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Bike shelters ?
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 3:36 pm
by MartDude
Anyone used/using anything like these? Any comments please?
My dear old neighbour, who's been letting me use his garage, suffered a stroke a while back, and sadly has had to move to a care home; so no garage.
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 3:50 pm
by joecrx
looks good , but my oxford bike cover, only lasted a year then the plastc started to rip when i un coverd the bike in cold morning , so i do know how long that would last
this looks better
http://www.secure-a-bike.com/
sh"t just saw the price
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 4:12 pm
by Kwackerz
id be more inclined to buy a metal shed from argos. possibly cheaper yet with a few mods, equally secure.
Shed alarms are under 20 quid. bike anchors arent too expensive either, couple that with the shed for wind and rain protection, on to a winner
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 4:12 pm
by Aladinsaneuk
do you have any land where you can put a shed?
best solution i think
(And if you have enough land buy a small container..... far more secure!}
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 4:20 pm
by MartDude
Aladinsaneuk wrote:do you have any land where you can put a shed?
best solution i think
(And if you have enough land buy a small container..... far more secure!}
Unfortunately not. I don't think my district council would allow me to have an erection in the front garden (and Gill wouldn't like it either), and my back passage is too small to get the bike through.
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 4:30 pm
by Kwackerz
*sniggers*
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 4:44 pm
by mangocrazy
Good grief, does that bike in the top picture have a chrome fire-guard strapped to it, or what?
And I'm curiously relieved to learn that Mart can't get a bike up his back passage...
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:27 pm
by Aladinsaneuk
giggles madly
so martdude has a wife who objects to his erection and the back passage......
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:41 pm
by Aladinsaneuk
in all seriousness, look around for a local garage to rent....
either privately or council -mcurrently i am having to rent one off my local housing trust while my workshop is being sorted - is being expensive but is secure....
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:26 pm
by MartDude
mangocrazy wrote:Good grief, does that bike in the top picture have a chrome fire-guard strapped to it, or what?
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Yeah, I wondered about that. Perhaps it's to stop back passage activities?
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:36 pm
by MartDude
No neighbouring garages available, no council garages (small rural town). So currently the Fut's shivering under a cover, & is secured to the house with an Oxford Docking Station (
http://www.oxprod.com/index.php?pg=3&ac ... &pid=36&p=), with disc locks front & rear for goood measure.
Does anyone here know anything about planning regulations, with reference to"erections" on the front of one's property?
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:50 pm
by snapdragon
MartDude wrote:No neighbouring garages available, no council garages (small rural town). So currently the Fut's shivering under a cover, & is secured to the house with an Oxford Docking Station with disc locks front & rear for goood measure.
Does anyone here know anything about planning regulations, with reference to"erections" on the front of one's property?
planning regs are local so you'd need to contact your council. I guess a hard standing with a 'non permanent' structure on top would, in theory, be ok. We have a similar problem, no bike access to the back yard, no sheds in the front, but 50 metres up the road where the back gardens butt onto the roadway they can have sheds and access.