An Armoured Bike Lock ?
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Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
I bought one hastily a year ago, it looks beefy but only has a fairly thin steel cable running down the middle.
You could easily get secateur blades past the shielding, to cut the cable. The shielding is made up of aluminium tubes threaded onto the cable like my daughter's cotton reels and string game, and the lot covered by plastic.
I would not use it to lock my bike up anywhere quiet, out of sight, or for any real length of time.
You could easily get secateur blades past the shielding, to cut the cable. The shielding is made up of aluminium tubes threaded onto the cable like my daughter's cotton reels and string game, and the lot covered by plastic.
I would not use it to lock my bike up anywhere quiet, out of sight, or for any real length of time.
mrandmrspoves
Middle aged bald git.
- Location
- Narfuk
Indeed, I have a pair of £9 bolt cutters that I bought in Wilkinson's about 5 years ago. They will cut through almost any cable lock in one snip......and have been used a number of times to rescue people who have lost their keys..... On only one occasion did anyone ask me what I was doing, and even then they were happy once I said my friend had lost his key! Go for a D lock - preferably Sold Secure Gold Standard or equivalent..... which will cost appx. £25 and hopefully deter a thief enough for them to go and find someones bicycle who only used an Aldi lock to secure it!
hoopdriver
Guru
- Location
- East Sussex
You won't find Sold Secure Gold anything for £25
mrandmrspoves
Middle aged bald git.
- Location
- Narfuk
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
mrandmrspoves
Middle aged bald git.
- Location
- Narfuk
AnythingButVanilla
Über Member
- Location
- London
Yup. I lock up my £200 commuting bike with £60ish worth of cable and d-lock. It may be overkill but it's better that than my bike going missing.
hoopdriver
Guru
- Location
- East Sussex
If that's what floats your boat.
It got a two-star rating when reviewed by Bike Radar a couple of years ago...
http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/categ...ew-master-lock-street-fortum-bonus-pack-33979
My daughter bought one of these a Magnum Plus Shackle Bike Lock from Halfords for her new Raleigh Airlite 100. Seems pretty strong but you are trying to create a deterrent ie make it less easy to steal so they move on.
I don't think there is a lock on the market that would stop a determind thief to be honest with the right tools.
I don't think there is a lock on the market that would stop a determind thief to be honest with the right tools.
hoopdriver
Guru
- Location
- East Sussex
True, any lock can be broken. The trick is to put the barrier up so high it simply isn't worthwhile. I have a couple of very expensive bikes. I keep them locked up in a shed and secured to the concrete floor with a 16mm Pragmasis chain, guaranteed unbreakable with 42" bolt cutters. Sure, someone can come in with an angle grinder, bringing their own power source, use up a few blades and risk serious injury cutting it without having the chain secured in a vice - but is that really a viable option? Me thinks not. Me is betting not, in fact.
These chains are very expensive, but so are my bikes. And it isn't just monetary value - I really, realy, really do not want MY bicycke stolen.
These chains are very expensive, but so are my bikes. And it isn't just monetary value - I really, realy, really do not want MY bicycke stolen.
