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never had a problem with not being allowed to bring a bike in the house/flat.
no fncking way would i leave one in a bike lock-up outa sight.
and no way would i put my fancy valve caps at risk man, no way!

Obviously your idea of a scary message differs from mine...

You should get all the residents together, explain the situation and make sure that when exiting the car park they wait and check that the gate shuts without anyone entering. I would imagine most people drive out and drive straight off, giving the crims plenty of time to sneak in before the security gate closes.

Dont sweat it mate. I'm in exactly the same situation, underground basement garage under the building with a car roller shutter to exit/entry.

I have kept my bike there for a year and NOTHING has ever happened to it and i live in peckham. We too have had the odd oik following a car in and running under the rollers.

What you got to remember is the kind of person who is gonna run under the roller is more the opportunist theif (ie usually kids) rather than a power tooled up pro. So if you have got decent locks on your bike nothing is gonna happen to it.

I have a faghettaboutit mini u + Abus granit x through the rear wheel and frame and evo mini to secure the front wheel all locked up to a sheffield stand - so still have bike

There's plenty of other bikes less well locked up along with mine and only the numptys that hung there bikes on wall hooks next too there cars which you can simply unscrew the bolt to remove have had there bike nicked

Safe.

among my house mates we have 11 complete bikes, and about 6 or 7 more in various stages of being built/ stripped. all of them live indoors

in what kind of house do you live Chris? how many rooms and how many people?

can't see what isn't there ;)

Yeah, that was actually the first post from Ed that I haven't found funny...
;-0

We've got around 16 bikes in our house, if my only option was to lock them outside I'd rather sell them and just keep one indoors.

That said I used to live in a studio apartment and had 3 bikes living in my kitchen.

Safe.

only if they don't decide to gang rape you in the middle of the night.

all that rubber, there's no way you could fight them all off.

wait. you like it like that, don't you?

Safe.

Handy route map for when you get back from the boozer...

hahaha

I lived for a while in a block with "secure off street parking", and we too had the issue of little scrotes walking in after the car had gone through.

So we all met up like responsible residents and agreed to be very careful about not pulling away until the gate was shut, watching all the time.

We all did this, but they could still get in, which we found very perplexing.

Until that is I walked up to the roll-down metal shutter and found that I could literally pull it up off the ground with one hand.

If it does not lock down, then this kind of shutter is worse than useless- all it creates is the illusion of safety, which is worse than having no shutter at all as you take fewer precautions.

Platini, again I tried it on with the rep and again I appear to have repped you too much. Perhaps this time it's warranted since if I wasnt' still drinking I might not have chuckled so.

It's the thought that counts...
Trans = is it fuck.
:-)

i found my fancy valve caps missing

I think everyone has missed the most shocking element of this story.

Handy route map for when you get back from the boozer...

i would rep if i could rep, but i can't rep so i shan't umm... give you any more reputation points.

update....
came down this morning to the same situation, a few broken locks and my valve caps missing

its like they are teasing me, at least i didnt lose my bike which by the looks of it at least 2 poor sods did

making a message of my own this time and sticking it around the carpark.

i blame those with cars, as by the time im in and locked my bike etc the shutters down and i always wait at the top of the ramp to see it down

also contacting the building owner/management to request something audible when the shutter is going up/down as a detterant,
must be kids though and the same ones at that - who steals valve caps!!! HATE THE THOUGHT OF THEM CONSIDERING LAUNCHING AN ATTACK ON MY BIKE
i have a kryptonite fargedaboutit on the front wheel and forks and a massive motorbike chain on the frame rear wheel, - all on my MTB

think the fixed might never leave the flat! even though its prob half the value of my NS Core!

worrying stuff....

get insurance.

keep them all in the flat, there's always space if the flat for bikes.

That's shit man, I always fear the same thing will happen me, similar situation with the gate closing and all that but under no circumstances will the missus allow my bike to live in the apartment :(

GF's mellow after a while. My BMX is now a 'feature' by the fireplace and there are three other bikes in the corner. As long as one is hers she dosent have a leg to stand on.

Yeah... I'm having an equally difficult time of it trying to convince her to ride though :)

Man of Clefty can't complain about mine, not when I let him have a 42u network rack in the corner of the living room..

Man of Clefty can't complain about mine, not when I let him have a 42u network rack in the corner of the living room..

Bloody hell, that must be noisy