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Post by chas on May 12, 2015 11:48:10 GMT
What are you looking for, cheaper, lighter to carry, more secure??? The sad fact is I think a lot more people would cycle if they knew their bikes could be left securely, but with the right tools any lock can be broken. Best you can do is insure your bike and use a lock approved by your insurer.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2015 13:07:04 GMT
The sad fact is I think a lot more people would cycle if they knew their bikes could be left securely, but with the right tools any lock can be broken. Best you can do is insure your bike and use a lock approved by your insurer. Yes Chas very sad and very true. Most locks IMHO just slow most thief's down a tad. Way back in the days of black and white I had a beloved Flying Scot stolen, even to this day I can still remember that horrible feeling in my gut.
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Post by bobcollege on May 12, 2015 19:34:02 GMT
I believe Kryptonite D-locks come with a guarantee of a replacement bike / monetary value of your bike if the lock is broken and bike is stolen. - With proof of the broken lock obviously. If you're not interested in that, you can't go wrong with any Abus with a silver or gold rating. I did some research on bike locks a few months ago, Kryptonite has some issues. You don't need to break the lock, you just need ball point pen! youtu.be/PCxHD9_uEf8I think that is a slightly outdated criticism of the Kryptonite locks. True the old Kryptonite locks were able to be opened with a bic biro, those that used the old style key. Newer locks have a normal key which cant be opened with a pen.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2015 19:52:11 GMT
I did some research on bike locks a few months ago, Kryptonite has some issues. You don't need to break the lock, you just need ball point pen! youtu.be/PCxHD9_uEf8I think that is a slightly outdated criticism of the Kryptonite locks. True the old Kryptonite locks were able to be opened with a bic biro, those that used the old style key. Newer locks have a normal key which cant be opened with a pen. Thanks bobcollege when i first saw that video it sent shivers, nice to know the biro issue now resolved.
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Post by arranj on May 12, 2015 20:23:14 GMT
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Post by ghoddlemighty on May 13, 2015 15:20:30 GMT
I did some research on bike locks a few months ago, Kryptonite has some issues. You don't need to break the lock, you just need ball point pen! youtu.be/PCxHD9_uEf8I think that is a slightly outdated criticism of the Kryptonite locks. True the old Kryptonite locks were able to be opened with a bic biro, those that used the old style key. Newer locks have a normal key which cant be opened with a pen. That may be the case, I took the attitude that they clearly don't design or test properly.
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Post by j1singh on May 17, 2015 15:44:51 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2015 16:34:52 GMT
I'm fortunate that for a long time now I don't have to cycle to work. When I did there was a safe place to secure it. This video highlights that not all are so lucky. The thief's who are making a living out of this kind of thing don't really have an ounce of conscience to the damage they inflicting on peoples lives. The victims (and that could be any of us) can spend a small fortune on locks that can be disarmed in seconds very sad. If the police can only scrape the surface by offering a 5% chance of recovery, that's really not good enough. The answer....I haven't a clue!
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Post by ChrisD on May 17, 2015 21:08:21 GMT
I'm fortunate that for a long time now I don't have to cycle to work. When I did there was a safe place to secure it. This video highlights that not all are so lucky. The thief's who are making a living out of this kind of thing don't really have an ounce of conscience to the damage they inflicting on peoples lives. The victims (and that could be any of us) can spend a small fortune on locks that can be disarmed in seconds very sad. If the police can only scrape the surface by offering a 5% chance of recovery, that's really not good enough. The answer....I haven't a clue! Someone told me last week that when they did a bike-train-bike commute to London they bought a couple of battered but functional bikes and chained them up at the station each end of the train section. The key there was normally to try to chain them up next to a much better looking bike. Sad but effective by the sound of it.
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