Originally Posted by
HonestOne
I'm surprised i've read so much about locking bikes but I haven't seen anyone mention how important it is to lock your bike as high as possible. What I mean by that is have the lock up on the bike as high as possible, the higher the lock, the harder it will be to use bolt cutters on them. Like in the videos shared, the thief would put one arm of the cutter on the ground while putting all their weight on the other arm, much harder if not impossible to do if the lock is up high.
That's right no lock/chain should be close to the ground. It is especially the case with the chains that are too long. When i was looking for my chain a few years back I saw a video that was showing someone in his garden using another common tool to break the chain easily due to the fact that the chain was on the ground
It is one of the basic rules for any lock:
-nowhere near the ground
-no room that a thief can use as leverage
-no cable locks
-avoid entry level chains/locks that are too thin
-locks should be attached to an immovable object
-don't attach your lock to the frame only or to the wheel only except for the sheldon technique
-avoid quick release skewers
etc..
http://www.nationalbikeregistry.com/proplock.html