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What's the cheapest and most reliable insurance you guys use?

I appreciate location is a factor but what sort of ball park figure should I be looking at to insure a 1.5k bike against theft?
 
Haha the weekend outlook:

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divaboy said:
What's the cheapest and most reliable insurance you guys use?

I appreciate location is a factor but what sort of ball park figure should I be looking at to insure a 1.5k bike against theft?
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Your home insurance, if possible. I'm with L&G and adding four bikes at £3k, £2k, £1.5k and £1.5k as specific items adds about £200 to my house and contents including cover away from the home.

Cycle specific insurance doesn't even come close.
 
Thanks for the replies , I was going to try home insurance but I was under the impression they don't like bikes in excess of £500.

I'll have an ask tomorrow anyway thanks for the advice
 
i cant get my bike on the home insurance, my mum has tried speaking to them
but becuase becuase it may be insured if it gets stolen from the home, but when its not at home it might not be insured!!
 
Ugh. Between the weather and having to get home so the mrs could go out, I only managed 16 miles this evening. Hardly worth pulling the lycra on for that... Rubbish. Stupid headwinds.

And yeah, the weather looks super lame for next week. Bucketing Saturday morning, when I usually go out, and then freezing in the evenings in the week. Fffffuuuuuuu. Might be time for some slow loops on the MTB.
 
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i cant get my bike on the home insurance, my mum has tried speaking to them
but becuase becuase it may be insured if it gets stolen from the home, but when its not at home it might not be insured!!
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Same problem as mine, have to be in the house, outside and it's unprotected.

I'm likely going to go with Cycleguard just to be safe, plus inc liability incase I run someone over or something.
 
Shamrock said:
Pearson Cycles emailed me saying my bike was finished! I will be collecting on Saturday and hopefully finalise the fit as that saddle looks a bit forward.

Excited! I expect the ride will be harsher than my steel framed Charge, but it should also be considerably lighter and more agile. Service from James @ Pearson Cycles was top notch. He knows his stuff and I had good discussions with him about my build and bikes in general.

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Spec

Frame: Pearson "Once More Unto The Breach" 7005 aluminium size 48cm
Fork: Pearson Carbon
Seatpost Pearson Carbon
Bars: Deda alloy
Stem: Deda alloy
Brake levers: SRAM S500 alloy
Brake calipers: Tektro R539 black
Crankset: SRAM S100 48T-17T freewheel
Chain: KMC
Wheels: Ambrosio Evolution rims built on Ambrosio Zenith hubs
Saddle: Charge Spoon
Pedals: Rose platform pedals
Tyres: Conti GP 4 Season, 23mm F 25mm R
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very nice. what did that set you back if you dont mind me asking?
 
That's commuting.

I have noticed that the last 28 days summary on strava on my phone says I've done about 24 hours in that time. So I've literally spend a whole day on my bike in the last month.
 
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That's commuting.
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Yeah, true. It's a shame strava can't filter commutes/rides to give separate totals. You can already flag commutes as commutes, which I do, but then you can't do anything with that...

Edit: Counted it up manually. Non-commute total is 424.5m this year.
 
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