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Muc-Off now offering “bike insurance without the bulls**t” with NextGen

Cover as standard includes a multi-bike discount, free upgrade cover, plus no price increases at renewal

After starting out with a pink spray before branching out into lubes, pressure washers, pulley wheels and more, bicycle care and performance brand Muc-Off has now ventured into bike insurance, claiming that it is able to provide “bike cover like no other”. The Poole-based brand has partnered with insurance intermediary NextGen to offer this new service. 

> Cycle insurance - avoid catastrophe, check your bike's fully covered

Key benefits in Muc-off’s offering include “insurance premiums that never increase on renewal for the same risk”, as well as up to £100 free upgrade cover to allow riders to upgrade their bikes to more expensive models. These features come in addition to theft cover, home and away, plus a multi-bike discount of up to 25%.

Those who pay annually can save up to two months of insurance premium, there’s a no-claims discount, and European and worldwide cover are also all included in premiums as standard.

Riders will also get £15,000 of personal accident cover, in the event that they seriously injure themselves while riding. Every policy also comes with third party liability cover up to £1m. In the event of accidental damage to their bike or accessories, Muc-Off says cyclists are also covered. 

If repairs are needed, Muc-Off says it'll organise for your bike to be collected and repaired at one of its approved bicycle repairers. Or riders can choose to get an estimate from a repair shop of their choice, subject to them being authorised. 

To help get riders back on two wheels as quickly as possible, as part of the cover riders will also receive a temporary hire bike for up to 10 days.

Muc-Off is not the only specialist cycling insurance provider to offer a multi-bike insurance discount. Velosure, for example, gives up to 50% off with its cover.

Other helpful features offered by specialist cycling insurers include a cycle rescue service, and this is offered by many providers such as Cycleguard, Yellow Jersey and Bikmo.

Muc-Off Bike Insurance is available to UK customers, exclusively at muc-Off.com.

As always with insurance, prices vary a lot. You can get an instant quote over here by inputting your bike make and model, bike value, use (commuting or leisure, or both), how much accessories cover you're looking for, as well as your postcode and date of birth.

Would you switch to Muc-Off? Let us know your thoughts in the comments as always.

Anna has been hooked on bikes ever since her youthful beginnings at Hillingdon Cycle Circuit. As an avid road and track racer, she reached the heady heights of a ProCyclingStats profile before leaving for university. Having now completed an MA in Multimedia Journalism, she’s hoping to add some (more successful) results. Although her greatest wish is for the broader acceptance of wearing funky cycling socks over the top of leg warmers.

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Zebulebu | 2 years ago
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Or just use Laka, like a sensible person

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mark1a replied to Zebulebu | 2 years ago
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Yeah, I'm with Laka. I like the concept of paying a share of what's already happened rather than a guesstimate of what may or may not happen in the future. Never actually had to claim, which is always the test of whether insurance is any good though. 

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ktache | 2 years ago
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Anyone know why CUK changed their preferred insurance supplier?

Are their any advantages to YellowJacket?

I'm still with the lovely people in Liverpool, if nothing else for the yearly chat with Jan upon renewal.

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mdavidford replied to ktache | 2 years ago
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ktache wrote:

Are their any advantages to YellowJacket?

Well, y'know - if it saves one claim...

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mdavidford | 2 years ago
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Muc-Off is not the only specialist cycling insurance provider to offer a multi-bike insurance discount

...in fact Muc-Off isn't a specialist cycling insurance provider at all - it's just slapping its branding on a cycling product from someone whose primary business is insuring phones and tablets.

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spmngr | 2 years ago
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FYI there's a horrible bug on the MucOff insurance site that leaves your details up and prepopulated ready for the next person who accesses the page! Don't put any personable identifiable info in it

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AlsoSomniloquism replied to spmngr | 2 years ago
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Sounds like it was programed by someone who used to work at my place. Luckily that was only an internal portal. 

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Sriracha replied to spmngr | 2 years ago
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What, so if I go to the website, I'm going to see the details entered by the previous person, from wherever? Or are you just meaning on the same actual computer?

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spmngr replied to Sriracha | 2 years ago
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Looks like it's been fixed now but it seemed to be other users. I got details from someone from Bingley and Birmingham show up, and reported it to their chat. 

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chrisonabike replied to spmngr | 2 years ago
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Don't people pay for that sort of service on the internet? "We met on MucOff insurance"...

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