Chain when touring

[Mike54]

Do you take a decent chain (like an almax) when in europe on a tour (road bikes not dirt bikes). If so which and if not what security do you use?

I ask because when I was in switzerland last year it was very apparent that security of any kind wasnt at all required. Moto dealers with bikes and quads left outside all night without any kind of security at all, you could have just pushed them away, yet in France one day I chased off two guys who were messing with one of the bikes.

This time we're in Switzerland, Italian Lakes and Austria, hopefully avoiding dodgy places but one never knows. We use xena alam disc locks as a basic minimum if not using a chain, but my issue with a chain is now I have an S1000XR, there is nowhere through the frame a heavy chain will fit, only through wheels

[JJay51]

I'vce only ever taken a heavy duty padlock to go on the front and rear disc and a decent thickness wire cable type lock to lock the bike to something via the wheel or round the forks

[Alan29]

Disk lock is all I use.
So far so good.
If they really want the bike they will find a way of taking it.

[johnnyboxer]

Do you take a decent chain (like an almax) when in europe on a tour (road bikes not dirt bikes). If so which and if not what security do you use?

I ask because when I was in switzerland last year it was very apparent that security of any kind wasnt at all required. Moto dealers with bikes and quads left outside all night without any kind of security at all, you could have just pushed them away, yet in France one day I chased off two guys who were messing with one of the bikes.

This time we're in Switzerland, Italian Lakes and Austria, hopefully avoiding dodgy places but one never knows. We use xena alam disc locks as a basic minimum if not using a chain, but my issue with a chain is now I have an S1000XR, there is nowhere through the frame a heavy chain will fit, only through wheels

I do - on my 1150 GSA

In a lock bag & strapped on my pillion seat

If the bikes are garaged at the hotel I don't use it

However when parked out overnight I put it through the front Telelever arm and wheel & keep it well off the ground

If poss I put it through the Telelever and a solid post or railings

Can't remember the make but it has a cylindrical spinning padlock that is hard to break

Always carried a chain for last 20 years on tour & is ready to deploy if the hotel hasn't got a garage etc

[bond_yzf]

Oxford alarm disc lock

[AlanHolt]

Don't need any security in these parts. Bike theft isn't a problem, but helmet theft is. I see a lot of bikes with a helmet chained to the bike and nothing on the discs or wheels.

[Agent Orange]

Depends where your staying overnight. Secure parking or left in the street. Reckon it depends on your outlook on life.
A little thought for you to think about.
A bike thief can be over three boarders in about three hours :woohoo:
I personally never bother and choose accommodation with secure parking where I can. If in a big group you only need a couple of chains to do four bikes.

[Simon_100]

Don't need any security in these parts. Bike theft isn't a problem, but helmet theft is. I see a lot of bikes with a helmet chained to the bike and nothing on the discs or wheels.

Very true, but in cities lots of bikes parked together can be a bit misleading as sometimes after 21.00 when many people finish work you'r bike might be all on its lonesome ...

Regs

simon

[diggermanbob]

Just put a sign on it Mike saying this owners bite is worse than his bark :laugh: :laugh:

[bowber]

I chain mine and my wifes bikes together, it's only a deterrent for casual theft, anyone serious will be away with them whatever you do.