Recommend a Lock?

stiscooby

After having my bike stolen from my shed last year (the shed was locked but by bike wasn't secured to anything inside), I have now replaced my bike and would like to get a reasonable lock for it (this lock will be used when it's stored at home - there are now steel loops bolted to the floor of the shed which are welded to large steel plates).

I was thinking of a chain style lock, something like this - http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... k-09-35284

Or - http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... lock-14868

I don't want to spend silly amounts as all locks seem to have their faults and if someone wants your bike enough they will find a way.

I would just like to make sure I have done what I can to minimize this one going walkies!

supersonic

That Oxford is atrocious - 9.5mm steel links are piddly, you want 19mm at least! Bolt croppers will get through 16mm and less in seconds.

estampida

got a good local black smith or similar, on every industrial estate there must be 1 company that can order industrial chain, buy industrial grade chain and the best padlock you can afford (chains should be available in 20, 25mm wire diameter and even bigger)

but its all about the weakest link, that's where they will cut, can you cut those plates out of the floor with a chisel for example

swod1

i would agree with industrial chain 2 or 3 lengths of that 20mm, 6 sided links and decent locks will make it a hassle for them to steal.

with chain locks you want the links thick and no space for any bolt cutters to be able to cut through it.

if you look at high end locks from kryptonite etc they come with anti theft guarantees so it will be worth paying more.

my shed is full at the moment so my bike is kept in the house.

chrisw333

This is a good site with various chains, padlocks, ground anchors and advice

http://securityforbikes.com/

stiscooby

estampida wrote:

got a good local black smith or similar, on every industrial estate there must be 1 company that can order industrial chain, buy industrial grade chain and the best padlock you can afford (chains should be available in 20, 25mm wire diameter and even bigger)

but its all about the weakest link, that's where they will cut, can you cut those plates out of the floor with a chisel for example

It would be quite hard and fiddly to remove the plates. There is a plate on top of the shed floor with round headed bolts going through the floor to another plate underneath the shed floor. The shed sits on a slight raised base, the gap underneath is only an inch or two so I had to find something the right size to just be able to do the nuts up so it would be a bit of hassle for someone to come along and remove it

We will have two bikes in the shed once I have some locks. My plan is to chain each bike to its own floor anchor and also lock the two bikes together just to makes things as difficult as possible for any would be thief.

chrisw333

stiscooby wrote:

estampida wrote:

got a good local black smith or similar, on every industrial estate there must be 1 company that can order industrial chain, buy industrial grade chain and the best padlock you can afford (chains should be available in 20, 25mm wire diameter and even bigger)

but its all about the weakest link, that's where they will cut, can you cut those plates out of the floor with a chisel for example

It would be quite hard and fiddly to remove the plates. There is a plate on top of the shed floor with round headed bolts going through the floor to another plate underneath the shed floor. The shed sits on a slight raised base, the gap underneath is only an inch or two so I had to find something the right size to just be able to do the nuts up so it would be a bit of hassle for someone to come along and remove it

We will have two bikes in the shed once I have some locks. My plan is to chain each bike to its own floor anchor and also lock the two bikes together just to makes things as difficult as possible for any would be thief.

sounds a good idea, the weak link is the floor itself though - how much would they have to rip up / cut through to just pull the anchor through?

stiscooby

chrisw333 wrote:

stiscooby wrote:

estampida wrote:

got a good local black smith or similar, on every industrial estate there must be 1 company that can order industrial chain, buy industrial grade chain and the best padlock you can afford (chains should be available in 20, 25mm wire diameter and even bigger)

but its all about the weakest link, that's where they will cut, can you cut those plates out of the floor with a chisel for example

It would be quite hard and fiddly to remove the plates. There is a plate on top of the shed floor with round headed bolts going through the floor to another plate underneath the shed floor. The shed sits on a slight raised base, the gap underneath is only an inch or two so I had to find something the right size to just be able to do the nuts up so it would be a bit of hassle for someone to come along and remove it

We will have two bikes in the shed once I have some locks. My plan is to chain each bike to its own floor anchor and also lock the two bikes together just to makes things as difficult as possible for any would be thief.

sounds a good idea, the weak link is the floor itself though - how much would they have to rip up / cut through to just pull the anchor through?

Each plate is a bit bigger than a A4 size piece of paper. The one under the shed is also under the base that the shed sits on so it would have to be pulled through the shed floor and the base, so just something else that hopefully makes it a bit harder to remove our bikes