Ground Anchor has come out... My bike's been stolen before!

[RockandGrohl]

Hi all,

In 2014 my bike was nicked, ended up in Yorkshire from Worcestershire, so I took the insurance payout and bought a nicer, newer bike that I'm much happier with and fixed up the old ground anchor on a neighbouring parking space (we arranged to swap parking pays so I could use the ground anchor)

Yesterday I noticed that the 18mm chain which I had to absolutely wedge and force through the tiny loop in the ground anchor has mysteriously come out, and the ground anchor is completely loose from the tarmac it was originally fixed to. All my paranoid signs point to someone setting my bike up to be lifted into a van again, so I'm not feeling good about this whether it's a coincidence & corrosion or not.

I'm looking for suggestions on what to do. I suppose in the mean time I can chain it around a lamppost, but I don't own the drive the bike is usually parked on (it's a block of flats) so not sure what I can do vis-à-vis fitting a new ground anchor (also the cost? No idea?)

Anybody got some ideas? I'm tempted to fill a giant bucket with concrete with some rebar hoops through it, haha! Like to see someone lift that onto a van.

Cheers,
- Chris

[woo]

dont park your bike there its gonna nicked as it looks they have set it up for an easy nick when they return.

try and find somewhere else to park

takes the piss though!
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[RockandGrohl]

[stinkwheel]

If you're convinced the ground anchor has been deliberately loosened, get it in the house for tonight.
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[Dave70]

Crappy situation to be in.

Seeing as parking there is your only real option, I'd put two ground anchors in (front and rear) and a couple of disc locks with very loud alarms on them.

If you're going out for a while and leaving the bike, it would be a good idea to bring it indoors, if possible.

Also, if you don't use a cover for your bike, do so in future. Not only will it keep prying eyes off the bike but will keep them off your security devices. For example, I have my cover and chain on in such a way that if anyone tries to lift the cover, it sets off one of the disc alarms. Hopefully this will scare them off before they've got to check what's underneath the cover.
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[pompousporcup...]

agreed that's a shituation to be in

my recommendation would be a loud disc lock on both front and rear and as others have said, a bike cover so that if disturbed the alarms it go off (and sit at at a window with a fucking air rifle if you have to )

Ground anchors don't just loosen (at least as far as im aware).. you'd have to get a crow bar or something underneath and lever it loose.

Any chance you could set up cheap cctv/camera set up pointing at the bike?

[rubyhorse2]

feel for you mate, i wouldnt be sleeping at night if that was me.

Go with the suggestions above and get plenty of ground locks and some alarms.

[Ste]

[stinkwheel]

They could loosen if someone parks their car/van on it while you're out though. Could this have happened?
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[RockandGrohl]

[RockandGrohl]

[Rogerborg]

[RockandGrohl]

[c_dug]

My first thought was that somebody might have driven over it, I'd imagine the leverage from a wheel turning on it or maybe a van reversing to turn around or something could be more than enough to loosen the anchor.

That said, why take the risk? I'd chain it to something solid for the meantime if possible and take some time to redo the security measures. Do you have secure parking at work maybe?
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[c_dug]

Your profile doesn't say where you live, there may be a member close to you who can offer some space on a driveway or something for a couple of nights.
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[pompousporcup...]

[toerag]

a Quality 16mm chain or thicker, like the almax or pragmasis will withstand the largest of bolt croppers, and realistically you'd need all day or power tools to get through them.

Above 16mm you'd have trouble even getting the jaws of croppers around the links to cut. And rebar would essentially be almost like putty compared to properly secured anchor whether you sink it in a trough or rain barrel of concrete.

[RockandGrohl]

[Pol Anorl Fam]

id be getting onto the manufacturer of the anchor and complaining...

find somewhere else to park it like a friends garage or something untill you can get a new better anchor then make sure you put bigger expanding bolts in it.

[J.M.]

[t121anf]

Just picking up on this

[Benjums]

If you still have the ground anchor get down to your local builders merchants tomorrow and get some cement resin. It's a two part compound that mixes together and goes off really hard. If your trying to pull the anchor out with that in the holes you will end up pulling a large amount of the floor out with it (if your using a vehicle to pull it with) it goes off in minutes and is solid in an hour or two. Then gear up on alarms and disc locks if you still feel the need too.

[kerr]

Second all the above advice, however if your going to get an alarmed disc lock steer clear of the oxford ones, get as good as you can afford.
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[ADSrox0r]

I can recommend the Abus Detecto 7000 RS3 for an alarmed disk lock. Only goes off if you attack the lock or actually move the wheel, none of that 'oh dear a mouse farted near my bike in the middle of the night and now the alarm is going off for the seventieth time'.
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[Northern Monkey]

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