# Securing collector bicycles: light, expensive, and the basement is already full of everyday bikes

> Securing collector bicycles: not in the open hallway, note the frame number, lock the everyday bike apart.
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A collector bicycle in the hallway looks like the everyday bike, and the everyday bike is one of the most ordinary hauls in this country. In the overview [Security for collectors](/artikel/sicherheit-fuer-sammler) you separate the two, otherwise you insure a hobby and lose a named piece without having named it.

## What gets ruined without a thief

Rust, a damp underground garage, tires that die, leather that mildews. You store dry, not in the rain drain of the basement.

## When someone comes

The hallway and the open basement are the normal route. Copy the frame number, use a lock that matches the weight, and do not put the expensive bike by the door with the light U-lock of the everyday one. The policy knows the number when the price goes beyond an ordinary bike. Photo of the frame number and the distinctive features.

## The folder

Manufacturer, number, receipt, condition. Everyday bike and collector piece as two lines, two locks, two places.


## Häufige Fragen

### Lock it with the everyday bike?

Only if both are locked the way the more expensive piece requires. Better: two places.

### Hallway?

No. That is where bikes disappear.

### Number, where?

Copy it from the frame and photograph it, the receipt with it in the document cabinet.