Accessories to avoid

[anothersam]

Spotted this in a shop yesterday:

I had a grope and determined that the casing felt more substantial than the cable inside. If you lose either of the 2 keys supplied you can probably saw through it in a few seconds with a worn nail file, or sneeze on it hard.

If the rule of thumb is to spend 10% of the cost of the bike to be locked on its security, it's easy to calculate how much you're gonna want to be digging into your pockets for your ride.

 

[Bazzer]

May be the bike didn't cost much in the first place?

 

[ufkacbln]

The venerable RAC does this with lights:


RAC LED cycle safety set

They are old stock green LEDs that are virtually useless

 

[TheDoctor]

Sadly I can't linky on the tablet...
The Abus Combiflex cafe lock.
Costs £17.99 from Wiggle.
I once snapped a jammed one by hand - no tools required. Took a few seconds.
You'd be better off with a cable tie. Or a piece of string.

 

[raleighnut]

The venerable RAC does this with lights:


RAC LED cycle safety set

They are old stock green LEDs that are virtually useless

Still brighter than these were

 

[SeanM]

Two of the massive (AA2) batteries in each one ?

 

[MiK1138]

Still brighter than these were

1 of these probably weighs more than a modern CF road bike

 

[Bazzer]

Two of the massive (AA2) batteries in each one ?

D cells IIRC.
Found one of those front lights in one of the boxes in my garage a couple of months ago, when I was having a clear out. Recycled.

 

[marshmella]

D cells IIRC.
Found one of those front lights in one of the boxes in my garage a couple of months ago, when I was having a clear out. Recycled.

Did it have a bulb or was it a candle like my dads?

 

[SeanM]

D cells, aha. No idea where i got AA2 from.

 

[Psycolist]

Anything bike related that's sold in 99p stores

 

[marshmella]

Anything bike related that's sold in 99p stores

I bought a p- repair kit today for 99p just wanted it cos it came with two tubes of rubber cement, i threw the the rest of it away.

 

[jonny jeez]

Spotted this in a shop yesterday:

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I had a grope and determined that the casing felt more substantial than the cable inside. If you lose either of the 2 keys supplied you can probably saw through it in a few seconds with a worn nail file, or sneeze on it hard.

If the rule of thumb is to spend 10% of the cost of the bike to be locked on its security, it's easy to calculate how much you're gonna want to be digging into your pockets for your ride.

They give those out for free in centre parks, they stop people accidentally taking the wrong bike...but not much else.

 

[TheDoctor]

Anything bike related that's sold in 99p stores

Repair kits are OK and the poundland rear lights aren't bad.

 

[anothersam]

From the same shop as above, which isn't exclusively 99p but does give Poundland a run for its money:

The allen keys spanners etc. may in fact be serviceable, i.e. not secretly forged from cold pasta, I don't know. What is objectionable is the loud BIKE TOOL, which is halfway to being an insult and all the way to being wince-worthy.