>> Security - a mate told me that he paid something like £110 a year for
>> his bike with a specialist bike insurer. I mentioned leccy-bike insurance to my house insurer,
>> and they have done it for something as low as £30 for the two bikes,
>> so that's what we have. You never know how good your insurance is until you
>> have to use it so, to be on the safe side, we treat the bikes
>> as though they are uninsured and take no risks at all. We invested in AXA
>> bike locks youtu.be/7be1NtK7e_4 they are brilliant, but the beefy chain alone weighs 2.15kg. I carry
>> it in a rear pannier.
Yes I need to sort out some insurance.
My daughter was telling me yesterday that her bike insurance (forgot to ask where she got it, might be on the house contents) covers theft but only if a Sold Secure Gold lock is used.
She has a cargo e-bike (Bicicapace) and a solo e-bike (Gazelle). Both have nurse (frame) locks which she uses with a plug-in chain I think but neither is SSG, she has a D lock but it is often difficult to get the cargo bike close enough to suitable street furniture to use it.
I don't let the Brommie out of my sight, but I need a good lock for the Cube. I've just bought a Hiplok Gold hiplok.com/product/hiplok-gold/ . I also have an Axa Victory nurse lock + plug-in cable to fit, but the slots are not far enough apart to fit the seat stay eyelets so I'll either have to swap or adapt it if I want to use it.
The Hiplok is 10mm links and is designed to be carried around the rider's middle. Pretty good against anything but an angle grinder by all accounts.
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