[BNM] [OT] Bicycle insurance

[joe aliferis]

you mean you found it locked to a skip !

joe

Antony Jones wrote:

>When you lock it up, lock the wheels to the frame, and loosen the
>handlebar stem.
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>That way, if somebody cuts your lock and steals the bike, they'll get a
>few hundred metres at high speed then lose control and go crashing to
>the ground, at which point you run over and stamp repeatedly on their
>head.
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>Why is adding it to contents insurance crazy money? I think my bike is
>covered by my contents insurance, and I found it in a skip!
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>Antony Jones
>Developer
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>Gamesys Limited
>e: antonyj at gamesys.co.uk
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: delarge [mailto:delargerock at gmail.com]
>>Sent: 20 July 2006 11:43
>>To: Brighton New Media
>>Subject: [BNM] [OT] Bicycle insurance
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>>BNMers... being the green people we are, there must be a few cyclists
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>on
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>>this list...
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>>Yesterday, a crackhead stole my bike wheel and it made me think I neee
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>to
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>>insure this puppy in case they take the whole thing next time.
>>Adding it to contents insurance is crazy money and I was told I should
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>try
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>>a
>>specific bike insurer... I don't really know where to start with that
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>>there any local brokers or schemes anyone knows about?
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