Locks?

M1llh0use

any recommended - off to the pub tonight and don't really want to loose the bike cos i'm out on it on sunday!!

Chaz.Harding

Get a peice of shi* that won't get stolen. Or a Kryptonite lock. They are quality. Have both the New York shacle lock, and the Faghettaboutit chain.

Awesome. Heavy. ZExpensive, but worth it if you love your bike/s

Graydawg

Just make sure its not the one which can be opened by a BIC PEN!!! :shock:

Youtube search for the videos about how to open them! lol

Daz555

M1llh0use wrote:

any recommended - off to the pub tonight and don't really want to loose the bike cos i'm out on it on sunday!!

Get yourself down to a charity shop and pick up an old workhorse for about 20 quid.

The only answer is to ride a bike to the pub that is worth f*ck all. A mate had his £1500 bike nicked before christmas outside a pub. The bike a had a £40 lock on it.

In contrast the bike I leave outside the pub only cost £30 to start with. It is in perfect working order and I look after it where it matters - gears, chain, hubs etc. However I just let the rest of it stay dirty and look tatty. I commute on it as well.

M1llh0use

i'm sensing that this may not be the best idea....

MrChuck

Graydawg wrote:

Just make sure its not the one which can be opened by a BIC PEN!!! :shock:

Youtube search for the videos about how to open them! lol

Wasn't that a problem about 5 years ago? I think things have moved on a bit since then!

Northwind

Kryptonite are still rubbish though. Well, not quite fair, they're no worse than many other locks, just more expensive. The problem's just portability, locks that will defend against a professional bike thief who's targeting high-value bikes have to be gigantic, since there's not a cable lock in existance that'll resist the tools which they use, and there's fairly few chain locks too- all of which are very large, 16mm links and upwards. Anchor chains, really only of use for home protection.

A good quality d-lock is the best compromise really, a good one provides excellent protection, they can be broken but it takes longer than anything else which is as easy to transport. Even a bad quality lock can be a good deterrant as long as it doesn't look like a bad quality lock. But the huge majority of bike locks are no deterrant at all to anyone with the right tools. I could never look at this in teh same light again after

(most bikes are stolen using smaller, concealable tools but they only work on cheap locks- most bike thefts are low-value machines, commuters, etc with lightweight locks, so the thieves don't need anything bigger. But any thief who's going to try and take away a decent bike with a decent lock will have the tools for the job.- most bikes might be stolen with lightweight tools but all well-secured bikes are stolen with heavyweight tools)