Many cycle insurers offer very limited cover, charging extra for features we believe should come as standard – such as third party cover, personal accident or extension of your cover to family and friends. Whether you use your bike to commute, shop, race or amble in the park, ETA Cycle Insurance has you covered. As long as the frame of the bike is secured with an approved lock, then all parts are covered.įor 25 years we have been providing straightforward, affordable bicycle insurance. ETA cycle insurance covers against the theft of quick release parts as standard and does not require that they be secured. Motion-activated security lights are cheap to buy, easy to install and thieves don’t like them at allĬycle insurance can protects against the theft of parts, including quick release saddles and wheels.

Bike thieves might have the equipment to cut through padlocks and silently remove shed door hinges, but they don’t like to feel they have an audience.

Don’t worry too much about getting the lock around the wheels or other bike parts as a good insurance policy will cover them against theft whether they are locked or not.

Invest as much as you can afford in your lock and learn to use it properly – insurers specify that it needs to secure the bike frame for good reason.

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The 51-gram aluminium padlocks are sleek and unobtrusive. Unless they are covered by insurance, it can be enough to put an occasional rider off cycling for good.īritish engineer Curtis Dorrington devised Quick Caps to secure quick release wheels and deter opportunistic thieves. And it’s pretty much the perfect crime bicycle components are easy to steal, usually impossible to trace and a breeze to sell on. Having parts stolen by bicycle cannibals is at best an inconvenience, but it’s also demoralising. Quick release wheels have become standard issue on bicycles great news when you need to change an inner tube at the roadside – not so good if you become a victim of bicycle cannibals.Īs locks have become stronger, parts like handlebars, seats, shifters and quick release wheels are the target for a new breed of criminal.

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