My bike was padlocked to my mum’s hand rail on her steps, a sort of Sheffield stand. Insurance company 0aid out. THough my premium now high with a new company. Had I used the drainpipe Then the computer would have said No. I would have thought both objects were immovable BUT the drainpipe was on the bad list….
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“BUT the drainpipe was on the bad list“
As you’ll know, drainpipes are usually made of cast iron or plastic - both can shatter with a hammer blow.
It’s why locking to bannisters in older tenements is not a good idea (and often why some stairs have broken or missing spindles).
What else is on the insurance company’s list?
Damaged Sheffield Racks are rare (more likely flattened by vehicles than attacked by would-be thieves).
Racks ‘secured’ to the ground with ordinary bolts are perhaps more common! (Have the bolted one on Leith Walk been replaced?)
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