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Old 05-19-08, 10:03 PM
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Locks?

I currently have a $20 cable lock protecting my road bike that I found and fixed up. I also sometimes use it to protect a $700 mountain bike.

I am probably going to get a new lock soon, a Kryptonite.

Should I get one that fits in my back pocket [evolution mini] or one with a thick chain that I can wear around my waist?
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Old 05-19-08, 10:06 PM
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Is this thread a joke?
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Properly locking your bike is no joke.

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Because it certainly sounds like one.

If it isn't, get a U lock. If the choice is between a small simple lock and a big ugly stupid fashion statement, I'll choose the small simple lock every time.
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I've got this, I have it set on 'FIXIE' - no one would ever guess.



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Old 05-19-08, 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by crushkilldstroy
Because it certainly sounds like one.

If it isn't, get a U lock. If the choice is between a small simple lock and a big ugly stupid fashion statement, I'll choose the small simple lock every time.
What lock is harder to cut?

I do like the U lock because it is easier to take it out.
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Originally Posted by Markok765
What lock is harder to cut?

I do like the U lock because it is easier to take it out.
The smaller U Locks are apparently harder to get through, especially if you fill up the space in the U with plenty of bike.

Bike thieves smile when they see chain, regardless of the size as it affords them plenty of opportunity to maneuver their cutting equipment.
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the U lock isn't chunky and is harder to cut. you can't get a jack in there, and will take too many tools to take apart. the thick krypto 35 pound belt lock is good but too bulky and i'd trust the U lock over it.

it all depends on what you lock your stuff to. if you're where there's easily a handrail or a sign post or something then yea U lock. the chain will lock onto anything you want it to, a lil harder to lock the mini U on wider things.
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Yep! Basically what tx_what_it_do said.
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Originally Posted by tynan
The smaller U Locks are apparently harder to get through, especially if you fill up the space in the U with plenty of bike.

Bike thieves smile when they see chain, regardless of the size as it affords them plenty of opportunity to maneuver their cutting equipment.
I was cutting a lock that was one on bike that I found [not attached to anything] I found it with the deralier broken. The lock was on the top tube. It was a cable lock similar to the one I have, and when I tried to cut it off with a hacksaw, it was hard. I put a piece of wood under it to steady it and to prevent the hacksaw blade from hitting the frame, and the lock kept going everywhere.
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Originally Posted by Markok765
I was cutting a lock that was one on bike that I found [not attached to anything] I found it with the deralier broken. The lock was on the top tube. It was a cable lock similar to the one I have, and when I tried to cut it off with a hacksaw, it was hard. I put a piece of wood under it to steady it and to prevent the hacksaw blade from hitting the frame, and the lock kept going everywhere.

Bike thieves don't operate with a hack saw and a block of wood, they come armed with stuff like angle grinders and (more commonoly) bolt croppers.

Even the sturdiest U lock with the highest security rating (the rating system differs from brand to brand) is rated by how many minutes they can withstand an attack from a bike thief, and even these modest claims are shown to be a little ambitious by numerous tests that have professionally tooled thieves through the hardest, most expensive locks in under a minute.

You will never protect your bike 100%, you can certainly deter opportunist thieves, but there is nothing you can do to protect against a determined professional thief.

Even I can go through a 10mm cable lock (with the plastic cover) with a Dremel hand held cordless tool in 2 or 3 minutes. Much faster if I bothered to charge up my cordless angle grinder. Your story above tells us nothing other than that cable on the found bike could protect against someone with a hacksaw and not a great deal of history of stealing bikes, I would want more from a lock.

Like I say one of the few things you can do is make it hard for the thief to get a good angle to work on the lock with something like a car jack, this is where those little U locks come in handy.

I normally just leave human **** on the bars and saddle, had the same bike for 20 years ;P

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I'm really not that worried at school about my bike getting stolen. My current lock is better than most at school, and a lot of kids have better mountain bikes than me. When I get a evolution mini, I'll have the best lock at school.

One of my friends who rides BMX has this great bike with a $60 V link chain and a expensive crank. He locks it with a dollar store combo lock that I could break by standing on.

So I'm not that worried. My city is small.
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So your concern was entirely aesthetic then ?

If that is the case, and you are not so worried about bike theft the choose whatever lock you like the look of, or you think looks good on you.

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