Light but still good lock
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To be fair lots of folks ride much more expensive bikes and carry much more expensive gear than I choose to and probably ride in higher risk places. Also they are likely to be way less weight conscious, but given that my total gear and clothing load is likely to be 10-12 pounds including camping and cooking gear as well as the baggage, a six pound lock would be a 50% increase in my total gear load.
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If a frame-style lock will do the job for an individual cycle tourist, there's also the option of going old school with a lighter and less expensive standard long shank padlock around the seatstays.
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I've only done weekend tours up this point, but I've talked to people on the internet who do a lot of touring and have a friend that's gonzo nuts about touring, and they all said that they never leave their bikes out of their sight. Even if they lock the bike a would be thief can make off with their panniers. So none that I've ever talked to say they leave their bike someplace excluded from their watchful eye. Not saying that no touring person has ever left their bike unwatched, but I think it's more of an exception rather then a rule. On my weekend tours I never leave my bike somewhere where I can't see it either, I may go fishing someplace and lock the bike to a tree but I can see it from the bank.
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U-locks are harder to defeat, requiring larger, more expensive tools. A u-locked bike will likely only be stolen if a professional bike thief happens upon it, and even then, only if it's the highest value bike on the block.
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Years ago I got a armored cable lock from Specialized, looked at the site they sold all they got someone to make for them
Inside the interlocking tubular segments, the cable was Aramid/Kevlar so it coiled up in a smaller loop..
I made the bracket to hang from my top tube , so It occupied the area above the waterbottles ..
still have the bike , so It worked for me when and where I went, then.
augmented it with a few cables to attach the bike to fences and trees..
Inside the interlocking tubular segments, the cable was Aramid/Kevlar so it coiled up in a smaller loop..
I made the bracket to hang from my top tube , so It occupied the area above the waterbottles ..
still have the bike , so It worked for me when and where I went, then.
augmented it with a few cables to attach the bike to fences and trees..
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For a variety of reasons, I'm a proponent of 'two lock' bike security.
If one is really worried about that scenario, I'd suggest they augment their Abus Granit X-Plus U-lock with a short ~14mm security chain secured by a Mul-T-Lock G-55 MT5+: two extremely challenging locks to pick that take completely different tools and skills.
I fear, however, that in the highly unlikely event it came down to someone wanting the bike that desperately, the rider would return only to find their expensive, hard to pick locks had been quickly and quietly cut with a small portable torch or burned through with thermite.
I fear, however, that in the highly unlikely event it came down to someone wanting the bike that desperately, the rider would return only to find their expensive, hard to pick locks had been quickly and quietly cut with a small portable torch or burned through with thermite.
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Everybody has their own joys and goals. If all I'm going to do is ride the bike, I can stay home and do that. I couldn't imagine a tour where I passed up a chance to visit a unique museum, stroll through an arboretum, drink a pint at the pub and haggle at the bazar. If I want to commune with nature I don't begrudge the weight of my tent and cookset; if I want to interact with the locals and experience their life and art and history, I don't begrudge the weight of a quality lock.
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