Ground anchors

[bigdom86]

Finally got my own place with garage so in a position now to stick a ground anchor in. Was thinking of the new almax series 5 1.6m chain with the defiant anchor unless anyone would recommend something better?

Cheers

[MahatmaAndhi]

Y-Anchor. It sits flush with the ground and you'd have to drill the concrete out unless you go through the chain.
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[stevo as b4]

Sounds like you got it covered except for telling everyone on a public forum exactly what your security is going to be.

Lots of ground anchors, locks, chains and alarms is my favorite mix of security and how I'd lock my bikes up..

A good thought is first line defence though. The last thing any nice bike owner wants is some theives getting silently into your garage to work on your security hidden from passers-by.

[grr666]

[MCN]

+1 on beefing up the building security.
They'll get in the easiest softest way.
Think how you would get in if you lost the key.

She'd and garage locks are shite. Buy proper notice locks.
£100 for a lock is nothing when compared to hassle claiming for a lost bike.

Speak to the police. They have advisors. They may even visit. Just hide you hooky stuff. 😊
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[pepperami]

Any ground anchor is going to be good, however it would be a lot better if you use it along with other deterrents .
For example a disc lock and the steering lock on.

So one wheel or frame locked to the ground anchor + disc lock on the other wheel + steering lock on = a bloody difficult bike to steal.

Determined/professional thieves will get it no matter how much you lock it up .
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[Joncrete Cungle]

Start from the outside road and work in. Gate to the drive / garden etc, at least 5 foot high, preferably 6 foot or a bit taller. Solid wood or metal, decent hinges can't be lifted off the hinges and LOCKS shut with a good lock. And fecking make sure it is locked.

Wall / fence or my favorite the evergreen thorny bastard spiky firethorn hedge round the perimeter. Planted mine at my new house yesterday to compliment the existing non evergreen less thorny bastard not quite so spiky hawthorn hedge. Blackthorn is also a decent alternative.

Am going to plant firethorn round the garage as well Considering leaving the existing garage door as it is and making a second hidden folding door behind it out of some scrap metal from work. Nothing imho screams there be pikey treasure inside quite like an obviously beefed up garage door. Well maybe a lwb van plastered with motocross stickers does

CCTV, Alarm mines, ground anchors, chains, padlocks, disc locks and all that jazz.

[stevo as b4]

As above really, Mr Grrr does definitely have the best and most awesome security deterrent I've gotta say!

If practical, you want to keep bikes locked in a building at the rear of your property and between that locked building and the pavement you want as many walls, barriers fences and gates as possible or practicable.

A good example is a house with a side passage between two brick walls/houses, with big tall and sharp gates at both ends locked with plenty of big locks. If you've got PIR lighting, and CCTV in your passage then your probably half way there to not making it worthwhile while there's any chance of the property owners being at home.

If said gates and fences are made as sharp spikey and lethal as possible then that's better still. You basically want to make it a difficult and painful bloody DNA dropping experience for said thief to even get to the building where your bikes are stored. Even if that means it's a 10-15min bastard of a job to get your bike out each time without scratching or scraping it or coming a cropper from all your sharp unfriendly gating etc.

[Powderhead]

[MCN]

You could always sell the bike. No one would could steal it off you then.


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[johnsmith222]

[Cadbury]

Biggest isn't always best.
On the Bennetts chain test the absolute best chain is an almax 5. Surviving 41 seconds with an angle grinder, and costing £311.
At the other end of the scale, the Oxford HD chain lasted 16 seconds and costs £50.
So, 3x Oxford chains for £150 gives you the same angle grinder time as an almax for double the cost...
Of course the almax is uncroppable and the Oxford is anything but, but still.
Not saying I'd recommend that option of course, but food for thought perhaps.
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[bigdom86]

Only reason i was thinking of ground anchor as its one more deterrent and stops a quick pick up and back of van, im doubting anyone would attack an anchor? The chain would be much easier to attack, reason was thinking the almax 5 was i am hoping it would be making alot of noise to cut through it and combined with alarmed bike and alarmed disc locks hopefully the local curtain twitchers would hear and hopefully call police (maybe wishful thinking). What advantage would a y anchor have over a defiant anchor for example in terms of security?

[stevo as b4]

[johnsmith222]

[pompousporcup...]

i haven't tried fitting a Y anchor, but having recent smashed a section of concrete up (10m x 3m x 30cm) with nought but a big FOFF hammer, it was very time consuming and hard work.
You need to ask yourself how you are going to make a hole big enough to set a 'decent' Y anchor in without smashing/cracking the rest of the concrete floor in side the garage.


i have one of these fitting in the garage, drilled and set into the concrete floor. IMO nobody is going to try and get through it.. the chain is always going to be the first to get targeted.

I thought it would be a trip hazard whilst i was fitting it but tbh it has never been an issue.

https://securityforbikes.com/torc-ground-anchor.php

[Evil Hans]

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