Originally Posted by
mgw4jc
That video made it look like pretty much any lock is useless against some big enough bolt cutters.
We use locks not to stop people from trying to steal our bike, but to make the bike take more time and effort to steal. I'm new to cycling but even I have already seen my share of improperly locked bikes that a thief would quickly choose over mine. It would take a thief maybe 30 sec. to cut my cable, another 2 min. to cut the U-lock, and maybe another 2 min. to disable the frame lock that prevents the rear wheel from rolling - so about 5-6 min. to steal my bike vs. a couple of other bikes nearby that he could steal in less than 5 sec. because the owner locked only the front wheel and it's a quick-release.
Originally Posted by
mgw4jc
That video made it look like pretty much any lock is useless against some big enough bolt cutters.
Is there such a thing as a bike lock alarm? Where if the lock is broken, a circuit is broken and thus a car alarm type sound goes off?
Not exactly but Cycliq is taking preorders for their new Fly12 camera that doubles as a headlight and alarm.
Originally Posted by
mgw4jc
Otherwise I think the next best defense would be a tracking device so you can at least hope to recover the bike.
Maybe check out a bike registry - there's a national one and there are bunch of other registries at the local level:
https://www.nationalbikeregistry.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bike_registry