Bike lock (bike stolen)

[Dubber]

After falling prey to some scum bag and suffering a loss of my much loved bicycle, I've decided to do some research into locks.

The bicycle had a D lock with a round key which is aparantly crap, and a chain lock with a padlock type lock connecting it. I left the bike 3/4 mins came back it was gone in a very busy place, I guess no one cares or people with there busy lives just walk on by.

The advice I'm after is what kind of lock(s) would be best for me ?

I've had a bit of a knock confidence wise even buying a new bike, but I have and just wanting to make sure it doesn't happen again. Although I know it can if the theif wants it they will get it, I just want to create enought of a deterrent to make them think too much hassle.

[Clive George]

How heavy was the chain, and was the bike attached to anything?

After getting a bike nicked, the police recommended a fat chain to me. Which is what I now have - stout chain + stout padlock.

However, probably worth trying this question on uk.rec.cycling or uk.rec.cycling.moderated (I reckon the latter will be more likely to get you sensible answers).

[Dubber]

Was this one

> The advice I'm after is what kind of lock(s) would be best for me ? >>

Ahh didn;t know it existed! thanks

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[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Dubber" saying something like:

Only one make successfully resists attack for very long - Almax. All the others are shit.

[Steve Walker]

Crikey, you're right - look at the videos on

£150 Abus Thatcham Approved blah blah Chain, cropped with simple bolt-cutters in 25 seconds.

[dennis]

I notice that the chain they are selling is much harder. Does that mean its brittle and can be shattered with a heavy blow or two?

[Fredxx]

It's one reason why I don't use expensive bikes. I have 2. One is semi-decent and the other is one which no one in their right mind will steal. It looks tatty but functions as well as any other bike.

[Jules]

Or maybe they'd steal it to use because they think it's tatty and won't get stolen by someone else :-)

[Tony Bryer]

I've now got a Dahon folder - allegedly no one steals them! Back in Twickenham I looked out my first floor office window to see some low-life cutting through my bike lock: when I opened the window and shouted at him he told me to mind my own business - fortunately he ran off when confronted leaving the bike. It was only a cheap Chinese-made one bought off eBay for £90 or so. Where do they end up?

[geoff]

In message , Grimly Curmudgeon writes

Seconded - but they're not cheap

You might find someone hacksawing through your rear wheel just to steal the chain

[geoff]

In message , "dennis@home" writes

No dennis, they are virtually indestructible

[The Medway Handyman]

WTF is that all about? Granted he used a big FO pair of croppers, but surely the video is meant to demonstrate that the product survives for a minimum 5 mins?

Anywho, an angle grinder would have taken that out in half the time.

I removed the wire rope type lock from an adandoned bike in around 3 seconds with my trusty angle grinder a few weeks ago.

[Clot]

You and your angle grinder. The next thing we'll know is that you lubricate it with WD40! ;)

[Bob Eager]

Of course he doesn't - WD40 is not a lubricant...! (ducks)

[geoff]

I so don't think so

The links are thicker than dennis

Don't forget, one doesn't usually park a bike close to a mains socket, an Almax chain would tell a battery angle grinder to f*ck off and play elsewhere

[The Medway Handyman]

It didn't tell those bolt croppers to f*ck off did it?

[The Medway Handyman]

Sigh. The list gets longer every day. Come the revolution....

[michael adams]

Keep flies off cows

If flies are tormenting your cows, just spray some WD-40 on the cows. Flies hate the smell and they'll stay clear. Take care not to spray any WD-40 in the cows' eyes.

Readers Digest website )

michael adams

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[Jules]

He's now a unit of measurement? Is there a picoDennis for really really small stuff?

[geoff]

Err yes it did IIRC