Gold standard lock

allen
allen Posts: 214
edited January 2011 in Road beginners
Hi All

Any suggestions for reasonable price gold standard locks and any suggestions for how to secure the bike for insurance purposes

Many thanks

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  • Mad Roadie
    Mad Roadie Posts: 710
    I ended up going to Halfords as they had a range of qualifying locks at 'reasonable' prices - the gold standard locks are very expensive though

    suggestion: if you change your credit card to Barclaycard Goldfish you gather points against which Halfords vouchers can be traded - it softens the blow - I just bought £40 worth of kit, effectively for free from Halfords.
  • Erudin
    Erudin Posts: 136
    I like Kryptonite ulocks, have a New York Standard, Mini Evo and Mini Fahg. The New York Standard is rated gold on the Sold Secure website. The Abus Granit 54 gets good reviews as well.

    I use bolt down anchors (www.yanchor.com) in my garage and chain my bikes to them. PJB Security Products is another good website, got a wall anchor and chain from them.

    See also:

    http://www.lockyourbike.org.uk/

    List of locks approved by Sold Secure (PDF)
  • Mister W
    Mister W Posts: 791
    It depends on your insurance company. If your bike is covered on your house policy then it's unlikely you'll need a gold standard lock. You just need to take sensible precautions so any decent lock will do. If you've got a bike specific policy then you need a gold standard lock attached to a gold standard anchor with an armed guard on 24 hour watch.
  • lockyourbike
    lockyourbike Posts: 6
    If your insurance doesn't require a Sold Secure Gold lock (perhaps your house insurance like Mister W mentions) then don't feel like you have to get one. Erudin is right, the Kryptonite New York 3000 is a very good lock (which I use), but even stronger (but smaller) is the Kryptonite New York Fahgettaboudit which has a thicker shackle but isn't Sold Secure rated.

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