David Cameron leader of the Opposition has lost his bike to thieves, again! For the second time, the leader of the Conservative Party has fallen foul to opportunist bicycle criminals according to the article “Protect your pushbike as Cameron falls victim to bike theft…again!”
If it can happen to him, it can happen to anyone as more and more people are waking up to the fact that they just can’t leave their bicycles propped up against a shop’s exterior wall.
If you don’t yet have insurance cover for your bike, get it added to your home contents insurance. One big step for bike security is only a phone call away.
This is a warning that arrives ready for those ‘now is the time to dig the bike out from the shed’ efforts – a time when we are all thinking about swapping the four wheels for two!
Time to stop handing the bike thieves our wheels on a plate! Here’s how to go about it. While ensuring our bikes are adequately covered on the home contents policy, we need to begin to think about serious lock devices. Stop leaving those bikes propped up against the walls…it’s too easy!!
Use bike parking racks in the town and city centres and make sure you lock you bike too. When putting your bike away at night, make sure you lock them in a secure outbuilding or in the house.
In the event that your bike is stolen, by marking your vehicle with an ultra violet marker pen you will stand a better chance of having your bike returned to you. Better still take some photos of your bike for identification purposes.
Last but not least, make sure your insurance is everything it should be. Some home contents insurance cover provide cycle protection only as an add-on (so don’t assume it is already taken care off!)