I suspect I already know the answer to this question, but don't like what I think the answer is so am going to ask anyway, in the hope that someone knowledgable will tell me otherwise My bike has to sleep outside on the road (it's covered) and I want to have a ground anchor as an additional theft deterrent (the cover is locked & have an alarmed disk lock). Because it's on the road, my only options seem to be either drill into the surface of the road (probably more than frowned upon) or drill into the curb. An I allowed to drill 2 holes into the curb, or would that incur the wrath of Milton Keynes County Council?
Having to regularly deal with Highways Authorities in connection with specifications, designs and legal matters, I think you will find the answer to both proposals will be an emphatic 'NO'...... ....and being a bit pedantic...........I never knew Milton Keynes was a county on its own.......:wink: AL
Thanks Al (I think ). I thought there was something a few months back where we got booted out of Buckinghamshire for not being posh enough, and Northamptonshire wouldn't let us in coz we'd had too much to drink and were wearing the wrong type of shoes.
Ok, so... There's a storm-drain cover right outside my house too... What if I pull something together that effectively holds the anchor to it by using some sort of threaded U bolt? That's not actually damaging the council's property?
I suspect you'll have forms to fill in, planning applications, lots of committees will be formed, inquiries, a plethora of clipboards and then, and only then will they say no.....But you can appeal....:smile:
Agaon, I reckon it will be a 'NO'.............apart from the fact the cover is very heavy, it can still be removed; but the authority will be too terrified of a claim for 'whatever' against their insurance policies..........the same thinking applies to lamp columns and road signs. However............if you park your car near to the bike, you could of course chain the two together.............as long as you don't leave a gap between them.
Do you own the property? If you go and ask the council nicely you might find that they'll get their highways contractors to do something for you but it won't be cheap and you won't be allowed to do it for yourself.
I doubt very much that he owns the road or the kerb unless it is a private road, in which case he doesn't need to get permission from the authorities, but from the road owners / management team (which could be all the other owners).
Where I live you can get permission to have work done on the kerbstones if you own the property and stump up the cash but if it's rented they start asking for letters from the owner of the property before they'll even quote to do the work. the downside is that if he asks and gets told to fuck off you can be certain they'll go for a look in a few months time.
He'd be charged for vandalism at the very least. Inside the boundaries of your property (front garden for example) you can fit a ground anchor, but on the public highway/pavement outside your house its a massive no no which has already been explained. You should be able to get away with locking it to a lamppost, but then may get done for parking on the pavement. Its all a bit shit really, sorry :frown:
I pay the mortgage on the house but it's not a private road. I may just dig a hole my side of the curb and concrete an anchor in there. Harder but may be less hassle in the long run.
Just remember that anything you do must be done so that even a cat won't trip over on it or you'll be getting a letter from the national accident helpline telling you that you might need to put your house and your bike on the market because you're going to be skint soon
I have a motrax groundhog 5 that sits flush when not in use. It's a large box section unit that's sunk into the ground and concrete back filled. When not in use it sits flush and when you want to use it you simply lift it up and it locks in place. Might be a solution for you. Could you not use this within the boundary of your property.
Paul that looks like a great option but they're not available anywhere. I'llhave a hunt around and see what I can find that's similar. How far back from the curb can I dig, or could I bury one of those right up against the curb on the house side?
For now just use a big chain and lock through the drain cover it's removable through the day and cover it with the cover at night Whose going to complain only your neighbours just do it discreetly
A friend of mine always chained his bike to the lamp post and covered it over had no complaints and plenty of room to walk past it
