Campsite theft, is it a thing?

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We're looking at buying a motorhome, we're also avid mountain bikers and the thought of leaving 5 figures of bikes on the bike rack is rather concerning. We've found the camper we want, but they're making rocking horse poo seem common, so I'm wondering, do we compromise on the perceived bike safety of a decent sized garage and go for a normal van with a bike rack?

Do campsite suffer with theft? We've camped quite a bit, as a child we caravanned and I don't ever recollect hearing of theft, or seeing police on site.

Thanks for any replies.

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hyperblue said:

It does happen, see below example, but no idea how common.

https://www.islandecho.co.uk/tourists-wake-to-find...

Never been too concerned at campsites and our bikes aren’t as valuable as yours but I always get a bit nervous leaving the van parked up anywhere on route with the bikes on the back.

Thanks for the link, I'll have a read.

On route, one of us normally stays with the car to keep an eye on the bike rack, so that bit I'm OK with, also gives a chance for the dog to have a wee and stretch his legs.

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Djtemeka said:

No theft that I e ever had or heard of but that would depend on the type of campsite. The group party types might be a bit tougher.

A decent 16/19mm chain should do

It's mainly for family holidays, so more family orientated camp sites all being well. Perhaps if I take it for a riding holiday with the boys, it might be a little different.

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poo at Paul's said:

Motorhome with a garage is what you want to be as safe as possible, and. A bloody good alarm on it. You can get alarms with accessory loops on them, that plug in and you wrap a big wire loop through bike on the rack or chained outside etc, they only have to cut it, but alarm then sounds at least.
Roller team Sport is what you want, absolutely massive garage!

Funnily enough a Sport or a 690 is what we want, but they're so rare especially as an automatic I was thinking of giving up. But I think I will persevere and wait for the right one.

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The auto part is for health reasons sadly, I suffer with a type of Arthritis that flares up unexpectedly in my left ankle and did so after 2 days of uplift MTB last weekend. It's the first time MTB has caused this and as we want the van for 8-10 years want to future proof ourselves and for times I'm away with the boys and bikes not just my fiancé who would be insured on it. I would have struggled to drive home last week if I had a manual car.

Certainly not limiting myself to Roller Team, they just seem to have exactly what we want.