How to properly attach your bike?

Here are 6 tips to remember when hitching up your bike.

    Your bike must always be attached!
    Attach your bike to a fixed point.
    Use a lock recommended by a certification body
    Do not attach the lock close to the ground.
    Choose places with traffic.
    1 lock is good but 2 is better!

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1. Your bike must always be attached!

Even for a 5-minute stop you have to attach your bike, a theft is so quickly committed!
2. Attach your bike to a fixed point.

If you park your bike in a public place, in order for the insurance to be valid, you must attach your bike to a fixed point (bike rack, post, grid, etc.). This is also valid in a courtyard of a building, in a bicycle room or in a cellar accessible to other occupants.

If you park your bike in a secure place where only you have access, you do not have to attach it to a fixed point.
3. Use a lock recommended by a certification body

It is very important for your insurance and to limit the possibility of your bike being stolen to secure your bike using a padlock approved by one of these organisations:



We recommend U-locks which are more resistant.
4. Do not attach the lock close to the ground.

It is easier to break your padlock with a hammer if it is close to the ground, make sure your padlock stays away from the ground or a flat surface.
5. Choose places with traffic.

Don't park your bike in a dark alley, the thief will have more time to cut the lock.
6. 1 lock is good but 2 is better!

The ideal is to combine a U-lock with another lock (a chain for example), in addition to allowing you to attach more elements, if the thief has the choice between 2 bikes, he will prefer the bike the easier to steal, therefore with fewer padlocks.