Our cover is designed to be light and breathable, yet engineered for tough protection against rain, snow and ice. We all ride in the rain, and your bike won't dissolve if it gets wet, but if you are regularly storing your bike outside, either at work or at home, then a bike cover might be a good idea to protect your bike and stop the wear from accelerating. They mention that it comes in a handy bag, is easy to dry and put away in its sack, and does not rip easily. Fitting your BikeParka Each BikeParka adjusts to sit slightly differently on each bike to allow for different sized frames, handle bars and seat heights. If you're still unsure as to what to look for by the end we've put together a handy guide to help you make the right choice, too.

Some covers are designed to be a permanent feature, others for protection at the office on rainy days where no sheltered bike parking is available.It’s about to be fixed up but winning this cover would help me keep it nice after lots of hard work to make it nice again! Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).

The material is super stretchy, and so can accommodate a wide variety of shapes, though it's a little more involved to install given it goes on from the bottom rather than the top so as to protect flooring - take it from me, black chain grease is very hard to get out of a cream carpet. It stuffs into its own little bag, which comes complete with Velcro straps allowing you to fasten it to your bike frame if the mood takes you. now trying to work out if the extra faff to stop the bike getting covered in shit to go ride in shit is worth it? 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. More expensive options will have some level of adjustable fit, allowing you to tighten the cover around your bike.

All the covers on test here that were designed for outdoor use are sufficiently waterproof to withstand heavy rain. To clean your BikeParka, treat it the same as a good quality tent - sponge clean with warm water and a natural soap/ mild deter gent, and don’t machine wash. The ripstop nylon is hard-wearing and seam-sealed to keep the heaviest summer rain off your bike, and its UV protection keeps your paint looking fresh under the hottest sun.

Believing fervently that cycling will save the world, she wishes that more people would just ride a bike and be pleasant to each other. Another good thing is it’s so compact you can fold it up and put it in your backpack and take it with you! While its size may be a drawback for those out and about, it does mean it’s much more accommodating of being placed over bike racks, and so represents a better system for more permanent, at-home protection.

Manufactured from rip-stop, the lightweight material used to fabricate sails, parachutes and kites, the BikeParka features sealed seams, an elasticated fit and a slot through which to pass a lock. 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. The heavy plasticised canvas is rated to 6000mm hydrostatic head, and taped seams throughout keep the water out.