Securing bikes whilst on a roof rack

[t121anf]

I'm going away in June taking 2 bikes with me on my cars roof.

I need to leave the bikes unattended on the car during part of the journey, approx. 2-3 hours.

The car park should be quite secure due to the location but that means nothing these days. (Car park is Alton Towers)

Having watched videos such as
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yu4vEsD9WA

It makes me think that I am right to be considering extra security, at the very least I was going to use the cable locks I have to lock the 2 bikes together, would it be worth trying to get one of the cables around a fixed point on the car i.e. wishbone

I think I have a cable long enough, 9.3ms iirc.

Have others been in a similar position? What did you do?

[Minty]

2 bikes were stolen from my work bike shed whilst under the gaze of a CCTV camera. They had some cordless disc cutter and were through the only 2 bikes that had cable locks - very swiftly.

Two things you can take from this, thieves have brass balls and cable locks are not very good against battery powered disc cuttery type things.

edit - pop wheels off and place bikes in the vehicle?
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[t121anf]

Car will be full of shite for holiday

[stinkwheel]

Put the bikes in the car, put a roofbox on the roof with your other stuff in. Because aerodynamics.

Roof of a car is about the worst place you could put a bicycle.
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[cagiva gezzer]

I'd take off and lock elsewhere, but if i was leaving on a roof a deterrent such as:

https://www.seasucker.com/shop/cable-anchor-trunk/
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[monkeybiker]

I've not used it myself but saw it on the news last year

https://www.parkbikeworks.co.uk/index.php

It's like a cafe designed for pushbikes but you can also park your bike there.

It's in Derby.

[t121anf]

Some interesting tips and thoughts.

So far, I'm thinking of locking them up and removing pedals/seat prior to setting off to make life a little harder for them.

That seasucker thing looks interesting but no more secure imo than looping a cable around part of the car.

[Ste]

How much are the bikes worth?

[t121anf]

[Ste]

They should be fine on the roof rack.

Lock the frames together and around one of the roof bars, through the wheels as well if you want and I wouldn't bothered taking the seats and pedals off.

[bikertomm]