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Subject Topic: How do I lock my bike when camping? Post Reply Post New Topic
PersonMushinski
02/6/2009 at 7:47pm
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Guys,

Please help!

I have only just converted my boyfriend from "why would I sleep in a tent, when I have a perfectly good bed" to "lets get the tent!"

I would love to take our mountain bikes along with us - but as we camp in a Vango 350 - 3 man tent, theres not enough room to keep them both inside.

I seem to remember somewhere seeing a lock which screwed into the ground somehow but cant find it. Maybe I drempt it!

Does anyone have any good ideas about the best way to do it?

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Mushinski


Personandyphil
02/6/2009 at 8:45pm
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We take our bikes all the time and just put a lock on the frame and wheel at night and lay them on the ground near our trailer tent. We have never had a problem. You could also lock them up against a tree trunk.

 

Good luck


PersonPigletandTigger
02/6/2009 at 8:53pm
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Are you thinking of a dog spike that screws into the ground? We use of these to secure our fridge on dodgy sites.

For bikes we usually lock them together and then to other things so either the towing eye of the car, or a fence, tree or whatever else. If there isn't anything solid we lock them up against the gas cylinder with a couple of saucepans and lids included as well - we work on the basis that we might not be able to stop someone taking them but we'll certainly hear them move them!

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Personalibali65
02/6/2009 at 9:06pm
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You can get a ground anchor see http://www.western-towing.co.uk/acatalog/Erde_102_Accessories.html

 

 


PersonMushinski
02/6/2009 at 9:22pm
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Fabulous! Thats the very thing - and until we get one, points taken about nearby fences/trees & noisey saucepans.

Cheers everyone

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Personvirtual camper
02/6/2009 at 11:14pm
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Mushinski,
if you have one of those expensive, posh mountain bikes with disc brakes, how about this?
a motorbike disc lock with an audible alarm if moved.
Zena bike alarm/lock

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Have tent - will travel !


Steve McV
03/6/2009 at 9:56am
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To a lamp post or fence.

Steve.



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Personkmac9909
03/6/2009 at 12:19pm
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Wow that Zena disc lock cost more than my bike.....



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