Chain and lock

[DrDonnyBrago]

I know, buy an almax!

I can't really be doing with spending £150 or shifting a 10kg chain and lock combo around with me every day, what alternatives do you guys use? I'm looking for something around 5kg max for a 1.5m chain and lock.

The area where I leave it is pretty quiet and doesn't get many chavs, main risk is mr white van man so I need something to stop it just being lifted away - it is not the sort of area where they can spend much time cropping a chain without alerting site security.

[pinkyfloyd]

If you park the bike in the same place every time try a ground anchor. There are some out there that are pretty discreet. That and a chain.
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Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[DrDonnyBrago]

[pinkyfloyd]

I've got disc lock and a normal strengthend chain and rather than lug it around everywhere I chain it around a lamp post when not in use. When out and about I take the disc lock. The bike gets left in a dark entryway outside work till midnight and so far so good..... Touch wood.

But I have Datatool alarm too that makes a god awful noise and flashes the lights.
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illuminateTHEmind wrote: I am just more evolved than most of you guys... this allows me to pick of things quickly which would have normally taken the common man years to master
Hockeystorm65:.well there are childish arguments...there are very childish arguments.....there are really stupid childish arguments and now there are......Pinkfloyd arguments!
Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[dragstaar]

i agree, get a massively fucking loud alarm. So even if they do try to White Van it, she'll be screeching.

I'd say it might be worth getting 2 or 3 cheaper chains and chaining different parts of the bike to the railing. It works for me, the general thief consensus when they see all 3 chains, disclock and LED flashing at them is "fuck that shit...lets go nick something else"

[pinkyfloyd]

Yup. I turn my bike off and put it on the stand. 15 seconds later it beeps twice. If the bike is put upright then the alarm goes off.

At the end of the day if someone is serious about having the bike then they will have it. The idea is to make it as hard for them as possible as a deterrent. I live in an area full of chavs and for the last 18 months all of the bikes I have had have stayed there.
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illuminateTHEmind wrote: I am just more evolved than most of you guys... this allows me to pick of things quickly which would have normally taken the common man years to master
Hockeystorm65:.well there are childish arguments...there are very childish arguments.....there are really stupid childish arguments and now there are......Pinkfloyd arguments!
Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

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Fuk um !!

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[Paxovasa]

Is this for when you are at work?

Can you not take a chain and padlock with you and leave it at work?

You could use an disc lock with an alarm and a cheap chain and padlock.

When out and about with either of my bikes, I just take a disc lock. At work it is in a private car park and the bike is in the bike shelter, so I don't use anything else.

We have CCTV on site and I control that, so my bike ain't going anywhere, infact no-ones bike will be going anywhere will i am at work.
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