Modern housing units come with internal bomb shelters. These invariably get used for storage, and would have space for bikes, though wheeling bikes through an inevitably cramped home is not ideal.southernx wrote:Hi,
Thanks for a great forum. Picked up lots of great info.
We are a family of four about to move to Singapore.
We are considering buying our bikes here in Australia, then have the company shift them over for us as part of the move.
I've heard from some already in Singapore that there is no cellar space or lock up space. Is that the norm for apartments/condos?
What do people do with their bicycles? Keep them on the balcony?
Thanks.
On the other hand, I had a crappy 15 yr old hand-me-down Dutch bike (meaning those tanks that weigh 20kg+ you see in Amsterdam everywhere) stolen from me. It was locked to a bike rack, and even had the second hand-cuff style lock going through the back wheel.JR8 wrote: In my place, there is a bike-zone down in the car-park. The bikes (even very $$$ ones) aren't locked onto anything. Most just have a $10 combi-lock and chain around a wheel.
Cashcards from the motorbikes. They can disappear even from the condo carpark and within few minutes in a vicinity of Little India.Sergei82 wrote:In Singapore they steal bicycles only, never anything else.
Leave your high end addidas or nikes outside your door if you live in an HDB flat and they will disappear faster than the bicycle left unlocked at an MRT station will.Sergei82 wrote:In Singapore they steal bicycles only, never anything else.
If you buy a quality bike, you won't have rust. Even a cheaper cromoly bike will only surface rust. It'll come right off.katbh wrote:Do not buy your bikes in Aus. Bikes here rust up very quickly. They are also very cheap. You can buy cheap as chips bikes second hand, or new at giant or many many bakeshops. Better to get a cheap bike that can be replaced when it is rusted or stolen.
I have only ever had one bike stolen (and we have 8 bikes) and for most of our time we have never locked our bikes - whether in condo bike racks, when out and about or behind house.
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