I remember reading a while ago about an anchor that screwed to the inside of a wooden shed and provided a secure place to padlock a bike to but can't remember where I saw it or what it was called. Can anyone help ? I do remember it was bright red powder coated and thats about it.
I'd be quite interested in that too if anyone can help. I'm also thinking about using a rawlbolt into the paving slabs under my shed, but it'll mean cutting a hold in the floor
Yeah, I know what your saying, but this thing was designed in such a way, when used with security screws, you'd have to take half the shed with you to steal the bike.
Not a bad design I guess; they'd make a lot of noise trying to get it off the wall but...
...lets just say I was the thief; I'd pry the support beam from the wall with a crow bar hoping it would split around the holes of the coachbolts. If that didn't work too well, I'd use a small saw to cut a horizontal slice in the beam thereby enabling me to simply pull the thing from the wall.
I still think a floor anchor bolted to a slab is a lot more difficult to remove personally.
your best option is to go to a boat yard or other salvage type place and try to get some heavy duty chain (think skip lorry type chain) Artic waggon tow chain or the like... or a 1.5 mtr length of RSJ..
empty the shed and move,
dig a deep hole 75 to 100 cm about 30- 40 square.
put 2 cheap crowbars through one end of the chain so they lay in the hole like an X and if your a cheapskate just back fill the hole if not use a concrete mix..
re site shed
drill a hole in the shed floor and pass the chain up inside
you can do the same with an RSJ and get a hole cut in the center of the H and ideally weld a plate on top so you can pass a lock through
IMO the first line of defence should be the door to the shed, out house etc. If the thief can get inside with ease then you've given him a nice environment to work in.
as i fit security products and worked for a year as shed erector, all very good ideas, but a wooden shed is a wooden shed, its easy to peel the pannels off or even easier to .... .... .... .... , and you have access to the shed, once inside you can then work to there hearts content on the bike.
the best idea is to buy a cheap camera from B and Q, conect to house and a video with a start option on the camera, hide the camer in possibly an old box, or similar, never , ever tell any one its location, you never know who they might tell, and they also come with sound/microphone so you can hear, or a baby monitor works quite well but needs to be listened to.
alarms are also available that calls a pre determined phone number but requires a land line telephone connection.
OH THE PART ABOVE WAS ......, SO THIEVING SCUM DONT GET ANY NEW IDEAS.
The police now recommend stapling chicken wire (or chain link fence) to the interior of the shed around all of the walls so that it is more time consuming to peel back the panels of the shed. But its not going to make a huge difference as its not particularly strong but it might make a casual thief go next door.
The main thing recommended by the police is chaining everything in the shed together and attaching the chain to a ground anchor, which is infinately better than trying to fortify a flimsy wooden shed.
I managed to find a wall anchor in the local low price/pound store shop (the same place you get blackburn tools) for a few quid. It isn't as sophisticated as some of the £50 anchors but it has the main features of a hardened steel loop and concealed mounting bolts of a reasonable length. Even came in a pack of two. I just pass my U-Lock straight through that and the bike frame to lock it to the brick garage wall.
Whatever anchor method you choose it must be very easy to use, otherwise you won't bother... secured to a concrete floor/lump or a solid brick wall... not be possible to unscrew.... and substantial enough that it can't be broken or forced without a lot of bother.
Anything secured to wood can be levered off, something made of hardened steel will require a long time to cut, something that you can put your existing bike lock through will be easy to use.
Many people here have recommended putting an old U-Lock into a bucket of concrete in the ground.
