Originally Posted by Elusor
suggestions for armoured cable?
I got an Avenir "R-Mor Plated Cable Lock" for $12 on sale at my LBS. It's 39" and twice as thick as any non-armored cable they had. I'm guessing the plating isn't very expensive for the manufacturera to add (since they don't cost more than regular cables), but they just aren't as popular because of the added weight.
You see, with the plating, it's like having two locks. Bolt cutters can cut through the cabling inside, but not the plating on the outside. It's the same logic of having a U lock and cable lock, a theif would need two different tools to hack both. It's ingenious.