Petrol lawn mower meets Oxford chain.

[Willson]

As the post implies: My lawn mower had a scrap with my oxford chain, and the result isn't quite what I expected.
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[Derivative]

Did you do it on purpose to see what happened or an accident?

I'm gonna get an almax 4 as soon as I upgrade to a big bike. Might get it before even for home use.

Fucking bastards having me look out of the window every time I hear a noise at night

[Willson]

It was by accident... Was trying to cut around it. I should have moved it really shouldn't I? And I know the feeling of looking out the window!

But then I realise it sounds nothing like my bike and more like a silly car with a sewer pipe for an exhaust.


Edit: The mower blades haven't even noticed that it's happened.
And the mower must be older than me!

They just don't make things like that anymore.
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[Rowey]

Not impressed, but also not surprised.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpf35C7wu6Q
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[ajbsmirnoff]

Is it a 'Chuck Norris' brand mower ?

[Gone]

Bike thieves are going to look pretty conspicuous if they have to resort to hiding a motor mower up their jackets, though.

Happy to live in a less paranoid place, where people park their bikes and leave their helmets on the seat....and find them unmolested when they return.

[Willson]

[Rowey]

[owl10]

I keep seeing Alamx chains mentioned.

Are they really that good?

I know of people who have had their bikes stolen by the theives freezing the chain with liquid nitrogen.

How would they stand up to that?

[Frost]

That last video was terrible. They have a different guy who looks very inexpirenced in doing it, putting in no where near as much effort as the other guy. The chain spend most of it's time at the tip of the cutters, which is where there is a lot less force. In previous videos the guy was moving the cropper after every cut to keep the link as far into the jaws as possible.

I wouldn't expect them to go all out on proving their product is equally fallible, but that was just crap.

[Rowey]

[colin1]

oxford chains are a lot less tough than other brands, they are a nice cosmetic deterrent though. Not all bike theives have bolt cutters, as a lot of the time they don't need them, as a lot of people dont lock their bikes.

So as long as someone else near me has a bike which is unlocked, and mine has a lock on, I'm ok.

So none of you buy bike chains, you are all my decoys.
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[Bloke]

Pretty sure I've seen a youtube video of an almax being cropped just like any other chain.

There isn't a lot you can do except hope it deters someone long enough.

Personally if as claimed by almax the reason chains can be cropped is because they've been over hardened I'd use a lump hammer instead of croppers. As is shown in your mower pics it's the shock that causes the failure not the act of cutting.
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[mr-inteligent]

I don't understand all this hype about £150+ chains.. sure they are good quality but the only reason it's impossible to crop them is because you cant get a good grip on a 16mm chain with 42" croppers.


They can be frozen or grinded and off in about 10 seconds.

Therefore any 16mm + chain is as good as a almax.

[ms51ves3]

[Willson]

True, hardened steel I believe... so yeah... shock.

And I think I should be ok with that... I don't think many of the local chavs are in possession of liquid nitrogen and a portable angle grinder.

But you can never be too sure!

If you've got a riveted drive chain (Not the split link type) Stick a cheap crappy £1.99 padlock around it. I've heard stories of people doing that and it being a deterrent because you apparently can't get the padlock to sit still to try and cut through it/bolt crop it. I've seen someone having a rather hard time cutting through a drive chain as well, so that might be a bit of a deterrent... Just remember to take it off before trying to ride away...
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[colin1]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[johnsmith222]

for those claims of people hitting it with a hammer and it breaking no problem, the fat guy aka "captain cropper" has attacked almax chains with massive hammers and also thermite and had no luck breaking them. He is quite experienced in cropping chains, although he obviously works for almax.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e7ALVq1RJc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGSqsgpgD70

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGSqsgpgD70

https://www.youtube.com/user/CaptainCropper?blend=2&ob=1#p/u/4/TNlbNB_3vB0

I emailed almax before I bought one and they admitted that they can be cut. But the thieves would need some hydraulic cutter tool that pretty much nobody carries about with them to steal bikes because they would rather just go for an easier target.

It makes sense. Why would I want to piss about trying to cut an almax series 3 or 4 when I could go for one of the plenty bikes that are just sitting there with a disclock?

[Darth]

Which oxford chain was it that lost the fight with the lawnmower?
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[Willson]

Just a regular one I think... but as far as I know they're all hardened all the way through, making them brittle.

It wasnt as much of a cut, more of a sharp whack sending the small piece flying into the road.
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[FLV]

I know that having a good chain can be important, surey though, they're only as good as what they're chained to?


https://www.fotosearch.com/bthumb/SIX/SIX008/BRS-009.jpg
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[Flip]

I've grinded through an Oxford Monster chain. Took me about 30 mins though.

[Rowey]