Cycle Camping - Quite stupid question

[Peter Clinch]

Slark wrote:
> What do people do with their bikes when they are cycle camping - just
> put it under the nearest tree / hedge? I was wondering how I might make
> my bike safe on a campsite.

In the absense of any suitable objects we lock our 'bents to one
another. ~40 Kg of unco-operative metal in a bloody awkward pair of
attached shapes would be hard to move without making a disturbance!

Failing that, get a tent with an extended porch and keep it inside (a
Hilleberg Nallo 2 GT or similar would probably be a good choice of this).

Pete.
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[Slark]

Peter Clinch wrote:
> Slark wrote:
>> What do people do with their bikes when they are cycle camping - just
>> put it under the nearest tree / hedge? I was wondering how I might make
>> my bike safe on a campsite.
>
> In the absense of any suitable objects we lock our 'bents to one
> another. ~40 Kg of unco-operative metal in a bloody awkward pair of
> attached shapes would be hard to move without making a disturbance!
>
> Failing that, get a tent with an extended porch and keep it inside (a
> Hilleberg Nallo 2 GT or similar would probably be a good choice of this).
>
> Pete.

Thanks Pete. The Nallo 2 GT does look rather impressive... - but,
following a later thread, when does 'sufficient' tents become 'enough'!.

Graham

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[Peter Clinch]

Slark wrote:

> Thanks Pete. The Nallo 2 GT does look rather impressive... - but,
> following a later thread, when does 'sufficient' tents become 'enough'!.

oooh, you can never have enough! ;-)

I reckon two is a good number, a light one and a big one, so you can
pick and choose according to whether you want minimum packing
size/weight or a bit more comfort. Of course, you can have compromise
points between the two for extra tents if you want!

We have a Saunders Spacepacker as our Light One and a Hilleberg Kaitum 3
will shortly be arriving as the Big One. I prefer two entrances and
porches over an extended porch, even though you can't park a bike in
them. You can't have eveything (at least, not without a weight penalty).

Alternatives to the Nallo GT include (but are not limited to) the Vango
Spirit TBS 200+, which isn't quite so nice and a little heavier but
substantially cheaper and the Lightwave T2+, which is a little roomier
than the Nallo but is much more of a faff to put up (inner first pitch
rather than all in one go).

Pete.
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Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email protected] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

 

[TerryJ]

Slark wrote:
> Peter Clinch wrote:
>> Slark wrote:
>>> What do people do with their bikes when they are cycle camping - just
>>> put it under the nearest tree / hedge? I was wondering how I might make
>>> my bike safe on a campsite.
>

I have heard people say they use a ground screw.this is like an enormous
corkscrew that you buy from a hardware store.A stall at Derbyshire
county show had the last year and they were cheap. you lock the bike to
the loop on the top. you also need to carry a rod to use as a handle to
screw it in and out of suitable ground. The thief would have to pick up
the bike and turn it round xtimes to lift it .
TerryJ

>

 

[Rob Morley]

In article <[email protected]>, TerryJ
[email protected] says...
> Slark wrote:
> > Peter Clinch wrote:
> >> Slark wrote:
> >>> What do people do with their bikes when they are cycle camping - just
> >>> put it under the nearest tree / hedge? I was wondering how I might make
> >>> my bike safe on a campsite.
> >
>
> I have heard people say they use a ground screw.this is like an enormous
> corkscrew that you buy from a hardware store.A stall at Derbyshire
> county show had the last year and they were cheap. you lock the bike to
> the loop on the top. you also need to carry a rod to use as a handle to
> screw it in and out of suitable ground. The thief would have to pick up
> the bike and turn it round xtimes to lift it .
>
Use two and put the lock through both of them, then they can't be
unscrewed.

 

[Rob Morley]

In article <[email protected]>, Peter Clinch
[email protected] says...
> Slark wrote:
> > What do people do with their bikes when they are cycle camping - just
> > put it under the nearest tree / hedge? I was wondering how I might make
> > my bike safe on a campsite.
>
> In the absense of any suitable objects we lock our 'bents to one
> another. ~40 Kg of unco-operative metal in a bloody awkward pair of
> attached shapes would be hard to move without making a disturbance!
>
If you want to create a disturbance then one of these might be good

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140222708186

although there might not be an easy way to fit it to a 'bent.

 

[TerryJ]

On 1 Apr, 21:30, [email protected] wrote:
> On Apr 1, 8:55 am, Slark <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > What do people do with their bikes when they are cycle camping - just
> > put it under the nearest tree / hedge? I was wondering how I might make
> > my bike safe on a campsite.
>
> http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=ground+anchor
>
> two ground anchors will prevent the bike being rotated to unscrew
> either one
>
> best wishes
> james

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SCREW-DOG-TIE...ryZ20752QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem