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sidewinder
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PostPosted: 08:34 - 16 Sep 2011    Post subject: Lock to lock scheme Reply with quote
A new scheme witch encourages bikers to daisy chain there bikes. together whist parked up.You basically sign up And get given a sticker for your bike.which gives other riders permission to loop there chain through yours.There are benifts to this as well.insurance discounts etc.Worth a look Very Happy
https://www.lock2lock.co.uk/
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PostPosted: 08:48 - 16 Sep 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
It should be OK for some twat to let go their chain and lock device to swing into my beautiful and pampered paintwork just to chain up their rusty auld commuter then?

It is a cute idea but not one I will subscribe to personally for reasons as above.

We do this when we ride as a group but then it is better supervised.

I am sure most folk would be careful when hooking up to another bike chain but not everyone is as thoughtful.

I think police marksmen strategically positioned to take-out tea-leafs is a much sounder proposition. Where do I sign up for that scheme. Laughing
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PostPosted: 08:53 - 16 Sep 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Again, same thought as above... ive got nice orange painted wheels, I could do without some muppet chucking a chain through it.

Thing is... someone wanting to steal a bike... cut 1 chain get 2 bikes. Laughing
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PostPosted: 08:54 - 16 Sep 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's not really new, it's been going for years without much uptake (can't say I've ever seen someone displaying the sticker!).
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PostPosted: 08:57 - 16 Sep 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Its not a new scheme. It has tried and failed miserably in the past.
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PostPosted: 08:58 - 16 Sep 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
##Paddy## wrote:

Thing is... someone wanting to steal a bike... cut 1 chain get 2 bikes. Laughing


Not really.......more difficult to move two bikes chained together than it is to move two seperate bikes not locked to anything immovable.
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PostPosted: 09:00 - 16 Sep 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
The main problem is retards not realising that it's only the chain that is linked, and thinking their bike is locked.

In fact, I'd put money on someone getting the wroong end of the stick in this thread Wink
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PostPosted: 09:01 - 16 Sep 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Big_Ham wrote:
##Paddy## wrote:

Thing is... someone wanting to steal a bike... cut 1 chain get 2 bikes. Laughing


Not really.......more difficult to move two bikes chained together than it is to move two seperate bikes not locked to anything immovable.


No I get that..

But you are locking your bike... to a bike.

I see it as 1 chain holding two bikes together, pretty sure my chav brother would say "cut 1 chain and I can have both"
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PostPosted: 09:07 - 16 Sep 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
##Paddy## wrote:

But you are locking your bike... to a bike.


Yes, which is better than locking the chain to nothing. Round 'ere, they're as likely to chuck it in the back of a van as they are to start mucking about with croppers on the roadside.

If they have to move two at once, they'll look for something else.
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PostPosted: 09:12 - 16 Sep 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
multijoy wrote:
##Paddy## wrote:

But you are locking your bike... to a bike.


Yes, which is better than locking the chain to nothing. Round 'ere, they're as likely to chuck it in the back of a van as they are to start mucking about with croppers on the roadside.

If they have to move two at once, they'll look for something else.


This. Still have to cut a chain to make it easier to get it into the van, rather than just lobbing back bikes in separately.
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Chalky.
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PostPosted: 09:13 - 16 Sep 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
##Paddy## wrote:
Big_Ham wrote:


Not really.......more difficult to move two bikes chained together than it is to move two seperate bikes not locked to anything immovable.


No I get that..

But you are locking your bike... to a bike.

I see it as 1 chain holding two bikes together, pretty sure my chav brother would say "cut 1 chain and I can have both"


Laughing

Paddy you silly sausage.

There are two chains, they are looped to make it harder to wheel a bike away.

If you cut one, there will still only be one bike unchained!
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PostPosted: 09:20 - 16 Sep 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oh I get you Laughing

Im gonna carry on working now... Laughing Neutral
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PostPosted: 09:26 - 16 Sep 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
So i guess this idea has it's pro's and cons then Very Happy .But living in an area like mine were vehicle theft is basically 0 is a bonus.Gota love rural wales Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 09:52 - 16 Sep 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Any soft cnut with a van in pursuit of bikes will have the correct equipment in the back to overcome any popular portable security.

The only way to avoid bolt croppers is to use a massive fcuk-off chain which is instantly not portable.

One has to think WHERE one leaves one's bike. If it is high risk then park elsewhere.

Not always an option but that is biking.
Same sort folk nicking bikes must have been able to steal horses willy nilly in the past. Smile
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PostPosted: 10:16 - 16 Sep 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Chalky. wrote:
The main problem is retards not realising that it's only the chain that is linked, and thinking their bike is locked.

In fact, I'd put money on someone getting the wroong end of the stick in this thread Wink


This. Especially where I live. Some of the chavs down here dont seem to bright. And this thread has been covered before on here and someone did argue that they would flip to find their bike chained to another.
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PostPosted: 10:22 - 16 Sep 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Chalky. wrote:
The main problem is retards not realising that it's only the chain that is linked, and thinking their bike is locked.

In fact, I'd put money on someone getting the wroong end of the stick in this thread Wink


You have to get in quick with that prediction if you want to look prescient. Wink

It's better than nothing when there's no anchor point available, and worthwhile talking about it every so often so that folk don't get their HOW VERY DARE YOU! on if they find that someone has given them an anchor point - the rogues!
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PostPosted: 10:47 - 16 Sep 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hell no. I have a suicide stand that throws my bike to the floor at the slightest touch. Anyone other than my that touches or tries to move that back nearly always ends up dropping it. Let someone try and put a heavy chain around it? Heck no.
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PostPosted: 10:56 - 16 Sep 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nai wrote:
Hell no. I have a suicide stand that throws my bike to the floor at the slightest touch. Anyone other than my that touches or tries to move that back nearly always ends up dropping it. Let someone try and put a heavy chain around it? Heck no.


They don't touch your bike, only the chain Wink
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PostPosted: 11:27 - 16 Sep 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lol - for the retards


https://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af271/DonnyBrago/Untitled.jpg


They don't touch your bike Laughing
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PostPosted: 12:35 - 16 Sep 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Chalky. wrote:
They don't touch your bike, only the chain Wink


And a tug of the chain would move my bike and it would throw itself to the ground. My suicide stand is very suicidal. Sad
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PostPosted: 13:10 - 16 Sep 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
DonnyBrago wrote:
Lol - for the retards


https://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af271/DonnyBrago/Untitled.jpg


They don't touch your bike Laughing


And how many times do you see bikes parked like that?
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PostPosted: 13:49 - 16 Sep 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
0ddball wrote:

And how many times do you see bikes parked like that?


https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5038/5807054784_2432046f7c.jpg





I see bikes with chains attached to nothing all the time.

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PostPosted: 13:59 - 16 Sep 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
DonnyBrago wrote:
Lol - for the retards


https://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af271/DonnyBrago/Untitled.jpg


They don't touch your bike Laughing


Which is a fail anyway,. because the chains are on the ground they are even easier to crop or hit with a hammer/chisel and break... Doh!
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PostPosted: 18:56 - 16 Sep 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Muppet comes back, forgets chained bike up and woops your bike on the floor.....
Worse still only has a short chain so parks so close that you cannot get to your lock. Or worse links their lock through your chain....

Far better for councils to provide bars to lock the bikes too.
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PostPosted: 20:07 - 16 Sep 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
iooi wrote:
Far better for councils to provide bars to lock the bikes too.

I'm happy if you're willing to personally pay for the lock bars, but otherwise its coming out of Taxes.

Linking chain-to-chain is free - or, as cheap as a decent chain & lock is. Strength in numbers. Thumbs Up
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