http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Insurance policies en Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:05:26 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17988#post-256717 Sat, 05 Aug 2017 11:22:40 +0000 drnoble 256717@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I use Endsleigh Insurance, and like others have said, add the bike as a named item on home policy.</p> <p>They were good when unfortunately my bike was stolen a few years back. They were happy to send me a cheque to buy a bike from Bike Coop of equivalent value to the online place they normally use, once I sent them a quote. This meant I actually got to try the bike before I bought it. They also paid out ~15% more than I had said the bike was worth - based on what I paid - not realising the price of new bikes had gone up. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17988#post-256664 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 09:09:10 +0000 fimm 256664@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You could investigate Yellow Jersey insurance; they do home and travel insurance. I have no experience of their home cover - I used them for a trip to race (a triathlon) in Europe recently and was happy with the price I paid. (I didn't have to use their services, thankfully.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17988#post-256661 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 08:52:04 +0000 Roibeard 256661@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Arellcat - as chrisfl has suggested, my insurer also said £x for bicycles (can't remember offhand if it was £500 or £1000), but was happy to include them as named items. On household insurance I've had no daft lock restrictions (unlike dedicated policies), but I don't have </p> <p>I suspect that the usual advice "make sure it has new for old cover" will be obvious to you, but may be helpful for other readers.</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17988#post-256651 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 01:07:40 +0000 chrisfl 256651@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm currently with esure and before that I was with Axa - both were at the cheaper end on the price comparison websites and i found it was surprisingly relatively inexpensive to add bikes - although over £500 they need to be added as individual items. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17988#post-256648 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 22:23:53 +0000 Arellcat 256648@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not bicycle insurance but house. I'm moving, and so looking for some recommendations on policies that are bike-friendly (or bike friendlier). The provider that I could use via my work has a max value on replacment bikes of £500, which isn't of much help should the worst happen.</p> <p>Prices have gone through the roof and my beloved touring bike is now over $4k to buy new. It wasn't that much when I bought it ten years ago. Even a Brompton is silly money now. You might say you don't need a fancy bike to ride to work every day, but under doctor's orders I'm not going to commute 20 miles a day on my Elephant Bike (or any other upright bike). </p>