Bike security at home: how to keep your pride and joy safe

Expert advice on ways to protect your pride and joy from thieves

bike safety

It’s the feeling none of us ever want to experience: walking to the shed or garage to take your bike for a ride to find the door crowbarred off at the hinges and the space where you bike was empty.

In 2018-19, according to bike insurers Yellow Jersey and the Metropolitan Police, 105,000 bikes were reported stolen in the UK. One-quarter of those were stolen from the bike owner’s garden.

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