.


I dig your style....I will have my people contact yours.

when i first got back into biking a year ago i bought a felt that cost me about $800

i chained it to a 42 ft extension ladder in my garage every night

i was a little spooked since my honda lawnmower and several other power tools were stolen from my garage the year before.

now i ride a really expensive bike...and i only lock it when we go out of town

i have learned to hold worldly possesions a little looser... its just not that important to worry about stuff




well..i must be honest...we do close the garage door now

when i first got back into biking a year ago i bought a felt that cost me about $800

i chained it to a 42 ft extension ladder in my garage every night

i was a little spooked since my honda lawnmower and several other power tools were stolen from my garage the year before.

now i ride a really expensive bike...and i only lock it when we go out of town

i have learned to hold worldly possesions a little looser... its just not that important to worry about stuff




well..i must be honest...we do close the garage door now
I understand your point..One problem with bike and dive gear...Before, I was able to purchase special insurance that paid face value, no questions asked..My insurance company has disclaimers for bikes and dive gear.
What is less vital to me or more easily insured, I can relate to your point..But mess with my bike or dive gear..I come unglued..Talk is easy, until you don't have a bike to saddle up to the following day, when you desperately need a ride.

We have lived in the same house for over 20 years. Last year someone broke into the garage and stole a bunch of stuff and money from my husband's car. The problem was the code on the door. One of the keys was sticking and we didn't know it. I kept wondering why the door was open. When we reported the theft to the police, they mentioned checking the keypad. Yep! the #2 key was sticking. Just something to think about.

Perhaps even a wireless baby monitor to hear any odd noises coming from the garage.

Jay

My bike is D-locked to another bike and to a steel ladder.

I think that should do the trick as it would be impossible to get leverage on the d-lock to break it open without having the ladder fall over. Picking up the whole thing are taking it would be almost impossible as everything is in a shared storage space at the bottom of our apartment building. You'd never get it all out without being spotted or heard.

move to New Hampshire.

Front door key? You mean there's a lock on the door? Well... I never.