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2 nyc forgetaboutit ulocks FTW
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Originally Posted by br995
I have the Krypto NY lock. Feels fine when I wear it around my waist. Sucks to carry it on your back.
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Well, actually, besides your femur, you're pelvis is the 2nd stongest bone in your body.
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i dont wear my chain because i dont need to speed lock like messengers do and i dont enjoy serious injury like messengers do
i suggest hefting one of these chains in a shop before you buy i use mine mostly because it enables versatile lockability that lots of u locks lack |
it took me less than 5 minutes to cut through a standard u-lock with an angle grinder the first time i did it, which sold me on the heavier u-locks. the extra material is definately buying you time.
another thing to note about that video is that they could position the chain wherever they wanted, which is not always the case in real life and could definately effect the leverage you would get with that cutter. i've been considering a chain because its more verstile, though. especially when i go back to class, since i'll be able to lock to a lot more things.. |
Originally Posted by operator
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC3hFr8p2ck
6:17 They break the krypto chain in about 30 seconds with a bolt cutter. I stopped using my chain and started using a krypto new york. It's actually rated higher than the chain on kryptos own website. http://www.kryptonitelock.com/images...cts/997986.jpg Chains can get you locked to more things than a ulock and there is a technique to lock both wheels and the frame to a pole with just the one chain. I start with the back wheel right above the bike's chain, and pull the chain lock around the post and through the front wheel. My back wheel isn't slammed up all the way forward (which would probably make this technique easier) so Ive scratched up my front rim a bit. I feel like there was a thread about this recently on here as someone said they put the shackle of the lock around their rim so as to not scratch the rim. This has worked a few times for me but I doubt it would work with a deep V or anything larger than a 700x23 wheel. |
Originally Posted by mattattack
I wear my NY chain around my waist because I'd like to think that in the event of a crash my pelvis would withstand chain impact better than my collarbone. Just my own reasoning, though... no medical proof.
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I use a similar onguard chain, but I leave it at my regular lock up. I have a second one that I bring if I know I'm going to be locking up for more than 5 mins somewhere other than my regular spot and a wimpy cable lock that I carry all the time for all the quick/unplanned stops.
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Originally Posted by operator
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC3hFr8p2ck
6:17 They break the krypto chain in about 30 seconds with a bolt cutter. I stopped using my chain and started using a krypto new york. It's actually rated higher than the chain on kryptos own website. http://www.kryptonitelock.com/images...cts/997986.jpg Except that it wasn't a Kryptonite lock. Here's what Kryptonite has to say about the video, and after looking at it I have to agree with them.
Originally Posted by Kryptonite Blog
Rumor Patrol
We hear lots of rumors as we are out and about on the road and cruising through the internet. Some make us just laugh out loud, shake our head or roll our eyes. Others we take a little more seriously. Over the last couple of months, we’ve noticed that one particular video on YouTube has been getting conversations going about security chains. Recently, our friend Fritz, asked us if we’d seen the video yet and added his comments to a blog that posted the video. Since you asked, we’ll be more than happy to address this, Fritz! Yes, we have seen the video of a competitor breaking security chains. It’s one that doesn’t have us laughing out loud, but it does have us rolling our eyes a little bit. Listen to the woman as she introduces the last two chains, of which the supposed New York Fahgettaboudit is one. She plainly states that the last two chains “aren’t brand new. They were kindly donated by Visadown users.” (I may have that name wrong) The Kryptonite ‘lock’ does not have a lock on it at all. It’s a length of chain in a Kryptonite sleeve that even the women from our competitor can not say is a length of Kryptonite chain because she didn’t purchase it from a dealer. However, that’s neither here nor there - when the gentleman shows the link after he’s cut it, check it out, pause the video like we did (7:07 into the video). It doesn’t look like a 6-sided Fahgettaboudit link, more like a 4-sided link. Hmmm…if that’s not right, what else isn’t right with that video? We are much more apt to trust truly non-biased testers who have honest to goodness Kryptonite products to test, like Cycling Plus. We also submit our products to test with independent testing agencies like Sold Secure, ART and a host of others. They aren’t competitors, testing is what they do for insurance companies. They are unbiased parties testing the products for a living. They are good at it, just like the guys at Cycling Plus. |
I dunno about SF, but in NYC a lot of the hardware stores carry a "Tuff Stuff" brand heavy chain that's like the big covered Krypto one but 1/3 cheaper. Physically it looks the same (square links, weird multicolored petroleum sheen, nylon cover) and since a lot of this is all about the look of having a massive chain it might be worth checking out. I have no idea what makes it cheaper but it seems pretty tough and hasn't failed me yet, knock on wood.
