Originally Posted by
geo8rge
In general there is no metal that can stand up to modern cutting tools. My guess is that a hack saw with a fresh blade can cut through the best locks in about 15 min.
I have seen GPS trackers with text messaging, poor mans lojack. If you have an expensive bike that might work for you.
IMO, the purpose of a bike lock is to increase the amount of work it takes to steal your bike to the point it is not worth the effort. For that to happen you need a fairly cheap bike to start with.
Generally the NY locks have hard enough steel so a standard hacksaw blade will do very little. I would expect that a carbide hacksaw blade was used or a battery poiwered abrasive cutoff tool. I tried a normal hacksaw blade on my NYF U lock as an experiment with minimal effect. It was a good quality Nicholson bi-metallic blade.
Against the right power tools no lock or chain is very resistant unfortunately.
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