York Cycleworks is a credit broker and is Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Unfortunately, this comes with an increase in how quickly your bike will wear, but a good quality, full coverage bike cover can prevent this, and help your bike stay healthier for longer, reducing maintenance costs down the line. Please note: Manufacturers can sometimes change the specification of the products from time to time. If you're not fussy you can get a plain option, but there are pages of design options and the facility to create a completely custom design if that's your thing, and while it doesn't come cheap you could at least try and blend it in with the wallpaper. To be in with a chance of winning, simply leave us a comment at the bottom of this page and let us know what type of bike you’d use it to cover.

To fit BikeParka to your bicycle, simply put the cover under the front wheel and pull it back over your bike. Believing fervently that cycling will save the world, she wishes that more people would just ride a bike and be pleasant to each other. The DWR coating ensures that the rainwater of the jacket is not blocked and the inside of the jacket does not become clammy (perspiration gets out). When off the bike, simply tucked away all the technical and safety cycling features and remain stylish in your daily worlds. Regardless of the weather, you'll appear in style with this jacket: the extended fishtail back combined with the matte fabric and fashionable colours make this jacket the ideal in-between jacket.Each BikeParka has an elasticated bottom for close fit around the wheels and eyelets for ties or small locks.

They mention that it comes in a handy bag, is easy to dry and put away in its sack, and does not rip easily. An adjustable fit avoids water ponding (The Bike Parka shown here does have a cinch strap to avoid this issue) (Image credit: Will Jones) How did we test the best bike covers? When you remove the BikeParka from its handy bag, you’d be forgiven for thinking that it’s just a piece of fabric that won’t do much good in protecting your bike.I would use it to cover my Volt e-bike, which replaced my traditional tourer 2 years ago and has enabled me to keep riding more through the lockdown. Lara has been riding bikes for longer than she'd care to admit, and writing about them nearly as long. cc review team whilst championing women's cycling on the side, most notably via two years as editor of the, sadly now defunct, UK's first and only women's cycling mag, erm, Women's Cycling. But obviously I wasn’t about to let my beloved bike suffer in the wind and rain – I need a suitable cover to keep my bike snug and protected from the elements. Take care to fit around handle bars and make sure that the logo is by the fr ont wheel for the snuggest fit.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The main difference is that the Urban cover comes with lock-through panels, which means your cover can be locked together with your bike – and the lock then also acts as an extra weight to keep your cover down over your bike. When a manufacturer of tents was challenged to address the problem, the result was BikeParka – a high-quality, fitted water-proof cover for bicycles. Each BikeParka adjusts to sit slightly differently on each bike to allow for different sized frames, handle bars and seat heights. I am taking my bike up the North Island (NZ) on 15th, on a platform Volt Torpedo 7 towball carrier, which will take two e mtbs (minus batteries).More expensive options will have some level of adjustable fit, allowing you to tighten the cover around your bike.