Secure Shed/Storage

Ian73

Hi all,i looking to buy a shed or storage unit to put two Mountain Bikes in.I have a smallish back yard & the bikes in total are worth approx £1500.I have seen these type units from Asgard http://www.shedstore.co.uk/indexfj.html?p_sitemap.html~shopmain

They seem very good but expensive.Does anyone have any other ideas on how i can secure them.At the moment they are in my house


Cheers
Ian

bennygod

You could get yourself a normal shed and then buy a hefty ground anchor and a decent motorcycle chain. Now the importnat thing is to have a decent concrete base under the shed to secure the anchor bolts into. If you have it on slabs you could always take up the appropriate one and dig down a good depth and fill that square with concrete to save you redoing the whole base.

That should do the job easier than worrying about the shed as there is almost always going to be a way in but if they get in you dont want them to get the bikes out. If you put the chain through the bike framw as well as the wheel they'll have to cut through the frame to get it off and seeing as this would wreck the bike it would be pointless.

Try these, first one is the cheap way and the second is the sexy more expensive way.

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=96493&ts=24658

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=17765&ts=24658

cath-w

As Bennygod suggest I would also suggest a ground anchor. We used them for our motorbikes and also chain the pushbikes to one.

The only thing to watch using a motorbike chain is they are heavy and if you thread them through the wheel you could damage the spokes.

The downside is that a ground anchour and decent chain are going to cost a fair bit, but they are probably the most secure method though.