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Nursey

Any recommendations regarding bike garages? Its for my Bonnie.

I've seen 2 for sale in the UK:

Bikesafe, which seems simple. Galvanised steel (paint it or don't, it's your call) locks top and bottom of an up and over door plus a place to lock the front wheel inside the garage. 2.5m long X 1m wide (internal). I intend to anchor it to paving stones in my back garden. £599 including delivery.

Titan (by Trimetals) green pvc coated galvanised steel. You can have the door at either end. A bit bigger - 1.4m wide and 2.8m long. A bit dearer £660 inc. delivery.

Any other suggestions?

Its important in the UK as the insurance is quite a bit dearer if the bike is not in a garage overnight.

[ This message was edited by: Nursey on 2005-04-12 03:52 ]

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tango

Nursey,

Galvanised, or any all metal garage will cause condensation on the inside, especially in our climate, unless it is properly lined.

I hate insurance companies coz they're allways moving the goal posts.
My bikes are kept in a wooden garage with a steel door, but according to them because it is not stone or brick I am actually parking it in the street???. I don't even live in a street.

A brick, stone or steel garage with a wooden door is OK but not a wooden garage with a steel door :???:
I've never actually been asked what the door is made of, only, is it a brick or stone garage.

I'll refrain from using expletives of what I think of them, and that's not like me at all.

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Nursey

Tango. Good point. I hadn't thought about the condensation problem, especially as neither make on their web sites say anything about ventilation.

I hate insurance companies too. My Bonnie is currently in my back garden out of sight of the road chained to a drainpipe with a waterproof cover over it. There is also, of course, the steering lock and I have the Triumph (Datatool) alarm/immobiliser, yet the swine still say it has to be in a 'brick or steel garage'. Hmmm.

I've certainly seen adverts for wooden workshops/garages as well as pre-fabricated concrete ones. Up until now I've only looked at steel as they seemed fairly cheap, slim, easy to erect and will actually fit neatly in between my existing car garage and a wooden garden shed - almost invisible.

I wonder whether I might be better off demolishing the old garage and getting a bigger one built. Sounds a bit dear though.

Oh well, I'll keep looking but thanks for the tip.

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Nursey

Tango. Good point. I hadn't thought about the condensation problem, especially as neither make on their web sites say anything about ventilation.

I hate insurance companies too. My Bonnie is currently in my back garden out of sight of the road chained to a drainpipe with a waterproof cover over it. There is also, of course, the steering lock and I have the Triumph (Datatool) alarm/immobiliser, yet the swine still say it has to be in a 'brick or steel garage'. Hmmm.

I've certainly seen adverts for wooden workshops/garages as well as pre-fabricated concrete ones. Up until now I've only looked at steel as they seemed fairly cheap, slim, easy to erect and will actually fit neatly in between my existing car garage and a wooden garden shed - almost invisible.

I wonder whether I might be better off demolishing the old garage and getting a bigger one built. Sounds a bit dear though.

Oh well, I'll keep looking but thanks for the tip.

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Slinky

You keep a car in the garage and the bike lives outside? Shame on you. :-D

My garage is for bikes. The wife's car lives outside on the drive.

I don't know that it makes a lot of difference to the insurance premium if the bike is garaged or not, I thought maybe 10% or so.

If you have a garage, you could always just tell them that the bike lives there.

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Slinky

You keep a car in the garage and the bike lives outside? Shame on you. :-D

My garage is for bikes. The wife's car lives outside on the drive.

I don't know that it makes a lot of difference to the insurance premium if the bike is garaged or not, I thought maybe 10% or so.

If you have a garage, you could always just tell them that the bike lives there.

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Nursey

Sadly I don't have a drive to put the car on. Well, I do but its shared with the next door neighbour, so its a pain having to move my car so he can get his out. It can live at the roadside of course but then there is the danger of damage - although I don't somehow think that anyone would steal a Peugeot 106. Both bike and car are insured on the basis of being garaged as I thought I could get them both in, but can't.

Well, I've shopped around a bit. I found out that a metal shed is half the price of a proper bike garage but only the latter will satisfy the insurance companies and will probably be more durable in the long run. So, a shed is OK just to keep the rain off. I think I'll go with Bikesafe as they say, at least, that they are well ventilated and I can just put it on a base of paving slabs.

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tango

Nursey,

Yep keep it locked away from the thieving, undesirable scum that we call 'fellow humans'. Any way is better than no way.

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