The folks who live in an internet fantasy world continue to have nightmares about BIC pens. Folks who live in the real world can simply look at the test results from "Cycling Plus" and SoldSecure" and find out which locks work out on the streets, and which ones do not.

Folks who are serious about keeping their bikes use serious locks. Right now, the locks PROVEN to work against the methods crooks use (not against "fantasy" methods...against the methods crooks actually used on the streets) are:


U-LOCKS:

- Abust Granit 54

- Kryptonite New York 3000

- OnGuard/Magnum Beast


CHAINLOCKS

- Most chainlocks are LESS safe than the U-locks listed above, as many have mediocre padlocks. AND, the best chains weigh two to four times more than a top U-lock. The best chain locks are:

- the OnGuard/Magnum Beast

- the Abus Granit chain with the Abus Granit padlock

- the Kryptonite New York Chain with the EV Disc Lock


A good test result was obtained by a chain that costs about half as much as the "best" chain locks:

- the OnGuard 12mm models that have "shielded" shackles on the padlock (the version with an unshielded shackle is much less secure) did almost as well as some "high dollar" chain locks.

For now, "Fahgettaboud" the Kryptonont Fahgettaboudit". Its padlock was not as effective as the Kryptonite EV Disk Lock. If a Fahgettaboudit chain is combined with an Abus Granit padlock, it would be far stronger. In fact, a Fahgettaboudit combined with a top Abus padlock would likely rank among the best locks in its weight class.