Cycle store in new home

Guesthouse

What like is your shed full of gardening gear? If it's solid enough and/or built on a solid hardstanding, I'd get a ground/wall anchor and a gold rated D-lock or chain. My best bike is shackled to a solid Halfords ground mount (into a concrete floor) with a gold rated chain, our lesser bikes have wall or floor mounts with gold rated chains.
It's all a bit flappy chains, but they're more difficult to get taut to have a go with an angle grinder. More deterrents for the opportunist crim, but if someone is serious about getting an expensive bike they'll come prepared and put up a fight.

Nebulous2

I've never insured my bikes, and I generally kept them inside. Down-sizing and moving to a really old house they are in an old 1950s type garage, which isn't big enough for a modern car. The front-door is on a busy street and has a wooden bench fastened fairly securely against the back of it to prevent it opening, and the rear door has a fairly obvious security camera. I think I'm fortunate in that I don't have the appearance of having two beans to rub together, never mind having several decent bikes. 

I've read extensively on cycling forums, and the lengths they go to is astonishing. One figure they often quote is a bike lock should be 10% of the cost of your bike. A lot of them use ground anchors. A fairly solid steel pole, often with anchor points underground securely cemented in. Then your bike can be locked to it. Another thing I've seen them promote is a Bisley alarm mine. Basically a tripwire which sets off a blank shotgun cartridge if intruders trigger it. 

You make your own choices and decisions on insurance and security. I've seen people claim they've lost several expensive bikes from a simple wooden shed, which seems crazy to me.  

silverwhistle

I take a fairly cavalier attitude to my bike, which is electric and uninsured. The brick outhouse at the back of the house I keep it in would be easy enough to enter via the door and within it the bike is unlocked. But I'm not in a city, it's a terraced house and I know all my neighbours. Neighbours dogs and a PIR light complete the picture, but a targeted attack would easily succeed. Most of these things come down to luck I feel.

Nobody in our cul-de-sac of ex-council terraces/semis have burglar alarms and if they did you'd immediately ask "what have they got to steal?"!

Nasqueron

Nebulous2 said:

I've never insured my bikes, and I generally kept them inside. Down-sizing and moving to a really old house they are in an old 1950s type garage, which isn't big enough for a modern car. The front-door is on a busy street and has a wooden bench fastened fairly securely against the back of it to prevent it opening, and the rear door has a fairly obvious security camera. I think I'm fortunate in that I don't have the appearance of having two beans to rub together, never mind having several decent bikes. 

I've read extensively on cycling forums, and the lengths they go to is astonishing. One figure they often quote is a bike lock should be 10% of the cost of your bike. A lot of them use ground anchors. A fairly solid steel pole, often with anchor points underground securely cemented in. Then your bike can be locked to it. Another thing I've seen them promote is a Bisley alarm mine. Basically a tripwire which sets off a blank shotgun cartridge if intruders trigger it. 

You make your own choices and decisions on insurance and security. I've seen people claim they've lost several expensive bikes from a simple wooden shed, which seems crazy to me.  

It largely depends on the bike and also the risk of it being stolen when you're away from home e.g. a street robbery. 

A bike that is word significant 4 or 5 figure sums would be worth insuring if you cannot just replace it, part of the insurance is keeping it safe and making it hard to steal