wouldnt this chain break easily?
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wouldnt this chain break easily?
https://www.hypebeast.com/2007/07/sup...gn-bike-chain/
i admit my "fashion over function" tendencies has peaked my interest a little bit, and the first edition was heavy as all get out, but wouldnt this aluminum chain lock just get snapped like a twig with a pair of bolt cutters? the weight difference would be nice, but at probably $100+ and the lack of durability i would assume this is geared toward japanese market(less theft)?
does anyone know how something like this would hold up?
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Wow, and aluminum bike chain! That looks like a supremely stuped way to end up with Fragments of chain all over the side of the road. not thanks.
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Originally Posted by mattface
Wow, and aluminum bike chain! That looks like a supremely stuped way to end up with Fragments of chain all over the side of the road. not thanks.
Probably the same marketing genius that named the "Anchor" NJS bike also named this chain.
Totally useless if you want to lock it up securely
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FINALLY. Now I don't have to carry around heavy hardened locks or chains. Why didn't someone think of "lightweight" security before?
I have an even better idea, though. Why not just use a plastic zip-tie? Those are like 5 grams. BEST SECURITY EVER!
I have an even better idea, though. Why not just use a plastic zip-tie? Those are like 5 grams. BEST SECURITY EVER!
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The worst part: It's barely even viable as a weapon.
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I have an even better idea, though. Why not just use a plastic zip-tie? Those are like 5 grams. BEST SECURITY EVER!
string em together, should be pretty tough, and then you still have the sweet blue.
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Originally Posted by Natron
FINALLY. Now I don't have to carry around heavy hardened locks or chains. Why didn't someone think of "lightweight" security before?
I have an even better idea, though. Why not just use a plastic zip-tie? Those are like 5 grams. BEST SECURITY EVER!
I have an even better idea, though. Why not just use a plastic zip-tie? Those are like 5 grams. BEST SECURITY EVER!
-spokes to chainstay
-spokes to seatstay
-rim to seattube
-through the chain
-brakes together
-rim to fork
i think he had fun .
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Originally Posted by Yoshi
For most areas in Japan that lock would be fine. For no area in NY would that lock be fine.
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I'm currently designing a bike chain lock made of 24k gold.
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Originally Posted by BrooklynMachine
Agreed. We just came back from a Tokyo tour where the aluminum Mini-U was considered on the heavy side of security. We brought a few back for personal use, as it makes for a good secondary wheel lock.
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aluminum for a chain is a joke. it would be SOOO easy to cut. a pair of wire cutters, not even big bolt cutters could probably go through that.
steel link chain is already easy enough to pop with bolt cutters...
steel link chain is already easy enough to pop with bolt cutters...
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just carry a welding rig and weld your steel frame to the nearest lamppost or whatever you find.. easy... if you can also oxy cut it off, then you can get home too..
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Rule 1 when buying bike locks/chains: Don't buy something that would get broken and stolen just locked up to a bike rack by itself.
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Well, at least they are stiff and don't flex!
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Originally Posted by abeyance
When I was in college, a guy parked his bike across all the racks to the building, rather than use the wheel slot. I ziptied his bike together.
-spokes to chainstay
-spokes to seatstay
-rim to seattube
-through the chain
-brakes together
-rim to fork
i think he had fun .
-spokes to chainstay
-spokes to seatstay
-rim to seattube
-through the chain
-brakes together
-rim to fork
i think he had fun .
With that said. Anywhere I lock up, any lock would probably work. It's the hassle (to the theif) of it being locked, and not simply grab and ride... not really how strong the lock is.
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So you could, essentially, take away all of the available spots for someone else to lock up their bike? That seems like a pretty dick move in my opinion...
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Originally Posted by xylophonecks
So you could, essentially, take away all of the available spots for someone else to lock up their bike? That seems like a pretty dick move in my opinion...
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