E-bikes are great. They’re an awesome way to get around, and even if you want a bike to transport kids to school on. You can take a number of precautions to stop your bike being stolen, including a minimum of two good quality bike locks (we sell them in store), and ideally a motion sensor and gps tracker. If you can make the bike useless to thieves because it has a missing battery, even better! Unfortunately lately in London we are seeing quite a lot of Bosch bike batteries being stolen 🙁
Fortunately, we do sell batteries and keep them in stock, so if you’re able to get the bike to us, then great. We keep batteries for Tern bikes, but we generally have the batteries for any Bosch powered bike, and we can get Shimano batteries the next day.
So, if you’re unfortunate to be a victim of a theft like this, what should you do?
The usual answer is – yes. For most insurers, you’ll be covered.
Do beware trying to source bike parts online or second hand.
Buying a second hand battery is a potential ticking timebomb. We don’t recommend it at all. ebikes are safe and reliable, but a damaged or stolen battery could be unsafe bother for riding, but also just for storing your bike.
If you don’t already, now might be a good time to get some bike insurance.
Of course, the best way to stop your battery or your whole bike getting stolen, is to be riding it!
Mon. | Gone Riding! 🚴♀️🚴♂️ |
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Tue. | 8:00 am – 6:00 pm |
Wed. | 10:00 am – 6:00 pm |
Thu. | 10:00 am – 7:00 pm |
Fri. | 10:00 am – 6:00 pm |
Sat. | 10:00 am – 5:00 pm |
Sun. | Gone Riding! 🚴♀️🚴♂️ |