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I generally use one of these:
http://images.rei.com/media/232458.jpg It's a thick cable covered with metal rings. I like it because I can't always count on what I'm going to be able to lock to,and often one of the folks I'm riding with doesn't have a lock or only has a crappy plain cable. For bar hopping and shopping it works fine,but if I was going to lock up overnight I'd combine it with a mini U Sheldon style. |
Originally Posted by dynaryder
I generally use one of these:
http://images.rei.com/media/232458.jpg It's a thick cable covered with metal rings. I like it because I can't always count on what I'm going to be able to lock to,and often one of the folks I'm riding with doesn't have a lock or only has a crappy plain cable. For bar hopping and shopping it works fine,but if I was going to lock up overnight I'd combine it with a mini U Sheldon style. Cycling Plus's comment on the lock was this: Looks good, feels big and tough, claims the same- fails miserably. |
Originally Posted by dynaryder
...if I was going to lock up overnight I'd combine it with a mini U Sheldon style.
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I lost my mini-u after hitting a trolley track and am forced to use my 5' NY chain. Works well for long lockups, but on long rides or short lockups, it's a little much. I could also stand to grow a pair.
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Originally Posted by Maracski
I would NEVER leave a bike I cared about getting stolen locked up (outside) overnight. Never.
Besides, the difference in weight between a mini-u and a chain like that is the difference between a $300 bike and a $1500 bike. |
Originally Posted by Aeroplane
I use the NY lock when I'm in NYC. In smaller cities with less bike thieves (Hartford, Boston), I just use my old-style Krypto NYC U-Lock.
Fewer bike theives in boston!?! you need to re examine that... at a bike per thief ratio i bet money boston comes out worse than NYC.... |
Originally Posted by operator
I still haven't figured out a good way to keep my components from being stolen, or maybe it's time for a beater.
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Originally Posted by Ziemas
Except that it wasn't a Kryptonite lock. Here's what Kryptonite has to say about the video, and after looking at it I have to agree with them.
http://unbreakable-bonds.blogspot.co...or-patrol.html Thanks for the confirmation. For ****s sake, someone go and tell the video producers to cut the 6 sided one. |
I wonder if those guys injured themselves breaking those chains.
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Originally Posted by Morgie
Fewer bike theives in boston!?! you need to re examine that... at a bike per thief ratio i bet money boston comes out worse than NYC....
First of all, that's the wrong ratio to look at. It would be bike theft to bike or locked bike ratio. Second, you're wrong. That's why it's called the New York Chain. |
Originally Posted by operator
Well that's a ****ING brilliant quote. So basically, they're telling you that unless you get the non-6 sided krypto chain is useless?
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Originally Posted by operator
Well that's a ****ING brilliant quote. So basically, they're telling you that unless you get the non-6 sided krypto chain is useless?
Thanks for the confirmation. For ****s sake, someone go and tell the video producers to cut the 6 sided one. One more time. The chain cut is not the chain the the makers of the video claim it is. New York Fahgettaboudit chain has six sides, the chain which was cut on the video has four sides, thus it's not the New York Fahgettaboudit as the video makers claim. If they are falsely claiming to cut a New York Fahgettaboudit chain, what else isn't right on that video? Their credibility is shot. |
precut i say
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Anybody know how easy it is to break the U-locks now that they have fixed the ballpoint pen problem?
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